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Our system, which somehow failed to prosecute CSA President Jefferson Davis after the catastrophic Civil War, yet in 1859 found a way to convict and hang John Brown a mere 44 days after his capture at Harper's Ferry, failed us.


This same system gave us Dummkopf Trumpf who will never spend a moment in a prison cell.

After seizing power on 20 Jan 2025, Trumpf will hold on to it, like a vicious unenlightened tyrant.

Update ...

Columbia student detained by ICE will be 'released imminently,' Trump tells Mamdani
abc7ny.com

... The Columbia student who was detained by the Department of Homeland Security will be released "imminently," President Donald Trump told Mayor Zohran Mamdani after the two met in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

Just got off the phone with President Trump. In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elaina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE this morning. He has just informed me that she will be released imminently.
t.co
-- Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) February 26, 2026

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The Clintons are in the hot seat -- and lawmakers are hungry for Epstein-related prosecutions
www.politico.com

... House members are eyeing a new phase in their monthslong investigation into Jeffrey Epstein: A race to produce results that match the stunning Epstein fallout across the globe and satisfy an electorate clamoring for accountability. ...

This week's interviews of Bill and Hillary Clinton " who are scheduled to testify to lawmakers under subpoena and behind closed doors about their relationships with Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell " could be a pivotal moment in this effort.

Bill Clinton has maintained that he was an acquaintance of Epstein's but stopped communicating with him at least a decade before his arrest in 2019, and he has not been accused of wrongdoing.

His spokesperson Angel Urena posted on social media in 2019 that the former president traveled on Epstein's plane four times internationally in 2002 and 2003, but that Secret Service details were present "on every leg of the trip." Hillary Clinton has said she has no memory of meeting Epstein at all. A spokesperson for the Clintons did not respond to a request for comment.

But the Clintons' depositions before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee come as the recent arrests in Britain of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, and ex-ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson, have only intensified the pressure on Congress to produce similarly dramatic impacts closer to home.

That means both Clintons will be put under a microscope for any potential transgression, whether it relates to the late financier's sex trafficking conviction or not.

"Obviously, the committee wants to see some people be held accountable," said Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) in an interview in advance of the high-profile depositions. The former president will testify Friday, and the former secretary of state Thursday, both in Chappaqua, New York. ...




fedscoop.com

Appeals court gives OK to IRS to keep sharing information with ICE
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said immigrants' rights groups were unlikely to succeed on claims that the data-sharing pact violated tax code or circumvented agency rule-making.

@#7

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
www.newscientist.com

... Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases ...

Update ...

Cuba appears to hold speedboat suspects in provincial hospital
www.reuters.com

... Cuba on Thursday appeared to be holding at a guarded provincial hospital at least some of the six wounded exiles who were detained following what Cuba described as an attack by 10 heavily armed Cuban nationals who tried to infiltrate the country by speedboat. ...

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