This is definitely a sustainable system and will certainly not collapse pyrotechnically within the decade

This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

This is the context that RFK Jr and his political appointees need to understand.

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.

DOGE said it was cutting government waste. So they gutted USAID — the agency that feeds starving people around the world. Meanwhile the Pentagon spent millions on lobster, ribeye, and even a $98,000 piano. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Maria Anna Mozart composed masterpieces. Wolfgang Amadeus’ name survived, hers vanished. Janet Sobel pioneered drip painting. Jackson Pollock was the genius. This International Women’s Day, let’s restore their stories and give them the credit they deserve!

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

“the thinker of tender thoughts” by shel silverstein

Good Lord. Just watch how an elected member of the Senate conducts himself. Against a member of the military in uniform. Who - and let’s be very, very clear - most certainly has a First Amendment right to protest. Since he’s the guy you’d be sending to war.

We've been tracking nearly 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration over its attempts to leverage federal funding to impose the president's agenda. The most startling pattern: The administration seems entirely undeterred when it loses in court. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The more you learn about butterflies, the more your brain explodes in a good way, I am totally serious. You know how Moby Dick is basically one dude losing his shit about Whale Facts? That's me with butterflies. They do all this ⬇️ THEN FLY THOUSANDS OF MILES TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR BREEDING WTAF

Sydney Peterson is among the U.S. athletes heading to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. A neuroscientist in training, Peterson is studying movement disorders, similar to her own condition. n.pr/3P0q28t

So billions will be spent and lives will be lost for nothing?

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

I just want a world in which I can say wow these dill-flavored Triscuits hit the spot without feeling like I'm stealing time from absolutely necessary screaming from absolutely everyone including me

"Imagine a year from now" -- the new administration line, being pushed here by Marco Rubio, is that Iran was developing conventional weapons "as a shield" for nukes. That story is much weaker than claiming Iran was an imminent threat.

The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now. Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity

Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran" "We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

It will be lost in today's news, but @dropsitenews.com is doing amazing work digging into the Epstein files, and its revelations that Epstein involved himself in the polio eradication campaign with the cooperation of the Gates Foundation is just jaw-dropping. www.dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-se...

THIS.

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as in Putin’s Russia, the goal is not to convince people that a lie is the truth; it’s to make it impossible to tell them apart

SCOOP: The Department of Energy has made public a set of newly revised nuclear safety rules that slash security and environmental protections. @npr.org first reported on the existence of the rules last month. www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

This is both an act of war *and* a war crime, as it is similar to cutting off water or destroying power plants. It's designed to kill civilians.

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

🚨SCOOP: One judge found a Trump official in contempt. Dozens have gotten close. That's the backdrop. Now check this out. Here's what Main DOJ is saying in private: "An adverse decision from a judge is not a reason to stop doing what you know to be right." gift >> www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/u...

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

At least 2 LGBTQ+ U.S. asylum seekers who violated no law, a 32 year old from Ghana & a 21 year old from Morocco are among those ICE kidnapped trafficked to Cameroon where reporters on Tues., along w/ a lawyer, were arrested & beaten as they tried to see the prisoners www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/w...

This one hits hard.

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

i can’t stop laughing

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Just a reminder that the Trump admin calls immigrants who’ve fallen into drug addiction “the worst of the worst” criminals, no matter how long ago their addiction problems.

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

IRS budget is 10 billion, down from 14 billion. The dead agency USAID had 71 billion. We cannot serve 400 million people with the tiniest budget in the entire federal government. I am exhausted.

@citizencohn.bsky.social: "A new research paper…finds that higher immigration literally saves lives—and suggests that, by extension, lower immigration costs lives. The reason is health care for the elderly." Read The Breakdown exclusively @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/another-de...

This is what ICE looks like

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

"On that particular day, the celebrations we have will be remembered and cherished for the rest of our time on this mortal plane. We will regale our grandchildren with those memories, and they will pass them down to their grandchildren."

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For those keeping score at home:

She’s asking about the Epstein victims And He’s telling @kaitlancollins.bsky.social to smile. I want to scream.

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.

The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.