Thom Hartmann: And That’s the Way it is Today, Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026

The news today, 26 February 2026

0:00 - News for today
0:24 - A disabled protester was arrested in the Capitol
1:13 - Trump freezes $259M in Medicaid funds to Minnesota.“War on Fraud” or political revenge?
2:20 - FBI agents purged over Mar-a-Lago search
3:20 - Missing Epstein files. Power grabs - Purges - Cover-ups
4:40 - Is American democracy being stress-tested in real time?

Donald Trump's recent address to Congress, which included a controversial reference to the Minnesota Somali community as "pirates," is a significant development in current events. This political maneuver, alongside discussions of ice raids, raises important questions about the direction of our nation. We analyze the implications of these actions and what they mean for the future of politics.