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NEW: @GovKathyHochul proposes slowing down NY's climate goals. Wants to shift 2030 goal for emission reduction to 2040; Keep 2050 goal. Will need legislators help. newsday.com/news/region-st…

BREAKING: Republican Bruce Blakeman is at risk of losing access to the state’s public campaign financing program, a key lifeline in his attempt to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul. A filing error could disqualify his attempt to receive millions in matching $. newsday.com/news/region-st…

New Surveillance Capabilities for home security systems prompting backlash. NY lawmaker proposes bill on "neighborhood surveillance networks." Via @shugheswrites @Newsday newsday.com/news/region-st…

Democrats are starting to shout and speak out more frequently to Trump. The shouts comes as he talks about Minnesota, and the SAVE Act…and immigration enforcement “You have killed Americans!” Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar shouts several times to the president.

Turner Classic Movies is counterprograming the State of the Union with an airing of Gaslight, the 1944 film about a woman being slowly driven mad by the manipulations of her husband. Starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and a very young Angela Lansbury, the film considered the inspiration for the term “gaslighting.” consequence.net/2026/02/tcm-ga…

A new NPR investigation reveals the Justice Department withheld portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files that contain allegations involving President Trump. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said the DOJ's withholding of information could amount to a crime. For more, @GeoffRBennett speaks to @jkbjournalist, whose reporting helped expose much of the Epstein network.

From @TheAthletic: "The U.S. men’s hockey team won Olympic gold for the first time since the 'Miracle on Ice' 46 years ago, and for a time, the joy belonged to everyone," our columnist writes. "By the next day, it didn’t." nyti.ms/3ZQQALI

Another win for the U.S. Women’s Hockey team.

ICE has cut 240 hours of training from a 584-hour program, classes that teach the Constitution, the legal system, firearms, use of force, lawful arrests, proper detention and the limits of officers’ authority, instructor says. @NickNehamas @Haleaziz nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/…

The Washington Post slashes its newsroom staff.

This is so sick--so vile--that it's hard to know where to begin. But, as so often w/@realDonaldTrump, the question now is, who are WE? Do we lock arms--not as Rs & Ds but Americans--and condemn this without qualification? Or are we lost. nytimes.com/live/2026/02/0… via @NYTimes

Work on the Gateway Tunnel is now halted, with federal funding still frozen. Thousands of jobs on the line. Billions in economic benefits at risk. All because Donald Trump is on a revenge tour. We’re fighting this illegal action to deliver for New Yorkers.

Everything Trump does—every shot fired at an unarmed mother, every starving baby denied USAID nutrition, every racist tweet about the Obamas—was aided and abetted by every Trump voter. Trump never disguised himself. Trump has never surprised us & he never will.

Counteroffer.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

NEW: ⁦@GovKathyHochul⁩ picks Adrienne Adams as running mate. newsday.com/news/region-st…

"You asked us to go. We went": Danish soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting America's wars. Now Trump's America is threatening to go to war against Denmark. Danes feel betrayed and bewildered, @BumillerNYT finds. nytimes.com/2026/01/18/wor…

ALERT: Scammers are selling access to Trump at Davos. We encourage billionaires to be vigilant and only utilize the White House’s official pay-for-access operation.

America’s allies and business leaders need to understand this: There’s no diplomacy with Donald Trump. Get off your knees and grow a spine.