February 9, 2026

Transgender Rights

• 'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports | Live Science

Immigrants Built America

• Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994 | Cato at Liberty Blog

Health Crisis

• Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo | WIRED
• Schedule Policy/Career will ruin our civil service

Everybody vs. ICE

• Moderate Senate Democrat ‘Absolutely’ Expects a Partial Shutdown - NOTUS — News of the United States
• Fetterman Shares Concerns Over Proposed ICE Detention Centers in Schuylkill, Berks Counties

Except These Judges

• Fifth Circuit panel authorizes mass incarcerations

Election 2026

• What did Trump mean by ‘nationalize the voting’? No one is sure.
• What did Trump mean by ‘nationalize the voting’? No one is sure.

Pennsylvania Local

• ‘Children will be what they see’: A longtime Philly book fair puts Black stories — and young readers — at its center
• Why Gov. Shapiro wants to scrutinize electric utility profits
• New Jersey’s homeless population is growing. So too are concerns about federal assistance program budgets being slashed
• Fitzpatrick among Republicans who want nothing to do with conservative efforts to ban same-sex marriage
• Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue

Black History

• Why James Forman Still Matters

The Big Game

• The Right Is Terrified of Bad Bunny
• Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad

Software Development

• Is the craft dead?

War in Ukraine

• Russian Parents Pull Children From Schools Amid Rising War Propaganda