Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana,
a long supporter of Trump and the ultraconservative Maga movement,
condemned the president’s attacks on the pope during a Fox News interview on Saturday.
“I love the president like a taco,”
said Kennedy, using an odd turn of phrase.
He added: “I don’t always agree with him, but I think he wants a better world.
But I don’t agree with him about this new holy war with the pope.”
The senator’s criticism, and his choice…
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A district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First and Fifth amendments (Scott Nover/@scottnover)
https://x.com/scottnover/status/2035098180489023807
"Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer"
story out of Bismarck, #NorthDakota
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US civil rights agency sues Coca-Cola distributor for excluding men from casino work trip (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dei-coca-cola-eeoc-lawsuit-andrea-lucas-867fd98ec6d05ab52e7e0a3711e9d492
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"Federal sex-crimes prosecutor Marie Villafaña repeatedly urged her boss, Alexander Acosta, then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, to pursue a 60-count indictment against Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, but Acosta dismissed her requests."
Ex-Trump official once shut down 60-count federal indictment against Epstein: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/epstein-2676467249/
How Alan Dershowitz's petition to seek review of his CNN libel suit threatens NYT v. Sullivan, which Dershowitz argues should only apply to government officials (Adam Liptak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/thedocket-dershow…
Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., struck down the Defense Department’s controversial press policy as unconstitutional Friday,
ruling in favor of the New York Times and one of its reporters, Julian E. Barnes.
Senior U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman said in his ruling that the ongoing war with Iran made it
“more important than ever that the public have access to information from a variety…
"A porous liquid is a liquid solvent combined with a porous solid material — a combination that essentially creates a liquid full of tiny cavities. Those cavities create empty space inside the liquid, allowing it to absorb and store gas molecules."
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