Tuesday, February 17, 2026

CULTURE

Ala., Miss. Commemorate Confederate Memorial Day

(Headline USA) Alabama and Mississippi closed most government offices Monday for Confederate Memorial Day as efforts have stalled to abolish state holidays that honor the old Confederacy. Legislation has been introduced in the ongoing Alabama legislative session to remove, alter or rename Confederate-related holidays, but the effort has so far...

Woke ESPN’s Next Round of Disney-Mandated Layoffs to Include On-Air Talent

(Headline USA) ESPN began informing employees of layoffs Monday, which are job cuts that are taking place throughout its corporate owner, the Walt Disney Company. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in February that the company would reduce 7,000 jobs either through not filling positions or layoffs. ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro said...

Leftist Celebs Scoff as Twitter Reinstates Free Blue Checkmarks

(Headline USA) Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don't know why their blue check marks reappeared—nor do they seem too happy about it. Twitter removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee....

Trump Tells Rival Network He Was ‘Shocked’ by Fox/Carlson Split

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Donald Trump took to rival conservative network Newsmax on Monday night with his first public comments after it was reported that Fox News had parted ways with wildly popular host and conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson. "I'm shocked. I’m surprised,” the former president told Newsmax’s Greg Kelly...

Bill Gates, Planned Parenthood Teach Minors about Prostitution, Sexual Deviancy

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Leftist billionaire Bill Gates has reportedly funneled money through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into a nongovernmental organization that grooms 10-year-olds and younger by teaching them about prostitution and sexual deviation. As expected, the NGO branded prostitution as “commercial sex work” and accepting of sexual...

‘Gender Queer’ Tops List of Most Challenged Books for Second Year in a Row

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) The graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe was the most challenged book of 2022, according to an annual list of the most controversial books as assessed by the American Library Association. The list was published Monday during the start of National Library Week. The...

A Beginner’s Guide to Trigger Words That Ruin Good Discussions

(Bruce Rottman, FEE) Social justice. Capitalism. Socialism. Nationalism. Systemic racism. Each of these can be “trigger words,” which describes words that trigger strong emotions, sometimes positive, often negative. The granddaddy of all trigger words is probably “fascist.” In 1944, a quarter century after Mussolini coined this term, George Orwell commented that...

John Kerry, Jen Psaki Warn of Climate Armageddon, Eat Ice Cream

(Headline USA) Jet-setting climate czar John Kerry claimed this week that climate change is responsible for natural disasters that destroy people’s homes and crops. In an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, Kerry was asked how he can convince the public to accept climate change as the “most important issue” facing...

GOP Senate Candidate Calls for Reparations for Families of White Union Soldiers

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A GOP Senate candidate in Ohio called for reparations for the descendants of white Union Soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Bernie Moreno made the statement in a speech announcing his intent to run against Sherrod Brown in the 2024 Ohio Senate race, the Daily...

Don Lemon Fired from CNN

(Headline USA) Don Lemon revealed on Monday that he has been fired from CNN, saying he was “stunned.” “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned,” he wrote in a post on Twitter. “After 17 years at CNN I would...

BREAKING: Fox Stock Tanks Upon News of Tucker Carlson’s Departure

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Fox News announced Monday that its most popular host, Tucker Carlson, is leaving the company—causing Fox stock to immediately crater. Fox’s announcement was unexpected and abrupt. Carlson had promised to "be back on Monday" when he signed off on his Friday show in typical fashion. https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1650538986211794945?s=20 "We thank him...

Kamala Harris Credits Nonexistent Agency with Approving Mifepristone

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In an interview with Noticias Telemundo’s Vanessa Hauc, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that a U.S. agency named “Federal Drug Administration” greenlighted mifepristone, an abortion pill, 20 years ago. However, no such agency exists. "Let’s set the scene. Many months ago, the highest court in our land,...
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