February 21, 2026

What Happened Today – February 20, 2026

February 21, 2026 by George Bounacos

The flag-draped casket of Rep. John Lewis in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during a socially distanced ceremony on July 27, 2020

Rep. John Lewis lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda on July 27, 2020, an honor Speaker Johnson now claims is reserved for presidents. (Architect of the Capitol)

They’re building it in secret because they know what it looks like. Today we learned that DHS killed two people in Texas before Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. A Homeland Security agent shot and killed a 23 year old U.S. citizen during a traffic detour on the Texas Gulf Coast last March. In … Read more