Mexico's most-wanted cartel leader was killed after visit from romantic partner

Mon, February 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM EST.KEK

MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A visit from a romantic partner of infamous cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho,"led to his capture and death, Mexican authorities said in an assessment of Sunday's operation, after which 25 members of the National Guard military police were killed in retaliatory violence.

Oseguera, ‌Mexico's most-wanted cartel leader, was the mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The U.S. had offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest.

=He died in a ‌helicopter after being injured in a military operation by Mexican special forces in a wooded area== outside the town of Tapalpa in the western state of Jalisco, according to Mexico's defense ministry.

Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla said information from a confidante of one of ​Oseguera's romantic partners helped officials quickly plan the raid for the following day at the crime boss' compound.

During the raid, Oseguera's gunmen opened fire on security forces and the conflict moved to a cabin complex in a wooded area, where he was injured along with two of his bodyguards. The three were transported by helicopter to Mexico City but did not survive.

"Unfortunately, they died on the way," Trevilla said, speaking at the president's daily press conference.

Authorities said they found rifles with grenade launchers, rocket launchers and mortar shells at the site.

Mexico's Attorney General's Office said it was carrying out necessary proceedings across 14 states - nearly half of the country.

Oseguera's death triggered violence across Mexico, as cartel loyalists ⁠blocked roads and burned cars in retaliation against the government.

Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch told reporters at the press conferencethat 30 cartel members were killed in these attacks, as well as one bystander. At least 70 people were arrested in seven states.

No foreigners were reported harmed, the government said in a statement.

According to ⁠the defense ministry, attacks in Jalisco were masterminded by Oseguera's right-hand man and top financial chief knownas "El Tuli," who was also killed in a clash with security forces as they attempted to arrest him.

The cartel operative offered a 20,000 peso($1,160) rewardfor the deaths of military personnel, according to Trevilla. (Wow that’s cheap)

Garcia added that authorities were closely monitoring for a reaction or restructuring within the cartel that could unleash further violence. "There is already a specific surveillance of several ​leaders ​of this criminal organization," he said.

(Almost exactly like Mexican Mafia movies ends. KEK)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/least-25-soldiers-died-raid-142651300.html

Its reported from Yahoo so maybe they made it up.

Trump threatens higher tariffs on countries that ‘play games’CNN Gossip

Updated 4:56 PM EST, Mon February 23, 2026

Where things stand

•Trade war:Tariffs deemed illegal by the Supreme Courtwill stop being collectedafter midnight ET, according to US Customs and Border Protection. President Donald Trump has doubled down on his trade war,announcing new 15% global tariffsover the weekend and warning countries that “play games”could face higher levies.

•SOTU address:As Trump prepares to speak to the nation in his State of the Union address tomorrow, just 32% of Americans now say that he has had the right priorities, according to anew CNN pollconducted by SSRS. Trump said it will be a“long speech, because we have so much to talk about.”

•Iran tensions:The US and Iranplan to hold more talksin Geneva this week, according to a US official. Trump has said he’smulling potential military actionif Tehran does not agree to a nuclear deal.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-23-26

Zuckerberg’s “Fix” for Child Safety Could End Anonymous Internet Access for Everyone

Zuckerberg spent five hours defending Instagram's design choices, and walked out having handed legislators and regulators their preferred blueprint for a national digital ID system.

(Read if you want to understand how soulless social media is.Excellent info reclaimthenet.==)

Mark Zuckerberg spent more than five hours on the stand in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, testifying before a jury for the first time about claims that Meta deliberately designed Instagram to addict children.

The headline from most coverage was the spectacle:an annotated paper trail of internal emails, a 35-foot collage of the plaintiff’s Instagram posts unspooled across the courtroom, a CEO growing visibly agitated under cross-examination.

The more important story is what Wednesday’s proceedings are being used to build.

The trial is framed as a child safety case. What it is actually doing, especially =through Zuckerberg’s own testimony, is laying the political and legal groundwork for mandatory identity verification across the internet.==

And Zuckerberg, rather than pushing back on that outcome,offered the court his preferred implementation plan.

The “Addiction” Framing and What It Enables

The lawsuit was filed by a plaintiff identified as KGM, now 20 years old, who claims she began using Instagram at age 9 and that the platform’s design addicted her to it, worsening her mental health, contributing to anxiety, body dysmorphia, and suicidal thoughts.

