I wish the Artemis astronauts would remind people how insignificant and immoral our imperial ambitions look from where they are.

Any Republican running in any remotely swing district or state who does not denounce Trump’s latest profane threats against Iran’s civilian infrastructure is neither moral nor re-electable.

This is from last year, before Chris Wright’s climate deniers’ report was blown out of the water. Oops.

NASA’s Earth photos from Artemis inspired me to put this on today… 🙂 Getting lots of positive comments on it as I run errands…

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Chrysler going the way of Studebaker and AMC. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Trump may be thinking I need to replace them now before the Senate flips in November. But confirmation hearings before the midterms may be no picnic either. Zeldin, for example, will be grilled on his mayhem at EPA. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Because why would we want NASA to do science?

Lee Zeldin, who has done his best to destroy EPA, may have the ambition to run the Justice Department, but he’ll come out doubly tarnished: like a mash-up of Bondi and himself.

The political calculations that result in cutting NASA funding the day after the Artemis II launch must be fascinating

“Fear of the president’s mood has reduced otherwise impressive appointees to anxious ferrets.” www.wsj.com/opinion/a-re...

A place for alligators? Trump Seeks $152 Million to Begin to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

NBC: In total, Iran has caused two military aircraft to crash — the F-15 and the A-10 — and hit two Blackhawk helicopters in a single day, less than 48 hours after President Trump said in his primetime address that Iran has been “completely decimated.” www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...

Bobby has his cult but he is net unpopular. Sending him out to campaign with imperiled GOP members of Congress seems a dubious idea. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Congress should put this presidential budget where the sun don’t shine — Americans want clean air, clean water and clean energy. www.nrdc.org/reaction/nrd...

FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Experts Are Dubious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

GOP presidents since Reagan have proposed meat ax cuts to EPA budget. Congress, regardless of party control, puts them in the trash. Public wants safe air & water & clean, affordable energy. GOP Congress, facing midterms wipeout, won't buy these cuts. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

“One possibility is she will join a firm and work on artificial intelligence.” Of course. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump reportedly favors Zeldin “because he wins cases” is at best an untested proposition. Zeldin’s big deregulatory actions are all in court now, and he’s gonna lose them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Dead on Arrival. War Clarifies Trump’s Spending Priorities: The Military, Not Child Care www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

Zeldin failing upwards! www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

Meanwhile, while gas prices are soaring, House Republicans endorse Trump Administration plans to make driving *even more expensive* for millions of Americans. republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...

Todd Blanche, another white make, even down to his name.

Great move to distract us from the Iran War by reviving attention to the Epstein Files.

Saving the best stuff for April Fool's Day.

And there arose over America a Pharaoh who knew not the Constitution.

No kings! Ok, maybe this one’s better thanour current pharaoh. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

I can‘t help but notice the intermittency of…. gas and oil.

That’s the Waffle House on the Gulf in Teleport, Alabama.

Heck, why doesn’t Trump do the oral argument? apnews.com/article/trum... plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on his bid to limit birthright citizenship

Pharaoh to speak on Passover. “Let my oil tankers go!”

Yeah, the Emiratis say, let’s you and him fight. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Just imagine if Trump and the Congressional GOP hadn’t sabotaged the auto industry. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

So much winning.

If Trump does this: War Crimes Я Us. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

Brilliant reporting, to remind the justices, and everyone else, of their immigrant past. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

A picture worth a thousand words. Malevolent predator, citing fictional "national security" woes, asserts life or death authority over endangered whales and other species. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The WSJ editors have lots to be embarrassed about, but this through-the-looking-glass piece is right up there. www.wsj.com/opinion/what...

Serious questions: Are war crimes ordered by the president impeachable offenses? Are they within his core power immunity from criminal prosecution?

Daily reminder that gasoline is up more than $1/gallon from pre-war. That's more than $375 million per day going from customers' wallets to oil barons' piggybanks. gasprices.aaa.com/news/

Among the dopier aspects of this is that Cubans will be thankful to Russia, when we could have let Mexico send them oil. Or we could have done it ourselves. Way to win friends and influence people. U.S. to Allow Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Breaking Blockade www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

Operation Epic Folly. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

Re-upping this post on the mining threat to the irreplaceable Boundary Waters. The Senate still hasn’t voted. Tell your Senators to leave well enough alone. www.nrdc.org/stories/sena...

#NoKings in DC.

Your daily reminder that Americans are paying $1 more per gallon than a month ago. That’s $375 million per day more going from driver’s’ wallets to the oil barons’ purses. gasprices.aaa.com

The Wall Street Journal editors go after government waste all the time. What could be more wasteful than to use up $200 billion in defense stockpiles in a stupid, strategy-free war of choice? And then to ask the American people to refill the piggy bank? www.wsj.com/opinion/defe...

As long as you don’t burp. There’s a New Place to Store Greenhouse Gases: In Your Beer www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

If you know someone upset about electricity prices, might want to let them know that the Trump administration is paying $1B of taxpayer dollars to an oil company to NOT build renewable generation that will displace high cost fossil fuel electricity. www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-a...