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riversedge's JournalBreezy Johnson's winding road leads to Olympic downhill gold for US on day marred by Vonn's crash
Source: ap
By PAT GRAHAM and ANDREW DAMPF
Updated 10:16 AM CST, February 8, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — For Breezy Johnson, the road to an Olympic gold medal was similar to the winning downhill run she turned in Sunday: It was full of jarring bumps that nearly knocked her off course, but not off target.
There was the knee injury here in Cortina during a training crash that ultimately kept the American from competing in the 2022 Beijing Games. There was the 14-month ban for violating “whereabouts” rules when it comes to testing for doping.
.......... The 30-year-old Johnson joins Vonn, 41, as the only American women to win the Olympic downhill.
“People are jealous of people with Olympic gold medals. They’re not necessarily jealous of the journey it took to get those medals,” said Johnson, who has never won a World Cup race. “I don’t think my journey is something that many people are envious of and it’s been a tough road, but sometimes you just have to keep going because that’s the only option.............."
Johnson finished in 1 minute, 36.10 seconds to hold off Emma Aicher of Germany by just .04 seconds, securing the first medal for the United States at the Milan Cortina Games in the process. Italy’s Sofia Goggia, the 2018 Olympic downhill winner and 2022 silver medalist, finished with the bronze.........................
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/womens-downhill-olympics-breezy-johnson-vonn-cdbc3193ae07b13a3b6f9ca37bae3482
Breezy Johnson's winding road leads to Olympic downhill gold for US on day marred by Vonn's crash
— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-02-08T22:03:04.578Z
The 30-year-old Johnson joins Vonn, 41, as the only American women to win the Olympic downhill.
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It took 14 airplanes for VP Vance to ship 20 giant SUV's to Italy for the Olympics.......
— DanSkinnerArt (@danskinnerart.bsky.social) 2026-02-08T16:50:24.206Z
YESTERDAY I HAD POSTED AND SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE 14 VANCE VANS:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221003961
https://x.com/Daractenus/status/2020177928399749613?s=20
Republicans want to increase the defense budget to $1.5 trillion in 2027. That defense budget alone would add an additio
Republicans want to increase the defense budget to $1.5 trillion in 2027. That defense budget alone would add an additional $5.8 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.
Republicans want to increase the defense budget to .5 trillion in 2027. That defense budget alone would add an additional .8 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-02-08T17:05:16.830Z
Breezy Johnson, Lindsey Vonn, Jackie Wiles, Bella Wright, and Keely Cashman broke into a line dance during the course ho
I am so glad to see Team USA having some fun.
Breezy Johnson, Lindsey Vonn, Jackie Wiles, Bella Wright, and Keely Cashman broke into a line dance during the course hold today.😂
https://x.com/TeamUSAOLYCov/status/2019838309732872409?s=20
BREAKING: There are massive calls across the U.S. for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after...
Maybe I am out of it--but this is the first I have heard this.....(I did read today that Lutnick went to Epstein's island).
The General
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BREAKING: There are massive calls across the U.S. for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to resign after it was revealed he took his children to Epstein Island for a family vacation.
https://x.com/GeneralMCNews/status/2020234489360691465?s=20
JD Vance had 14 planes fly in this motorcade and his security detail to Italy:............
I do not know the accuracy of these numbers but it is beyond excessive--even if I do not know the exact number!
Daractenus
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Some Scandinavian PMs bike to work or take the subway, the Romanian and Moldovan presidents just go by regular commercial flights. More or less the same goes for most European heads of state.
JD Vance had 14 planes fly in this motorcade and his security detail to Italy:
https://x.com/Daractenus/status/2020177928399749613?s=20
The next days will be very challenging for Kyiv. A new wave of very cold weather is expected, up to -20 degrees Celsius,
This really struck me--and knowing I can do nothing about it makes it worse.
Anton Gerashchenko
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The next days will be very challenging for Kyiv. A new wave of very cold weather is expected, up to -20 degrees Celsius, especially during the night.
After yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine's energy systems emergency electricity shutdowns are taking place in most regions of the country.
