Democracy Now! 2026-02-18 Wednesday
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for February 18, 2026; Jesse Jackson Fought for Justice at Home & Abroad: Juan González & Bishop William Barber; “Extremely Dangerous Situation”: Trita Parsi Warns U.S. & Iran Have Incentives to Escalate Conflict; CFPB Staffer Alexis Goldstein Fired for Confronting DOGE Members, Announces Run for Congress; Meet Analilia Mejía, Who Won NJ Congressional Primary After Speaking Out Against ICE & Genocide in Gaza
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:17.3 | When you see Jesse Jackson, when my name goes in nomination, your name goes in nomination. |
| 0:24.1 | I was born in the slum, but the slum was not born in me. |
| 0:28.6 | And it wasn't born in you, and you can make it. |
| 0:32.3 | Tributes are pouring in for civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson. |
| 0:37.4 | He died Tuesday at the age of 84. pouring in for civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson. |
| 0:40.9 | He died Tuesday at the age of 84. |
| 0:46.2 | We'll speak to Bishop William Barber of the poor people's campaign and our own Juan Gonzalez, who traveled to Cuba with Jackson to meet Fidel Castro in the early 90s. |
| 0:53.9 | Then we get an update on the U.S. Iran talks in |
| 0:57.6 | Geneva as the U.S. expands its military presence in the Middle East. We then speak with long-time |
| 1:05.8 | organizer Annalia Mejia, who could soon be heading to Congress. She won last week's Democratic primary |
| 1:13.5 | in New Jersey after running on a campaign accusing Israel of genocide and calling for ICE to be |
| 1:19.5 | abolished. I'm running to hold Trump and his allies accountable for their blatant corruption. |
| 1:25.7 | I'm running to unrig our economy that favors billionaires overworking people. |
| 1:30.8 | We also speak with Alexis Goldstein. |
| 1:34.2 | She was recently fired from her job at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. |
| 1:40.7 | About a week ago, I was fired from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because a year ago, I confronted some Doge employees and asked their names and if they had the proper required training. |
| 1:52.5 | This is what I'm supposed to do for my job, and because of it, I was retaliated against and terminated. |
| 1:58.0 | All that and more coming up. |
| 2:04.9 | Thank you. terminated. All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. |
| 2:10.2 | I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 2:11.3 | The U.S. military says it's carried out strikes on three boats in the Caribbean and |
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