Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)

Trump: “It was July 4th of last year, when flood waters tore through a girl’s summer camp in Central Texas. One of the worse things I’ve ever seen. I was there.”

Fact check: Trump was not there. He was throwing a party on the White House South Lawn while children were missing in Texas.

Richmond County’s own Nicole Malliotakis giving off the same energy as one of the white people protesting southern school integration in photos from the 50s

“The problem I created is a problem for me.” posted over a Christopher Rufo post.

It is well and good for people to leave MAGA, but those people should acknowledge what they built and work as hard or harder at dismantling it.

Being a slow learner is not a sin, but the work of repair is necessary.

Be warned everyone that this tidbit by Trump likely refers to a plan by certain techbros to run their own nuclear power plants. People need to fight hard against any effort to weaken the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which grants licenses and ensures safe operation of nuclear energy facilities.

The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system.

We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.

We cannot accept the status quo of billionaires and Big Money dominating our politics and economy.

A growing majority of Americans say that Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself — ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
(@emgusk.bsky.social, ABC News)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260222

Thanks to Trump's massive tax cuts for billionaires: 700 rural hospitals and 600 nursing homes are at risk of closure.

Trump is bragging about working to eliminate fraud. Most of his presidential pardons have been for people convicted of money laundering and fraud to the tune of over $1 billion.

trump is calling for banning congressional stock trading, but he leaves out the key detail: the reason there's a standstill right now is democrats want it to apply to trump and the white house, but trump issued a veto threat over that.

The racism section of this speech is stomach-churning. #SOTU

Here’s Epstein in June of 2016 advising someone in Qatar how to manage Trump, and explaining who really has power in the White House: “Israel does. Ivanka does. Biz interests do.”

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) will sit together at Trump's state of the union tonight

Khanna and Massie teamed to pass law requiring Epstein files release

Johnson calls it "detestable" that some Democrats are boycotting Trump's State of the Union "We play for one team," House Speaker Mike Johnson told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil ahead of the State of the Union. "We're all for America."

Things Mike Johnson hasn't called "detestable":
- DOJ covering up the Epstein files
- Stripping millions of Americans of their health insurance
- Trump’s masked ICE agents killing people on our streets

So, forgive us if we don't give a damn. See you on the Mall at 8.

Oversight Democrats have been investigating the handling of serious allegations by a survivor against Donald Trump when she was a minor. We have now confirmed that some of the documents related to this survivor appear to be missing from the files.

Here’s what we know ⬇️

One of the fundamental character traits that always stands out when it comes to Mike Johnson is cowardice. He has zero integrity or courage. bsky.app/profile/atru...

this is an absolutely astonishing feat of independent journalism, top to bottom, and proves that the only way to truly fight billionaires is not being funded by them. just…read the whole thing.

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Company that bent the knee to Trump: we shouldn’t punish companies that bent the knee to Trump

A party of morons. bsky.app/profile/atru...

The Democratic response to tonight’s State of the Union address should be someone reading this article out loud verbatim

these people treat being called racist like it is a slur, and treat slurs like they're mere differences of opinion

ICE has expanded social-media surveillance, buying tools to build online dossiers on anyone with a public profile—part of a plan for a 24/7 monitoring team.

@ruddock.bsky.social explains on @fairmediawatch.bsky.social's CounterSpin:

fair.org/home/the-sta...

The hypocrisy is the tell. It tells us what they really, truly believe. Laws for thee, not for me. Impunity is their birthright.

“.. Trump has got a number of other big cases pending at the court, like whether it can fire the heads of independent commissions, .. whether redistricting can go on. I think .. Trump would be wise to no longer call the justices somehow tools of foreign influence.”

rollcall.com/2026/02/23/t...

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

America graciously accepts Denmark’s offer to send mental hospital ships just keep telling yourself it’s all perfectly normal

here's today's post: "America graciously accepts Denmark’s offer to send mental hospital ships" — just keep telling yourself it’s all perfectly normal.
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Rep. Garcia on Epstein Survivors: "I have invited Annie Farmer to take a seat at the State of the Union…She wants Donald Trump to look up and see their faces there, and she wants to continue to advocate not just for the survivors, but for the full release of the files."

Many businesses that have capitulated to Trump have ultimately paid a heavy price-one way or another

And many of those who have resisted have been rewarded by consumers

There is a strong incentive for Netflix to do right by Susan Rice. Hopefully they will be smart and take it

The MAHA Meltdown Why Donald Trump may rue the day he pissed off the MAHA moms.

It's notable that Kennedy's worst and most mendacious issue, the vaccine issue, is where the administration seems to be following his lead.