Wednesday, February 18, 2026

I thought Biden was bad. This is much worse.

It is embarrassing for our Department of Justice to sink resources into such obviously frivolous cases. But that's not the worst of it. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Feb 18 2026

 
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2026.

It is embarrassing for our Department of Justice to sink resources into such obviously frivolous cases. But that's not the worst of it.

Protesters against President Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement rally outside where the president was golfing in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 15, 2026.
 

I'm a former assistant US attorney. The problem isn't ICE.

You think Immigration and Customs Enforcement is bad? Letting Trump build a new agency from the ground up would be a disaster.

An aerial view shows an ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 8, 2025.
 

Turns out nobody wants an ICE detention center in their backyard

Hello, I'm from the government, and I'd like to see what it's going to take to get your community into one of our new immigrant detention facilities!

Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis attend the premiere of "Motherless Brooklyn" in 2019 in New York City.
 

Caregiving is an act of love. It shouldn't mean isolation.

Caregiving has meant confronting how unprepared our culture is to support families navigating FTD. It's a 24/7 responsibility, with little support.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, leads demonstrators in Chicago in 2015.
 

To honor Jesse Jackson, keep hope alive as a discipline, not a slogan

At a time when the president openly attacks civil rights protections and demeans people of color, Rev. Jesse Jackson's work feels freshly urgent.

In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson initiated the celebration of Negro History Week, which corresponded with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, this celebration was expanded to include the entire month of February, and today Black History Month garners support throughout the country as people of all ethnic and social backgrounds discuss the black experience.
 

True Black history teaches possibility. Our students deserve that.

Concentrating Black history into the shortest month of the year strips it of context. History becomes episodic instead of foundational.

President Donald Trump delivers a speech in Clive, Iowa, on Jan. 27, 2026, on energy and the economy.
 

Don't listen to Democrats. Life is more affordable now.

Real incomes are growing. Americans are adding wealth. Inflation continues to moderate. Unemployment remains relatively low. Where's Trump's credit?

Guess what? Soon you'll be able to leave us voicemails. Here's how.
 

We love hearing from you. Now you can call us directly.

We've asked you good folks any number of questions about topics going viral in the news and you've responded. Now you can leave us a voicemail, too.

Updating a public clock in Riviera Beach, Florida, in 1999.
 

We all get 168 hours each week. Why are so many 'too busy'?

Time is the ultimate equalizer and the true currency of life. Yet, most of us act as if we're victims of a cruel shortage.

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