Not a single one survives a Willy Wonka factory tour.

Logging off for a while to experience what life was like before I dove into social media. Maybe I can pull this off, maybe not. We shall see.

Fetterman literally giving Mullin the key vote to be appointed will be something I suspect will be an issue if he runs for re-election.

I am hard pressed to think of any prior President who was solely responsible for causing such immediate unambiguous, and completely foreseeable economic pain. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

On this day in history, March 19, 2003, the Iraq war began.

Historically, not a reassuring headline. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

About 70% of the U.S. economy runs on consumer spending. But as wealth concentrates at the top, the richest 10% can’t spend enough to sustain it — while everyone else can’t afford to. Reminder that trickle-down economics simply doesn’t make sense. It’s a hoax.

Wow. Martin shut Trump up for over two minutes.

Cole makes allot of sense here: MAGA loud at home, suddenly quiet abroad? That’s not pride, that’s a costume. Political conviction shouldn’t have an off switch the moment you board a plane. Own your choices or reconsider them. #USDemocracy #Pinks

Okey dokey.

Butterfly Effect 🦋 @notus.com www.notus.org/trump-white-...

there's got to be a word for the weird feeling when the totally unqualified extremist resigns over the disastrous iran war with a vaguely antisemitic gripe.

By itself, Trump's failure to win over allies won't hurt him with his base. In fact, it'll probably help him. During the Iraq War, the GOP base praised Bush as a hero for putting together a "coalition of the willing" *and* enjoyed hating France and Germany for staying uninvolved ("Axis of Weasels").

ok well good news for anyone who isnt a consumer i guess

“.. Diesel fuel prices in the US—the lifeblood of freight, agriculture, and construction—have risen above $5/gallon.” - Schwab ⛽️

Moody’s economic model “put the probability of a U.S. recession—defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth—at 49%, ‘even before disconcerting events in the Middle East.’” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/us-...

Epic Folly

If Politico is correct, and that is what Republicans want, it certainly doesn't look like they are trying very hard. Support independent, pro-democracy media by subscribing to democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

HASSETT: There's no way that President Trump is gonna back down until he sees this through to the end CNBC: What does that mean -- 'sees this through to the end.' Regime change? The strait is open? HASSETT: He will decide

RIP Len Deighton: “When I started writing I had rules. One was that violence must not solve the problem, and I cannot have the hero overcome violence with a counterweight of violence.” He also worked as an illustrator for six years, including a Penguin Iris Murdoch & a Deutsch Jack Kerouac

This transcribed bit by Aaron undersells it somehow Watch the whole clip Psychotic.

TRUMP: We had one who was very ill. Looked like he wasn't going to make it. You want to mention his name? MIKE JOHNSON: Neal Dunn of Florida had real health challenges T: His diagnosis was he'd be dead by June J: Ok, that wasn't public. *audience groans* It was grim is what I was going to say

CNBC Host: "Daily, fertilizers, gas, everything is really going up. The world is really worried about shortages and inflation." Sec. Bessent: "MSM are manufacturing this into a crisis." Are his gas and groceries FREE?! If this crisis doesn't affect him, then it doesn't exist?!?!

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Breast cancer mortality dropped 58% from 1975 to 2019. Localized, early detected breast cancer has a 99% 5 year survival rate. Modern mammogram tech was developed by NASA for telescopes. Last year, RFK Jr. cancelled 87 research grants on breast cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Burger King ran multiple 'nostalgia' ads during the Oscars, which probably cost a couple million bucks. In-N-Out just got the best ad ever—an Oscar-winning Michael B. Jordan eating and posing at its restaurant—for free.

I wonder if the fact that the US Supreme Court recently ruled that AI generated works are not copyrightable, and thus the entire profit just evaporated, might have been a little bearing on this decision.

I’m sure Chotiner gets him to expose himself in his own inimitable fashion, but my first thought upon reading this headline was “I think we should fling David Boies off the Gordy Howe Bridge with an enormous slingshot,” who wants to be interviewed in favor of my plan?

It's only Monday morning but we already have this week's winner of the Internet. Hearty congrats to @unaha-closp.bsky.social. 👏👏👏

The next question should be DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THE SIX SERVICE MEMBERS WHO PASSED? And if he dodges that, the next question should be DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THE SIX SERVICE MEMBERS WHO PASSED?

My sympathies, cancer sucks, but she will get the best care available in the US. Poor and middle class Americans had their health care slashed (by the Republicans she serves) in the BBB. People will die.

This actually works.

All the personal qualities our culture rewards are toxic.

I predicted putting my hand in the fire would burn it. I saw this coming a long way off. It’s a gift I have very strongly. And now my hand is burned, yes.

I hate this. Folks who work their entire lives should be able to retire with dignity and some peace. This story may have a happy ending, but for far too many seniors it does not. 📌 Richard Pulley, 78, was forced out of retirement and had to take a DoorDash gig after his wife lost her job.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... Well, good to see some news agencies will not be silenced by the brute in the White House!

Crazy crazy story. Times of Israel reporter ( English language Israeli news site ) gets escalating death threats to change story that’s at center of big polymarket bet. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

And they can't produce evidence showing that even 0.01% of votes are fraudulent.

I regret to inform America that this was just posted by the HHS Secretary.

To be clear: the SAVE Act does not simply require the identification voting ALREADY requires. It demands proof of CITIZENSHIP— a birth certificate with a name that matches yours now (bye, bye, married women), or a passport— both of which are expensive and take a long time to obtain.

10,000 parents might want an actual answer to this legitimate question

Trump: "Our Country was unnecessarily RANSACKED by the Supreme Court, which has become a weaponized Political Organization ... They wouldn’t even call out The Rigged Election of 2020 & now it has been conclusively proven to be stolen — look what happened by allowing a grossly 'President.'"

Great job there Temu Taney

“Everlasting peace” lol

Many, many reporters have Trump's private number. He likes nothing finer than getting calls directly from them. bsky.app/profile/stev... www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

average person cheering for war in iran