At the Spot Where Alex Pretti Was Killed “Any righteous person would have done the same.”

"A nurse’s uniform with a stethoscope looped over it has been affixed to a wall, with 'Freedom is not free – Alex Pretti.'" This solemn spot exists because of our own government.

Today's Morning Shots from @samsteindc.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/46HLoh9

The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved

Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Reversing a disastrous decision is not the same as having never made it.

has anyone acknowledged this was them yet?

Undignified to say the least

“I’m just saying … bsky.app/profile/ronf...

This is the most painful irony forced by the war. Ukrainians rose up against Russian aggression in order to protect their democracy — by any measure, one of the most vibrant and robust in the post-Soviet space. But over four years of martial law, military censorship, suspended elections, and mobilization both legal and psychological, Ukraine has become progressively less democratic. This was part of Russia’s goal. In the course of the war, I’ve heard Ukrainians talk less about democracy. It’s understandable: This is a war for independence, and everything else is secondary. But in many ways, Ukrainians have never been less independent from Russia. It’s Russia that determines when and if Ukrainians sleep, whether they can move through their cities and whether they have running water, light and heat.

M Gessen reports from Kyiv on the toll of the Russian invasion after four years of full-scale war. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/o...

The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir. The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?

Billions of your tax dollars are going to Palantir — and the police state it's helping Trump build could soon be used against you.

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

Be aware of which political party wants the American people to vote and will protect our collective right to do so…and which political party wants to restrict that right so that they may remain in power indefinitely.

The difference could not be clearer than at the present moment.

Sneaking in our anniversary dinner before the snow begins

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

YouTube video by Direkt36 A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az Orbán-korszak elvesztett lehetőségeinek története

Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary
with English subtitles:
youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...

Life under the Clicktatorship: the FBI Director is off watching hockey at the Olympics, and the administration is trying to send hospital boats to a country with universal health care even as they are gutting health coverage. Great content, owning the libs etc.

As Emily Litella said: “nevermind.”

Don't worry, everyone, Secretary of Transportation and MTV Real World Cast Member Sean Duffy is going to sort all this out.

I bet he'll give a speech talking about how we should make sure our shoes are shined before boarding our flights.

"El Paso's airport is closed for ten days."

"No, wait, it's open now."

"TSA PreCheck is suspended."

"No, wait, it's back up now."

The TSA reversal on closing PreCheck was so quick, the news of the suspension is still breaking along with news of the suspension of the suspension

I would like to replace our Secretary of Defense please 🇺🇸

MIKE LAWLER: As a long-term mechanism, I don't support tariffs

KATZ: But didn't you vote for tariffs? You say Congress should be a check, but you haven't done it. This is the problem with the GOP

LAWLER: Respectfully, I've pushed back on numerous things

Did JD Vance thank Greenland yet for providing emergency medical care to our US sailor?

Defend democracy like Connor Hellebuyck defended goal

Holy shit: they folded immediately after this @pamherd.bsky.social skeet
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/22/t...

U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (R) and Angie Craig (D-MN) speak to press after conducting oversight at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota. The two congressional representatives from Minnesota were touring the facility after being denied access last month. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)

Angie Craig: "They removed everyone from the ICE facility 30 minutes before we arrived — this is not the intent of the law. DHS is violating the law"

Ilhan Omar: "What happened today is a blatant attempt to obstruct members of Congress from doing their oversight duties"

mattsrebecoming on Instagram: "UPDATE: I just got off the phone with the Tarrant County Board of elections and they say that my registration is in pending status.…" UPDATE: I just got off the phone with the Tarrant County Board of elections and they say that my registration is in pending status. Still in pending even though I put in the application on October 7 of 2025, which was over four months ago, and that there are, in her words, hundreds of thousands of people that are in the same situation because Tarrant County is one of the top 10 counties that people in the US are moving to. Spread the word! #fyp #texaselections #tarrantcounty @jasmineforus

Matt registered to vote on October 7, 2025, in Tarrant County, TX. Four months later, his registration is still pending. When he contacted the county, he was told that he was one of hundreds of thousands.

Check your registration, TX!

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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Greenland does not need US hospital boat sent by Trump, says Denmark Defence minister rebuffs US president’s claim that Arctic islanders are ‘not being taken care of’

Oblivious & selfish as ever, Felon forcing his unwanted 'assistance' on ppl overseas in place where it is not wanted, while ignoring the healthcare crisis here in the US.

(Not to mention, there are many other places around the world that could actually use the aid. 🤬Con artist puts on a show again)

Ukrainian General Staff confirms the strike on Votkins plant in Udmurtia region of Russia using FP-5 Flamingo missiles.

The plant produces intercontinental ballistic missiles, ballistic missiles for submarines, Iskander missiles and Kinzhal missiles.

a guy who claimed to be named John Barron and sounded a lot like Trump called into C-SPAN to complain about the Supreme Court's tariff decision and call Hakeem Jeffries "a dope"

(John Barron is a pseudonym Trump has used for himself when talking to journalists)