TikTok and Snapchat settled before trial. Meta and Google’s YouTube remain defendants. Over 1,600 related cases are pending nationally. This is a big business. A verdict here could set the template for all of them.

The case rests on a contested scientific premise: that social media is clinically addictive and that this addiction causes measurable harm. That premise drives the legal strategy, the media coverage, and the resulting policy agenda. It deserves scrutiny that most coverage is not giving it.

The science is genuinely disputed, and we went into detail with that in a recent featureif you’re serious about understanding how these claims are created and weaponized.

None of this means the harms alleged are fabricated. It means the word “addiction” is doing heavy rhetorical and legal work, and the policy consequences flowing from that word go far beyond anything a jury in Los Angeles will decide.

“Addiction” is how you get a public health emergency. A public health emergency is how you get emergency powers and make it easier for people to overlook constitutional protections. Emergency powers applied to the internet mean mandatory access controls. And mandatory access controls on the internet mean the end of anonymous and pseudonymous speech.

When social media is classified as a drug, access to it becomes a medical and regulatory matter. Who uses it, how, and under what conditions becomes a question for authorities rather than individuals. Regulating an addictive product and regulating speech look different on paper. The mechanisms required to enforce either look identical in practice: identity verification, access controls, and a surveillance architecture that follows users across every platform and device.

https://reclaimthenet.org/zuckerberg-instagram-age-verification-trial

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2/3

The Section 230 Workaround

The trial’s structure is worth examining separately. Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has long shielded platforms from liability for what users post. Plaintiff’s lawyers here found a route around it:they argue that the platform itself is a defective product. The claim is not about user content but about design choices. Infinite scroll, auto-play, algorithmically amplified notifications, beauty filters linked to body dysmorphia. The lawsuit treats them like a car without brakes.

A verdict for KGM would hand plaintiffs in 1,600 other cases a tested legal theory for stripping Section 230 protection from platform design decisions. That is a significant restructuring of internet liability law, driven by trial lawyers, using a mental health crisis whose causes are still actively debated in peer-reviewed journals.

Zuckerberg was pressed with internal documents, including a2015 estimate that 4 million users under 13 were on Instagram, roughly 30 percent of all American children aged 10 to 12.An old email from former public policy head Nick Clegg was read into the record: “The fact that we say we don’t allow under-13s on our platform, yet have no way of enforcing it, is just indefensible.” Zuckerberg acknowledged the slow progress: “I always wish that we could have gotten there sooner.”

He also told the jury: “I don’t see why this is so complicated,” when pressed on the company’s age verification policies. His proposed answer to that question is the core problem.

Zuckerberg’s Blueprint: Let Apple and Google Check Everyone’s ID

Multiple times during his testimony, Zuckerberg argued that age verification should be handled not by individual apps but at the operating system level, by Apple and Google. He told jurors that operating system providers “were better positioned to implement age verification tools, since they control the software that runs most smartphones.”

“Doing it at the level of the phone is just a lot cleaner than having every single app out there have to do this separately,” he said. He added that it “would be pretty easy for them” to implement.

Note that. Zuckerberg is not proposing that Instagram verify the ages of Instagram users. He is proposing that Apple and Google verify the identity of every smartphone user, for every app, at the OS level. Once that infrastructure exists, it does not stay limited to social media. It applies to every app on the phone. Every website accessed through that phone’s browser. Every communication sent through any app on the device.

This is more than age verification. It is a national digital ID layer baked into the two operating systems that run the overwhelming majority of the world’s smartphones.

The proposal also solves Zuckerberg’s immediate legal problem. If Apple and Google own age enforcement, platforms like Meta are no longer responsible for enforcing it. The liability shifts. The company under lawsuit in Los Angeles deflects the core allegation by pointing at Cupertino and Mountain View.

https://reclaimthenet.org/zuckerberg-instagram-age-verification-trial

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3/3

Who decides which apps require ID verification once this infrastructure exists? Apple and Google do. They would be deputized as identity gatekeepers for the internet. Two private companies, already under serious antitrust scrutiny for their control of app distribution, handed new authority over who accesses what online and under what identity.

The Regulatory Architecture Already Under Construction

Zuckerberg’s OS-level verification proposal fits neatly into a legislative agenda that was moving before he took the stand Wednesday.

California’s SB 976, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, mandates age verification systems for social media platforms in the state. The California Attorney General must finalize implementation rules by January 2027.

