Wednesday – February 18, 2026

Ash Wednesday

– National Drink Wine Day

– National Eat Ice Cream Day

– Thumb Appreciation Day

– Pluto Day

Meme Du Jour

Curious choice of words, Chelsea.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1885 – Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ is publishe
1929 – The first Oscars are announced – No red carpet…very little attention paid to this at all
1930 – Pluto discovered 
(We eventually ghosted it.)
1930 – A cow was milked while flying on a plane at the St Louis Intl Air Show
1945 – The Marines storm the shores of Iwo Jima

1974 – William Randolph Hearst gives $2mil in food to the poor to open talks with Patty’s kidnappers
2001 – Dale Earnhardt Sr dies in a last-lap crash at Daytona, he was just 49.

2010 – Wikileaks published the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– THE VICE PRESIDENT ON THE MIDTERMS AND THE GOP PLAN

– JD VANCE’S REACTION TO AOC’s MUNICH MOMENT

– TRUMP TEAM IS MEETING TO PLAN SOTU AND MESSAGING AHEAD OF MIDTERMS

– COLBERT IS LYING TO YOU AND EVERYONE

– JASMINE CROCKETT JOINS THE NOISE ON THE CBS/COLBERT/TALARICO CRAP

– JAZZY ALSO JUMPED OVER TO MS-13 NOW TO MAKER HER CASE

– HILLARY – TRUMP’S NAME IN EPSTEIN FILES = EVIL, PICS OF BILL CLINTON IN A HOT TUB = PHILANTHROPY

– NEVER FORGET — HILLARY WANTS TO REGULATE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA

– KEVIN O’LEARY, AKA MR WONDERFUL TRIGGERS CNN PANEL WITH HIS ASTUTE ASSESSMENT, ‘YOU’RE ALL NUTS’

– O’LEARY ALSO DISCUSSES WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF TAXES ARE INCREASED ON NYC’s WEALTHY

– MD GOV WES MOORE IS ASKED ABOUT HIS SKETCHY BACKGROUND AS POINTED OUT BY THE FREE BEACON

– WHOOPI IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES AND THE VIEW HAS CHANGED ITS TUNE

– ICYMI – PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRIBUTE TO RUSH LIMBAUGH

More News From DC

–  SWALWELL’S CREEPY POETRY WILL PROBABLY MAKE HIM MORE ATTRACTIVE TO CALIFORNIA VOTERS

– RUMORVILLE: ALITO CONSIDERS RETIREMENT

– TIM WALZ SAYS HE’D RATHER EAT GLASS THAN JUMP INTO KLOBUCHAR’S SENATE SEAT (NOT BUYING IT)

– CAPITOL POLICE RELEASE PICS AND VIDEO OF MAN CAUGHT WITH A WEAPON OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL

– THE POLICE PRESSER VIDEO ON THE INCIDENT

– DC DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS HE’LL BE EATING FISH CAUGHT IN THE ‘POO RIVER

– CNN IS PUSHING ITS ‘SPECIAL PROJECT’ TO WARN US ALL ABOUT CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

General News

– NINE SKIERS STILL MISSING AFTER AVALANCHE HITS MOUNTAINS NORTH OF LAKE TAHOE

– POLICE CREDIT HOCKEY DAY FOR STOPPING MORE DEATH IN RHODE ISLAND SHOOTING

– NYC MAYOR IS GETTING HIS MONEY FOR FREE STUFF, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER

– PEOPLE ARE STILL SCREWING WITH TARGET (I BELIEVE THIS IS CHARLOTTESVILLE)

– PLAY STUPID GAMES, WIN STUPID PRIZES (WHICH COULD BE 20 YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON)

– GERRYMANDERING WIN FOR GOP IN MISSOURI – JUDGE RULES GOV HAS THE POWER TO DO THIS

– FREAK GAS LEAK CAUSES CHURCH EXPLOSION — PASTOR, FOUR FIREFIGHTERS INJURED

– THE FACTS ON TRANSGENDER SHOOTERS CANNOT BE DENIED

OLYMPIC NEWS

– AP OLYMPIC COVERAGE – UPDATED FRONT PAGE

– TEAM USA HAS A FIGURE SKATING PROBLEM — AND YESTERDAY DID NOT HELP

– ENES KANTOR FREEDOM SHARES CLARITY ON TRAITOR EILEEN GU (BORN HERE, SKIIS FOR CHINA)

Other News Catching My Eye

– THE KUNG FU ROBOTS ARE HERE (AND THIS IS JUST WHAT THEY’RE SHOWING US – BE CONCERNED)

– IT HASN’T BEEN A GOOD WEEK FOR TESLA’S ROBOTAXIS IN AUSTIN

– NYPD RESCUES AN INJURED BALD EAGLE ON ICE IN THE HUDSON RIVER

– IS YOUR BEDROOM TEMP PUTTING YOUR HEART AT RISK?

– AT LEAST LONDON IS STILL DOING THE NUTTY PANCAKE RACE THING (IS ANY CITY DOING THIS HERE?)