The next days will be very challenging for Kyiv. A new wave of very cold weather is expected, up to -20 degrees Celsius, especially during the night.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T20:33:35.124Z
After yet another massive Russian attack on Ukraine's energy systems emergency electricity shutdowns are taking place in most regions of the country.
J.D. Vance is Booed at the Winter Olympics as a New Poll Shows How Europe Has Turned Against U.S
Source: time.com
Feb 7, 2026 12:00 PM CT
Olympic opening ceremonies are traditionally unifying, non-political events—a chance for athletes from around the world to introduce their teams before the competition begins.
But when Vice President J.D. Vance appeared on the stadium’s big screen during the kickoff of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games on Friday, the unmistakable sound of boos and jeers broke out among the crowd of 65,000 people.
While President Donald Trump seemed to brush off the reaction, telling reporters on Air Force One, “That’s surprising because people like him…He doesn’t get booed in this country,” recent polls suggest that it’s not just Vance who has a problem in Europe.
A new YouGov poll released Feb. 6 found that favorable views of the U.S. among Western European nations have fallen sharply in recent months, following Trump’s aggressive attempts to annex Greenland, his Administration’s ongoing trade war with most of its European allies, and a years-long divide over the future of NATO and European security.
Perhaps predictably, the biggest impact was seen in Denmark........................
Read more: https://time.com/7372884/jd-vance-booed-olympics-europe/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
I think it is horrible that so many countries have turned against us--mostly because of selfish..Trump.
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MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 06: JD Vance, Vice President of the United States, and Usha Vance, Second Lady of the United States, attend the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at San Siro Stadium on February 06, 2026 in Milan, Italy.Andreas Rentz—2026 Getty Images
X Users Test for Shadowbanning with Visibility Checks Last updated 2 minutes ago An Oglala Lakota account accused Elon
X Users Test for Shadowbanning with Visibility Checks
https://x.com/i/trending/2020255854830981360
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An Oglala Lakota account accused Elon Musk of throttling left-leaning posts, gaining over 10,000 likes as users from Sweden to England confirmed they could see it. Replies linked the concern to recently unsealed Epstein-Musk emails from 2012-2014, where Epstein proposed meetings that Musk denies pursuing. X denies shadowbanning based on politics, explaining visibility filtering targets spam or low-quality content instead, while users on both sides report occasional reach issues amid algorithm changes.
This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time. Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs.
Several people saying their posts have disappeared, others saying people who they have banned are now in their thread. etc etc.
https://x.com/LakotaMan1/status/2020190470492848571?s=20
https://x.com/MarkC_289/status/2020249305437905173?s=20
CBS Editor's note: This story contains offensive imagery***.--White House removes Trump post with racist......
YOU all probably know by now that the vile Trump post was taken down but
I just wanted to say that this was the first time I have seen the Editors note that the post
contains offensive imagery ( there is no --may contain).
White House removes Trump post with racist footage of Obamas hours after defending it
Updated on: February 7, 2026 / 8:20 AM EST /
Editor's note: This story contains offensive imagery.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-shares-racist-video-depicting-obamas-as-apes/
White House removes Trump post with racist footage of Obamas hours after defending it
Updated on: February 7, 2026 / 8:20 AM EST / CBS News
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Editor's note: This story contains offensive imagery.
Washington — ..............
A White House official said a staffer "erroneously made the post," which has been taken down.
The move came after Mr. Trump faced backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike for posting the video, which was called "racist," "offensive," and "unacceptable." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had said earlier Friday that the footage was part of an "internet meme video" that depicted the president as "King of the Jungle" and Democrats as characters from The Lion King.
"Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public," Leavitt had said in her earlier statement, in response to questions about the post.
The video, which is just over a minute long, promoted false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump. Toward the end of the video was a roughly two-second clip that shows the Obamas' heads edited onto the bodies of primates, with the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" playing.
Mr. Trump shared the video to his Truth Social account at 11:44 p.m. Thursday. A link to the video now shows the page as "not found."
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