Monday, February 23, 2026

They had to return their plants in shame (Olympics roundup)

@christina.carreira We had to bring back our babies😒 I’m going to miss them! Whoever adopts them needs to update us! @isabeau #teamusa #olympics #milanocortina2026 #figureskating #plants ♬ Chopin Nocturne No. 2 Piano Mono - moshimo sound design








Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

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— Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM


The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

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— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM


Here’s a screen recording of the video where Kash Patel has Trump on the phone with the U.S. men’s hockey team and Trump invites them all to the SOTU, adding that he’ll have to invite the women’s team as well (to laughter from the men) or else he’ll be impeached

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— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 8:33 AM


But in doing so, they also reveal how much of it is total inauthentic performance. Trump loves Phantom of the Opera far more than hockey, so to appeal to these athletes he reverts to misogyny as what they have in common. The athletes are spurred on to participate, even if they support their peers

— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM
(At 1:30. Some of the players are clearly visible so you can see who laughs. But someone off screen yells "2 for 2" instead of laughing)



Formal invitation to the hockey team sent,,, if any people with connections to the hockey team wanna have them email my team my bio. I’m for real. πŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎ

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— FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ (@flavorflav.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM
















@amberglenniceskater Context The 3Loop from my SPπŸ€ͺ #olympics #TeamUSA ♬ original sound - Amber










@lifewith_phoebe Imagine trying to claim on your phone insurance “well I was competing at the Olympics…” #winterolympics #skiing #halfpipe ♬ Jelly Fish Jam - Da Fokin