My sources say it was former president John Barron

NEW: Ericka Kirk is the new director of the Kennedy Center. Cancel on her, and she’ll show up and cry for hours.

BREAKING: MeidasTouch wins BEST NEWS PODCAST at the iHeart Podcast Awards!!!

Who’s working the night shift on Truth Optional tonight? I bet Senile Satan will go all night long.

Ridicule is Donald's kryptonite. Well, also laws, logic, fidelity, and reality . . .

So they spent $22 billion just to get a slightly younger version of the same thing?

NEW YORK (AP) — The last pro-Palestinian protester in immigration detention after Trump’s campus crackdown has been released.

The government is spending between $1 billion and $2 billion PER DAY on Trump's illegal and unwinnable war to bomb people who were in no way any danger to Americans. If the war goes on 3-4 months, that's more than the ACA's total subsidies of $138 billion in 2025.

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...

Three Jane Doe plaintiffs say xAI should be held liable for producing and distributing child pornography.

@jamestalarico.bsky.social was terrific on The Raging Moderates podcast!

🎯 @jamestalarico.bsky.social to @profgalloway.com & @jessicatarlov.bsky.social: “Every dollar we spend bombing people is 1 we’re not spending back home. We’re always told there’s not enough💰for schools/healthcare/veterans— but there always seems to be enough to bomb people on the other side of 🌎.”

We're implementing the largest expansion of Sammy’s Law in city history: lowering speed limits to 15 MPH at all eligible school locations by the end of our first term. And we’re not waiting to start. In 2026, we’re reducing 800 locations to 15 MPH, for a total of nearly 1,300 School Slow Zones.

Former president to Trump: “I wish I had the guts to do what you did in Iran.”

DON’T LET THE BANNER THROW YOU OFF This press conference was wild. The kind that makes you sit up and realize what they are really trying to do. This is not the “Save America Act”. It’s a backdoor attempt to make voting harder for millions of people. #SaveActIsPayToVote 1/2

“Can we wrap this war up this week?” “Yeah. Sure.” “Will we?” “I don’t think so.” 🤷🏼 He also l tells Doocy another tall tale about a mystery ex president telling him he wishes he had attacked Iran - but won’t say who🙃

Please read this important work. I tried to get at the larger issue in an essay called "Oligarchical Corridor." snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

TRUMP IN ONE SINGLE EVENT - "They won't be there for us" - "We have some that are really enthusiastic. They're coming already" - "This isn't 'need'" - "If we need anything, they should be jumping to help us" - "We want them to come & help us w/the strait" - My attitude is we don't need anybody"

Endless BS - don’t blame the rich and the bomb makers and our donors for pocketing trillions… blame immigrants

Q: Given your past skepticism of foreign adventurism, are you completely on board with the war on Iran? JD VANCE: I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to drive a wedge. All of us should pray for success (Not a yes!)

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in ​Boston sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics which said health regulators had acted unlawfully to carry out Kennedy's agenda of upending immunization policies and warned the changes will reduce vaccination rates and ‌harm public health.

Nice. #GoScience #GoSanity 📣 Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h... Court: RFK Jr "made arbitrary & capricious changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, bypassing the careful, evidence-based practice..."

The ruling brought an abrupt halt to the major changes that Mr. Kennedy, who has long been skeptical of vaccines, had set in motion, upending national vaccine policy and making sweeping revisions to the recommendations for what shots are given and when. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

BREAKING: A judge just blocked Kennedy's handpicked vaccine advisers, and all votes they've taken in the past year. They will not meet this week. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The ruling brought an abrupt halt to the major changes that Mr. Kennedy, who has long been skeptical of vaccines, had set in motion, upending national vaccine policy and making sweeping revisions to the recommendations for what shots are given and when. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

It’s almost adorable how Doocy pretends to believe Trump, while Trump pretends to believe Doocy believes him

No Kings. March 28th. Make a plan for where you'll be and bring your family and friends. www.nokings.org

📌It’s mind-boggling how much pain MAGA will absorb from Trump’s idiotic and hurtful policies just as long as they feel POC are getting it worse …

Jeffries: "The administration -- without any plan, any objective, any exit strategy -- has gotten us into this reckless war of choice in the Middle East. So the notion they would come up here and ask for additional money is beyond the pale at this moment."

We’re mourning the loss of 4 New Yorkers after today’s devastating four-alarm fire in Flushing. My heart is with their loved ones. Thank you to the FDNY firefighters & EMS workers who risked their lives. Several were injured. We wish them a full recovery as the Fire Marshal investigates the cause.

Reuters: US JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CUTS TO NUMBER OF ROUTINELY RECOMMENDED VACCINES FOR CHILDREN, BLOCKS APPOINTMENTS OF 13 MEMBERS TO VACCINE PANEL

🔥 @repcasar.bsky.social : “The acting award should go to Sen. Cornyn — instead of bringing them 🍔 he should bring them paychecks and vote to fund TSA.” Casar confronts Cornyn at the airport and gets him to admit Republicans rejected a TSA bill (bc they want ICE💰) H/T @howdypolitics.bsky.social

🚨 Officials are bracing for increased domestic threats, including potential sleeper cells. Does anyone really believe the Trump administration is prepared? FBI Director Kash Patel has been busy with UFC training seminars.

Trump on Venezuela: "The president has done a very good job. I get along with him really well." (The president of Venezuela is a woman.)

Good news: Trump supporters have organized a “Freedom Flotilla” and are sailing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Estimated arrival: 2028. 🚤

JOHN OLIVER: “JD Vance is right — Trump definitely revealed corruption like nobody else… in the same way nobody taught us more about a Ponzi Scheme than Bernie Madoff.”

World leaders to Trump after he begged them for help with the Strait of Hormuz: You started this mess. Now deal with it. We've compiled a list of statements from world leaders in the aftermath of Trump's desperate posts and comments. Follow along with this thread to read them all. 🧵

"Iran is trolling Trump"... HARD! #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #WWIII

Iran is trolling Trump again. Hard. This is what happens when global politics becomes reality TV.

BIG NEWS: The MeidasTouch Network is honored to have won the Advertiser’s Choice Award at the Independent Podcast & Creator Awards during South by Southwest (SXSW). 1/

Trump is insulting and threatening journalists, and his FCC is threatening to yank broadcast licenses if war coverage isn't favorable. To take a stand against such outrageous behavior, *no* journalist with any integrity should attend the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25.

For those of you who wondered what Donald’s motive for invading Iran *really* was—it was his pathetically thirsty need to be popular. What a broken man.

This is very confusing. He keeps repeating that he doesn’t need help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, then turns around and demands allies send help while simultaneously complaining that the UK isn’t helping.

"We will not be drawn into the wider war." Keir Starmer comments on the UK's priorities when it comes to the war in the Middle East, stating that 'we will keep working towards a swift resolution'.

REP. CROW: “We spent $3 TRILLION on those wars and they all ended pretty poorly. 🇺🇸 is not good at regime change. Americans can’t afford groceries, housing, or health care.”

It's gonna be a big one. As of today, it's still 12 days until the next No Kings Day on Saturday March 28, but organizers say there are already nearly 3000 separate protests planned in the US: