Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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New England Patriots Owner Built Command Center to Track Online Speech

(José Niño, Headline USA) New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft operates a surveillance hub inside the team's stadium that monitors over 500 million social media posts daily and sends intelligence reports on campus speech to university administrators. Chris Menahan of Information Liberation highlighted the operation, tweeting that Robert Kraft's Blue...

Social Media Company Says that Social Media Addiction if Fake

(Headline USA) Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms. The question of addiction is a key pillar of the case, where plaintiffs seek...

DHS Pleads for Money; Democrat Offers Alternative Funding Bill Excluding ICE

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With less than 48 hours until the funding stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security expires, a hyper-partisan Congress faces limited options to avoid a partial government shutdown. Senate Democrats say they will reject any Homeland Security funding bill – the only fiscal year 2026...

Trump Administration Still Running Budget Deficits Despite Surge in Tariff Revenue

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Tariff revenue is closing the budget deficit, but federal spending continues to increase, erasing some of those gains and driving Uncle Sam deeper into debt. The federal government ran a $94.62 billion deficit in January, according to the monthly Treasury statement. That was down 26 percent...

Silver Market Expected to Run Sixth Straight Supply Deficit This Year

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The silver market is projected to run its sixth straight structural supply deficit in 2026 as investment demand remains high. Based on preliminary data compiled by the Silver Institute, silver demand outstripped supply by about 95 million ounces last year, leading to the fifth...

When Should You Sell Your Gold and Silver

(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey opened with a story from his childhood about a quarter superglued to a school cafeteria floor. In the 1980s, a quarter could actually buy something. If it had been minted before 1965, it would...

Stacey Plaskett Begged Epstein for Cash Using a Pseudonym 

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., concealed her identity in an email using a pseudonym to solicit money from longtime associate Jeffrey Epstein, according to a recent report covering DOJ-released emails.  In one email, dated May 5, 2017, Plaskett used the pseudonym “LeRoy Daughter,” an apparent reference to her father, LeRoy...

San Francisco Sued Over Reparations Fund for Black Residents

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) A lawsuit is challenging a San Francisco ordinance that establishes a reparations fund for Black residents. The ordinance, signed in December by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, a Democrat, is aimed at addressing systematic harms. Even so, the Pacific Legal Foundation said this is wrong. “The...

Commerce Secretary Acknowledges Meetings w/ Epstein, Contradicting Previous Claims

(Headline USA) Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financier's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick's previous claim that he had cut ties with him after 2005. Lutnick again downplayed his...

Former NYC Mayor Adams Fined $4,000 Over ‘Political Stunt’

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams will pay thousands of dollars in fines for hosting a press conference where he used props to attack a political opponent.  The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board said Monday that Adams has agreed to a $4,000...

Report: U.S. Added Nearly $700 Billion to National Debt in Four Months

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January alone, the Congressional Budget Office reports. The number further heightens the risk that America will experience some kind of financial crisis unless...

Epstein Files Reveal 330 Gallon Sulfuric Acid Purchase on Same Day FBI Opened Sex Trafficking Probe

(José Niño, Headline USA) Newly released government documents show Jeffrey Epstein ordered 330 gallons of sulfuric acid for his private island on the same day federal investigators launched a sex trafficking case against him, according to records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law November 19,...
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