Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'

…I can actually suspend disbelief long enough to get on board with pet psychics. sure, maybe pet psychics exist. But doing it over zoom??? come on, get real

i cannot

[walks to the fridge immediately]

New — I collected stories from travelers at airports around the country on Monday after ICE agents were deployed to help TSA. No one understood beforehand why they would be there, and after a day with them around, it’s no more clear. Read the multi-city dispatches:

“clown event still possible” put that in your pocket, I can already tell you that this is the key phrase of 2026

GOP Senators John Kennedy and Ted Cruz devised this off-ramp, Kennedy says on Fox: "Senator Thune submitted that to President Trump. As is his right, he said no. ‘No deals with the Democrats.’ It would have worked. We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week. But the president said no deal."

Here's another photo of the year candidate from Getty contributor Megan Varner:

I aspire to the level of Suburban Brain Excellence required to start a physical fight with Jack Reacher because you perceive him to be in violation of HOA bylaws. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Warms my heart to see both Leqaa Kordia and Ward Sakeik free after so long in ICE detention. Both are Palestinian, and they met in a Texas facility. Ward, who came to the US at 9 years old, told @thebarbedwire.com that their friendship is what got her through it: thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/22/w...

Boss, just got a new tranche of things that are no longer relevant. Yeah they fell out of the news cycle. Haven't been mentioned in years. Yeah, it's Russian. And the Middle East. And the digital. Sounds like everything's just been completely sorted out, in that respect. Germany, also wrapped up.

New: The Pentagon has indicated that NYT journalists will be given press credentials tomorrow, Status has learned, after a judge ruled the department’s media restrictions unconstitutional

A 13-year-old girl tried to take her life by cutting her wrists with a plastic knife from the cafeteria after guards took away drawing materials, and was put into isolation without seeing a doctor. The teen was deported to Colombia after nearly two months in confinement

If you spot ICE agents at an airport in the coming days, I want to hear from you. Reach me via Signal at marisakabas.04

I’m not engaging directly with the rumors Dem strategists have been sharing today on here because I have no knowledge of them and it’s not my coverage area. But this will keep happening as long as progressives let it.

Your reminder that John Cena holds the record for granting the most wishes for the Make-a-Wish Foundation by a considerable margin.

got a Rocket Money subscription so I could find all the other subscriptions that have been adding up, cancel them, and then cancel Rocket Money before the free trial ended …late stage capitalism is such a scam

kind of seems like the people saying data center energy use is overstated were full of shit

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

girl what

baby (21 months) is screaming as her brother (4) does the robot in front of her and I said bub im not sure that’s helping and he said im not TRYING to help! I’m TRYING to dance 🕺

Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday

This is really not the point... but it was only 600? Out of like over a million personnel?

GEN X ERASURE

Warms my heart to see both Leqaa Kordia and Ward Sakeik free after so long in ICE detention. Both are Palestinian, and they met in a Texas facility. Ward, who came to the US at 9 years old, told @thebarbedwire.com that their friendship is what got her through it: thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/22/w...

🎵 Carry on my based milk son 🎵

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

I don't know, I think pointing out that other people are losing their jobs for saying far less than Trump says daily is worth it. I also think pointing out how people would react to other leaders doing the same is valuable. I also think mocking him when he does this shit is good.

Giving away the game here that ICE is his own mob he will deploy if his demands aren't met.

If outlets fight, they can win — but their owners have to want to fight.

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Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/b...

Bill Maher was chosen to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize, people familiar with the selection told Jonathan L. Fischer and Ashley Parker—he’ll accept it at the Kennedy Center, “a building widely associated with one of his favorite punching bags,” they write:

I stand with @texasaft.org & educators fighting to protect their First Amendment rights. No one should face investigations or retaliation for exercising free speech. Respect educators. Protect their rights. www.kxan.com/investigatio...

i will rename your school AND give it a new slogan for a bargain rate of $12 million dollars

Or... just putting this out there... he could have avoided firing a bunch of Washington Post journalists.

EXCLU @ms.now: After the Big Beautiful Bill yanked Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for a year, new data reveals: ⭕ 23 clinics closed ⭕ Breast exam visits declined 25% in Dec. compared to the year before ⭕ IUD insertions dropped nearly 40% that month & some R's want to make it permanent:

“Being there and showing these younger girls that we can accomplish the same thing as the guys … means a lot,” Summer Williams, a 20-year-old from Mineral Wells, told The Barbed Wire. thebarbedwire.com/2026/03/19/h...

Ok that's awesome.

Tucker Carlson claimed a few days ago that "the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me" to DOJ. Kent, a former intelligence official, makes Carlson's show his first real appearance on a major rightwing outlet after his resignation. www.semafor.com/article/03/1...

I was gonna write an ADHD joke but then my brain was paralyzed and I sat and stared at the wall for four hours while drowning in self-recrimination. I will try again tomorrow. Maybe it will go better.

BREAKING: House Oversight Dems just walked out during a briefing with Pam Bondi on Epstein — saying she refused to commit to their subpoena to sit for a deposition. Garcia: "We asked her multiple times and she refused to commit. We won't participate in a fake hearing that's not under oath."

ICE agents detained a Texas father trying to deliver milk to his infant daughter in the neonatal intensive care unit, disregarding his status as a DACA recipient. trib.al/BOeMew3

Saw several great trans musicians/bands at this year's #SXSW26 . Trans is punk as fuck!

It’s not just that it’s Texas — because in 2020 we had 15 more LGBTQ+ businesses than we do now. It’s the economy, it’s tariffs, and it’s increased discrimination under the leadership of the federal government and the Texas lawmakers pushing anti-DEI initiatives.

wow! Rand Paul begins Markwayne Mullin's hearing by confronting him about comments he made describing Paul as a "freakin' snake" & "celebrating" Paul getting assaulted "I wonder if someone who applauds political violence is right to lead an agency that has struggled to accept proper use of force"

If you don't see the problem with forcing this man to carry an F for female on his driver's license then I don't know what to tell you

Carter St. Hogan, who performs as Creekbed Carter, starts his sets by drawing on eyeliner-pencil mustaches. It’s part drag performance, part country music tradition of building identity through song. “It’s honest, but it also comes with an element of performance.” thebarbedwire.com/2026/03/18/m...

man do I love Texas sometimes