Tuesday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben — 2/17/26

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on breaking news from the day. Fatty 15: Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to https://fatty15.com/MEIDAS and using promo code: MEIDAS at checkout. Hiya Health: Receive 50% off your first order. To claim this deal you must go to https://hiyahealth.com/MEIDAS Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.5	Welcome to Ben on breaking news. I'm Ben Myceles and this is your breaking news. Shout out to all of our friends in Dusseldorf, Germany, where they're having their annual
1:14.2	carnival parade featuring images of Donald Trump, assaulting the Statue of Liberty and trying to
1:22.8	stick his tongue down statute of Lady Liberty's throat, the carnival float of Donald Trump punching
1:30.4	Jesus in the face.
1:31.9	Jesus is wearing a love and humanity shirt and giving Jesus a black eye.
1:37.8	And more floats of Donald Trump and Putin together also featured alongside floats of the Ayatollah and a Taliban.
1:49.7	That is the distinction for the United States right now.
1:53.8	And you have the images as well of Trump and Putin trying to eat up Europe.
2:00.0	And that's about sums up Donald Trump and his fascist regime and how the world feels about us.
2:06.9	Well, we clearly saw how the world felt about us at the Munich Security Conference.
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