Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for February 12, 2026. In today’s headlines, the U.S. is buzzing with the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, generating significant media attention and a challenge to discern facts from speculation, while thousands of dog lovers found joy at the world’s largest unofficial gathering of golden retrievers […]

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515 BCE (3rd of Adar, 3245): Completion of the
construction of the Second Temple at Jerusalem.

996: Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim who “ordered…Jews
to wear wooden calves around their necks” began his reign today.

1130: The Papacy of Honorius I…

While I believe in the power of repetition for forming our minds, I also think variety is helpful, too, so I have other sets of morning affirmations I read at other times.
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New York City confirms 18 deaths during prolonged Arctic cold 18 cold-related deaths were confirmed in New York City as of February 11, following a prolonged stretch of Arctic air that gripped the city from mid-January through early February. Fatalities occurred during a 9-day period of subfreezing temps that ended February 2, with wind chills […]

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Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for February 11, 2026. Today in U.S. news, a heartwarming gathering of thousands of Golden Retrievers provided a joyful break from the headlines in Golden, Colorado. Politically, Republicans in Congress are pushing the “SAVE America Act,” a bill that could significantly alter how Americans vote in federal […]