My team & I finished up our piece of the annual “HOPE count” in Downtown Brooklyn in the wee hours of this morning. Let’s do more to connect people to care — and ultimately not to keep counting street homelessness … but to end it.

The Democratic Party is directly enabling the war by praising the assassination of Iranian leaders, refusing to condemn the aggression, and approving massive military funding.

A Haitian asylum seeker detained by ICE died after being refused timely medical attention for a severe toothache. At least 40 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office — a two-decade high. The monstrous cruelty of Trump's police state knows no bounds.

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed. Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

BREAKING: Wall Street Journal reports that Iran is now exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than it did before the war began.

The largest payment eliminated by DOGE was $38,468,659 to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences for transition support services to adulthood for disabled children served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The missles in this video cost more than that.

“Next, board file photos must be submitted in a tight-fitting T-shirt tucked into pants to ensure a visibly fit appearance.” And this is not even the most insane recommendation in this piece that I can’t believe AUSA published (unless they did it for the lolz). Enjoy.

Keep in mind that Pete Hegseth's reported Pentagon spending spree happened just months after Trump and Republicans made devastating cuts to the social safety net in exchange for huge tax cuts for the rich. And defense spending may soon hit a record $1.5 trillion. Priorities.

Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in: 2008: 0.3% 2024: 19% @nytimes.com #GildedAge www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Another statue has appeared in DC to commemorate Trump and Epstein’s life long friendship, how long do we think it’ll stay up this time?

our boy's on it

Trump has raked in at least $30 million…from his own cabinet. 20 members have funneled millions right into Trump’s pockets through political donations, visits to his properties, stock holdings in his companies, and other donations. The grift never ends.

Bigotry of all kinds has no place in America. If a member of Congress said Jews don’t belong in this country, there would rightly be outrage. GOP leadership should condemn this unequivocally. We stand with our Muslim neighbors against Islamophobia and all forms of hate.

WHAT IF YOU JUST READ A FUCKING BOOK

This is Andrew Davis, who Trump nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The judiciary committee already advanced his nomination to the Senate floor on a party-line vote. Now he just awaits final confirmation by the full Senate, timing TBD.

Lovely. Most likely Trump and his Administration are being blackmailed by a foreign country to cover up the Epstein Files. www.reuters.com/world/us/for...

‘This cannot be sustainable’: The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, the CBO says ehfuckingscuseme???!!!

youtu.be/wBKx4l-3ZYM?... Video of searing speech given by Arundhati Roy

In less than two weeks, the US government has already spent more money bombarding Iran than it will contribute to cancer research this entire year. Probably *a great deal* more money. They would rather let you die, so long as you fear them while you are living. crimethinc.com/IranWar2026

@mta.info good morning. Me again. Would you PLEASE seal up the Metronorth underpass at 108th and 109th streets? Toxins, including diesel are dropping on our heads from the water leaking long after it rains or snows. East Harlemites families suffer. School children pass through it. Thank you.

Since 9/11, the U.S. Navy has adopted autonomous underwater vehicles that greatly reduce the amount of time required to locate naval mines underwater. The EOD sailors at CTF56 in Bahrain are trained and ready to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if required www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/w...

Ukraine has now helped the US, Israel, and the Gulf states protect civilians from Iranian drone strikes. As a special thank you, the US spoke to Putin and told him he's doing a great job in his invasion of Ukraine and lifted some sanctions on Russia. Great partnership.

Last year: e-cigarette makers donate to Trump's bangin' ballroom. This year: Trump admin says it'll allow e-cigarette makers to offer more, delicious flavors. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/h...

Fascinating to see BBC word choices. It refuses to use the word "asylum" when talking about Australia granting asylum to Iranian footballers. It uses "visas" instead.

There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...

If you’re wondering what this is going to do to housing affordability, my best guess is very bad things

The Defense Department says it has blown up a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing six people. The strike raised the death toll in the campaign by the US against people it accuses of smuggling drugs at sea to at least 156.

The “Tehran Square” Hegseth refers to here does not exist. He’s probably thinking of Tahrir Square in Cairo. Azadi Square would be the rough equivalent in Iran.

It's stunning how ignorant the DOGE bros were who were sent into agencies. Justin Fox cannot even articulate in his own words what his "present understanding of DEI" is: he can't even formulate a coherent sentence about it. I wouldn't hire him for basic tech support. #NEH youtu.be/jomaMvItnew?...

A friend tells me a 2-bedroom apartment they looked at in Cambridge, MA is 6800/month. I’m sure to move would also require first, last, and security ($20,400). That doesn’t cover moving costs. Who is affording this? Who can afford this?

Attacks leave dead vs killed

Just saw a studio in Miami for $1050 and the kitchen…KITCHEN.. is outside. Y’all play too much. The greed is fucking astounding at this point.

Read our analysis of the video showing a US Tomahawk missile strike next to Girls’ School in Iran on February 28 here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools. www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

"A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Epstein and Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by the The Post and Courier through public records ... she claimed Trump forced her to commit a sex act on him sometime around 1984."

What?

Anyone who has tried to call the IRS to get help would disagree www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

To clarify this: the context is college sports. Trump is saying that Russia helping Iran target Americans in a war is less important than the pay structure for athletes. (1/3)

I don't think we're cooked because we just need to read. I think we're cooked because we're all such special, singular people that it never occurs to us that we should read at all.

The toxic cloud is expected to travel to nearby countries.

Civilians in Tehran are reporting toxic oily rain following US and Israeli airstrikes on oil storage facilities. An estimated 10 million people face exposure to hazardous chemicals, with risks including skin burns and lung damage.

I do think, and wrote, that US and Israel have different preferred end goals. But the Trump admin is so inchoate, divided and rudderless that there’s almost no way for it to even say, much less demand, what it actually wants.

Wartime Donald Trump is playing golf while the war continues.

The March 15, 2025, killing of Ruben Ray Martinez drew almost no public attention. But Martinez is now the first known American citizen shot to death by federal immigration agents during President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/4lbpGYC

A strike on a residential area (polite way of saying labour accommodation) in Saudi has left two dead (Indian national and a Bangladeshi national), and 12 injured—all Bangladeshis. The attacks are killing migrant workers who’ve come to earn a living. They’re the ones bearing the brunt of this war.

Oh my god: this is *daytime* in Tehran.