DeirdreDonovan
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🇺🇦💛💙 Ukraine is fighting for its Freedom from the Russian thug state. A Frmr prosecutor asst and teacher 🇺🇸 Courage trumps cowardice with the power of the people. Fight or Fold 🇺🇸🗽⚖️
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Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference — my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on elections: In the past, we’ve mostly seen foreign interference — my bigger fear now is domestic interference, some of that potentially originating inside the administration.
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Does not matter your last name, if you are in the Epstein files you need to go away ….. for a long time
Hotel magnate Thomas Pritzker is retiring as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, after new documents were released detailing the extent of his association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Thomas Pritzker, Named in Epstein Files, Retires as Hyatt Executive Chairman
The hotelier communicated with both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
on.wsj.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Does not matter your last name, if you are in the Epstein files you need to go away ….. for a long time
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🙏🇺🇦 Power outage in Odesa: drones hit substation. The neighboring residential complex "Kadorr" also caught fire, local media reported.
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
🙏🇺🇦 Power outage in Odesa: drones hit substation. The neighboring residential complex "Kadorr" also caught fire, local media reported.
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If you haven’t heard what HRC says about Ukraine yet, listen to this.
She’s nail on the head about this.
She’s nail on the head about this.
Hillary Clinton Spars With Pro-Trump Czech Leader at Munich Conference Over Obama Deportations
YouTube video by The Financial Express
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
If you haven’t heard what HRC says about Ukraine yet, listen to this.
She’s nail on the head about this.
She’s nail on the head about this.
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Monitoring channels report Russian strategic bombers have taken off and are heading toward launch positions. If missiles are launched, they could approach Ukrainian airspace between 5:00 and 7:00. A variety of missiles and drones is expected to be used. #Ukraine
Monitors report signs of a possible massive Russian strike overnight on February 17 involving Tu 95MS and Tu 22M3 bombers. A scenario includes up to 400 Shaheds, 30 Iskander K or M ballistic missiles and up to 30 cruise missiles. Aircraft and Kalibr carriers are reportedly prepared. #Ukraine
February 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Monitoring channels report Russian strategic bombers have taken off and are heading toward launch positions. If missiles are launched, they could approach Ukrainian airspace between 5:00 and 7:00. A variety of missiles and drones is expected to be used. #Ukraine
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US slides toward "electoral autocracy" ahead of the 2026 midterms, political scientists increasingly warn. While critics cite weaponized federal agencies and military rhetoric as evidence of competitive authoritarianism, others argue the system’s democratic guardrails remain resilient.
Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow
Protesters demonstrate against federal immigration actions at an "ICE Out of Everywhere" rally in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 31.
Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
US slides toward "electoral autocracy" ahead of the 2026 midterms, political scientists increasingly warn. While critics cite weaponized federal agencies and military rhetoric as evidence of competitive authoritarianism, others argue the system’s democratic guardrails remain resilient.
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Shapiro: What I see out of the Trump administration is a group of people who are there trying to protect the president, whose name appears thousands times in these files, and a whole bunch of other powerful people
We need prosecutors who stand with victims and hold perpetrators accountable.
We need prosecutors who stand with victims and hold perpetrators accountable.
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Shapiro: What I see out of the Trump administration is a group of people who are there trying to protect the president, whose name appears thousands times in these files, and a whole bunch of other powerful people
We need prosecutors who stand with victims and hold perpetrators accountable.
We need prosecutors who stand with victims and hold perpetrators accountable.
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Ukrainian counterattacks pushed Russian forces back up to 9.5 km in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and retook over a dozen settlements, ISW reports, citing military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Ukrainian counterattacks pushed Russian forces back up to 9.5 km in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and retook over a dozen settlements, ISW reports, citing military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
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❗️❗️Takeoff of a group of strategic bombers Tu-95MS, the planes are heading towards the launch lines.
February 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
❗️❗️Takeoff of a group of strategic bombers Tu-95MS, the planes are heading towards the launch lines.
