Then there's the cost to businesses for the paperwork this bureau generates through burdensome regulations: $21B with 14,100 full-time employees spending 29M hours on documentation and reporting requirements for a cost of around $2.5B.
The Report indicates that this bureau allows political and personal motivations to inform its oversight and much of this oversight is beyond the scope of it's legislated operations. Indeed, courts have stuck down many of their "rulings" because of this. The fiscal cost of this bureau is over $13B since it was created. And what results did consumers see for this massive expenditure?
Seems to me what this report does is review the 8 years the CFPB has been in operation to determine if it is actually doing what it was created to do. And, according to the report, it is NOT protecting consumers.
In 2017, CNN Business did a segment on the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau noting this bureau was created as a response to the 2008 Financial Crisis (hmm, that kinda sounds familiar: create a crisis - make a government response - cost the taxpayers even more money).
On February 17, 2026, the White House published the Presidential Message on Lunar New Year sending best wishes as those who observe this event celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse. He notes that the Lunar New Year is an ancient holiday acknowledging blessings of family and friends, reflecting on accomplishments and challenges of years past, and planning for the future. The Lunar New Year is celebrated with fireworks, festivals, music, and feasts. President Trump writes:
Tradition holds that the horse represents momentum, vitality, passion, freedom, and adventure—traits that our Nation has embodied for 250 glorious years of American independence. On this Lunar New Year, we celebrate these enduring virtues and carry them with us as we continue building upon America’s Golden Age. As family, friends, and communities gather to welcome the start of Lunar New Year, the First Lady and I join in wishing you a year filled with health, happiness, good fortune, and peace.
On February 17, 2026, the White House published the Presidential Message on Ramadan sending greetings and best wishes to those who celebrate Ramadan. Ramadan is a time of prayer and fasting, strengthening family and community ties, and affirming shared values. President Trump writes:
The God-given right to freely worship is a hallmark of our Nation and a pillar of our prosperity and strength. For this reason, every day, my Administration is ensuring that all citizens can practice their faith, follow their conscience, and worship freely—because freedom of religion means the freedom to practice your religion proudly and without fear of persecution. In this season of grace and goodwill, I offer my prayers for happiness and fulfillment at home, unity and peace throughout the world, and blessings in the year to come.
Declare that the suit is maintainable as a class action pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a), (b)(2).
Declare that Defendants have violated and are violating Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights;
Declare that Defendants have violated and are violating the Fifth Amendment and statutory rights of Plaintiff L.H.M. and the members of the proposed Class;
Declare that Defendants have violated and are violating the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Accardi doctrine;
Preliminarily and permanently order Defendants to allow Plaintiff L.H.M. and the members of the proposed Class to consult with attorneys while in detention;
Preliminarily and permanently enjoin Defendants from:
Impeding attorney-client communication between Plaintiff L.H.M. or members of the proposed Class and their attorneys; and
Retaliating in any form against any Plaintiff or Class Member for asserting their constitutional rights;
Award Plaintiffs reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in this action; and
Grant such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
Defendants shall ensure that every noncitizen taken into custody under the Immigration and Nationality Act and initially detained at the ERO Holding Facility at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building located at 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota (“Detainee”), within one hour of their detention and prior to being transferred out of state, is given the following materials:
Defendants shall provide Detainees their A-number in writing.
Defendants shall provide a printed copy of Exhibit A to this Order.
Defendants shall attach to Exhibit A a list of accurate telephone numbers for current free legal service providers serving the jurisdiction of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Office.
Exhibit A, the list of free legal service providers, and written notification of the Detainee’s A-number shall be furnished to each Detainee in English, Spanish, Somali, French, and Hmong. Defendants shall provide, without charge, to each Detainee who is illiterate or not proficient in any of those languages an in-person or telephonic oral translation of these materials.
Defendants shall provide Detainees with reasonable and equitable access to telephones. Within one hour of detention and prior to being transferred out of the Whipple Federal Building, Detainees shall be provided free, private, and unmonitored access to the telephone. Defendants shall permit Detainees to make the number of calls necessary to reach counsel or family.
