BIDEN IS BAD AT BRAIN
White House Demands Media ‘Comply,’ Hauls Specific Reporters Out Of Biden’s UFO Brief | The Daily Caller
https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/16/white-house-demands-media-comply-kicks-specific-reporters-out-of-bidens-ufo-brief/

Emmett Till: President Biden Hosts Screening of Film About Lynching – NBC New York
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/biden-hosts-screening-of-film-about-lynching-of-emmett-till/4108796/

Biden health evaluation missing mental status exam: medical expert | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-health-evaluation-missing-mental-status-exam-medical-expert-says

TRAIN DERAILMENT
‘Chernobyl 2.0’? Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/ohio-train-derailment-chernobyl.html

Pete Buttigieg: Ohio Train Disaster Just One of 1,000 a Year
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/pete-buttigieg-addresses-ohio-train-disaster-as-just-one-of-1000-cases-a-year/

Ohio train derailment: Rubio demands Biden fire Buttigieg | Washington Examiner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/rubio-biden-fire-buttigieg-train-derailment

UFO STORIES
Illinois hobby club fears its balloon was shot down by the USAF; NORAD responds | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-hobby-club-fears-balloon-shot-down-usaf-report

RUSSIA STORIES
Russian official falls from 16th-floor window in another suspicious death
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-731914

A top Russian military official is dead after falling out of a 16th-floor window, the latest in a string of untimely deaths
https://www.businessinsider.com/top-russian-military-official-dies-fall-window-high-rise-2023-2

US F-35 jets intercept 4 Russian fighter aircraft near Alaska, second action in 2 days | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-f-35-jets-intercept-4-russian-fighter-aircraft-near-alaska-second-action-2-days

ECONOMY STORIES
Car repossessions are on the rise in warning sign for the economy
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/car-repossessions-are-rise-warning-sign-economy-rcna61916

Troubling signs emerge as credit card debt hits record high
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/troubling-signs-emerge-as-credit-card-debt-hits-record-high-160607906.html

RACISM STORIES
Sharpton Likens DeSantis's Education Policies To Slavery, Segregation | Newsbusters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2023/02/16/sharpton-likens-desantiss-education-policies-slavery-segregation

OTHER IMPORTANT FRIDAY STORIES
Jane Fonda, 85, admits to accepting date from 90-year-old because he offered 'to pay me quite a bit of money' | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jane-fonda-85-admits-dating-90-year-old-offered-pay-money

The View Blames GOP Gun ‘Lapel Pins’ for ‘Causing Kids to Die’ | Newsbusters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2023/02/15/view-blames-gop-gun-lapel-pins-causing-kids-die

New Census Data Reveals 700,000 Have Abandoned California In 2 Years | The Daily Wire
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-census-data-reveals-700000-have-abandoned-california-in-2-years

State Planning to Move 658 Migrants to Vacant Kmart on Chicago’s Southwest Side | Chicago News | WTTW
https://news.wttw.com/2023/02/10/state-planning-move-658-migrants-vacant-kmart-chicago-s-southwest-side

Inside the House GOP's playbook for splashy hearings outside D.C.
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/16/scoop-gop-guide-splashy-hearings-outside-dc?utm_source=microsoft-start

Off-duty Chicago cop fatally shot alleged thief Leevon Smith
https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/off-duty-chicago-cop-fatally-shot-alleged-thief-leevon-smith/

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