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4:15 PM ET, February 17, 2026

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Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Colbert Doesn't Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS  —  “And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this,” Stephen Colbert said after CBS canceled a Texas congressman's appearance on Monday's “Late Show.” … ‘FCC You’
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance  —  I was cranking out the newsletter in Tuesday's pre-dawn darkness when we learned that the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who'd been our greatest living bridge to the civil rights heroics of the 1960s and '70s, has died at age 84.
Matt Webb Mitovich / LateNighter:
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Amid FCC Scrutiny, Posts Interview on YouTube Instead  —  FCC chair Brendan Carr's threatened revisiting of the Equal Time rule has come to fruition, forcing CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to not air an interview with Democratic politician James Talarico.
Discussion: Deadline, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
Tom Tapp / Deadline:
Stephen Colbert Defies CBS, Says Network Banned Him From Interviewing James Talarico On ‘The Late Show’
William Kristol / The Bulwark:   American Principles in the Age of MAGA Nihilism
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears
Peter Applebome / New York Times:
Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84  —  An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency.  His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”
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ABC News:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at 84  —  Jackson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.  —  Rev. Jesse Jackson poses in the Rainbow Push headquarters in Chicago, August 4, 2011.  —  The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, Baptist minister …
Char Adams / NBC News:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Trump honors civil rights icon Jesse Jackson: ‘Good man’
CNN:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial ‘pathfinder,’ dies at 84
Zoe Christen Jones / CBS News:
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84
Politico:
Jesse Jackson dies at 84
Politico:
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration … McLaughlin publicly supported the Trump administration's controversial tactics at some of the most tense moments amid its immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and Minneapolis, frequently sparring with social media detractors.
NBC News:
Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say  —  Some early decisions by the Homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources from a search-and-rescue mission to the deportation of migrants, set the tone early.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   New details emerge about in-flight blow-up between Corey Lewandowski and pilot
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan  —  Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.  In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It's not a sin to be white.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:   MAGA White Supremacists Are a Bunch of Pathetic Losers
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings … Days before, Vitello was informed that the use of force in the first two weeks of March alone had quadrupled compared with the same timeframe the year before, per another email.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash  —  It marks the defense secretary's latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump's.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has forced the ouster …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  In the Trump administration's latest assault on public health, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s crankified FDA refused …
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Paul Krugman:   How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Washington Post:
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom  —  Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the president's longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday.  —  When Congress created the Commission of Fine Arts more than a century ago …
NBC News:
Armed man wearing tactical vest arrested outside the U.S. Capitol, police say  —  Police also discovered a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask inside the suspect's vehicle, which was parked near the building.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  WASHINGTON — An 18-year-old man …
Discussion: CNBC, Daily Mail, KSDK-TV, CBS News, KVIA-TV and WUSA
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Cooper's Final Minutes … On Monday evening, as the media class wrapped up its three-day Presidents' Day weekend, a bombshell development sent shockwaves across the industry.  Anderson Cooper, Lachlan Cartwright reported, had declined to sign a new agreement with CBS News …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Took On Recession, Health Care and Iraq.  What He Didn't See Coming Was Trump.  —  A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Sought Vast Budget Cuts.  Congress Granted Few. … Shortly after returning to office, President Trump embarked on an aggressive campaign to pare back the core functions of the federal government, unveiling a budget that proposed some of the steepest spending reductions in U.S. history.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jessica Parker / BBC:
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files ‘cover-up’ in BBC interview  —  Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump's administration of a “cover-up” over its handling of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  —  “Get the files out.
Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84  —  The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, has died.
Mike Allen / Axios:
How Trump saved TikTok: Backstory of a 2-year campaign  —  President Trump had just won reelection and was basking in the parade of congratulatory pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago.  On this day in November 2024, an old friend and a first-time visitor were meeting privately with Trump.
Discussion: New Republic
Axios:
Zelensky says Ukrainian public won't let him hand Russia territory  —  The Ukrainian people would reject a peace deal that involves Ukraine unilaterally withdrawing from the eastern Donbas region and turning it over to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios in an interview Tuesday.
Discussion: UPI
Associated Press:
Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can't be re-detained by immigration authorities  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
 
 
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Samantha Maldonado / The City:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Has Trump Thrown the Democrats a Lifesaver?
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones attacks Dan Bongino as “mentally ill, in a power trip” and a “drama queen destroying himself”
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump administration strikes three more alleged drug boats in the Pacific and Caribbean
Dana Nickel / Politico:
Noncitizen voting is rare. Why is Washington so focused on it?
Discussion: Townhall
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
New lawsuit challenges Trump order to remove ‘corrosive ideology’ from national parks
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
Nick Bednar / Lawfare:
The Constitutionality of the Civil Service
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
After First Big Overseas Trip, Ocasio-Cortez Expresses Frustrations
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Democrats Should Run Against the Epstein Class
Stephanie Koithan / San Antonio Current:
Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley
Discussion: Migrant Insider and New Republic
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Republican congressman's anti-Muslim remark prompts calls for his resignation
Jessica Yellin / News Not Noise:
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem's DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Discussion: Wonkette
 

 
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