The Daily Populous

Thursday February 12nd, 2026 morning edition

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The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate.

The GOP’s push for the measure was driven by blatantly false claims.

“They feel they’ve got to allow illegals to participate in elections so they can continue to win,” Speaker Mike Johnson said on Fox Wednesday.

Republican election officials have recently corroborated that with a series of lengthy reviews showing it’s a virtually nonexistent problem.

Ahead of the vote, the GOP adopted a “manager’s amendment” from House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wisc.)

On Tuesday, the House Administration Committee held a hearing on another GOP voter ID bill, the Make Elections Great Act.

But some political pundits have questioned that, arguing that stopped being true when Trump took over the GOP. »

Raising Cane’s files lawsuit as landlord tries to evict them for chicken smell

Authored by dexerto.com

A Boston landlord is attempting to evict a Raising Cane’s restaurant in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood over complaints that the location “smells like chicken fingers,” according to a lawsuit.

“Despite these efforts, Defendant continues to complain that its tenant’s chicken-finger restaurant smells like chicken fingers,” the company said in its lawsuit.

The lawsuit also alleges the landlord attempted to pressure Raising Cane’s into waiving a lease provision that grants the chain exclusivity as the building’s “exclusive chicken restaurant,” according to CBS Boston. »

Poland Prepares for Drone War With Russia

Authored by cepa.org

He added that it should be operational as soon as this summer, far sooner than the EU’s drone wall.

This direct through-line, connecting preparations for a full-scale conventional war with responses to Russia’s accelerating shadow war, is what separates Poland from the rest of the Western alliance and has placed it at the forefront of military innovation in NATO.

Since Russia’s military drone incursion into its airspace in September, Warsaw has introduced a swath of new measures to counter the new phase in the Russia-NATO shadow war. »

El Paso City Council Moves to Reject ICE Detention Facility

Authored by elpasoheraldpost.com

When news broke that ICE officials were considering repurposing a warehouse to house an ICE detention facility, Orlando city officials looked at ways to keep the facility out of the city.

Last month, Kansas City’s City Council passed a five-year moratorium banning the licensing or permitting of any detention facility that is not owned by the city.

The Oklahoma City council last week listened to community members asking them to stop a planned ICE facility in the city. »