Thereafter, Defendants shall provide Detainees with access to confidential telephone calls with their legal representation at no charge to the Detainee.
Defendants shall not restrict the number of calls a Detainee places to their legal representatives or to obtain representation. Defendants shall not limit the duration of such calls by rule or automatic cut-off, unless necessary for security purposes or to maintain orderly and fair access to telephones. If time limits are necessary for such calls, the calls shall be no shorter than 20 minutes, and the Detainee shall be allowed to continue the call, if desired, at the first available opportunity. Additionally, Defendants shall ensure privacy for Detainees’ telephone calls regarding legal matters. Detainees must be able to make such calls without being overheard by officers, other staff, or other Detainees.
Defendants shall allow inbound confidential calls from Detainees’ legal representation. A telephone number for counsel to call in order to reach Detainees shall be conspicuously displayed online. Defendants shall monitor that telephone line from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. CST, seven days per week. If an attorney requests that Defendants provide the attorney’s name, phone number, or other message to a Detainee, the Detainee shall receive that information, in writing, as promptly as possible.
Detainees with disabilities shall be provided access to telephone services on the same terms as Detainees without disabilities are provided access to telephones. Such telephone services may include video relay service or video remote interpretation service.
Defendants shall ensure that the Online Detainee Locator System of defendant Immigrations and Customs Enforcement accurately identifies the location of each Detainee by name, date of birth, and A-number in real time.
Defendants shall not transfer a Detainee out of Minnesota during the first 72 hours of their detention.
If Defendants transfer a Detainee from the Whipple Federal Building, the following obligations apply:
First and foremost, Defendants shall inform the Detainee of the transfer destination.
After being told the transfer destination, Defendants shall provide the Detainee with the opportunity to use the telephone until they are able to reach counsel or family. These calls shall be free, private, and accessible as outlined in Paragraphs 2 and 4, above.
Defendants shall provide access to the Whipple Federal Building for legal visitation by current and prospective attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. Legal visitation shall be permitted seven days per week, for a minimum of eight hours per day on business days (Monday through Friday), and a minimum of four hours per day on weekends and holidays. Defendants shall provide private rooms for closed-door discussions between Detainees and current and prospective attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants.
Defendants shall not retaliate in any manner against any Plaintiff or Detainee, including in their immigration proceedings or in any other context, for participating in this litigation or complaining about any alleged violation of this Temporary Restraining Order.
Defendants shall disseminate notice of this Order to all agents stationed at the Whipple Federal Building and those responsible for the building’s operations, including providing copies in paper or electronic format. The Order must be distributed to those individuals within 12 hours of its issuance.
This Order shall remain in effect for fourteen days: until Friday, February 26, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. CST.
This Court will hold a status conference on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. CST in Courtroom 13W of the Diana Murphy United States Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the status conference, the Court will (a) receive status updates on compliance with this Order and hear any requests for modification; and (b) determine whether a second hearing on the Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Motion for Class Certification is necessary, and if such a hearing would include the presentation of evidence. The parties shall reserve Thursday February 26, 2026 at 12 p.m. CST for the date of the second hearing. The parties may request amendments to this schedule as necessary.
I wonder how this order differs from what American criminals experience when they are arrested. English is the language of this country and we, the taxpayers, should not be responsible for the costs of providing arrest information in a multitude of languages. People who entered our country illegally are not subject to the US Constitution and Bill of Rights - they are subject to US Immigration Law. They only have the "rights" afforded to them through Immigration Law, especially since they broke the law when they 1) entered our country illegally, 2) chose to "work" illegally, and/or 3) chose to rip off our government by applying for benefits of citizenship through welfare programs such as SNAP.
