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Podcast: Thom's Daily Audio
Episode: Thom Hartmann: And That’s the Way it is Today, Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026
Description: The news today, 26 February 20260:00 - News for today0:24 - A disabled protester was arrested in the Capitol1:13 - Trump freezes $259M in Medicaid funds to Minnesota.“War on Fraud” or political revenge? 2:20 - FBI agents purged over Mar-a-Lago search3:20 - Missing Epstein files. Power grabs - Purges - Cover-ups4:40 - 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 nati...