GLEICHSCHALTUNG: Woke Portland pizza restaurant hits diners with anti-ICE propaganda and bizarrely declares ‘food is political.’
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): I believe Comrade Stalin felt the same way.
February 17, 2026
NOT EVEN TWO MONTHS IN OFFICE, MAMDANI HOLDS THE CITY HOSTAGE TO GET WHAT HE WANTS:
NYC Mayor Mamdani unveiled his preliminary budget at City Hall. The proposal outlines two options: either Hochul approves tax increases on the wealthy and corporations, or the city will raise property taxes on residents and tap into municipal reserves.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 17, 2026
Not quite Bane, but give him time.
“UNSTABLE AUTOGYNEPHILIC MALES” MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE, BUT YES: Trans Shooters: The Patterns Are Well Established.
LIMITED TIME DEAL: True Classic Mens T-Shirts. #CommissionEarned
THIS IS GREAT NEWS:
Trump's policies are having good effects.
When the new public charge rules come into effect this year between 1.3 million and 4 million immigrant households on Medicaid will be removed from the program.
America cannot be the world's hospital & welfare ward.
(KFF study link:… pic.twitter.com/TVkNgIGeIs
— White Papers Policy Institute (@WhitePapersPol) February 17, 2026
THE FULL MIFEPRISTONE TIMELINE: The FDA approved the chemical abortion drug in 2000 with four crucially important requirements, including being used only within the first seven weeks of a pregnancy, dispensed only by a qualified prescriber (with means to react promptly in case of an incomplete abortion or severe bleeding), patients had to have followup visits within 14 days, and all adverse events were to be reported.
Boy, have things changed since that initial FDA approval and the Sept. 12, 2001, death of Brenda Vise due to complications from a botched Mifepristone-induced abortion. The Family Research Council (FRC) went back and researched it all in depth to now provide this revealing timeline.
BUT THEY ASSURED ME THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: The Bacon Paradox.
In 1998, three scientists won the Nobel Prize for discovering a molecule that saves lives. It relaxes blood vessels. It lowers pressure. It prevents heart attacks. It is called Nitric Oxide. The primary raw material for this miracle molecule is the very thing we have spent fifty years trying to banish from our breakfast tables. We are running away from the cure because we have confused it with the poison.
Here is the inconvenient fact that the “clean eating” lobby forgets to mention. Vegetables love nitrates. They soak them up from the soil like a sponge.
Beetroot. Rocket. Spinach. And yes, celery. These are the nitrate heavyweights. A 100g serving of rocket contains more nitrates than 5 kgs of bacon or hotdogs. If nitrates were truly the toxic assassin we are told they are, a salad would be a suicide note.
Yet, nobody is protesting against spinach (which has twice the level of rocket). We consider these vegetables “superfoods.” We blend them. We drink them. We feed them to our children.
So why is the nitrate in a bacon sarny a killer, but the nitrate in a beetroot a hero?
Read the whole thing — and hands off my bacon.
IT’S A PUZZLEMENT: Detaining a U.S. Citizen Is Probably Not the Way to Attract Foreign Investors.
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.
UPDATE:
I didn’t say you couldn’t read, you 🤡
I said you were “historically illiterate”…
….because you apparently have no idea that Eisenhower federalized the national guard to stop Dem governors from defying federal law.
Specifically, on September 23, 1957, President Eisenhower… https://t.co/63z3botBKs
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 17, 2026
(Classical reference in headline.)
IT’S AN OUTRAGE! RIGHT? ISN’T THAT WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO SAY? Trump’s Surprising Reaction to Jesse Jackson’s Death.
THE FREE RIDE IS OVER:
Shippers and brokers have grown accustomed to having nearly unlimited capacity in the market. That was only possible when you had shady carriers able to import drivers from outside of the country that they could put into a truck within days of entering the US, and pay poverty… https://t.co/aFrA2JGI8E
— SuperTrucker 🚛💨→💻 (@supertrucker) February 17, 2026
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: AI set to make medical scan reports twice as easy to understand for patients.
