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In The Mailbox: 02.13.26 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | February 14, 2026 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

Drunk catgirls on Roombas. This is the way.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Director Blue: The Day They Killed JFK (1963), also, Ring, Nest, & The Invisible Surveillance State
357 Magnum: How Do You Run a City Without a Tax Base? also You didn’t think Windows 11 could actually get more annoying
EBL: Kathryn Ruemller, Clinton and Obama Attorney and Epstein Pal, Out At Goldman, Great Lake Invaders, Flatfish Friday, Cool Papa Bell, and Japan’s Empty Island
Twitchy: One Simple Graph Shows How Democrats Tried To Destroy America With Illegal Immigration, Gov. Hairgel Promises Climate Deniers Will Face A Religious Reckoning, and Administration To Investigate School Over Charges That Troon Assaulted Girl During Wrestling Match
Louder With Crowder: They let Occasional Cortex speak in Munich, where she tosses a word salad on “authoritarianism” that only makes sense to her, “Raging Grannies” perform their latest CRINGE anti-ICE anthem instead of spending time with their grandkids, Creepy guy hoping to replace Nancy Pelosi drops video where he hangs out with children protesting ICE, and Democrat senator demands you show your ID to attend rally…where he tells you Blacks and women don’t know how to get an ID
Vox Popoli: The Waking of the Palantír, McCarthy and the Molecular Clock, Happy Darwin Day, and The Epstein Inquisition
According To Hoyt: Coming Home to You, The Writer In A State, You Pay The Price, Blast From The Past: We Don’t Make Ourselves, and Risk and Opportunity
The Bugscuffle Gazette: All right
Gab: Why AI Can’t Save Us

