Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds or talk among yourselves. Sunday’s blog has always consisted of missed headlines and a free chat! Enjoy what’s left of the weekend.
Truth!:
It’s time for Trump to understand: he doesn’t get to govern like an imperial president.
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov) February 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Updates:
Armed North Carolina man fatally shot after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago
Moore County man had been reported missing by his family a day earlier
The U.S. Secret Service says a North Carolina man entered a secured area of Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning armed with a shotgun and a can of gas. The suspect, identified as Austin Tucker Martin from Cameron, N.C., was ordered by law enforcement to put down his weapons. The 21-year-old reportedly put down the gas can, but was shot when he moved to raise the shotgun to a shooting position, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
Bradshaw says two Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy fired their weapons “to neutralize the threat.”
According to posts on social media, Martin’s family was asking for help locating him after reporting him missing Feb.21, 2026.
The Gestapo:
A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing
A 23-year-old American was shot last March in South Padre Island. ICE’s involvement in the shooting was not disclosed until this week.
Months before Renee Good’s killing at the hands of an immigration agent in Minneapolis set off nationwide protests, a federal officer shot and killed another American citizen in his car in South Texas, according to internal reports made public this week.
The victim, Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was shot multiple times in South Padre Island by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after he did not follow commands to exit his vehicle, according to internal ICE documents reviewed by The New York Times. ICE’s connection to the shooting was first reported by Newsweek this week.
Kristi Noem has allowed ICE to violate our civil rights and act with impunity. She is unfit to lead DHS. She must be impeached.
— Oversight Dems (@oversightdemocrats.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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For Those Who Do Not How Things Work:
A Helpful explainer about our wildly misunderstood immigration laws from @sawyerhackett.bsky.social
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:
Put this one in the lack of self-awareness hall of fame
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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What Bessent and Greer both made clear this morning is that they have no intention of issuing refunds and expect each company/person to sue them to get their money back. So they want to add thousands of lawsuits to defend to their workload since they have nothing else to do. bsky.app/profile/atru…
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Bessent: "Maya MacGuineas should be ashamed. And they should take the word 'responsible' out of her organization's name. Everything she told you was completely irresponsible. Where were they when the Biden administration blew out the deficit?" (Watch Maria Bartiromo's reaction to this.)
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 22, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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Craven Assholes:
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
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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KATZ: You voted for tariffs LAWLER: No, I voted against ending the fentanyl natl emergency K: You voted with Trump & it's gonna hurt people in your district. You're making costs higher L: No, I've actually cut costs but putting money back in people's pockets K: I guess we'll see in November
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) February 22, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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