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1. Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

   Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:02:19 -0000

   President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.

2. More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

   Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:02:09 -0000

   In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.

3. Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

   Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:44 -0000

   In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.

4. U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

   Sun, 15 Feb 2026 01:15:44 -0000

   Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

5. What They Wanted From Jeffrey Epstein

   Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:05 -0000

   His network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better.