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Don’t Trade Away America for Some Soybeans, Trump’s Cuba Policy Is a Humanitarian Disaster, The Promise and Perils of Korean Reunification, Europe, South Korea, and Brazil Attack U.S. Tech Over Free Speech, and Starmer Survives a Palace Coup, But for How Long?
American Greatness: Feds Have Reportedly Charged 158 Anti-ICE Agitators With Federal Crimes in Minnesota; More Expected, Rep. LaMonica McIver Asks ICE Director If He Thinks He’s ‘Going to Hell’ During House Hearing, Trans Maniac Kills 8, Injures 25 in Mass School Shooting in British Columbia, Former Obama White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler Resigns From Goldman Sachs Amid Epstein Fallout, and SBA Uncovers Massive Fraud in California: 111,620 Borrowers Linked to $8.6 BILLION in Pandemic Fraud
Animal Magnetism: Animal Magnetism LIVE Ep. 74 – Visiting Moose
Baldilocks: Great Black Patriots Of The U.S. Congress – Revisited
BattleSwarm: Jeffrey Epstein Revelations Update, No More Illegal Alien Buyers For Colony Ridge, California’s Wealth Streams For The Exits, Uncle Sam Assembles Big Stick For Iran, and LinkSwarm For February 13
Behind The Black: FAA confirms “no significant impact” to environment for Starship/Superheavy at Boca Chica, SpaceX launches new crew to ISS, Axiom raises another $350 million in private investment capital, Vast wins sixth ISS slot for tourist mission, and NASA testing SLS fuel leak repairs; UPDATE: Problems!
Cafe Hayek: On Job Growth in 2025 – Even Worse, Compared to 2017, Than Earlier Reported, More on Jobs Growing More Slowly in 2025 than in 2017, Katherine Mangu-Ward Is Right, and Comparing U.S. Economic Performance in 2025 to that of 2017
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Chicago Boyz: In Washington Post Delendum, Worthwhile Reading, and Rabbit Season (UPDATED)
Da Tech Guy: Under the Fedora: Somebody is Listening
Don Surber: The stupidity of environmentalism
First Street Journal: A half-hearted defense of Jeff Bezos, Will Bunch and due process of law, Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen, and Now you know why I call it Journolism!
Gates Of Vienna: Knife Attack Thwarted at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Culture-Enriching Dismemberment in Belgium, Those Railroad Blues, Monarchy, and What Do They Know?
The Geller Report: Thirty Years, $10 Trillion—and Absolutely Zero Impact on the Climate, FIERCE: AG Bondi SLAYS Democrats at Congressional Hearing, VIRGINIA: Loudoun County Trains Staff to Fight ‘Terrorist’ Parents, Female Muslim TV Host: “Allah Allows Muslim Men to Rape Non-Muslim Women to Humiliate Them.”, and Major Trump Win: Mandatory Detention, No-Bond For Illegals
Glenn Reynolds: The Coming Revolution Down South
Hollywood In Toto: Charlie’s Angels to Rise from the Woke Ashes, Shock: Three Major Stars Refuse to Get Political, Bill Maher Says Jimmy Kimmel Ended Our Friendship Over Politics, One Battle After Another’s Price Tag Just Got Even Higher, and This Wuthering Heights Will Drive Purists Mad
Legal Insurrection: Alleged NYC Antisemitic Stabbing Suspect Out on Bail as Incidents Rise 182% Under Mamdani, USDA Deploys Sterilized Flies, High?Tech Arsenal to Guard the Border Against Screwworm Threat, State Dept. Links ‘Code Pink’ and Other Far-Left Groups to the Chinese Communist Party, January 2026 Inflation Eases a Bit to 2.4%, and In the End, it is Trump Who Has Done More Than Anyone to Bring Down Epstein
Nebraska Energy Observer: Christ Come to Cleanse the Temple, The Midweek Report, Remembering the Great Emancipator, The Ghost of England’s Past, continued, and The Guthrie Kidnapping
Outkick: EXCLUSIVE: Dept. Of Ed. Opens Investigation Into Alleged Sexual Assault By Trans Wrestler During HS Match, Whiskey Sales, NIL, Tennessee Fans: Joey Aguilar’s Fight Against NCAA Had It All, With Vols Arguing In Court, ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin Falls Twice, Finishes Eighth After Shocking Performance, Olympic Curling Chaos As Sweden Accuses Team Canada Of Cheating During Heated On Ice Confrontation, and Nancy Mace Shoots Up The ‘Hot Congresswoman’ Chart In A Tiny Top, Daytona 500 Cheerleaders & Libs Vs. A Grill!
Power Line: The Law, With Entertainment Value, Obama White House Counsel ?? Jeffrey Epstein [Updated], Unhouse me here, Remembering Mr. Lincoln, and What’s Wrong With White Women?
Racket News: A Play-By-Play of Jeffery Epstein’s Staggering Financial Illiteracy
Shark Tank: Byron Donalds Says He’ll Visit Israel As Governor, Outlines Existential Threat Of Sharia Law
Shot In The Dark: Where There’s Smoke, The Security B-Movie, and Squirrel
STUMP: Political Mortality – Rahm Emanuel Says There Should Be A Mandatory Retirement Age of 75 For Key Federal Roles
The Political Hat: The Post-American Arsonists, Quick Takes – Speed Bumps Against Euthanasia, and Firing Line Friday: Firing Line 1966-1986: A Potpourri of Persuaders
This Ain’t Hell: Wealthy Californians eying move to Las Vegas as a means to reduce their tax burden, Virginia Democrats are pushing a redistricting bid to increase the numbers of House Democrats in Congress, Valor Friday, Gotta be careful, and Fly the Friendly Skies of El Paso
Transterrestrial Musings: Trump/Epstein, Iran Thoughts, and Elon’s Mars To Moon Pivot
Victory Girls: Tampon Timmy Has a Tantrum, Come On, Eileen Gu, You’re Not American Any More, and SAVE America Act Passes House, Can It Pass The Senate?
Watts Up With That: The Super Bowl Without EVs Tells You Everything, New York Times Gives Wind Turbines a Free Pass to Slaughter Birds, Harvard Divinity School and the New Climate Inquisition, New York Climate Act Issues, and Macron says Spain’s mega-blackout was due to the country’s reliance on renewable energy
The Federalist: Don’t Wait Until Valentine’s Day To Romance Your Spouse , Virginia High Court Greenlights Democrat Effort To Give Millions Of Republicans A Single Seat In Congress, While Jimmy Lai Sits In Prison, Eileen Gu Takes The CCP’s Millions, The Nixon Library Is Wrong About Nixon And The Deep State, and Mamdani Demands U.S. Immigration Policy Start Obeying Islam
Mark Steyn: Groovy and Gone, Bob Fosse Uncut in My Sister Eileen, If You Were the Only Girl in the World, Gross for Grapes, and Live Around The Planet – The Mounties Always Get Their Person

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