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.

"Largest tariffs in 90 years" and also "largest trade deficit in 90 years." Seems like the policy didn't achieve its stated goal.

Love this. One of my followers—okay, his daughter who is finishing college—turned this shirt into a reality. You can buy it here: t3jw0w-g0.myshopify.com/products/vet... (I have no relationship to the store, and don't profit. Gemini turned my idea into a design I love, and they've done the rest.)

I SAID I’D PAY YOU $50 FOR MOWING. BUT THE TARIFF IS $100. SO YOU OWE ME $50, UNLESS YOU HAVE A SISTER.

Iran could direct proxies to attack US targets in Europe if Trump goes ahead with a strike, analysts tells the NYT.

“.. It was not clear why Mr. Trump planned to assist Greenland with its health care. Greenlanders have the right to health care that is free at the point of use ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

"It was not clear why Mr. Trump planned to assist Greenland with its health care. Greenlanders have the right to health care that is free." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

"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."

Important thread 🧵

“John Barron” called CSPAN to complain about SCOTUS. Whether it’s Trump using his alter ego or an actual impersonator (I rather think the latter) - we don’t know. All of this is bizarre. The call is real: www.c-span.org/program/call... (happens around 44 min in)

In just 25 hours, the U.S. has had four tariff regimes: 1. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) 2. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs 3. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs +10% 4. Liberation Day Mark_II_re-revised_(final) - IEEPA tariffs +10% + 5%

“.. Pressed on whether Israel had a right to this land, which covers much of the modern-day Middle East, including parts of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Huckabee said ‘it would be fine if they took it all’.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/465e...

“.. Brazil will enjoy the biggest reduction in average tariff rates — falling by 13.6 percentage points — followed by China .. “.. Long-standing US allies including the UK, the EU and Japan will suffer the largest hit ..” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/a126...

“.. People are realizing that Bitcoin is what it’s always been — which is simply a speculative asset. .. it’s not digital gold .. It’s not an inflation hedge .. And it’s not a chaos hedge either.” @bloomberg.com #$IBIT www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Defend democracy like Connor Hellebuyck defended goal

According to statements from the U.S. Secret Service, an armed man unlawfully entered the secure perimeter of the property. Secret Service agents, along with deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), responded and fatally shot the individual.

“If you connect the dots, the picture of what’s happening at CBS becomes all too clear. That picture comes into even sharper focus once you recall an underlying factor: the network’s parent company is trying to get a big commercial deal done and needs the help of the Trump administration.”

Ellison: I’ve been hearing a lot about paying rappers/influencers, offering them pardons, and not disclosing that they’re being compensated. They don’t even need to say, “Vote for Trump.” What they can say is, “None of these elections really matter anyway.” That kind of talk can swing an election.

Rayfield: This is a president who deliberately leads by fear, because that’s how he gets the outcomes he’s looking for. He creates primary dynamics where people are scared to say anything different — because if they do, he’ll try to compel their actions in Congress.

Jones: Then you look at the success we had in Virginia. People joke, but we say, “As goes Virginia, so goes the nation.” We had a historic sweep of our statewide offices. I think that really portends well for what’s happening across the country in 2026.

Weiser: Antitrust laws aren’t enforced only by the federal government — they’re also enforced by state attorneys general. So whatever corrupt dealings or presidential whims might occur, we still have the authority to review mergers

Bow to him and I will cancel one of the few subscriptions I have left. @netflix.com

Look at this: Military hardware being shipped to the Middle East. Looks like 9 C-17 transport on the way. This goes beyond flexing.

Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell are on the same side, trying to keep Epstein documents secret.

New Jersey Democrats introduce a bill with the name: Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities Empowered act. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

Kristi Noem has made Americans across the country less safe. From harassment to assaults to killings, DHS and ICE are completely out of control. It’s time to impeach Noem.

Leo leaning into hating on Vance could make him the most popular pope ever.

Pakistan has been striking Taliban positions in Afghanistan. One to keep an eye on.

Trump is going crazy on tariffs because if they vanish it sets in motion several chain reactions. One of which is that no tariffs could give a minor boost to growth, which pushes up inflation, which makes it harder to cut interest rates etc

@muellershewrote.com FYI bsky.app/profile/mary...

Fucking impeachable.

Trump says he’s putting tariffs up to 15%, the day after he said they’d be 10% following the Supreme Court ruling. He’s flailing, knows he’s losing control.

OSINT trackers have picked up several C‑2 flights off Sicily today, which likely indicates the USS Ford is on pace for a Sunday arrival in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Iran's Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said that the country has designated the air forces and naval forces of all EU members as "terrorist organizations". This came as a reciprocal response to the EU's IRGC terrorist designation.

FBI investigating ‘terrorism-related’ event after driver rammed car into Nevada power substation. Authorities found explosive materials and multiple books “related to extremist ideologies” - on right- and left-wing extremism, environmental extremism. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks. "So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,' Karen says."

During early voting, you can go to any early voting site in your county to vote, and if you are not registered, you can register and vote on the same day. Make your plan to vote on or before March 3. Early voting in this primary election ends February 28. Find your early voting location:

The arrested state senate staffer is the chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans—or was until the news broke yesterday. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

“.. Even if tariff refunds eventually make their way onto corporate balance sheets, .. the operational costs tied to tariff uncertainty have already been paid. .. we don’t expect pricing pressure on the average American households to go away anytime soon.” @joebrusuelas.bsky.social

This document! The headline is amazing but it says a lot more besides Epstein was wealth manager for Putin: Epstein's personal hacker Saudi surveillance Hezbollah Crowdstrike www.justice.gov/epstein/file... I've said Epstein was the new mob's accountant, Meyer Lansky. people.com/jeffrey-epst...

In the last 7 months, Cory Mills and his company have each faced their own separate and unrelated eviction lawsuits for not paying rent, AND each have had judges slap them with their own separate and unrelated restraining orders—Cory for dating violence, his company to freeze its assets

Suddenly he understands consent

Todd Blanche continues to be Trump's personal lawyer. Not a shred of honor or integrity.

Rep. Cory Mills’s weapons company is going broke so fast & being so dishonest that a federal court froze its assets this week. Congressional and court reporters, check out this order along with the earlier and *completely insane* recent activity for DSS v. Pacem Defense, EDVA

Beyond the horrifying, lawless nature of this — which I have written about repeatedly — this is one of those things that we are just stuck with — not for the future, but, to the extent it has happened, as reality — and we are all less safe for it.

Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

Guitarist & Songwriter Nils Lofgren & his wife Amy have written a protest song: No Kings, No Hate, No Fear. Read about what’s behind the song & listen to it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...

The Mad King gets madder.