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DHS reportedly taps Labor Department aide behind posts echoing white supremacist rhetoric Propaganda

DHS reportedly taps Labor Department aide behind posts echoing white supremacist rhetoric

Feb. 12, 2026, 6:56 PM EST There’s desperation in the air at the Department of Homeland Security. That’s my reading of a new report from The New York Times that 21-year-old Peyton Rollins, who worked as a social media manager at the Labor Department as the agency pushed out posts…
bubmag
February 13, 2026
Government can file FIR or move Privilege Motion, I will stand with farmers: Rahul Gandhi on criticism of U.S. trade deal Narendra Modi

Government can file FIR or move Privilege Motion, I will stand with farmers: Rahul Gandhi on criticism of U.S. trade deal

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (February 12, 2026) said the government could file cases or move a Privilege Motion against him, but he would continue to stand with farmers, as he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being “anti-farmer” and of “selling” the country…
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February 13, 2026
In the fight against climate change, Trump sides with climate change Climate Change

In the fight against climate change, Trump sides with climate change

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here . Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is shredding the federal government’s ability to fight climate change. What happened? On Thursday,…
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February 13, 2026
Trump’s EPA rejects climate change as health threat, but science strongly disagrees Climate Change

Trump’s EPA rejects climate change as health threat, but science strongly disagrees

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.” But repeated scientific studies say it’s a documented and quantifiable harm. Again and again, research has found increasing disease and deaths — thousands…
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February 13, 2026
Protesters march in Venezuela as National Assembly weighs amnesty bill Venezuela

Protesters march in Venezuela as National Assembly weighs amnesty bill

Protesters have marched in duelling demonstrations in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, as the country’s National Assembly weighed a bill that would grant amnesty to political prisoners. The demonstrations on Thursday marked Venezuela’s National Youth Day and were the first major showing of opposition to the government led by interim President Delcy…
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February 13, 2026
Michelle Obama gets 10 new piercings at once and discusses what influenced her decision (video) Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama gets 10 new piercings at once and discusses what influenced her decision (video)

Former U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama has revealed that she got ten new ear piercings in addition to tye previous ones she has.  She disclosed this while speaking with her brother Craig Robinson on their IMO Podcast.  Michelle explained that she previously got another ear piercing and had been flirting…
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February 12, 2026
‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants Palantir

‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants

This week, hosts Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger, and Zoë Schiffer discuss WIRED’s big scoop on ICE’s startling plans to expand to nearly every state in the US. Then they unpack Alex Karp’s nearly-hour-long non-response to Palantir employees with ethical concerns about collaborating with ICE. Plus, a WIRED writer lets the…
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February 12, 2026
Trump revokes legal basis for US climate laws, calling climate change ‘a scam’ Climate Change

Trump revokes legal basis for US climate laws, calling climate change ‘a scam’

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has revoked a landmark scientific finding underpinning US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution, marking his biggest rollback of climate policy to date. The repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding” was paired with the immediate elimination of greenhouse gas standards on automobiles. But it also…
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February 12, 2026
NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth Space Debris

NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause to Keep It From Crashing Into Earth

NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth’s atmosphere. To do that, the space agency has recently limited the mission’s operations in orbit to keep it from moving around so much. NASA suspended most of Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory’s science operations on Wednesday…
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February 12, 2026