The Daily Schtick: Love, Lawsuits & Late‑Stage Empire – 13 February 2026 Edition

Valentine’s weekend in America: roses for the brand, restraining orders for democracy.

Courtroom Crush: The Admin’s Toxic Relationship With Reality

The Trump crew spent Friday doing what it does best—losing in court, then fundraising off the humiliation. Judges keep swiping left on executive tantrums dressed up as policy, from immigration dragnet fantasies to Schedule F purges and half‑assed speech crackdowns. Each ruling reads like a breakup text from the Constitution: “It’s not me, it’s you—and your complete disregard for due process.”

Lawfare as Content, Not Governance

Instead of passing coherent laws, the White House fires off legally illiterate orders, lets states and advocacy groups sue, then turns every injunction into a martyrdom tour. It’s government by grievance: lose in district court, scream “rigged system,” ride the outrage wave to the next rally. The actual agencies—understaffed, demoralized, and lawsuit‑bruised—are left duct‑taping basic services while the boss live‑posts his feelings.

ICE & the Surveillance Valentine

Immigration cops are still acting like cameras are garlic and they’re on Team Vampire. After a week of cuffing people for the crime of “following us in a car with a phone,” legal threats and public scrutiny have them lashing out even harder. You’d think an agency that claims to be defending “the rule of law” wouldn’t panic every time the public exercises a constitutional right—but that assumes they read past the Second Amendment.

Markets: Love Is Dead, So Is Your Tech Portfolio

Wall Street limped into the weekend like it just got dumped via emoji. Tech darlings that promised AI‑powered utopia are now discovering gravity; retail investors wonder why “number go up” has turned into “why is my retirement on fire.” Official line: “healthy correction.” Unofficial line: the house always wins, you just get better‑animated charts while you lose.

Epstein Fallout: Elite Reputation Speed‑Dating

Every fresh trickle from the Epstein files adds another powerful name trying to speed‑run reputation rehab. Carefully worded interviews, “I was shocked” statements, and lawyers insisting their client only ever sought “philanthropic partnerships” with the world’s most notorious sex trafficker. The public isn’t buying it, but in elite circles, plausible deniability is the only love language that matters.

Today’s Schtick

So February 13, 2026: an administration in a codependent spiral with the courts, an immigration apparatus terrified of being seen, markets ghosting small investors, and an elite class still trying to swipe right on amnesia.

The Daily Schtick: World News, Our Style—because if the empire insists on being this messy, the least we can do is narrate it.

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