CURRENT EVENTS - FEBRUARY 2026

Mulberry Heel said:
So any states or cities that dare to vote against him are the only ones who "can't run elections." How convenient. If a state or city votes for him then by definition they are "competent" at running elections. He's so transparent in what he wants to do, and yet our government and news media and other supposed safeguards of democracy and the constitution just sit around pretending like it's not happening, or bosiding everything. We're witnessing the total implosion of our constitutional system of government in real time.
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Should I get a "permit" to be ready to vote in Nov?
 

Defense Dept. effort to punish Mark Kelly draws skepticism from judge​

A federal judge in D.C. said the restrictions being used against Kelly, a retired Navy captain, have only applied to active-duty service members.


“… U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to be expanding restrictions on free speech that have applied only to active-duty service members, not military retirees.

“That’s never been done before,” Leon, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, told a government lawyer during a hearing in D.C. federal court on Kelly’s request for an injunction to halt the disciplinary proceedings. “You’re asking me to do something the Supreme Court’s never done.”…”
 

Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back​

President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.

www.nytimes.com

Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back

President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
 
nycfan said:

Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back​

President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.

www.nytimes.com

Trump Repeats Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as White House Walks It Back

President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses next year.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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“… Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that he believed the federal government should “get involved” in elections that are riddled with “corruption,” reiterating his position that the federal government should usurp state laws by exerting control over local elections.

If states “can’t count the votes legally and honestly, then somebody else should take over,” he said in the Oval Office, accusing several Democratic-run cities of corruption.

“Look at some of the places — that horrible corruption on elections — and the federal government should not allow that,” he added. “The federal government should get involved.”

Mr. Trump’s remarks came hours after the White House tried to walk back his comments from a day earlier that his party should nationalize elections. And they were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged, as Republicans face potentially big losses this fall.…”
 
nycfan said:
“… Le volunteered to help the U.S. Attorney’s Office last month as habeas petitions started to flood into federal court.

She previously worked as an attorney for ICE in immigration court.

ICE has its own court policies and procedures and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court, according to Le.

"We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do," Le said.“

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I can’t tell from this whether she was an attorney directly employed by the Federal Government or an outside (private practice) attorney who represented ICE … if she is the MN admitted Julie Le I found, then she is/was a ‘22 law school grad & was an associate at a small law firm there that focuses on workers comp. Maybe not her though(?)
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Zoo_View said:
I’m curious?

Did they pass the bill torpedoed by Musk and then Rand Paul and then pass a different bill objected to by Bernie.

I don’t see Musk, Rand, and Bernie agreeing on a medical bill.
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“… Tucked inside one of those [budget] bills was the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation for kids suffering from cancer.

… Bringing the bill to final passage proved a Sisyphean process. It was originally included as a rider on the Prescription Drug User Fee Act back in September 2022 before being removed at the last minute for reasons that remain somewhat unclear even to those who advocated for its passage. Then, in late December 2024, it was part of a major government funding deal that was suddenly scuttled after Elon Musk threw a tantrum over the inclusion of any new spending provisions. Hours later, Senate Democrats moved to consider it as a standalone measure, but Rand Paul (R-Ky.) objected.

During the summer of 2025, the bill secured more than enough votes in both the Senate and the House for it to comfortably become law. But Congress works in mysterious, byzantine ways and it never got consideration; it was left dangling in the legislative ether, waiting for another moment.

That moment arrived in December, when the bill passed the House and found its way to the Senate. But an effort to move it through unanimous consent—which requires that no senator voice an objection to the measure—failed once more. This time it was Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who objected. He wanted all the provisions that Musk insisted on removing in 2024 to be brought back. When he pushed for a bigger package, Senate Republicans pushed right back.

… “These kids didn’t want their life and their death to mean nothing. They wanted to contribute,” Nancy Goodman, the founder and executive director of Kids v Cancer, told me. “Two of them specifically talked about that in the last days and weeks of their lives, that this is how they wanted to make a difference on earth, by getting this bill passed. This gave them a feeling of purpose.”…”
 
nycfan said:
“… Tucked inside one of those [budget] bills was the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation for kids suffering from cancer.

… Bringing the bill to final passage proved a Sisyphean process. It was originally included as a rider on the Prescription Drug User Fee Act back in September 2022 before being removed at the last minute for reasons that remain somewhat unclear even to those who advocated for its passage. Then, in late December 2024, it was part of a major government funding deal that was suddenly scuttled after Elon Musk threw a tantrum over the inclusion of any new spending provisions. Hours later, Senate Democrats moved to consider it as a standalone measure, but Rand Paul (R-Ky.) objected.

During the summer of 2025, the bill secured more than enough votes in both the Senate and the House for it to comfortably become law. But Congress works in mysterious, byzantine ways and it never got consideration; it was left dangling in the legislative ether, waiting for another moment.

That moment arrived in December, when the bill passed the House and found its way to the Senate. But an effort to move it through unanimous consent—which requires that no senator voice an objection to the measure—failed once more. This time it was Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who objected. He wanted all the provisions that Musk insisted on removing in 2024 to be brought back. When he pushed for a bigger package, Senate Republicans pushed right back.

… “These kids didn’t want their life and their death to mean nothing. They wanted to contribute,” Nancy Goodman, the founder and executive director of Kids v Cancer, told me. “Two of them specifically talked about that in the last days and weeks of their lives, that this is how they wanted to make a difference on earth, by getting this bill passed. This gave them a feeling of purpose.”…”
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So, the bill as passed is not the bill Musk and Rand blocked and Bernie wanted to restore it to that bill?
 
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