While a lot of people are focused on Stupid or Toxic Things™ Gavin Newsom does (and they're not wrong), JB Pritzker is quietly doing the things that smart politicians do, both in IL and nationally, which is getting far less attention.

JB is the guy who focuses on his job. Remains calm but can be assertive. He gets things done. Doesn't grandstand. Doesn't speak about an issue without facts. These are good qualities in a president.

I think this misses choice 3, which is what is really happening. 3. Trump is (with some success bc access journalists still don't know how to cover Trump) trying to serially juice stock and gas markets to buy time to deploy more service members to kill to avoid admitting defeat.

Thank you, but my 7 remaining fingers are still knotted up. bsky.app/profile/npfo...

thank you, Marcy.

Another day another adverse social media verdict.

Just the LOLGOP video ... www.patreon.com/posts/from-e...

And it's the "skeleton key" that Trump has used to unlock warmaking around the globe, the great @sanho.bsky.social tells us.

What a great conversation! Instant Sanho Tree fan conversion here. Brilliant, well-informed, eloquent individual.

But what is significant here is that there are 1000s of cases just like this waiting in the wings. That means even if you multiply $3M across 1000 plaintiffs, up to $3B in damages.

"You follow me, Ambassador?"

P. U.

by Zoe Tillman www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Does it count as "barely-legal profiteering" (aka "honest graft") if it's being done not by the politician (i.e., Trump) but by his family & unelected inner circle?

would look fine on a billboard, so long as it's tested for readability at its location. thanks, Fi.

would look fine on a billboard, so long as it's tested for readability at its location. thanks, Fi.

Policymakers really need to let go of this idea that rental housing is intrinsically inferior and homeownership needs to be considered the normative default for everyone. The policies that flow from this view inevitably end up screwing over actually existing renters.

A week after the election, I talked with @anamariecox.bsky.social about our race, AIPAC, and how we’re trying to not just keep *our* mutual aid operation going, but make it a nationwide strategy: newrepublic.com/article/2080...

Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social

weird day when you get your own photo suggested to you on Reddit lol. seems likely the ICE teens have now been seen by multiple people who know them considering how far this one spread.

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anything yet ?

After missing its recruitment goals, the U.S. Army is now raising its max enlistment age to 42 and removing its waiver requirement for a single marijuana possession. Gosh... if only thousands of highly qualified trans soldiers hadn't been kicked out last year for no good reason.

the amount of good ms. rachel puts out into the world is immeasurable. she is so much closer to something divine than many men who claim to be holy.

The story of America250 changes through a Native lens. CNAY & @nativenewsonline.bsky.social invite Native youth (18-24) to share your voice & help reshape the narrative. Submit an essay by May 1 for your chance to be published & win up to $300.

Robert Malone, an outspoken medical doctor and ally of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping away from a panel of federal vaccine advisers after a federal judge blocked the panel’s work. www.statnews.com/2026/03/24/f...

Speaking of following the money, follow the Dark Money too.

This is why you always follow the money...

AI is not, in fact, "inevitable".

It's truly obscene, and someone needs to be working to shut this shit down (in addition to everything else, I know).

Pete Hegseth: "We negotiate with bombs"

One thought for public policy in SD14: eminent domain. It’s time.

Once again pleading for talks, searching for an off ramp. The world hopes that Trump can sustain the small dick energy necessary to get Iran to let him out of the war www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

Ron DeSantis called a special session of the legislature for April 20 to draw a new congressional map targeting Democratic seats. Are they sure they want to risk it?

Over the past week, Russia has launched nearly 1,550 attack drones, more than 1,260 guided aerial bombs (KABs), and two missiles at Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

It is not Judge Pittman’s fault – this is what SCOTUS told him to do – but treating 14th century statutes as controlling our constitution is just weird stuff.

"It’s funny! It’s deeply weird. Because of the AI, Paxton looks different in every scene, which sort of reflects the intended message," writes Christopher Hooks. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ranking-texas-politics-music-cornyn-ai-love-shack-ad/

Bianco's department on Feb. 26 seized about 1,000 boxes of ballot materials in Riverside County related to the November election for Proposition 50, which temporarily redrew the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats in response to partisan redistricting in Republican states

I wrote about the time-honored tradition of reality TV shows turning domestic violence into entertainment, usually through a misogynistic lens and sometimes by escalating abusive relationships. This culture has in turn informed how the internet exploits abuse cases spitfirenews.com/p/taylor-fra...