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🤡House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to Black Americans who are descendants of slaves.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is co-leading the reintroduction of H.R.40, or the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, to Congress with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.

Pressley, a progressive member of the Squad, said during a news conference that "reparations are a necessary step in achieving justice."

"We are in a moment of anti-Blackness on steroids and we refuse to be silent," Pressley said. "We will not back down in our pursuit of racial justice."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-dems-reintroduce-reparations-legislation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Elon Musk during his trip this week to the United States, and Starlink's entry in the South Asian market could come up for discussion, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters on Wednesday.

Modi will meet U.S. President Donald Trump during a two-day U.S. visit which starts Wednesday, with discussions on trade and tariffs concessions expected to be high on agenda.

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/modi-set-meet-musk-possible-starlink-talks-during-us-trip-sources-say-2025-02-12/

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four-month trial accusing him of running a yearslong criminal enterprise to enrich himself and his political allies.

In all, Madigan was convicted on 10 counts and acquitted on 7 others, while jurors were deadlocked on 12 other counts against him. The jury also was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on all of the charges against his co-defendant, Michael McClain.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to accept the partial verdict in the case following more than 60 hours of deliberations over 11 days. 
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/verdict-reached-corruption-trial-former-illinois-speaker-mike-madigan/

ABC News: A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service disclosed in a series of court filings late Tuesday.

Treasury Department officials said the "error" was quickly corrected, and a forensic investigation into the actions of Marko Elez -- who resigned from his position last week after The Wall Street Journal unearthed a series of racist social media posts -- remains ongoing.

"To the best of our knowledge, Mr. Elez never knew of the fact that he briefly had read/write permissions for the [Secure Payment System] database, and never took any action to exercise the 'write' privileges in order to modify anything within the SPS database -- indeed, he never logged in during the time that he had read/write privileges, other than during the virtual walk-through -- and forensic analysis is currently underway to confirm this," wrote Joseph Gioeli III, a deputy commissioner at Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene shares what's next for House DOGE panel, whether Elon Musk would testify

Greene told reporters after her subcommittee's first public event that the next two would examine the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and media outlets NPR and PBS.

Musk has also targeted NPR and USAID since leading President Donald Trump's DOGE advisory team.

"We're working on filling the calendar with many more important issues, departments, government programs that the American people deserve direct, hard transparency into," Greene told reporters. "And then we're going to be coming up with solutions."

When asked if one of those hearings could feature Musk himself, Greene suggested that was not in the works.

"I think Democrats want Elon Musk in front of the committee so they can berate him, attack him and harass him," Greene said. "Right now, President Trump, myself and many others really want Elon Musk to stay focused on what he's doing, and that is rooting out the waste, fraud and abuse that has continued on for years within the federal government agencies."

She said her committee would release a report "in a matter of days" on its findings from its first hearing, which focused on government spending through the lens of the $36 trillion national debt.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-shares-whats-next-house-doge-panel-whether-elon-musk-would-testify

Does Britain need its own Doge to cut government waste?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/politics-explained/doge-britain-government-spending-audit-office-elon-musk-b2697013.html

Media platform RUMBLE gets a seat at the table - WH Press Sec. pledges to defend free speech

‘This is a part of why we have a new media seat, to invite new voices into this room’

🇺🇸 Anti-Israel activists stage bizarre protest to boycott Starbucks by pouring fake flood out of Starbucks cups and spilling it on the street.

Rapper Dank Demoss, who went viral after a Lyft driver refused her a ride due to her weight, needed to have a couch brought in after she couldn't fit in a chair on the Breakfast Club

WATCH: “Utterly Ridiculous” – White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Responds to Lunatic Rep. Jamie Raskin’s Calls to Impeach Elon Musk

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/watch-utterly-ridiculous-white-house-press-secretary-karoline/

Incredible: President Trump's freeze at the border is so successful that countries like Panama and Costa Rica are struggling to cope with the REVERSE flow of migrants heading south back to their home countries.

For years, Washington said this "crisis" could only be solved by letting the entire world into America. That was a lie, because they are liars who hate America. As soon as America sent the message that its border was real and showing up was pointless, people stopped doing it.

Border security is an act of will. Nothing more and nothing less.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/12/reverse-flow-illegal-immigrants-streaming-back-hom/

The dems are finally screaming about the insane prices President Trump inherited from the Biden administration.

https://x.com/dotconnectinga/status/1889779615205327030

Given the fact that a transgender man tried to kill Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary, a few weeks ago and wanted to burn down the Heritage Foundation, it's hard to interpret this as anything other than a threat from The New York Times.

Tulsi Gabbard is officially sworn in for Director of National Intelligence by Attorney General Pam Bondi 🇺🇸

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