The Ninth Circuit has declined to rule on whether those requirements violate the First Amendment, saying it cannot assess the constitutional question until the regulations are finalized. Age verification for lawful online speech in California is advancing without a constitutional answer.

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), pending at the federal level, would direct agencies to develop age verification at the device or operating system level, the same framework Zuckerberg promoted from the stand.

KOSA also carries broad definitions of “harmful” content that leave moderation decisions subject to government influence, with no independent review. Age verification and content restriction in a single bill, with the government writing the definition of harm.

New York’s SAFE For Kids Act restricts algorithmic feeds for users who don’t complete age verification. Acceptable alternatives to submitting a government ID include facial analysis that estimates age. Biometric data, collected to scroll a social media feed.

The infrastructure these laws require creates data that can be stolen, subpoenaed, and cross-referenced. A Discord breach last year exposed government-issued IDs submitted through the company’s age verification system, around 70,000 of them, with attackers claiming the number was higher. Every ID check database is a future breach waiting to happen.

Anonymous and pseudonymous speech online has real value. Whistleblowers. Abuse survivors. Political dissidents in hostile environments. People exploring medical questions or identities they are not yet ready to attach their legal names to. Journalists protecting sources. Anyone whose safety depends on a separation between their online presence and their government identity.

Mandatory identity verification at the OS level ends all of that for everyone. The stated goal is protecting 9-year-olds from Instagram. The mechanism ends anonymous internet access for every adult who owns a phone.

Zuckerberg, under oath and under pressure, handed that mechanism a high-profile public endorsement. His lawyers will use it to deflect liability. Legislators will cite it in committee hearings. The Los Angeles trial will appear in bill summaries as evidence of urgent need.

The word “addiction” started this chain. Public health emergency, emergency powers, age verification, OS-level ID checks. Each step follows from the last. Each step is presented as protecting children.

The trial continues. KGM is expected to testify later in the proceedings.

https://reclaimthenet.org/zuckerberg-instagram-age-verification-trial

Sounds like the fuckers planned it the first place!

Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

==Fences are up around the Capitol for the state of the union.

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0HOUR1

@0hour1

Checking in on Boston this morning.

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The Washington Post

Biden, aides project optimism in cancer fight, but some close friends worry

Story by Yasmeen Abutaleb •

Of course WAPO releases this the day before the State of the Union Adress

Longtime friends and allies of Joe Biden say they are worried about the toll an aggressive form of prostate cancer is taking on the former president and his health. But Biden and his aides say he is doing well, making progress on ongoing projects and maintaining public appearances.

Biden has been encouraged as he has gone through treatment and aides said the former president is doing as well as they could hope nearly a year after he announced his metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis. He is continuing to work on his memoir and build out his foundation and presidential library, attending board dinners and meetings. He was spotted last week on an Amtrak train from Washington to Delaware, where he took pictures with passengers.

Biden’s public engagements since leaving office last January have been fairly limited. He attended Tatiana Schlossberg’s funeral in January, traveled with his family to St. Croix during the holidays and has been seen on flights, planes, at Mass and restaurants. He is expected to visit South Carolina this month and deliver remarks at an event to mark the sixth anniversary of his victory in that state’s primary, which set the stage for his 2020 presidential win.

Four people close to Biden who have spoken with him in recent months, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details, said there have been no updates from the president on his condition. But the people, including two former Biden officials and an elected Democrat, said he has at times appeared more fatigued in private interactions over the past several weeks, a source of worry that they have attributed to the strain of cancer and its treatment.

A fifth person said Biden is staying active and engaged, and remains “encouraged and positive about his prognosis given his positive response to treatment.”

Biden’s personal office declined to comment for this story.

Biden, 83, announced last May that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer that had metastasized to the bone. The cancer is characterized by a Gleason score of 9, meaning it is an aggressive cancer that is more likely to spread quickly. (The scale ranges from 6 to 10.) At the time, Biden’s office said the cancer was responding to hormone therapy, “which allows for effective management.”

Biden rang the ceremonial bell at Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia on Oct. 20 after completing a course of radiation therapy. He also underwent surgery in September to remove skin cancer lesions on his head.

Medical experts said metastatic prostate cancer is incurable — and most commonly spreads to the bones, as it has for Biden — though an array of advancements in recent years has made it possible to manage it effectively. That means patients can live with the cancer for years and end up dying of something else entirely, said Judd Moul, professor of urology at the Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University.

