I'm not a political consultant but i feel like dems could probably get a lot of leverage out of pushing for green technologies that would wean the us off being dependent on oil in this particular moment

SOUTHCOM attacked another boat in the Pacific Ocean. Two civilians were killed. One was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and transferred to the Costa Rican Coast Guard. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

Muddy floodwaters from severe rains have inundated streets, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people in towns north of Honolulu. Officials are warning about the possible failure of a a 120-year-old dam. n.pr/3Ne8lC4

Reminder that CBS spends thousands of dollars a day on an unnecessary security detail for Bari pagesix.com/2025/11/03/e...

Afroman won a jury verdict clearing him of wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by police who raided the rapper's home, then sued him after they claimed he defamed them by ridiculing them on social media www.billboard.com/pro/afroman-...

I would like to personally award Afroman the Bluesky Medal of Valor for Exemplary Service in Bringing Back Shame

"the ICE official’s willingness to spring into action for a Trump ally — even one in a low-level, largely ceremonial role — reflects a recurring theme of the second Trump administration: The levers of the federal government can be pulled to settle a personal score."

incredible www.ft.com/content/f6eb...

“Regimes don’t change because of sanctions. All it does is immiserate the people.”

Records show the Air Force Academy dismantling diversity programs and reshaping curriculum under Trump’s agenda as Erika Kirk prepares to join the board, critics warn of a shift toward Christian nationalist ideology @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/03/19/a...

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Warmongering Hits Historic Level as Trump Attacks 3 Continents in 3 Days Since World War II, the U.S. has rarely, if ever, attacked so many places. “All war. All the time. Everywhere,” one source put it. theintercept.com/2026/03/19/t...

NEW: Pentagon Claims It Needs Additional $200 Billion to Pay for War on Iran “Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,” said Pete Hegseth, when asked about the funding request. theintercept.com/2026/03/19/p...

Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith” Eye-opening reporting by @acampbellnews.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/03/19/a...

Entire neighborhoods in Gaza remain effectively cut off, not by checkpoints but by devastation.

@ali-gharib.theintercept.com speaks to @afeefness.bsky.social about the latest strikes on Lebanon and peace strategist @sanambna.bsky.social on the U.S.–Israel assault on Iran.

“This is the kind of thing that really resonates: seeing respected people in positions of power validating what many service members feel.”

Scholars of the law of armed conflict say that the militarization of the cloud (or the cloud-ification of the military) mean data centers can be legitimate targets during war theintercept.com/2026/03/20/a...

The U.S. killed two more people in the Pacific yesterday.

slowly inching closer to the point where podcasts become full ass cable/daytime tv and cable becomes podcasts

Graphic video from the OPD car chase that turned fatal for a 28-year-old bystander also shows that the officers abruptly left the scene.

There are lots of arguably lawful uses of AI that would be disastrous for civil liberties. We don't have a legal framework that meaningfully constrains the government's use of tools like this, so even the most Orwellian stuff will be legal defensible.

BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee just formally subpoenaed Pam Bondi to answer questions about the Epstein investigation behind closed doors on April 14. tinyurl.com/ympvmxh2

Keep up with what's going on in Cuba.

Why We Have to Fight Back Against ICE Protesters’ Terror Convictions; Trump has for years been throwing charges at protesters and seeing what sticks. He always failed — until now… @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/03/17/i...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s War on Iran Could Cost Trillions “My kids’ kids, and probably their kids, are going to be paying for this,” said one official briefed on the U.S war on Iran. theintercept.com/2026/03/17/t...

Grady Judd endorsing immigration reform and calling for the Trump admin to pull back on deportation is seismic. He is a strong Trump and DeSantis ally who has been a hardliner on immigration for years.

Excellent conversation between historian Nikhil Pal Singh and @doughenwood.bsky.social about Trumpism, "tying together the domestic and foreign policy strands of the regime into a single domain of impunity" Singh calls "Homeland Empire.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

In the days since the Iran war began, the Iranian diaspora has been fracturing in real time, across dinner tables, on WhatsApp, and in the silence of blocked numbers.

"I mourn because this war is doubly mine. This is my war because it is my government that is waging it, brutally and mercilessly. It is mine because the target is a place I love." Hooman Majd on Iran and home: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/iran-united-states-war-2026-diaspora-hooman-majd/

Reminder: DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.

Trump's full rant on Cuba: "Cuba, in its own way, tourism and everything else, it's a beautiful island, great weather. They're not in a hurricane zone, which is nice for a change, you know? They won't be asking us for money for hurricanes every week. I do believe I'll have the honor of taking Cuba."

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Impossible to overestimate the damage this guy caused. His book was based on a laughably false premise and the movement he inspired led immigration crackdowns and forcible sterilization campaigns. Glad the population got one Ehrlich smaller today.

Trump urges China and UK to send warships to reopen Strait of Hormuz ft.trib.al/6faQ2kF

Trump said US strikes on Kharg Island “totally demolished” most of it but that “we may hit it a few more times just for fun.” Blowing shit up and killing people for no good reason, Trump says, is a lot of fun. The entire Republican Party laughs along in agreement. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

The president is openly bragging that he's an enacted an authoritarian Orbanization of the nation' media.

EXCLUSIVE: The pro-Palestine group @imeupolicy.bsky.social is spending $2 million on ads against Republicans in toss-up districts over ties to Israel & for Dems who support blocking weapons to Israel, taking advantage of GOP vulnerability amid Trump's war on Iran theintercept.com/2026/03/04/i...

NEW POD 🎧: Iran is the *8th* country Trump has launched attacks in. W/ help from AI, strikes in Iran outpaced the 1st days of Israel’s siege on Gaza “by more than double” per @nickturse.bsky.social. & @sambiddle.com explains: AI is making war more reckless & deadly podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I spoke with an attorney who has been representing Epstein's survivors for decades: “Their focus instead appears to be on the important people — powerful people that are contained within these files and protecting them instead of protecting who needs the protection." theintercept.com/2026/02/13/e...

The estimated duration of the war with Iran has already stretched from four weeks to six to even potentially eight, according to Hegseth. Let's call it what it is. interc.pt/4rua3NJ

@nickturse.bsky.social and Hooman Majd discuss war on Iran and other U.S. conflicts, and @sambiddle.com breaks down how AI is being used.

Seems like it was a bad idea to put a sociopathic megalomaniac in charge of the most powerful military in human history

DHS has built a national police force with massive surveillance capabilities — which it could use to interfere with our elections.

The U.S. killed six more civilians in a boat strike in the Pacific Ocean yesterday. More than 150 people have been slain in these extrajudicial killings since September 2025. @theintercept.com is tracking them all here: theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

We’re still murdering people in “drug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

When you’ve lost LINDSEY GRAHAM

Asked if we're at war, Pete Hegseth replies: "The lawyers will debate all these things ... Call it what you want."

*Sigh.*

The US under 'antiwar' Trump has now also launched military operations in Ecuador too: