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The real reason CBS didn't let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico is that the Ellisons are still trying to buy Warner Bros.
David Ellison runs Paramount, which owns CBS.
He's using CBS to show what loyal oligarchs they are as they seek FCC approval for a WBD deal.
David Ellison runs Paramount, which owns CBS.
He's using CBS to show what loyal oligarchs they are as they seek FCC approval for a WBD deal.
February 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The real reason CBS didn't let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico is that the Ellisons are still trying to buy Warner Bros.
David Ellison runs Paramount, which owns CBS.
He's using CBS to show what loyal oligarchs they are as they seek FCC approval for a WBD deal.
David Ellison runs Paramount, which owns CBS.
He's using CBS to show what loyal oligarchs they are as they seek FCC approval for a WBD deal.
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Shot: Colbert explaining to his audience last night that the Trump administration ordered him not to air an interview with Texas Democrat and Senate candidate James Talarico - or even mention his name. (Scroll to 1:30) youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA
Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Shot: Colbert explaining to his audience last night that the Trump administration ordered him not to air an interview with Texas Democrat and Senate candidate James Talarico - or even mention his name. (Scroll to 1:30) youtu.be/oh7DPSP65JA
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And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
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RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
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I am gutted for the students who struggled with the experience, and I am angry for them that they have to pay extortionate fees at all. That, in fact, is one of the things we have fought against during years of strikes.
But *everyone* suffered, some considerably more than this, during a pandemic.
But *everyone* suffered, some considerably more than this, during a pandemic.
This is emblematic of the consumer culture that fees have engendered.
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I am gutted for the students who struggled with the experience, and I am angry for them that they have to pay extortionate fees at all. That, in fact, is one of the things we have fought against during years of strikes.
But *everyone* suffered, some considerably more than this, during a pandemic.
But *everyone* suffered, some considerably more than this, during a pandemic.
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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Reading this morning that the FBI won’t give evidence from the various ICE shootings to Minnesota or anybody else and I want to point out again that as a person that has studied Jim Crow violence- simply refusing to hand over evidence is a favorite tactic of segregationists.
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Reading this morning that the FBI won’t give evidence from the various ICE shootings to Minnesota or anybody else and I want to point out again that as a person that has studied Jim Crow violence- simply refusing to hand over evidence is a favorite tactic of segregationists.
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We've updated our infographic on diseases that can be transmitted through the air we breathe, adding Norovirus.
Most viruses can survive for one to several hours in a poorly ventilated room. See the excellent article in @nytimes.com on this topic: nypost.com/2026/02/14/h...
Most viruses can survive for one to several hours in a poorly ventilated room. See the excellent article in @nytimes.com on this topic: nypost.com/2026/02/14/h...
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
We've updated our infographic on diseases that can be transmitted through the air we breathe, adding Norovirus.
Most viruses can survive for one to several hours in a poorly ventilated room. See the excellent article in @nytimes.com on this topic: nypost.com/2026/02/14/h...
Most viruses can survive for one to several hours in a poorly ventilated room. See the excellent article in @nytimes.com on this topic: nypost.com/2026/02/14/h...
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“The hospital admitting room, where somebody tonight is dying because they cannot afford to go upstairs to a bed that’s empty waiting for someone with insurance to get sick. We are a better nation than that. We must do better.”
Jesse Jackson’s message of what America could be still resonates.
Jesse Jackson’s message of what America could be still resonates.
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
“The hospital admitting room, where somebody tonight is dying because they cannot afford to go upstairs to a bed that’s empty waiting for someone with insurance to get sick. We are a better nation than that. We must do better.”
Jesse Jackson’s message of what America could be still resonates.
Jesse Jackson’s message of what America could be still resonates.
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Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
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"My opinion is that he should step down." After deflecting to the board, who opted to keep him in power with last week's vote, LA Mayor Karen Bass now tells CNN that Casey Wasserman should resign as LA28 chair
LA mayor calls for head of 2028 Olympics to step down over Epstein ties | CNN Politics
Mayor Karen Bass joins The Lead.
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"My opinion is that he should step down." After deflecting to the board, who opted to keep him in power with last week's vote, LA Mayor Karen Bass now tells CNN that Casey Wasserman should resign as LA28 chair
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Two decades after a small Duke breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive — a rare outcome for metastatic disease. When researchers looked closer, they found the women’s immune systems still carried “memory” cells that recognised the cancer. buff.ly/MNeRhJh
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A 20-year-old cancer vaccine may hold the key to long-term survival
Two decades after a breast cancer vaccine trial, every participant is still alive—an astonishing result for metastatic disease. Scientists found their immune systems retained long-lasting memory…
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February 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published Feb. 2025)
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published Feb. 2025)
(Published Feb. 2025)
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"'The Framers of the Constitution understood that if the federal government were in charge of elections, that’s a path to tyranny.'"
Inside Dems’ Plans to Beat Back Trump’s Attacks on the Midterms
The party is taking concrete actions now to preempt the election meddling they know is coming.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"'The Framers of the Constitution understood that if the federal government were in charge of elections, that’s a path to tyranny.'"
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I think the AI situation is a similar phenomenon to gun ownership. No one is necessarily against the *gun*, but we don't trust what others might do with it (...because SO MANY have proven themselves untrustworthy). This is probably what people mean, but the argument hasn't been well made.
February 17, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I think the AI situation is a similar phenomenon to gun ownership. No one is necessarily against the *gun*, but we don't trust what others might do with it (...because SO MANY have proven themselves untrustworthy). This is probably what people mean, but the argument hasn't been well made.
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THIS MAN CREATED ICE
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
THIS MAN CREATED ICE
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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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"My job as mayor of Los Angeles is to make sure that our city is completely prepared to have the best Olympics that has ever happened... so my focus is a little different. But the behavior of Maxwell, what they were involved in, is abhorrent, and it's an issue that I've worked on for a long time"
"My opinion is that he should step down." After deflecting to the board, who opted to keep him in power with last week's vote, LA Mayor Karen Bass now tells CNN that Casey Wasserman should resign as LA28 chair
LA mayor calls for head of 2028 Olympics to step down over Epstein ties | CNN Politics
Mayor Karen Bass joins The Lead.
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
"My job as mayor of Los Angeles is to make sure that our city is completely prepared to have the best Olympics that has ever happened... so my focus is a little different. But the behavior of Maxwell, what they were involved in, is abhorrent, and it's an issue that I've worked on for a long time"
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Remember: this guy admitted that started churning out right wing agitprop because he couldn’t get book contracts and work writing the serious stuff he wanted to write.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Remember: this guy admitted that started churning out right wing agitprop because he couldn’t get book contracts and work writing the serious stuff he wanted to write.