It’s very Trumpian. But maybe not great for republican MoCs facing a tough midterm?

Graham Platner sets posters on this site off for pretty good reasons. But fearing him because he could be the new John Fetterman overlooks the fact that Fetterman experienced a massive stroke that rewired his brain in destructive ways. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This would make a great Amicus episode @mjsdc.bsky.social & @dahlialithwick.bsky.social!

Dear reader, remember the humanity of everyone you encounter on this site. People you will never meet have feelings too.

It's not the most awful thing about the goat rodeo @noupside.bsky.social describes below, but when a journalist pings you at 1:48 with a 3:30 deadline to answer a detailed list of questions, you're being set up. I mean duh.

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Does free community college shift where students enroll? 🔍 @emileigharrison.bsky.social, Hallberg, Ruiz & Slaughter find students move from 4-year to 2-year colleges, but BA attainment does not decline. 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1426

The Education Department says that its current headquarters, the Lyndon B. Johnson building, is 70 percent vacant and justifies downsizing. But staff who work in the building tell @insidehighered.com that's not the case. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

One of the most disappointing things about Bluesky is the tendency for posters to use AI as a proxy for every phenomenon and person they despise.

Viktor Orban wants Hungarians to re-elect him, even though he has turned Hungary into the most corrupt and one of the poorest countries in the EU. To do so, he is telling Hungarians to fear sabotage, thievery, or even a military attack from … Ukraine www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Trump administration‘s assault on college accreditation is the most important story no one is hearing about.

Alas, for a Cordelia in the Trump 47 cabinet.

Trump is already filing suit to get his hair back from the logo.

The serious undertone to this ridiculous story is that people get hired to top Trump administration positions because of being unqualified loons, not in spite of it. Phillips has demonstrated personal loyalty to Trump, reinforced by his inability to get a high-level job with any normal employer.

I have to admit that I’m kind of fascinated by Graham Platner. People really seem to think that he’s a secret Nazi. Everything that he‘s said suggests that that’s not true, but he’s also kind of weird and immature. comparing him to Fetterman or Sinema is wrong.

Seems like the only goal of having treasury manage loans is that treasury doesn’t have any expertise in (or reason to want expertise in) granting/originating loans, so, you know, no more loans.

I don't use the graphic design apps that Adobe has presumably enshittified the worst with AI. But I feel like re-enacting The Scream every time I open an Acrobat document and Adobe helpfully tells me it's long and I should ask for an AI summary instead of, you know, reading the document.

Fascinating insight into the dilemmas of Russians who volunteer to support the war effort. It is difficult for them to acknowledge that the Russian government would prefer robots to active patriots and participants in national causes. Less valuable but more predictable.

Sinners' Academy Awards loss last night stands in striking contrast to the 2019 victory of Green Book & 1990 win of Driving Miss Daisy, with their syrupy optimism about southern race relations. Perhaps Sinners' exploration of structural racism struck a little too close to home for Academy voters.

Death threats to journalist @manniefabian.bsky.social for a news report that accidentally caused Polymarket bettors to lose money. There will be more cases of this kind - and some journalists may not have Fabian's fiber. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-try...

And 3) you haven’t publicly mocked your allies for not rushing fast enough to help you. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

A coalition of states are suing to stop the ACTS data collection. ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...

This is a startling interview. The architect of the Trump administration’s AI policy turns on Trump and Hegseth, accusing them of conducting a political assassination of Anthropic.

Worth noting that Noem insists on personally approving DHS expenses over $100k, a policy which “left hundreds of FEMA projects in limbo…” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

This @lauramille.bsky.social review is as smart as the tv show it reviews is (I’m gathering) moronic. slate.com/culture/2026...

This is right on. We need more thoughtful and granular analysis of AI, not rage-takes.

Donald Trump has a tendency to blurt out facts that he should be keeping confidential. In this case, Trump reveals that the administration was looking for a malleable successor to Khamenei - and that they never considered the elected president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, for that role.

Heads up folks: @thetnholler.bsky.social posted an AI-generated video this morning that was a deepfake of the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, and they seem to be promoting it as if it’s a real video. So watch out for that and don’t spread fakes.

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

I kind of get Vance & Rubio sharing the stage, even though they're not world leaders. Susie Wiles at least works for Trump. But Jared Kushner? Does the Board of Peace offer ex officio seats for grifting son-in-laws?

Siri, tell me you’ve never read Thucydides without telling me you’ve never read Thucydides.

The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wants to abolish journalism schools because a student journalist turned down the following job: 1) An AI algorithm assigns local news stories; 2) the journalist interviews sources and feeds interview notes into AI; 3) AI writes the story.

Supermajorities of Americans think ICE and Border Patrol are out of control and want Congress to do something about it. Democrats are aligned with the public. Republicans hold the unpopular position — and keeping the heat on them is how we win this fight.

NEW: The next US Census likely won’t be good for New York. The state is projected to lose two congressional seats, and with them, two electoral votes for president. One reason why blue states are losing ground: The red states build far more housing than they do.

💯%. Don’t know how he keeps it up!

I’m not saying @analilia-mejia.bsky.social came in first because her ballot line said “unbought, unbossed“ or that Brendan Gill came in fourth because his ballot line said “endorsed by Essex County Democratic Committee“ but I don’t think it’s irrelevant either.

Note clause 32, where Kelley's client was forced to sign papers promising not to be a part of any "groups," which violates the judge's order for unconditional release. Quite possible that delays in release stemmed from unlawful conditions & pressure tactics.

Is a $300k condo unit not affordable housing? In 33 states, the median home price is over $300k. In CA, it’s $809k, and enviro laws are used by wealthy homeowners to gum up housing development. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

At one level, Foresta may appear petty: Insisting that Will Stancil, a Minneapolis resident who has spent all his free time holding ICE/CBP accountable an "influencer" because he posts videos and talks to journalists.

Look forward to reading this impressive study diving deep into school hiring practices.

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

I understand that Brendan Gill is a front runner for Mikie Sherrill’s seat, but when I see the descriptor after his name, I think “this guy is toast.” As a thought experiment, strip out the names and tell me which descriptor you’d vote for.

When officers of your law enforcement agency are waving semi-automatic weapons at retired couples in a church parking lot, your agency has truly lost the plot.

People say Bluesky is too political, but there’s over 400 replies to these posts on olive oil as a personal interest some guy listed on his résumé. I feel robbed that he didn’t get an interview.

My favorite part of this story is that Kristi Noem is basically dictating it to Axios word for word, deniability be damned: ""Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios."

It’s terrible how our great czar is betrayed by bad boyars like Kristi Noem. If he knew, czar Trump would cast out Noem and replace her with a D.H.S. Secretary who will go on Fox News and speak only truth to the people.

My last overnight camping trip.

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

Withholding medical care from detained immigrants is obviously immoral. But also, is it even legal? Need help from folks like @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social @nilc.org @immdef.bsky.social here.

Aside from the abusive-boyfriend vibes, it's also weird to insist that Trump has a strategy when 1) Trump told NYT interviewers that he needs Greenland for his own personal mental health; 2) Bessent can't articulate a single goal the admin couldn't accomplish within the existing treaty structure.