- President Biden continued to defend the democratic way of life against rising authoritarianism in his speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland.
- Vice President Kamala Harris called out Russian atrocities in Ukraine as crimes against humanity.
- Biden noted that Kyiv stands strong, proud, and free, despite the attempted Russian invasion.
- Biden noted that autocrats have grown weaker while democracies have grown stronger.
- Biden challenged the world to choose between chaos and stability, between building and destroying, and between hope and fear.
- Poland has taken in 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees.
- Extremist Republicans have introduced a “Ukraine Fatigue” resolution calling for an end to U.S. aid to Ukraine.
- Right-wing media has attempted to spin Biden’s trip to Kyiv and speech in Poland to distract from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
- The Biden administration seeks to create safer cars, paid sick leave for railroad workers, and larger crew sizes.
- Right-wing media has attempted to spin the Ohio disaster as an issue of racial malice.
- Filing in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case against FNC has established that FNC is a propaganda arm of the Republican party.
- House speaker Kevin McCarthy apparently released the U.S. Capitol video clips from January 6, 2021, to Fox News Channel personality Tucker Carlson.
- The Georgia grand jury recommended a number of indictments related to the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Published February 22, 2023
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