Didn't watch the SOTU speech...

...but Ace has a good rundown. 

The thing I probably admire most about Trump is his ferocity when attacking Democrats, and his skill in showing them up as the hypocrites and liars that they are. And I hugely enjoy the donks' high dudgeon, which comes from inexperience in dealing with a genuine fighter; their past exposure to (mostly) pusillanimous Republicans who pride themselves on being "above that sort of thing" (on the way to losing graciously) has conditioned them to think Republicans are all pushovers. Not Trump, folks.

And the Democrats' response, handled by Virginia's new governor, Abigail "Spanführer", was, to put it mildly, "just plain weird".

Germany has a bad case of the British disease

"Pensioner facing police investigation for the crime of calling serially dishonest German Chancellor Friedrich Merz 'Pinocchio'".

Head of the Gestapo, Heinrich Mueller: "Seems a little excessive".

Amelia on the march

This character, originally created as a warning against the dangers of the "far-right" in the UK, has broken free of her constraints and is now the heroic representative of British patriots. Gregory has assembled a collection of videos.

Working-with-your-hands Wednesday

More country cooking from a lady who lives in one of those beautiful Azerbaijani valleys. Who's up for some gigantic chicken burgers and fries?

Bonus video! Does anybody remember ever seeing this thing?

Don't know who this is...

...but I'd characterize the video as a quality rant.

Dubmsas!

 

This means my first read on him was correct. He’s been handed so many things & put in high positions he never earned or deserved.

Do you wanna know the craziest part of this footage that… https://t.co/llo1k7F7wB

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) February 23, 2026

This whole dyslexia thing was just mentioned for the first time recently, I believe. And how does he square these claims with this?

HOLY SH*T

A video has resurfaced of Gavin Newsom telling white people that he read a 260 page book in an hour and a half..

Now he’s telling black people that he’s like them and “can’t read”.. 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Ce2rL7TkZO

— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) February 23, 2026

Politician sprouts angel wings and flaps hard in an effort to land a senate seat

Another complete phony enters the Texas political arena: "Pivoting to the God Thing".

James Talarico is an actor who plays a character named “James Talarico,” and we’re all pretending he isn’t doing amateur theater. The point is bigger than just this one very strange man. The reality of both his performance and the baffling reception to his performance tell us a number of interesting things about the current state of politics and the media, and you can try to guess my facial expression as I say “interesting.”

Talarico is currently being treated by idiots as a significant theologian, a leading teacher of Biblical wisdom. He has emerged from some humble parsonage to inject moral clarity into our political life, after his many years of deep contemplation on questions of faith. He delivers sermons. His campaign website says, “It’s time to start flipping tables,” unselfconsciously making him the rhetorically equivalent actual Jesus Christ of Texas.