Without knowing additional details about Biden’s health and treatment, experts said his prognosis could vary widely. Biden’s office has not shared additional details that would indicate the degree to which the cancer has spread or how Biden responded to radiation last year. Oncologists said some men with advanced prostate cancer can live many years with effective treatment while others deteriorate rapidly.

The elements of Biden’s diagnosis that are publicly known — including his Gleason score and the fact that the cancer was Stage 4 and had already spread at the time of diagnosis — indicate he is facing a serious and advanced form of the disease, one that typically requires ongoing treatment and close monitoring.

“Bone metastasis is the most common place prostate cancer spreads but the degree is important and how it’s found,” Moul said. “The degree of spread or amount of spread is just as important as the fact there’s spread.”

Moul added: “There are a lot of men with advanced prostate cancer who can live many, many years. It’s unfair to all of our patients to paint a pessimistic picture for everyone because there are a lot of patients, even with metastatic cancer, who die of something else.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/biden-aides-project-optimism-in-cancer-fight-but-some-close-friends-worry/ar-AA1WSUge

(A number of months from now Bidan will announce he’s cured)

Blizzard travel ban will remain in RI, see snow totals and outages:

USA TODAY NETWORK - New

Updated Feb. 23, 2026, 5:33 p.m. ET

It's official - the Blizzard of 2026 is a record breaker.

As of the 1 p.m. snow totals from the National Weather Service, numerous towns have smashed their snowfall records previously set by the Blizzard of '78, and the snow keeps falling.

There is currently a total travel ban in place, Four of the state's bridges are closed – the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge, Mount Hope Bridge, Newport Pell Bridge and the Sakonnet River Bridge.

Numerous towns have over 30 inches of snow recorded, according to preliminary totals from the National Weather Service.

There are currently about 39,881 power outages across Rhode Island.(I grew up in CT, RI was always incompetent with the Mafia running it.)

https://www.providencejournal.com/live-story/weather/severe/2026/02/23/ri-weather-live-updates-how-much-snow-travel-ban-what-to-expect/88817149007/

FEBRUARY 23, 2026

Top US general said to urge Trump to exercise caution on Iran military action

By STAV LEVATON (Jerusalem Times. I bet they are pissed!)

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine hascautioned President Donald Trump and senior American officials that a military campaign against Iran could carry serious risks, including the possibility of becoming entangled in a prolonged conflict, the Axios news site reports, citing sources familiar with internal deliberations.

According to the report, Caine –Trump’s top military adviser – has warned that the stakes in Iran are higher than in the recent US operation in Venezuela, which saw the capture of former leader Nicolas Maduro, and that a strike could lead to significant US casualties and broader regional escalation.

While not opposing military action outright, one source described him as a “reluctant warrior” on Iran, withanother source saying that Caine is “clear-eyed and realistic” in his assessmentof what success would look like and what could follow once hostilities begin.

The report comes amid an ongoing debate within the administration over whether to pursue a strike or continue diplomacy. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been pressing the president to give negotiations more time and are scheduled to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Thursday. They have argued that US leverage will grow with time and that Trump should exhaust diplomatic avenues before taking military action.

Axios reports that Trump has been leaning toward military action in recent days, but agreed to allow additional diplomatic efforts before making a final decision.

=Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing for military action, but Axios cites a US source as saying he left a meeting with Trump last week unsure where the president stands,reportedly asking afterward whether Trump is “still with us.”(fuck you IsraelI bet they on betting on getting the US in and something happens to our troops, so Israel can start WWIII to blow up the world. Thats how sick they are.)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/top-us-general-said-to-urge-trump-to-exercise-caution-on-iran-military-action/

(Trump will trust Caine, even unelightened Americans can see the trap!)

HuffPost

@HuffPost

If waving the American flag or chanting “USA!” turns you off right now, you're not alone.

From huffpost.com

https://x.com/HuffPost/status/2025221670592508339?s=20

9:50 AM · Feb 21, 2026

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Huff Post wrecked by X replies, holy shit the ratio.

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The weird thing is Huffington did it just after the US Hockey win last night

The seem like communists, they should go join the EU

News Update at johnkassnews.com

February 12th, 2026

I want to share something personal with you, my loyal friends and subscribers:

I am facing another recent health challenge, and for the next couple of weeks I won’t be able to write or record new episodes.