In the lawsuitIllinois v. Vought docket # 1:26-cv-01566 filed in District Court, N.D. Illinois on February 11, 2026 about Federal Grant Conditioning - Illinois, California, Colorado, and Minnesota sued the Office of Management and Budget over the Department of Health and Human Services announcement that it would cut $600 million in CDC grants due to state laws on federal immigration enforcement, political protest, and clean energy. The original lawsuit sought the following relief:
Enter judgment for Plaintiff States and against defendants;
Declare that the Targeting Directive and all implementation of it is unlawful;
Set aside the Targeting Directive;
Prohibit any implementation or enforcement of the Targeting Directive by any defendant against Plaintiff States, including their instrumentalities, subdivisions, and any bona fide fiscal agents of Plaintiff States or their instrumentalities and subdivisions;
Prohibit any terminations of grants based on the Targeting Directive issued to Plaintiff States, including their instrumentalities, subdivisions, and any bona fide fiscal agents of Plaintiff States or their instrumentalities and subdivisions;
Declare that the United States may not retaliate against Plaintiff States by withdrawing, conditioning, or impairing Plaintiff States’ federal funding or other participation in federal programs based on Plaintiff States’ lawful exercise of their sovereign authority;
Enjoin defendants from implementing or effectuating retaliatory actions and threats or from engaging in future retaliatory conduct regarding federal funding or other participation in federal programs based on Plaintiff States’ lawful exercise of their sovereign authority;
Retain jurisdiction to monitor defendants’ compliance with this Court’s judgment;
Award the States their reasonable fees, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412; and
Award such additional relief as this Court may deem just and proper.
Defendants, their officers, agents, employees, attorneys, and all those in active concert or participation with defendants are temporarily restrained from implementing agency guidance or directives to identify and terminate public-health grants awarded to plaintiffs, including their instrumentalities, subdivisions, and any bona fide fiscal agents of plaintiffs or their instrumentalities and subdivisions, based on undisclosed agency priorities.
Defendants, their officers, agents, employees, attorneys, and all those in active concert or participation with defendants, shall immediately treat any actions taken to implement or enforce directives to identify and terminate public-health grants awarded to plaintiffs based on undisclosed agency priorities, as null, void, and rescinded.
Defendants’ counsel shall provide written notice of this Order to defendants, their officers, agents, employees, and any other persons in active concert or participation with them in the award and funding of public-health grants awarded to plaintiffs.
No security is necessary to secure this Temporary Restraining Order.
This Temporary Restraining Order is entered at 4:45 p.m. on February 12, 2026, and shall remain in effect for 14 days.
So these states want to disobey Federal law but still receive Federal money for the programs they are actively disobeying. And the activist judge agrees with them.
On February 12, 2026 Judges Michael Daly Hawkins, Consuelo M Callahan, and eric D Miller entered partial final judgement vacating the Secretary of Homeland Security's termination of TPS for Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua pending appeal.
More activist judges telling DHS how to do their job while ignoring Immigration Law entirely. TPS is supposed to be temporary!
The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that. - Rush Limbaugh
Today's Patriot is Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, who was born January 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was one of 2 children, both of whom survived to adulthood. The name "Rush" was originally chosen for his grandfather to honor the maiden name of family member Edna Rush. He is of German lineage and comes from a long line of lawyers and judges.
Rush attended Cape Giradeau Central High School, graduating in 1969. His first job was working radio at KGMO at age 16. He used the pseudonym Rusty Sharpe (which he found in a telephone book). He dropped out of Southeast Missouri State University after 2 semesters (1 year) as he just was not interested in anything except radio.
Rush first married Roxy Maxine McNeely on September 24, 1977 at the Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. They were divorced July 10, 1980. They had no children.
Rush then married Michelle Sixta in 1983. They divorced in 1990. They had no children.
Rush's 3rd marriage was Mary 27, 1994 when he married Marta Fitzgerald whom he met in online 1990. Their divorce was finalized in December 2004. They had no children.
Rush then took a short break from marriage, becoming romantically involved with Daryn Kagan, CNN news anchor in September 2004. This relationship ended in February 2006. They had no children.
Rush's 4th marriage was to Kathryn Rogers whom he dated for 3 years. They married June 5, 2010. They remained married until his death. They had no children.
