SUZETTE MARTINEZ VALLADARES: In 1982, there were 43 refineries in California. Today we have 7. Meanwhile, demand is up . . .

Informational Hearing: Environmental Impacts of and Considerations for Refinery Closures. Suzette Martinez Valladares

California state senator Suzette Martinez Valladares gives the democrat supermajority a much needed basic lesson in economics and obliterates their policies that have chased oil companies out of the state for decades. pic.twitter.com/tLJo4MPEL8

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 18, 2026

I want to take a minute to really address what I'm hoping to hear, but also point out that for years this legislature has really sent a clear message to the oil and gas producers and refineries and that message was and has been, "You don't have a future here," and the markets responded. Capital left.  Reinvestments slowed, and now we are seeing refineries have closed down.  In 1982, there were 43 refineries in California.  Today we have 7.  Meanwhile, demand is up and California are paying about 50% more at the pump than the national average.  We produce roughly 20% of the crude oil that we consume and more than 65% of that comes from foreign sources.  We are one more refinery closure, one more pipeline failure, and we'll be staring at catastrophic instability.  

TOM LUONGO: The World is Healing.

The World is Healing. https://t.co/nwn3PgQELr

— Tom Luongo (@TFL1728) February 18, 2026

ROBERT LEUSINK: 25% of all McDonald's Filet-O-Fish are sold during Lent The sandwich only exists because Catholics in Cincinnati stopped buying burgers on Fridays in 1962 A 2,000-year-old fasting tradition forced the world's largest fast food chain to change its menu (Lent starts today)

25% of all McDonald's Filet-O-Fish are sold during Lent

The sandwich only exists because Catholics in Cincinnati stopped buying burgers on Fridays in 1962

A 2,000-year-old fasting tradition forced the world's largest fast food chain to change its menu

(Lent starts today) pic.twitter.com/7Wcx8HyI9a

— Robbert Leusink (@robbertleusink) February 18, 2026

SVETLANA LOKHOVA: Remember that John Brennan was in London, England a few months ago, just as his first subpoena deadline was looming. He is coordinating his response with British intelligence operatives.

Remember that John Brennan was in London, England a few months ago, just as his first subpoena deadline was looming.

He is coordinating his response with British intelligence operatives.

The man he is sitting next to at the House of Lords (British parliament, upper house)… https://t.co/nj2UOEICZQ pic.twitter.com/oa47oTg2KX

— Svetlana Lokhova (@RealSLokhova) February 17, 2026

Remember that John Brennan was in London, England a few months ago, just as his first subpoena deadline was looming. He is coordinating his response with British intelligence operatives. The man he is sitting next to at the House of Lords (British parliament, upper house) event is the former head of British GCHQ. He is the member of the “Cambridge Club” group of “former” spooks based at University of Cambridge through which Brennan ran his anti-Trump ops.

The Cambridge Club includes Christopher Steele, his boss, former head of British MI6 Richard Dearlove, his close friend, CIA operative Stefan Halper and others. Gina Haspel and Mike Morrell are associated with the Cambridge Club as well. 

DARTH POWELL: H-1B is a fucking slave labor system to avoid hiring Americans. It was never about "best and brightest" for most companies.

H-1B is a fucking slave labor system to avoid hiring Americans.

It was never about "best and brightest" for most companies https://t.co/GJqr35j8gE

— Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 18, 2026