So Bondi's out. Hard to imagine a more corrupt and sycophantic AG, but I've no doubt he'll try to find one. Probably a man, as he's only terming women. Maybe Alan Dershowitz is available?

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. -Desmond Tutu

8 million No Kings protesters Zero police officers beaten Zero police officers killed Zero feces smeared on walls.

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Beyond inspiring to hear @brucespringsteen.net sing “Streets of Minneapolis” today at the Minnesota State Capitol for No Kings Day 3.0! Here’s a small clip from his amazing performance:

We will be in Hood River, Oregon tomorrow taking care of a grandchild while his mama celebrates her sister's 40th birthday. I'm planning to attend “NO KINGS Hood River.” Resist! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I fear that we're going to strongly-worded-letter our way to oblivion here in the muddled and misinformed Discombobulated States of America.

The Epstein scandal is much bigger than the Watergate scandal. The only difference is that in the ‘70s, Congress had the balls to investigate a sitting president. Today they have no balls.

Bring your kids. 👧🧒 Bring your neighbors. 🏘️ Bring your anger, your hope, and your unwillingness to bow. ✊ 3,000+ events. March 28. History will ask if you showed up. #NoKings2026

Looking forward to a new episode of Coffee and Grief next Thursday, April 2 on Zoom. I'll be sharing a piece about my mother and Alzheimer's. Join us at 7 p.m. Pacific? Registration link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

it is absolutely thrilling to watch nominations come in for the Le Guin Prize but there's one thing I want to say one more time: middle grade and YA novels are eligible for this prize! I would really love to see more nominations come from those categories

Barack Obama pays tribute to Robert Mueller, calling him one of the finest FBI directors in history and honoring his unwavering commitment to the rule of law

Trump is to the Japanese prime minister as a bad rash is to a baby's bum: irritating, ugly, and painful.

I'm sure I'm late to the party, but just this morning I came across the meaning of the acronym DARVO: Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender. Pretty much describes the current regime's sinister modus operandi.

We saw Fran Lebowitz (yes, THAT Fran Lebowitz!) in Astoria last night, and it was everything. open.substack.com/pub/nancytow...

So many in the Trump cabal love to threaten the rest of us, especially with propagandized "news" should serious reporters step out of line (i.e. hurt the big/little guy's feelers).

When you Google something, you get an automatic disclaimer that says "AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses." Note how that can go terribly, fatally wrong. Our military, using AI, may have inadvertently targeted children at Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, Iran.

No matter what… Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. Never stop talking about the Epstein Files. No matter what.

NYT, baby! This woman rocks in all the ways. Dear @saribotton.bsky.social, thanks for being you! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

Thank you for your service, Julie K. Brown.

"Ron Pullins’ Dollartorium is an absolute delight, bursting with imagination and wit that transforms a story about money and ambition into pure enjoyment." readersfavorite.com/book-review/... #books

This book of smart, touching, essays by @tmcallister.bsky.social would make a great gift. Just saying.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

No, we're still not distracted from the Epstein files.

The thing about going to war in Iran is that we still haven’t seen the documents detailing how the President of the United States raped and tortured little girls.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

So this seems important as the GOP uses the Clintons to distract from Trump's many-tentacled ties to Epstein and his horror show. Via @hcrichardson.bsky.social yesterday.

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

Local woman wakes up, starts feminist book clubs for all the men’s hockey teams and they must read and discuss at least one book a month (starting with A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft) before they can play games, makes oatmeal.

Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

The State of our Union is that we have a convicted felon and pedophile in the White House, protecting other rich & powerful pedophiles while strangling the Constitution and orchestrating the largest transfer of wealth to the ruling class in American history. The End. I saved you 3-6 hours tonight.

Yes. But don't forget Citizens United (2016); deportation due process (2020); Dobbs (2022); and presidential immunity (2024). Slippery slope's been luge-like over the last 10 years.

"The United States, on the other hand, has allowed the application of its laws to be bent to the will of an autocratic president, and the checks its legislature should impose on executive authority have been vitiated by the sycophancy and cowardice of so many legislators." (Gift article)

As @mashagessen.bsky.social says of America in a newspaper column this morning: "We have built our society on a foundation of not seeing."

Please call your congressperson and ask them if they know it’s actually their job to stop billions of taxpayer dollars from being funneled into make-believe boards of peace …and to stop the president from unilaterally declaring war …and to demand compliance with the Epstein files Transparency Act

The day this catches up with him can't come an hour too soon.

This is how you do it. Now let's see the US to do its duty on the Epstein horror show.

Powerful.

"It's been quite a party." Robert Duvall, thank you. Rest in peace.

Thank you @samadams.bsky.social. You've hit the nail on the head here regarding AI in journalism (and elsewhere).

It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.

You got that right.

The unnerving part is there are men who are not visible and not in the Epstein files but who remain in the Epstein class to protect their own financial or career or social interests even though they could live comfortably without selling our planet to those who intend us to be destroyed.

This is all performative bullshit. Believe it when you don't see ICE in Minneapolis/Saint Paul anymore.

In which Naseem Rakha rents an office in the press room of Oregon's state capitol building and gets to work telling stories again. Journalism taking on new forms. Morphing, evolving. open.substack.com/pub/nrakha/p...

And she's like la la la nothing to see here I don't care do you?

The Portland writing community lost the kindest connector ever this week. Steve Arndt, you were always for us, and you'll always be with us. www.orartswatch.org/steve-arndt-...

Hugh Laurie used the word "inveigle" in an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert a while back and I don't know if I'll ever be the same. Inveigle inveigle inveigle. Gosh I love learning new words.

Huge congrats and best wishes to all the author finalists and to @wilwrite.bsky.social for its legacy award! literary-arts.org/2026/02/anno...

I loved the centering of Latin culture in Bad Bunny's halftime performance. "Debí tirar más fotos" when I lived in Puerto Rico with my family of origin in the late 1960s (I should have taken more photos). Also, the word "reggaeton" is super cool. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...