Republicans are scared. With the Strait of Hormuz closed, oil prices have soared to over $100 per barrel (from under $70 per barrel 10 days ago.) There’s been a huge spike in gas prices. The WSJ called it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s and threatening to derail the global economy.”

Trump Threw ICE Barbie Out of His Toy Chest. But She Still Broke Barriers In fact, she broke a major glass ceiling. All it took was a jet-set sex scandal and a “garbage” defense.

Abolish DHS. Prosecute Noem and ICE www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threw-...

Bottom line: If Trump wanted to fulfill his "America First" promises, he wouldn't waste $1 billion a day on an unprovoked war in Iran.

He'd look for ways to improve the lives of working families — focusing on vital areas like healthcare, childcare, affordable housing, food security, and education.

Iranian Ship Was Leaving Indian Naval Exercise When Sunk, Raising Concerns in New Delhi The Iranian frigate sunk by a U.S. submarine last week had just left an Indian naval exercise. Now India's political opposition is demanding answers.

Sure, why not. Why shouldn't we shoot someone who is doing naval drills with one of our closest trading partners.

Screenshot of a tweet from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) dated Feb 25, 2015. The tweet reads: “If the Dow Joans ever falls more than 1000 ‘points’ in a Single Day the sitting president should be ‘loaded’ into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!” The word “Jones” is misspelled as “Joans.”

ICE confirms a measles outbreak in the nation's largest detention facility in Texas The agency said it's closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with public health authorities while the facility has been closed to visitors and attorneys.

Of course there is.

"I don't mean to short circuit this whole exercise here, but watching people who voted to confirm her suddenly get all chesty about 'I had no idea' — go fuck yourselves."

@jvl.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social discuss Kristi Noem's appearance before Congress.

The Trump voters telling pollsters they never voted for him Everybody loves a winner

"Here’s what we’re finding: six percent of Trump voters — as determined by the recorded vote data we have, which we’ll treat as the ground truth — don’t even admit to voting for him in the last election."

Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected

BREAKING: Wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in January to .8% The estimate was for .3%. we are on track for HUGE inflation in 2026 if something doesn't end this! Trump's lies about prices being lower just hit reality!
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/p...

The Tax Nerd Who Bet His Life Savings Against DOGE Until Elon Musk came roaring into the nation’s capital, Alan Cole was largely a plain-vanilla investor.

"The U.S. government has been described as an insurance company with an army. Now, with federal debt nearing 100% of gross domestic product, it’s an insurance company with an army and a giant mortgage. "

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

Didn't Matthew Broderick do a movie on this?

Yup.

Lee: We live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich and the well-connected and the well-protected. We have to change that. That’s why earlier today I announced that I'll be introducing articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi.

Did Greene just get ejected?

Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.

Not at all surprised.

www.ms.now/news/senator...

Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can't be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail.

This has a smell.

apnews.com/article/supr...

Constitutional liberal democracy is designed around distrust of power. That's the point.

BOP - 5260.01 Management of Inmates with Gender Dysphoria

I am trying to wrap my head around this. I am hoping someone who is impacted can get this in front of a court.

My gut tells me that Gender Dysphoria isn't the only thing they plan to cure. /s

None of this is happening

ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE “is lying to Congress and the American people” about its training program.

Breaking MS NOW:

An ICE whistleblower is expected to testify at a congressional forum today that the agency is "lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits.

Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.

A promotional-style graphic featuring comedian Patton Oswalt standing against a light background, wearing a dark vest over a button-up shirt, smiling at the camera. Large bold black text appears to the left of him. Extracted text: IT’S NOT JUST THAT TRUMP IS ON THE EPSTEIN LIST. IT’S THAT THE LIST SHOULD BE TITLED “DONALD TRUMP AND FRIENDS.” PATTON OSWALT

Trump promised a booming economy. Instead, we got higher bills and daily drama.

Guaranteed during his State of the Union address, he will tell us the bills we are paying are a hoax.
#TrumpAffordabilityChaos

the idea that violence is the domain of people with mental illness is so pervasive—across the political spectrum!—and it pisses me off to no end

but I really hope we can get past that now that we see how it's much more driven by ideology, resentment, and anger than "oops, didn't take pills today"

WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."

TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."

Any press availability about this should just be one question after another about "isn't this just an obvious effort at diversion?"

Wow.

Felon Trump can’t handle his own shit. #TrumpFailure

FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.

BREAKING: FDA reverses course and will now review Moderna's flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f...

ICE buys Romulus detention facility, projects 1,458 jobs as local officials push back The agency said the Romulus facility and its construction are expected to generate 1,458 jobs, nearly $150 million in economic activity and more than $33 million in projected tax revenue.

Get ICE out of our communities.