Rush's early radio career began in February 1971 after he dropped out of college when he obtained a DJ position at WIXZ radio in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. He used the moniker "Bachelor Jeff" Christie. Rush was fired in 1973 due to a "personality conflict" with the program director. He immediately started a night position working at KQV in Pittsburgh. By 1974, he was dismissed when management forced the program director to fire him. Rush returned to live with his parents in Cape Giradeau. In 1975, Rush ran an afternoon show at KUDL in Kansas City, Missouri, moving into a public affairs talk show. He was let go in 1977 but moved on to hosting an evening show at KFIX in Kansas City. This lasted a few weeks, then he was dismissed due to disagreements with management. These disappointments led to his seeking a different career path.
In 1979, he accepted a group sales part-time job for the Kansas City Royals baseball team which developed into a full time position as director of group sales and special events.
In 1985, Rush started expressing his political opinions on air. With the FCC's repeal of the 'fairness doctrine' stations could broadcast longer editorial comment shows without having to worry about giving the 'other side' equal time. On August 1, 1988, the Rush Limbaugh Show was nationally syndicated in New York City.
In the span from 1988-1990s, Rush became nationally syndicated. From 1990-1992, Rush was touring (Rush to Excellence Tour) around the country doing about 45 shows each year. In 1992, with the Republican Party presidential primaries, Rush established himself as an influential political commentator.
In 1995, Rush expanded into selling neckties under his wife's brand No Boundaries Collection whose slogans were meant to evoke maximum sensory outrage. Although that business dissolved with his marriage, his ties were still being told by TieGal, Inc.
By 2001, Rush announced that he was almost totally deaf but regained much of his hearing with a cochlear implant later that year. He said the deafness occurred over a span of 3 months and that it was not genetic. In 2005, he developed an eye twitch due to the implant, and underwent a procedure known as "tuning" to counteract it. Rush announced in 2014 that he was going "bilateral" with his cochlear implant having one inserted on the other side. He said he had 100% improvement in his hearing.
In 2003, Rush was a professional football commentator with ESPN for a brief period of time. His comments made that position very short lived.
Rush had his own show "The Rush Limbaugh Show" and also appeared in a 1/2 hour TV show from 1992-1996. He was a guest host on the Pat Sajak Show on March 30, 1990. He was on Late Show with David Letterman on December 17, 1993 among other cameo appearances.
Rush held an annual fundraising telethon "EIB Cure-a-Thon" for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society from 1990 until his death. He also conducted annual drives to help the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation which provides scholarships for children of Marines & Law Enforcement who died in the line of duty. He was also active in the Tunnel to Towers Foundation with a t-shirt imprinted with "Stand up for Betsy Ross" with the proceeds going to the foundation.
Rush authored a few books, some for children, beginning in 1992:
The Way Things Ought to Be, Pocket Books, October 1, 1992, ISBN 978-0671751456
See I Told You So, November 1, 1993, Atria, ISBN 978-0671871208
Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans, Threshold Editions, October 29, 2013, ISBN 978-1476755861 (free on Internet Archive here)
Rush Revere and the First Patriots: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans, Threshold Editions, March 11, 2014, ISBN 978-1476755885 (free on Internet Archive here)
Rush Revere and the American Revolution: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans, Threshold Editions, October 28, 2014, ISBN 978-1476789873
Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans, Threshold Editions, October 27, 2015, ISBN 978-1476789880
Rush Revere and the Presidency: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans, Threshold Editions, November 22, 2016, ISBN 978-1501156892
Radio's Greatest of All Time, Threshold Editions, October 25, 2022, ISBN 978-1668001844
On January 20, 2020, Rush was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He continued broadcasting while receiving chemo for the cancer. He made his last radio broadcast on February 2, 2021.
Rush died on February 17, 2021, in Palm Beach, Florida, at the age of 70 due to complications of lung cancer. He was interred at the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
I have specifically left out Rush's views on various topics. If you are not familiar with him, wikipedia gives a good overview of where Rush stood on a variety of issues.
Those are some of the exact words used by Google’s censors, aka 'Orwellian content police,' in describing many of our controversial stories. Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