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HERE WE GO 🇺🇦🦅 DroneBomber
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
HERE WE GO 🇺🇦🦅 DroneBomber
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Russian source Rybar says Ukrainian forces began an offensive near Stepnohirsk on a front about 20 km wide on the Zaporizhzhia direction. It reports Lukiianivske under Ukrainian control, ongoing battles in Novoiakovlivka, and Russian units in Prymorske cut off after advances toward Plavni. #Ukraine
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Russian source Rybar says Ukrainian forces began an offensive near Stepnohirsk on a front about 20 km wide on the Zaporizhzhia direction. It reports Lukiianivske under Ukrainian control, ongoing battles in Novoiakovlivka, and Russian units in Prymorske cut off after advances toward Plavni. #Ukraine
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☠️The situation on the front as of February 16, 2026.
🇺🇦Gulyaypole direction: Systematic tactical reconnaissance work is ongoing. The enemy is holding onto the river line and resisting, so there's no quick push beyond the Gaichur River - a methodical push is taking place.
🇺🇦Gulyaypole direction: Systematic tactical reconnaissance work is ongoing. The enemy is holding onto the river line and resisting, so there's no quick push beyond the Gaichur River - a methodical push is taking place.
February 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
☠️The situation on the front as of February 16, 2026.
🇺🇦Gulyaypole direction: Systematic tactical reconnaissance work is ongoing. The enemy is holding onto the river line and resisting, so there's no quick push beyond the Gaichur River - a methodical push is taking place.
🇺🇦Gulyaypole direction: Systematic tactical reconnaissance work is ongoing. The enemy is holding onto the river line and resisting, so there's no quick push beyond the Gaichur River - a methodical push is taking place.
⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine achieved its biggest battlefield gains in 2.5 years last week, — AFP
From Wednesday to Sunday last week, the Ukrainian military managed to recapture 201 km² of territory - this area is practically equivalent to the territory that Russia captured in all of December.
From Wednesday to Sunday last week, the Ukrainian military managed to recapture 201 km² of territory - this area is practically equivalent to the territory that Russia captured in all of December.
February 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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⚡️ Zelenskyy at MSC: Putin is a 'slave to war'
"Right now his focus is on Ukraine […] but he will not let other European nations go either," Zelenskyy said. "[Putin] cannot let go of the very idea of war. He may see himself as a czar but in reality he is a slave to war."
"Right now his focus is on Ukraine […] but he will not let other European nations go either," Zelenskyy said. "[Putin] cannot let go of the very idea of war. He may see himself as a czar but in reality he is a slave to war."
February 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
⚡️ Zelenskyy at MSC: Putin is a 'slave to war'
"Right now his focus is on Ukraine […] but he will not let other European nations go either," Zelenskyy said. "[Putin] cannot let go of the very idea of war. He may see himself as a czar but in reality he is a slave to war."
"Right now his focus is on Ukraine […] but he will not let other European nations go either," Zelenskyy said. "[Putin] cannot let go of the very idea of war. He may see himself as a czar but in reality he is a slave to war."
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Russia is prosecuting a German carnival float builder — he responded by making another Putin float
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Russia is prosecuting a German carnival float builder — he responded by making another Putin float
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/16/r...
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🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish police are preparing for a surge in crime after the end of the war in Ukraine, — Wyborcza
Many former soldiers from the front lines in Ukraine will appear in Poland. As well as more modern weapons, which will be in demand in criminal circles, — said the commander-in-chief of the police.
Many former soldiers from the front lines in Ukraine will appear in Poland. As well as more modern weapons, which will be in demand in criminal circles, — said the commander-in-chief of the police.
February 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish police are preparing for a surge in crime after the end of the war in Ukraine, — Wyborcza
Many former soldiers from the front lines in Ukraine will appear in Poland. As well as more modern weapons, which will be in demand in criminal circles, — said the commander-in-chief of the police.
Many former soldiers from the front lines in Ukraine will appear in Poland. As well as more modern weapons, which will be in demand in criminal circles, — said the commander-in-chief of the police.
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Justice must be served.
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Justice must be served.
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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13/ The DOJ is suing those states that haven’t agreed to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized “SAVE” voter purge program, which has reported error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database compromised by DOGE.
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
13/ The DOJ is suing those states that haven’t agreed to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized “SAVE” voter purge program, which has reported error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database compromised by DOGE.
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Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
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Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FBI won’t share Alex Pretti shooting evidence, Minnesota authorities say
State’s governor had demanded impartial inquiry into the shooting of the VA nurse by federal immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...