Monday – President’s Day – February 16, 2026

President’s Day

– National Almond Day (Eat them every single day!)

– National ‘Do A Grouch A Favor Day’

– Innovation Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1923 – Archeologist opens tomb of King Tut 
(was there a curse unleashed?)

1968 – The first 9-1-1 call is placed (By 1979 25% of the country had it, by ’87 it was 50%) 

1979 – The Shah leaves Iran

1991 – The Persian Gulf War begins — ‘Operation Desert Storm’ vs Iraq would end with a ceasefire on 2/28


2005 –  The NHL cancels the season amid a labor dispute2024 – Putin critic Alexi Navalny died in prison (frog poison got him)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– HOMAN ON CBS – HAS A MESSAGE FOR SANCTUARY CITIES (HE HOPES THEY LEARN FROM MINNESOTA

– THEN HOMAN POPPED ON CNN TO EDUCATE JAKE TAPPER AND HIS PEEPS

– REP WESLEY HUNT DELIVERS A BRILLIANT RESPONSE TO BILL MAHER ON ROBERT E LEE DORM AT WEST POINT

– SEN SCHUMER IS PRESENTED THE FACTS ON VOTER ID LAWS… HE IMMEDIATELY INVOKES ‘JIM CROW 2.0’

– HAVING SOLVED ALL OF AMERICA’S PROBLEMS, CHUCK SCHUMER IS FOCUSING ON APPROVING FLAGS FOR THE LGBTQ

– SEN FETTERMAN IS STILL MAKING SENSE (ON OCCASION) — THE FLOODING OF THE BORDERS WAS BAD FOR ALL 

– SEC OF STATE RUBIO WAS AMAZING — ALL 21 MINS ARE HERE

– SEN KATIE BRITT FINDS IT INTERESTING THAT SO MANY DEMS ARE IN MUNICH

COMEDY AT THE MUNICH CONFERENCE

– HILLARY IS SUDDENLY ON THE SIDE OF LIMITING MIGRATION (HMMM, IT THIS A PIVOT BY DEMS?)

     – HILLARY WENT NUCLEAR ON TRUMP OVER UKRAINE

– THEN THERE’S THE MOMENT THE CZECH REP CALLED HER OUT OVER TDS

– HILLARY CLINTON MODERATES A PANEL ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS – FIRST SPEAKER IS A MAN PLAYING DRESS UP

– GAVIN NEWSOM DECLARES ‘DONALD TRUMP IS TEMPORARY’

– GRETCHEN WHITMER WAS ASKED ABOUT UKRAINE AND ALMOST REQUIRED THE HEIMLICH MANUVER

– BILL MAHER RECOGNIZED MUNICH AS THE FIRST ‘DEM PRIMARY’

– WE ALL SAW AOC’s FUMBLES AND HAD THE MISS TEEN USA FLASHBACK, DIDN’T WE?

– ‘WHITENESS IS AN IMAGINARY THING’

– AOC AND HER PROBLEM WITH RUBIO SAYING AMERICAN COWBOYS CAM FROM SPAIN

– RUBIO’S SPEECH TRIGGERED AOC INTO TRYING TO SELL US ALL COMMUNISM

– REP THOMAS MASSIE IS NOT BACKING DOWN FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES AND TRUMP

– MTG IS STILL AROUND — SHE SHARES A STORY ABOUT A CALL FROM TRUMP REGARDING THE EPSTEIN FILES

– BILL MAHER CLAIMS TRUMP WATCHES HIS SHOW, TEXTS HIM WITH ANGRY COMMENTS

– HEY EVERYBODY, ROSIE’S BACK IN AMERICA AND MAKING EVEN CRAZIER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST TRUMP

– OBAMA SAYS ALIENS ARE REAL – BUT HE HASN’T SEEN THEM

– THE LESSER CUOMO IS RANTING AT DEMS LIKE AOC AND DECLARE THEY ARE ‘KILLING THE PARTY’

– AG BONDI SAYS ‘ALL’ EPSTEIN FILES HAVE BEEN RELEASED?

– COLORADO’S SEC OF STATE HAS A HISTORY OF ERRORS WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS

General News

– NEW STATEMENT FROM SAVANNAH GUTHRIE 

– THE GLOVE IS TIED TO THE MAN ON THE VIDEO — NOW WHAT?

– MARYLAND WOMAN WANTS PARENTS REPORTED TO CPS IF THEIR KIDS JOIN TPUSA

– CHICAGO MAYOR IS CONFRONTED WITH A VIOLENT ILLEGAL ALIEN STORY — NEXT QUESTION

– FLORIDA TEACHERS UNION GOES PUBLIC WITH SUPPORT OF STUDENT WAALK OUTS OVER ICE RAIDS

– DID YOU WASTE HOURS WATCHING THE DAYTONA 500? ALL YOU NEED WAS THE LAST MINUTE OR SO

– MICHAEL JORDAN’S CAR WINS THE BIG RACE

OLYMPICS

– CANADA’S PROBLEMS WITH ‘ILLEGAL TOUCHING’ IN CURLING CONTINUE

– AP COVERAGE OF THE LATEST

(Manatees wear bikinis?)

Other News Catching My Eye

– I THOUGHT THIS TARA LIPINSKI SPOT WAS A PSA, UNTIL IT HIT THE 21ST SECOND MARK

– MEXICAN WOMAN DECLARES MEXICO TO BE THE BEST COUNTRY — BUT SHE IS NOT GOING BACK

– BILLIONAIRES FIGHT OVER THE MOON