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NowsTheTime

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Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:01 AM 2 hrs ago

A Day So Weird It Will Make History Books.....Heather Cox Richardson



Beginning the international money aspects of Epstein..arrest of former Prince Andrew...
... 8 minute mark: The sentence of the former President of S. Korea to life imprisonment.

....10:45 discussion of how the President has been given more power over the years...essentially by Rep party
"so that where we are today is that the country from which the United States broke in 1776 is requiring more accountability from a royalty related to the King than the US is demanding from Its' President" (paraphrased)

....17:45 Trump's Board o;' Peace ..is an attempt to replace the U.N.....members accepting are not liberal democracies, more like autocratic countries...while our Democratic allies (a little less so now) have said they will not be members.

....23:40 Discussion of proposal to replace W.H.O. with RFK jr, in charge of a US version that would cost 3x as much as our prior contribution to WHO.

....27:00 minute Rep.Congress is trying to do something called the Congressional Review Act modify to open up federal lands to mining etc. has passed House and going to Senate which can pass w/ a simple majority.

...33:00 minute Trump putting a big image of himself on the Dept.of Justice

... build up of forces near Iran

....ICE moving to more rural arrests
( and that's all I can take to summarize)


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