I'm voting for Talarico. I'm trying to get my folks to vote for him too. So far they're mum about it.😂

In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS has struck down the majority of Trump's tariffs policies, which many are calling "the bedrock of his economic agenda." Experts say businesses will be lining up soon, expecting refunds on the billions they have paid up to this point.

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Hate for Elon Musk narrows jury pool for his upcoming trial. Plaintiffs are suing him for misleading statements made regarding the twitter deal
https://www.courthousenews.com/contempt-for-musk-clouds-jury-selection-in-twitter-takeover-trial/

A large portion of jury selection focused on prospective jurors’ opinions of Musk and whether they would be able to be impartial.

“Whatever your opinion is on Mr. Musk, Twitter or Tesla, can you set it aside in the sense that you will judge the defendant based solely, emphasize solely, on the evidence produced in this trial and the law as I give it to you?” U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer asked the prospective jury pool.

Musk’s ties to the Trump administration were also a focal point of jury screening, with Breyer telling prospective jurors the case is “not a referendum on the president of the United States.”

“Even though you may have strong views on the presidency, this is not the forum where this is expressed,” he told prospective jurors, adding that they should affirm that “whatever your views of the presidency are, they are not going to influence your views in this case.”

More than a third of the initial jury pool indicated they could not serve impartially and were dismissed by the judge. Others were questioned by the parties about the answers they provided to the court, indicating a strongly held negative opinion of Musk.

Stephen Broome of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, an attorney for Musk, raised concerns with Breyer following jury screening that the court was “desensitized” to how improper it would be to seat jurors who expressed extreme dislike for the defendant. He claimed that if Musk was any other defendant, a juror who said “I hate that guy and he has no moral compass” would be dismissed.

Breyer pushed back, saying that the case was not like any other because Musk is a well-known public figure akin to a United States president, and jurors are allowed to have personal views on public figures.

“He is a public figure, and as a public figure, he will excite views, strong views. The question is whether or not they can set them aside,” said Breyer, a Bill Clinton appointee presiding over the trial.

The trial is scheduled to begin on March 2 and go through March 16 with nine jurors and no alternates. The defense has not indicated whether or not Musk will testify at trial.

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-concentration-camps-wexmac-titus

Real reasons NOT to visit the USA even if you think you'll be fine.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

Edited Saturday at 02:25 PM2 days by janea4old

^ I mean, of course it's a horrid time to visit the U.S. This article is what you send your acquaintance who wants to visit as a tourist if they think "that wouldn't happen to me".

It's only a matter of time before this administration proposes rounding up all us African-Americans and shipping us to Africa. ("No more drugs! No more gangs! No more welfare queens!")

Edited Saturday at 05:14 PM2 days by Khan

Another attempt on his life, and he wasn't even at Mar-a-largo.

https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-spend-us-july-4-holiday-italys-lampedusa-known-migrant-arrivals-2026-02-19/

FBI director Kash Patel used an expensive government plane to go to the Olympics. His office denied he did that. However there are multiple videos of him partying in the men's locker room with the USA men's hockey team after the team won the gold medal.

Then we learned that Patel got Tr*mp on the phone in the locker room, to invite the USA men's hockey team to to the State of the Union address Feb. 24. (Tr*mp complained he'd have to invite the USA women's gold-medal-winning team as well)

full rollingstone article without paywall
https://archive.is/SV9HY

https://www.today.com/news/sports/womens-hockey-declines-trump-invitation-state-union-rcna260317

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by janea4old

Donald Trump: "Guess I'll invite the women's team, too, or they'll impeach me!"

Did he really think the women's team would've accepted an invitation to visit the WH after making that kind of statement?

This wasn't said; but it was somewhat like the old Tr*mp "locker room talk" excuse, with the male hockey players laughing

Edited 50 minutes ago50 min by janea4old

So this is an invitation to the State of The Union speech at the Capitol building on Tuesday night Feb. 24. Tr*mp says he'll send a military plane to bring the hockey team there. He wants them in the room to prop himself up on TV.

Should be interesting because traditionally the entire Supreme Court is in attendance at the S.O.T.U. speech. I wouldn't be surprised if he rants about them during his speech.

Edited 26 minutes ago26 min by janea4old

On 2/20/2026 at 9:07 AM, Khan said:

In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS has struck down the majority of Trump's tariffs policies, which many are calling "the bedrock of his economic agenda." Experts say businesses will be lining up soon, expecting refunds on the billions they have paid up to this point.

NPR

7 key things to know about Trump's tariffs after the Supr...

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump overstepped his authority in ordering double-digit tariffs on nearly everything the U.S. imports. Here's some of the economic context to understand

He had such a meltdown about this. In his reaction statement, he literally said he's entitled to destroy other countries (technically he meant destroy economically; but obviously emotionally he feels he should be allowed to fully destroy anyone or anything or any country).

He also insulted the Supreme Court Justices who ruled against him, and their families.

Edited 31 minutes ago31 min by janea4old