literally my parents tipping this election

In the run up to the Iraq War, the Bush administration treated persuasion like a military campaign of its own. The president went to the UN in September 2002, addressed the nation in Cincinnati the next month (five months before the balloon went up), secured a formal authorization from Congress

My grandfather touched countless lives. His funeral will be massive. Speakers include Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson, pastor and author Rick Warren, pastor Tony Evans, pastor and broadcaster David Anderson, and my civil rights and politics mentor Rep. @BennieThompson.bsky.social.

Even without a federal voting Save Act, NC's board of elections is making changes to adopt the Save system (confusing I know). It would throw out some voters based on fed data. Propublica wrote about how it errs in Texas. You can comment through Monday night. www.ncsbe.gov/about-electi... #ncpol

SO! we got some Ring-necked pheasants in at the rescue which has been a learning curve (for me) bc they are extremely high strung/easily stressed, and can hurt their beaks freaking out and pecking at their enclosures But YALL they make special “spectacles” to help reduce harm to their beaks and.

UNC spent $1.2m in endowment funds on an outside law firm to investigate the new School of Civic Life and Leadership and is not releasing the report. #ncpol https://dailytarheel.com/article/university-scill-investigation-withheld-20260312

Drax will end using wood pellets from old-growth #forests in British Columbia to power its U.K. plants. This is a win for First Nations and rural communities in the region who have been made vulnerable to #flooding and #megafires due to clear-cutting.

I was just disinvited from the Air War College where I’d been asked to lecture on my book, which is a history of U.S. civil-military relations.

One writer whose name was offered as editing help for Grammarly users tells why she is lead plaintiff in a class-action suit against Grammarly's parent company (Julia Angwin/New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Sources: Jeff Bezos said "I don't care" after WaPo leaders told him changes to the Opinion section could turn off subscribers; 60K+ canceled their subs in Feb. (New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

torrents are undefeated: www.404media.co/the-removed-...

This is, to put it mildly, a double standard. This guy was part of a government that encouraged online social media figures to engage in routine harassment of government employees to the point that many were fired or went into hiding. Some of it was done by Elon Musk, this guy's boss.

Attacking someone's faith is wrong. It was wrong when Catholics and Quakers were attacked in pre-revolutionary America, it is wrong when Muslims and Jews are attacked today. www.npr.org/2026/03/14/g...

🗞️I spent the best 11 yrs. of my journalism career at Stars and Stripes. As an editorially independent newspaper that covers the troops for the troops, it is the most important paper in the U.S. and wholly American at our best. Those troops are losing their most honest advocate, and are worse for it.

just found out the eight year old got dealt enough of a bad hand with teeth that we’re going to need thousands of dollars of orthodontic work already thank goodness we have the money but it is absurd that the health care industry treats teeth as luxury bones that are almost entirely out of pocket

My son got his first lesson in budgeting when gas prices spiked! #NC07 #ncpol #gasprices

"No mud, no lotus" -Thích Nhất Hạnh

And as a fun related legal fact, the failure of a commander to punish war crimes by his subordinates is also a war crime under the doctrine of command responsibility. Published by the Naval War College in 2021: digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ils/vol97/is...

i repeat, it's *essential* for responsible people in uniform to *expressly* remind service members that they are obligated to adhere to the laws of armed conflict and that failure to do so can and will result in criminal prosecution.

Went looking for a particular video from 2014 that illustrates the sordid stupid things that happen with “dark money” in elections (in this case in NC.) Looks like the videos are scrubbed? Hope there are backups. #ncpol www.charlottemagazine.com/the-social-w...

Didn’t work out well either for Banastre Tarleton.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Thankful for our Toyota Hybrid these days. We are getting 41MPG on the interstate. Around town, driving is even better in terms of MPG. With the gas prices rising daily, I will take this as a blessing.

In a DOD press conference, Pete Hegseth says "the sooner David Ellison takes over [CNN], the better" as he complains about media coverage of the war in Iran (Todd Spangler/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

The Pentagon denied print photographers entry to today's press briefing, but allowed other media to attend (@nancyayoussef) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

The Mayor of Dearborn

Holy crap, anyone that had Outlook for work on their personal phone had their phone wiped. My wife also works in the medical field and uses a locked-down Outlook on her personal phone. (I'm sure everyone will now say, yeah, don't do that)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices. @apnews.com

This is not your average government leek story. If you peel back the layers of this onion, it may an on-ramp to think about how public lands could be better managed for sustained societal benefit by better engaging networked publics about fragile ecosystems. It’s aliumentary stuff, my dear Watson.

PERSON OF THE DAY. 13 March 1901. Scottish-born steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie announced he was retiring from business and would spend the rest of his days giving away his huge fortune. His philanthropy had special emphasis on libraries, education, science and world peace.

[Thread] At a meeting with top WaPo editors and some reporters, Jeff Bezos says he has spurned seven offers to sell the news organization (Ben Mullin/@benmullin) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

A leak about White House outrage over CBS' reported hiring of Jeremy Adler, who previously worked for Liz Cheney, suggests the WH is trying to prevent the hire (Brian Stelter/@brianstelter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

The other day I mentioned some obscure far right activist from Oregon in the 1960s and within 15 seconds one of my students raised their hand and said "I just found him on LinnkedIn."

Shouldn't be rare to see this said by a US senator

Wow huge break for russia. so weird. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

So republicans voters can’t trust members of their own party to let the voters choose. Much less when against a democrat

Four Republicans on the NC Supreme Court will probably try to steal the primary election for Phil Berger. Professor Gene Nichol: www.salisburypost.com/2026/03/08/t... #ncpol

Headline from the Icelandic news: “United States Does Not Seem to Know What They Are Doing”

Trump’s replacement choice to lead DHS hired a felon, helped him acquire guns, and denied knowing about it. Mullin will bring the same carelessness and dishonesty to the agency as Noem. Americans will be less safe with someone this reckless in charge of homeland security.

Photo by AAron Ontiveros, Denver Post, February 23 in Louisville, CO.

“I’m pretty sure the guy who peed on your office chair went that way - if you hurry, maybe you can catch him”

I knew that the Department of War shot a missile into a school & killed 175 civilians, mostly children. This is learned today: Secretary of War Hegseth had cut the teams assigned to prevent such tragedies by 90%. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

If you are the person who hangs the Happy Birthday James Taylor banner on the James Taylor Bridge every year, please email us.

“The UK's official climate adviser said the cost of meeting net zero is less than A SINGLE (my CAPS) fossil fuel price shock. £4 billion of additional spending per year to 2050 is required to stay on track for net zero, according to the Climate Change Committee.

it is time www.ncrabbithole.com/p/acc-tourna...

come watch a baby court watcher being born

Granted, since the world's gone to shit I've lowered my expectations for contentment but drinking a glass of wine at a bar and watching the Bob Ross channel is somehow ... blissful?

Polls close at 7pm ET in New Hampshire 7pm ET in Georgia 7pm local time (8pm ET) in Mississippi 7pm local time in Tempe (I think 10pm ET)

This administration……🤦‍♂️