What matters most to me right now is letting you know how much you mean to me. Your support, your loyalty, and the simple fact that you choose to spend some time with my work have always been a source of strength. Even in this moment, I’m carrying that with me.

I hope you’ll keep me in your prayers, and please know that I’m keeping you and your families in mine. I’m looking forward to being back with you soon, grateful as ever for your support.

In the days to come we will have guest writers providing interesting informative commentary.

Stay tuned,

John Kass

Patriots prayer for John KassA Great Trump and America loving man!

https://johnkassnews.com/news-update-at-johnkassnews-com/

Peter Attia Out at CBS News After Epstein Files Correspondence Disclosures(Exclusive)

The longevity researcher and health influencer had been named a contributor to CBS by Bari Weiss last month.

BY ALEX WEPRIN

FEBRUARY 23, 2026 10:47AM

Longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia is stepping aside as a contributor to CBS News, after correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and the researcher and health media personality came to light in the release of the Epstein Files from the Department of Justice.

CBS News staff were informed of the decision Monday in a note from the network’s booking department, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Attia told CBS that he would be resigning effective immediately.

Attia was one of a number of high-profile contributors that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss brought on as part of her planned overhaul of the network news division, seeking to bring more voices into CBS’ linear and digital coverage.

Shortly after that announcement, however, the embarrassing exchanges were released by the DOJ, many of which contained crude banter. CBS subsequently pulled a rerun of a 60 Minutes segment that featured Attia.

That said, Attia had been expected to remain a contributor to the network, with Weiss being a critic of so-called “cancel culture.” Of course, the Epstein emails damaged his reputation even if he personally did not engage in or know about any criminal activity, as Attia wrote in a note he sent to his team and his patients.

“I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me,” Attia added. “I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.”

(Their regret is not because the contact, they regret fucking getting caught. All of them say the “regret”, which is obvious fake apology and people except it.)

Attia’s name appears some 1,700 times in the 3 million Epstein documents released on Jan. 30.The bulk of the emails between Attia and Epstein are from the mid-2010s — after Epstein was convicted (in 2008) on a Florida charge of soliciting prostitution from someone under 18, but before a 2018 Miami Herald exposé on a host of allegations against Epstein and his second arrest in 2019. (So people could understand if it was a couple of times, but 1,700 times re Epstein! Anyone believing he’s sorry is freaking stupid.He really regrets he didn’t do it more and got caught. People that believe him cannot understand how disgusting Epstein and his friends are.)

The health and longevity researcher and authoris one of many people with connectionsto Hollywood and the media business who were found to have known Epstein.

(Here we go, pull out the “he’s not the only one, so forgive him.)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/peter-attia-cbs-news-contributor-epstein-files-1236512662/

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Numerous stories from the Fake News Media have been circulating stating that General Daniel Caine, sometimes referred to as Razin, is against us going to War with Iran.

The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone, and is 100% incorrect.

General Caine, like all of us, would like not to see War but, if a decision is made on going against Iran at a Military level, it is his opinion that it will be something easily won. He knows Iran well in that he was in charge of Midnight Hammer, the attack on the Iranian Nuclear Development.

It is a Development no longer, but rather, was blown to smithereens by our Great B-2 Bombers. Razin Caine is a Great Fighter, and represents the Most Powerful Military anywhere in the World.

He has not spoken of not doing Iran, or even the fake limited strikes that I have been reading about,he only knows one thing, how to WIN and, if he is told to do so, he will be leading the pack.

Everything that has been written about a potential War with Iran has been written incorrectly, and purposefully so. I am the one that makes the decision, I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don’t make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people, because they are great and wonderful, and something like this should never have happened to them.

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

2/23/26, 4:11 PM

Israel just pissed Trump off once again.

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Agreed, and he’s pissed not because they did this, because they have done this too making fucking time.

It’s obvious Israel lives off the psychic sympathy they create.

Bibi has made it clear he and Israel wants nothing to do with the Board of Peace. They claim others should be donating to them.

If I was Huckabee I’d ask for emergency medical reason to be airlifted to a US Hospital.

After the Tucker interview anyone in Israel is tracked and told what they can do. Tucker’s interview was interesting because Huckabee was not aware of the tracking the country does.

>>24298722.

Because Trump is a time traveler, McCloud was his name