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February 16, 2026

Remember when we had sane and competent Presidents?

Those were the days!

February 16, 2026

Happy President's Day

February 13, 2026

Real Whine with Bill Maher guests - Friday, February 13, 2026

Real Whine with Bill Maher continues its 24th season Friday, February 13 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT), with a replay at 11:00 a.m., exclusively on HBO.

This week features a one-on-one interview with Pam Bondi (who Bill said is the sexiest Attorney General since Janet Reno. Bill is a complex man), U.S. Attorney General, for a discussion on how democrats are exploiting the Epstein files to shamelessly score political points against our beloved President Trump.

This week's in-studio panel will include John Fetterman (and Bill’s favorite democrat since Joe
Manchin), senior United States senator from Pennsylvania; and Tony Dokoupil (who Bill considers the greatest news anchor in broadcast history), anchor of the CBS Evening News, joining Bill for a discussion on how much the Super Bowl halftime show sucked, how democrats are unreasonable for blocking the SAVE Act and how Bill’s friend Bari Weiss is doing a great job getting rid of all the woke people at CBS.

FYI This is satire. For the real guests go here: https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/real-time-bill-maher-february-13-episode-lineup?language_content_entity=en

February 11, 2026

'This is how a wave starts': Democrats win another special election

'This is how a wave starts': Democrats win another special election
Phillip M. Bailey
USA TODAY


Democrats continue to do better than expected in state legislative races that national leaders believe are signs of voter frustration with President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections for Congress.

This time the outcome was in a state House race in Louisiana, where Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated Brad Daigle, a Republican, by 24 percentage points on Feb. 7 in a district the president won by 13 percentage points in 2024.

That swing is similar to what transpired earlier in February after a special election for a state Senate seat in Texas, where the Democratic contender trounced their GOP rival and flipped a seat the party hasn't held since 1978.

Democrats already held the state House seat in Louisiana, but Republicans were hoping to flip it after Gov. Jeff Landry, a Trump ally, appointed the previous incumbent to be a commissioner for the state's Department of Alcohol & Tobacco.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/democrat-blue-wave-louisiana-special-election-trump/88604258007/
February 11, 2026

Dan Goldman Absolutely Hammers Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons


At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) clashed with Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons over his agents' tactics.
February 8, 2026

Who was born a US citizen?

February 8, 2026

Who's watching the Bad Bunny concert today?

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I was the unwanted child of a German missionary and a Chinese girl of good family yet I became the treasurer of the most powerful criminal society in China.
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