February 17, 2026

MORE NUKES IS GOOD NUKES: US Airlifts New Nuclear Reactor Breakthrough.

The U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense on Sunday for the first time transported a small nuclear reactor on a cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate the potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use.

The agencies partnered with California-based Valar Atomics to fly one of the company’s Ward microreactors on a C-17 aircraft — without nuclear fuel — to Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey were on the C-17 flight with the reactor and its components, and hailed the event as a breakthrough for U.S. nuclear energy and military logistics.

“This gets us closer to deploy nuclear power when and where it is needed to give our nation’s warfighters the tools to win in battle,” Duffey said.

Why not deploy nuclear power almost everywhere?

Posted at 7:33 am by Stephen Green

FROM MARY CATELLI:  The Enchanted Princess Wakes.

Once upon a time, a princess was cursed at her christening — but not the one you heard of.

When the fairy decreed that Rosaleen would fall into an enchanted sleep, and how she would wake, the grand plans of kings, to unite kingdoms, failed. They sent her to an out-of-the-way castle in the mountains, in hopes the curse would do no harm to anyone else.

There, alone, Rosaleen lived and learned, and realized that she herself had to be ready to face the curse, and when it broke.

Posted at 7:31 am by Sarah Hoyt

WE KNOW THAT BLOOMBERG HAS CHOSEN ITS SIDE: The Ocasio-Cortez Disaster in Munich Gives a 2028 Election Primer As Bloomberg News Cleans Up Her Mess.

Not sure that the mess has been cleaned up, though.

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

NEWSOM’S ‘BRILLIANT’ COMMS TEAM REALLY STEPPING IN IT:

Biden was approaching 77 when DNC-MSM began running their “he’s got a stutter” stories in 2019. Newsom is 58. In 2026, that seems an awfully young age for his comms team to attempt to compete in the “oppression Olympics.” (Perhaps 58 seems incredibly old and infirm to the 20-somethings who are likely ghostwriting his tweets.

(Classical reference in headline.)

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

LOL, AOC:

Underlying article is here.

Posted at 7:13 am by Glenn Reynolds

IT NEVER FAILS: Leftist gun control enthusiasts have no idea of the existing law.

Posted at 7:06 am by Glenn Reynolds

FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN: Nick Shirley Just Took a Look at California Voter Rolls and OMG. “In his new 23-minute video in San Diego and Orange Counties — remember, the most ‘conservative’ areas in California — Shirley casts a bright light on how ‘Californians’ are registered to vote at illegal addresses such as office spaces, storage units, and PO Boxes throughout the state. These are all illegal residences.”

Posted at 7:02 am by Stephen Green

LYING HYPOCRITE-IN-CHIEF:

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

YOU SAY YOU WANT A (TAX) REVOLUTION: Well, Democratic Socialists like Mamdani, Sanders and AOC, if you were to confiscate 100 percent of the wealth of the five richest men in America, you could fund the federal government for two months, according to a National Taxpayers Union (NTU) analysis.

The same study found taxing the top one percent of all taxpayers at a 100 percent rate would fund Uncle Sam for four months. As Lady Thatcher famously said, “the problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”

Posted at 5:48 am by Mark Tapscott