JIM TREACHER: Don’t Misgender That Murderer. “Another day, another trans shooter. But this one might be the craziest one so far. This man was named Robert Dorgan:”
The Final Boss of the Horseshoe https://t.co/sQBNiJC4XJ
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 17, 2026
A transvestite with Nazi tattoos? Well, it takes all kinds to make up a world.
And this is what Mr. Dorgan did. Providence (RI) Journal:
Police have identified the suspect who killed two and critically injured three others in a Feb. 16 shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena [ice rink], before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed that the shooting was targeted and appeared to be a family dispute. The shooter was identified as Robert Dorgan, who also went by the name Roberta Esposito.
Specifically, he shot his ex-wife, three of his children, and a family friend while they were watching a high-school hockey game. He then shot himself. His wife and one of his children are dead.
Read the whole thing, including some “unexpected” New York Times anti-journalism, because, as Treacher writes, “Journalism means being as vague as possible about anything that might pose a problem for Democrats.”
I COULD HAVE WARNED THEM SIX YEARS AGO THAT DENVER WAS A MISTAKE: So Another Blue State Just Lost Another Company to Guess Where.
I’M READY FOR A SABBATICAL: Whether it’s a mini-sabbatical or an adult gap year, more people are taking extended work breaks.
WHAT A MESS: Trump says FEMA will play ‘key role’ in coordinating response to Potomac sewage spill.
The collapse of a sewer line in Montgomery County, Maryland, last month spilled more than 200 million gallons of wastewater into the river. DC Water recently completed a bypass to temporarily reroute wastewater back into the sewer system, although local officials say it could take another 10 months to repair the pipe.
In a Monday afternoon social media post, Trump accused Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — a Democrat — of “gross mismanagement,” calling the spill “a result of incompetent Local and State Management of Essential Waste Management Systems.” He also attacked Moore for his role overseeing the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed in March 2024.
“While State and Local Authorities have failed to request needed Emergency Help, I cannot allow incompetent Local ‘Leadership’ to turn the River in the Heart of Washington into a Disaster Zone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding: “The Federal Government has no choice, but to step in.”
A spill this size would’ve been much bigger news in a red state.
LAST DAY OF THE: The 2026 Spring Based Book Sale! Runs Now Through Tuesday February 17, 2026.
Free and 99c books by people who don’t hate those to the right of Lenin! Also, I have a book in the sale. (Price will be changed at midnight, probably take effect in the wee hours.)
OLD AND BUSTED: “One Man’s Terrorist is Another Man’s Freedom Fighter.”
The New Hotness?
"Sitting on their vast wealth," could also be phrased "investing their vast wealth in productive enterprises instead of throwing money to activist NGOs that are mostly scams." https://t.co/SDgwmo2dU5
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) February 17, 2026
Amazing how Bezos setting $100 million or so alight every year to keep the doors open at the Washington Post is considered “sitting on his wealth.”
CREEPY BUT NOT SHOCKING: The Creepy Media Cover-Up of Gov. Pritzker’s Family Ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Bride surprises wedding guests with stem cell donor who saved her life.
LIGHTNING DEAL: 2026Upgraded Pressure Washer 5000PSI with Adjustable Touch Screen. #CommissionEarned
THIS:
"Sitting on their vast wealth," could also be phrased "investing their vast wealth in productive enterprises instead of throwing money to activist NGOs that are mostly scams." https://t.co/SDgwmo2dU5
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) February 17, 2026
AND NOT JUST IN THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING: Colorado bill would fully legalize prostitution. “Senate Bill 26-097 would require the entire state to decriminalize ‘commercial sexual activity among consenting adults,’ both for people who buy sex and who would sell it. This would be unique in the U.S., as the only other states with any form of legal prostitution, Maine and Nevada, still have certain rules around it.”
