TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 22 February 2026 — Meanwhile in Ukraine Post by Meanwhile in Ukraine

Lviv was hit by a deadly terror attack.

The same night, Ukraine absorbed a massive combined missile-and-drone strike. Yet Ukraine kept pushing back—long-range hits on Russian air assets, air defense, and fuel sites deep in the rear.

This is the brutal rhythm: mourn, repair, retaliate.

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I thought its always the "radical left" and "Biden/Obama" Fault.

Seems Trump is getting his assassination attempts by actual fucking republicans who voted for him but start to have enough

Colorado joins group of Democratic states suing Trump administration over clean energy cuts The state is hoping to restore more than $600 million in grant funding.

#ClimateInTheCourts
www.cpr.org/2026/02/19/c...

And the city museum- which is amazeballs - hosted a puppet show which was amazing!

Some of the reasons I love my city!
#VallejoIsAwesome

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Dictator psychopath now wants to controll broadcasting. Trump TV coming soon.

Anti-ICE Demonstrators Chase Off Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter With Water Balloons At Minneapolis Rally Some in the crowd tossed water balloons that soaked the right-wing demonstrators as temperatures hit -4 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill.

Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists, pelting them with water balloons in the freezing cold

Law would ban ICE agents from becoming cops in Illinois A newly introduced bill that would bar former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from working in state and local law enforcement in Illinois is sparking intense debate, with supporters calling...

ICE agents would be permanently barred from becoming state or local cops in Illinois if a state politician gets her way.

cwbchicago.com/2026/01/law-...

New tariff just dropped.

Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.

It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.

(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).

Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Pastor: ICE Let Me Free Because I’m White and It Wouldn’t Be “Fun” A Minneapolis pastor made a shocking confession about what an ICE agent told him after detaining him.

This article is wild. The video is wild. The goal is fear and they're mad they're not getting it.

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."

Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship

What this will mean, in practice, that if you are deemed an enemy of the administration, they will pore through your citizenship application paperwork looking for some reason to retroactively disqualify you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1 The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas voted Thursday to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant that provides popular televisio...

Arkansas to pluck Big Bird.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

🇨🇦 If you are a Canadian who still wants to travel to the US, you may want to put that thought aside.
The US Thought Police want your social/personal history for the last five years.
If you have said anything against Felon 47 you might be banned or jailed.

US Tourism is dead.

#CanadaSky🇨🇦

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…

NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.

The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.

"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"

Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."

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This story sums up Trump: No need for evidence. No need for laws or treaties. No need for discussions. If Trump decides (based upon whatever random information or maybe just heartburn) that someone is in the wrong, he believes he has the right to kill them.

The US is now a rogue nation.

Very bad news for Americans and even worse news for Trump.

It doesn't just threaten their First Amendment rights. It plainly violates them.

Republican voters make a lot more sense when you realize that they firmly believe non-White people cannot have legitimate claims to citizenship and that everyone who is not of European descent at best only has conditional permission to remain in the United States.

Doesn't everyone spend their evenings driving robots in the dark?

W.t.f.

One of my fundamental beliefs is that I should not have to talk to people who have been cruel to me. You might be surprised to learn how often -- and vociferously -- people disagree with me about that.

Bro code; Permitting and zoning codes; Uniform code of military justice. The only thing left is Zip Codes.