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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T00:08:15.000Z",
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    "Pulse nightclub in Orlando",
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  "textContent": "➡️ Demolition of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the site of a mass shooting in 2016, will take place in mid-March to make way for a planned memorial, according to local media.\n\nPlus, we spoke to a married couple from Azerbaijan who say the Trump administration is keeping one of them locked in a detention center despite them agreeing to leave the country, and Hillary Clinton joined Rep. Sarah McBride for a discussion on anti-trans political attacks.\n\nWe also have the latest on the removal of the Stonewall National Monument’s Pride flag, and a story about a bisexual skier facing controversy after her boyfriend proposed at the Olympics.\n\nUntil tomorrow,\n\n**Christine Linnell**\nSocial media manager, _The Advocate_\n\n### Pulse nightclub demolition set for March to make way for memorial\n\n\n\n\nThe city of Orlando has also scheduled a meeting in which the public can view the memorial plans.\n\n### Gay man says ICE is keeping his husband jailed even though they’ve agreed to leave the U.S.\n\n\n\n\n“We applied for asylum, we got married ... every legal step that needs to be done, we have done that. But ICE now is lying,” Samir Gadirov says.\n\n### Hillary Clinton and Sarah McBride expose how weaponizing ‘scarcity’ drives anti-trans political attacks\n\n\n\n\nThe American political leaders addressed the issue on a panel about women's rights at the Munich Security Conference.\n\n### Two lawsuits ask federal judges to protect Stonewall Monument’s Pride flag from Trump’s history rewrite\n\n\n\n\nOne case against the National Park Service is out of Manhattan and the other was filed in Massachusetts.\n\n### ​Bisexual skier Breezy Johnson breaks silence on backlash to getting engaged at the Olympics\n\n\n\n\nThe gold medalist is addressing fans who say her boyfriend was \"stealing her moment\" when he proposed.\n\n### Can we count on you to support LGBTQ+ journalism?\n\n\n\n\nYour valued gift will help continue our legacy — at a critical time in our history.\n\n### Get Out / The Advocate in your physical mailbox too!\n\n\n\n\nGet a year's subscription of _The Advocate_ and _Out Magazine_ for just $9.95.",
  "title": "Daily newsletter 2/18"
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