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Rain moving into DC area 🌧️
Expect 0.3-0.6" thru Sun night (winding down around midnight).
Why good news:
• Helps eat away at stubborn Snowcrete
• Gives our severe drought a dent
• Prime weather for curling up w/ a book or a nap
Full forecast: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
Expect 0.3-0.6" thru Sun night (winding down around midnight).
Why good news:
• Helps eat away at stubborn Snowcrete
• Gives our severe drought a dent
• Prime weather for curling up w/ a book or a nap
Full forecast: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
February 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Rain moving into DC area 🌧️
Expect 0.3-0.6" thru Sun night (winding down around midnight).
Why good news:
• Helps eat away at stubborn Snowcrete
• Gives our severe drought a dent
• Prime weather for curling up w/ a book or a nap
Full forecast: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
Expect 0.3-0.6" thru Sun night (winding down around midnight).
Why good news:
• Helps eat away at stubborn Snowcrete
• Gives our severe drought a dent
• Prime weather for curling up w/ a book or a nap
Full forecast: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
Gov. Abbott has suggested that state funding could be stripped from districts and that students who are disorderly during protests should be arrested. The TX Education Agency has warned that districts found to have facilitated walkouts could be taken over by the state
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Gov. Abbott has suggested that state funding could be stripped from districts and that students who are disorderly during protests should be arrested. The TX Education Agency has warned that districts found to have facilitated walkouts could be taken over by the state
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Critics say Trump administration’s rapidly expanding system is open to abuse and risks alienating communities from local police
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ex-watchdogs warn rush to give power to local police in immigration crackdown risks ‘threat to civil rights’
Critics say Trump administration’s rapidly expanding system is open to abuse and risks alienating communities from local police
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Critics say Trump administration’s rapidly expanding system is open to abuse and risks alienating communities from local police
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Pirro is willing to use her power to try to intimidate and punish Trump’s political opponents — even if that means degrading herself, the office and DOJ, and wasting taxpayers’ money all at the same time. Pirro has also managed to antagonize federal judges
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Stunning’: Jeanine Pirro’s Failure to Indict Democrats Is a Big Deal
The U.S. attorney is stumbling in Trump’s revenge tour — and it’s a sign of more struggles to come.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Pirro is willing to use her power to try to intimidate and punish Trump’s political opponents — even if that means degrading herself, the office and DOJ, and wasting taxpayers’ money all at the same time. Pirro has also managed to antagonize federal judges
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Returning to their east Fort Worth temple, the Buddhist monks who walked cross-country for peace were welcomed with rose petals, traditional lion dances and chants by hundreds of well-wishers who followed their 2,300-mile journey
www.keranews.org/news/2026-02...
www.keranews.org/news/2026-02...
Walk for Peace Buddhist monks arrive in Fort Worth for homecoming celebration
Hundreds of people from across the country attended the monks’ welcome festivities in the Historic Stop Six neighborhood.
www.keranews.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Returning to their east Fort Worth temple, the Buddhist monks who walked cross-country for peace were welcomed with rose petals, traditional lion dances and chants by hundreds of well-wishers who followed their 2,300-mile journey
www.keranews.org/news/2026-02...
www.keranews.org/news/2026-02...
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‘People with a high risk of surveillance by governments or criminal organizations—such as activists, immigrants, journalists, and politicians—should consider using a passcode or passphrase to protect their devices…’
www.pcmag.com/explainers/s...
www.pcmag.com/explainers/s...
Stop Using Face ID Right Now. Here's Why
Biometric locks like face recognition are convenient to set up—but because of a legal loophole, law enforcement can bypass them more easily than a traditional passcode.
www.pcmag.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
‘People with a high risk of surveillance by governments or criminal organizations—such as activists, immigrants, journalists, and politicians—should consider using a passcode or passphrase to protect their devices…’
www.pcmag.com/explainers/s...
www.pcmag.com/explainers/s...
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Poll taxes are unconstitutional. Any i.d. that is required to vote has to be provided by the government.
This is a way to disenfranchise the poor.
Call your senators.
This is a way to disenfranchise the poor.
Call your senators.
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Poll taxes are unconstitutional. Any i.d. that is required to vote has to be provided by the government.
This is a way to disenfranchise the poor.
Call your senators.
This is a way to disenfranchise the poor.
Call your senators.
The high-visibility enforcement campaign has drawn attention to every tactic from Trump's immigration enforcers, including when they're on the wrong side of the law and public opinion.
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/i...
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/i...
5 of the most-botched deportations of Trump 2.0
The high-visibility enforcement campaign has drawn attention to every tactic from Trump's immigration enforcers.
www.axios.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The high-visibility enforcement campaign has drawn attention to every tactic from Trump's immigration enforcers, including when they're on the wrong side of the law and public opinion.
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/i...
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/i...
The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations on how the military uses its models, a senior administration official told Axios.
www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...
www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...
Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute
Anthropic has not agreed to the Pentagon's terms and defense officials are getting fed up after months of difficult negotiations.
www.axios.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations on how the military uses its models, a senior administration official told Axios.
www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...
www.axios.com/2026/02/15/c...
Beyond the affordability issue, the executives made an electability argument, raising concerns to GOP leaders that support among Hispanic voters is eroding, particularly in regions that swung to Trump in 2024.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Beyond the affordability issue, the executives made an electability argument, raising concerns to GOP leaders that support among Hispanic voters is eroding, particularly in regions that swung to Trump in 2024.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
- Detained immigrants have filed more than 20,000 lawsuits seeking their release
- Trump administration continues detentions despite court rulings
- Sheer scale of the lawsuits threatens to clog the judicial system
- About 700 Justice Department attorneys deployed
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
- Trump administration continues detentions despite court rulings
- Sheer scale of the lawsuits threatens to clog the judicial system
- About 700 Justice Department attorneys deployed
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:53 AM
- Detained immigrants have filed more than 20,000 lawsuits seeking their release
- Trump administration continues detentions despite court rulings
- Sheer scale of the lawsuits threatens to clog the judicial system
- About 700 Justice Department attorneys deployed
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
- Trump administration continues detentions despite court rulings
- Sheer scale of the lawsuits threatens to clog the judicial system
- About 700 Justice Department attorneys deployed
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ESLs are controversial because they allow retailers to change the price of a given item remotely, opening up the possibility that they could be tied to algorithms which raise and lower prices based on conditions in the store or who’s trying to buy something
gizmodo.com/dems-want-to...
gizmodo.com/dems-want-to...
Dems Want to Ban Surveillance Pricing at Big Grocery Stores
Is dynamic pricing the future of grocery stores?
gizmodo.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 AM
ESLs are controversial because they allow retailers to change the price of a given item remotely, opening up the possibility that they could be tied to algorithms which raise and lower prices based on conditions in the store or who’s trying to buy something
gizmodo.com/dems-want-to...
gizmodo.com/dems-want-to...
Any tariffs on China for buying Iranian oil would complicate what is already a tense relationship, with the U.S. trying to preserve the flow of vital rare earth magnets and protect a planned April summit in Beijing.
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/t...
Trump and Netanyahu agree to increase pressure on Iranian oil
This could change Iran's calculus and push it to make more concessions regarding its nuclear program.
www.axios.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Any tariffs on China for buying Iranian oil would complicate what is already a tense relationship, with the U.S. trying to preserve the flow of vital rare earth magnets and protect a planned April summit in Beijing.
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/14/t...