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Below, you will find some headlines and events we may have missed. Feel free to share what you have found interesting as long as it comes from a credible source, not some RW cesspit.
The Economy:
U.S. Imports Grew in 2025, as Trump’s Tariffs Reshuffled Global Trade
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
U.S. imports grew and the trade deficit remained historically large last year, data released Thursday showed, as steep tariffs imposed by President Trump scrambled trade but did not halt it.
High tariffs and unpredictable policy drove huge swings in trade last year. Companies stockpiled products ahead of tariffs going into effect, then halted imports. American investors bought and sold large quantities of foreign gold as a hedge against volatile markets.
But although hefty tariffs dampened purchases of imported cars, household consumer items and other goods somewhat, America’s trade with the world remained relatively robust. The United States imported chips to fill new artificial intelligence data centers and Americans snapped up foreign weight-loss drugs, all helping to buoy cross-border trade.
The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:
love to be looted by our criminal president
— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) February 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov) February 19, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Your Tax $$$ at Work:
Make Herbicides Great Again!:
Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits
An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
President Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring the domestic production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that has figured in health lawsuits.
The move immediately set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement, and appeared to put Mr. Kennedy in an awkward position.
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, which has been the target of tens of thousands of lawsuits that claim it causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In 2018, as a plaintiff’s lawyer, Mr. Kennedy helped win a landmark $289 million jury verdict against Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, in a case contending the company knew the weedkiller caused cancer.
RFK JR. ONE MONTH AGO: “I believe glyphosate causes cancer.” TODAY: Trump signs EO unleashing the use of glyphosate. 🤔 MAHA folks are feeling betrayed, as they should be, and as many knew they would.
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) February 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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