Texas keeps failing to release people from jail when their time is over, leaving people languishing there unable to be released www.texastribune.org/2026/03/19/t...

I love this for Nancy Mace. 🍿

Just in case you need some good news today: researchers at U of W have figured out how to turn plastic waste into acetic acid (primary ingredient in vinegar) using the sun. This has the potential to really help us reduce plastic waste. uwaterloo.ca/news/media/w...

chat is this bad?

Scoop: Records obtained by WIRED show an FCC enforcement director who oversees West Coast broadcasters - who is not a political staffer - quietly pledged to aide Brendan Carr's campaign against Disney and Jimmy Kimmel.

WELP fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...

GOP: the mail is secure enough to receive your photo ID, social security card, your debit and credit cards, your stimulus checks, and your tax returns Also GOP: the mail is not safe enough for voting

Afghan who fought for US forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for grim record www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

#ClipAndSave ✂️ @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.

Republicans in a coordinated effort today to screech about long TSA lines at the airport acting like they haven’t blocked multiple bills to fund TSA. 🙄

Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration.

Connect the dots

Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

> @talsmith.bsky.social

> @samsteindc.bsky.social

RENMAC: “.. the labor market sucks.”

The fuck kind of answer is this

This is not good.

There is a really sad post on threads about a very capable well educated person who was fired by doge a year ago and can’t find a job The responses have been filled with more people who were doged and can’t find jobs. It’s really heartbreaking

Imagine for one second if Biden had pardoned an AntiFa guy who went on to rape so many kids that he’s being sentence to life in prison. Fox News and the GOP would be wall to wall to wall. Instead, this happens with a Jan 6er and it will not be reported on cable news or mentioned by Democrats.

"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." — Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).

“.. the prospect of Ms. Halligan losing her license could serve as a check on administration lawyers who have been accused by judges of pushing the boundaries of the law or intentionally misleading the courts, which has happened frequently in recent months.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama has endorsed YES on Virginia’s April 21 referendum, calling it a “responsible, temporary step” to protect fair representation as several Republican-led states redraw congressional maps mid-decade to gain an advantage. Early voting begins March 6.

NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson? WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

This is @npr.org ❤️ So proud to work for a news organization (WITH NO PAYWALLS!) that is not gutting our Middle East coverage, but expanding it. 📻 🌍 🎧

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

BREAKING: New York City reports the lowest levels of shootings, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year. Major crime is down nearly 8% citywide, burglary hit a record low, and retail theft dropped 25%

Yeah!!! bsky.app/profile/thed...

Offshore wind farms don’t kill whales Trump does

The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Bunch of Senators on both sides sounding the alarm about possible boots on the ground in Iran after their classified briefing today. I was told Kamala was going to send my children to fight in Iran. What happened?

DURBIN: How does taking dad from child dying of cancer qualify as a violent crime? NOEM: I don't know what you're speaking of D: Ruben Torres 2 weeks ago buried his daughter. When he was arrested at Home Depot, he said, 'Please. My daughter is dying.' They deported him. Was he a violent criminal?

Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.

I can’t stand all this winning.

JFC.

Secretary Rubio finally admitted the truth: Israel decided to act and we went along with their timing. For weeks we’ve heard shifting stories about Iran, missiles, and our role. This isn’t what many voted for.

A clip from the moment Hillary Clinton found out Lauren Boebert took an unauthorized photo of her deposition: 'I'm done!'

So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."

I genuinely cannot get over him launching a war from his house in Palm Beach.

They always have trillions of dollars for illegal wars in the Mideast, but SCOFF in your face and clutch their pearls when you ask for universal healthcare. You are all being played.

It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!

So for all you “leave NATO” dummies out there, wanna explain how we defend ourselves without them? Britain, France, Germany, the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman) are currently knocking down Iranian missiles and drones. And this is just Iran. Not a peer.

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

"Our interest, I think, very much is in NOT going to war with Iran.  It would be a huge distraction of resources. It would be massively expensive to our country." - 10/27/24

They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).