So sad to share that legendary colorist Tatjana Wood has passed away at the age of 99. Her pioneering painterly touch graced scores of DC & Vertigo series. She was truly one of a kind and a special friend. May her memory be a blessing.

The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

Truth! #pinks

When you hear the NIH Director's attempt to discredit recent PhD graduate @michaeldgreen.phd (whose career is in limbo due to NIH grant terminations), remember that Bhattacharya spent years complaining that the former NIH Director called his views fringe in a private email.

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Decision by Netflix to walk away from takeover leaves workers anxious about possible merger of news networks

Department of State also authorises non-essential officials and their families to book flights anywhere

5 more states

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., declined to block construction of President Trump’s planned White House ballroom.

OpenAI secures up to $110bn in record funding deal ft.trib.al/3vVMZou

When Trump goes after the Supreme Court, he never just goes after the law. He goes after the people. And when he drags justices’ families into it, that’s not clumsy rhetoric. That’s not an accident. That’s not “heat of the moment” politics. That’s calculated.

"It is now simply a standard, often unmentioned part of our politics that those who the president dislikes, within his own party or outside it, will be the target of stochastic terror."

Melania Trump, who we actually know met Epstein on several occasions because there are pictures of her with him, would make more sense.

Thank you for sharing!

“These are not normal times…It means refusing to blithely tolerate journalists, athletes or any Americans who behave as if our republic is not under siege by a criminal WH occupant who will pursue any means to hold onto power & deny our constitutional rights.” www.americaamerica.news/p/plotting-t...

respectfully tapping the "support billionaire-free, worker-owned, independent media" sign again

I know the point of this conservative media consolidation is largely control not necessarily demand-focused but the idea that there is a demand for more explicitly right wing mainstream news and entertainment is baffling

The Trump administration’s favorite nuclear startup has ties to Russia and Epstein

A federal judge has found that the IRS violated federal law "approximately 42,695 times" when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer.

“The state law was rushed through the state legislature using an expedited procedure known as ‘gut and go’ … text of one bill can be taken out and substituted for entirely new language or provisions, bypassing standard committee vetting and speeding through the voting process, which is legal in KS.”

It’s great that Republicans on House Oversight established a precedent today for First Ladies to be deposed about Epstein. Can’t wait until Democrats take over the committee at the end of the year.

things can’t be this evil and this stupid at the same time

No please jump away

Again, the ongoing claim that the 2026/8 elections are going to be just fine, because the authoritarians don't have the power to stop the actual voting, overlooks all the ways that competitive authoritarian regimes put their thumbs on the scales of democracy short of outright cancelling elections.

Exclusive: The US aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above Trump's stated refugee-program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort, a US document said.

i cannot stop thinking about this man, who survived the Rohingya genocide but couldn’t survive border patrol. “He died trying to get home” is a gut punch

I can't emphasize enough that the idea of a Paramount-WB merger producing 30-40 movies a year is an absurd fiction. First WB will become the "classy" label within Par (which is only about Rescue Rangers, Scream and existing IP). Then it will become the specialty or streaming label. Then it will die.

🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department sued five new states Thursday demanding access to their unredacted voter rolls — escalating a campaign that has been rejected by multiple federal courts and faces resistance from Republican-led states as well. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Have you sent your letter to your council member yet about the need to fully fund our public libraries? actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

From The Epstein Files - allegations Howard Lutnick was involved in a ponzi scheme and money laundering. He’s the current U.S. Secretary of Commerce. It has an allegation that William Barr was present when a girl was raped. He was the Attorney General of the USA for Trump. Was this investigated?

I think we need to take a step back and acknowledge the absurdity of House Republicans targeting their Epstein investigation on HILLARY CLINTON (who says she never met him!) while ignoring DONALD TRUMP (who Epstein described as his best friend!) These are not serious people or good faith actors.

These Democrats are voting for Trump's agenda while going on TV to insist they actually oppose it. We need to believe their actions, not their words.

Today in life under competitive authoritarianism

Today in Politics, Bulletin 316. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

We’re going to the Supreme Court to protect the Constitution’s promise that people born in America are American citizens, whether or not their parents are. Sign your name to support this fundamental right.

Pro Trump, Pro Netanyahu fanatics Larry and David Ellison will most likely now control Paramount, CBS, CNN, HBO, Warner Bros, and TikTok

Apparently Maduro wasn't willing to lie for them, so now they're blaming the Chinese. It's all a ruse to interfere in the next election.

If another country suspects that Americans have drugs on their boat are they allowed to blow it up and kill everyone too, or are only we allowed to do that?

What happens now that the Ellisons will have both CBS News, plus CNN? *Dems could set out a populist anti-trust platform for the next election *Desperate need for new independent media sources - follow nonprofit or other models What else?

I keep seeing people say that independent journalists should band together to create outlets that don’t suck. Love it. The problem is it’s already really difficult to get people to subscribe to newsletters. Much less to ask them to donate to fund something that doesn’t exist yet.

Ellison family, fresh from acquiring CBS, now in pole position to control Warner Bros and CNN

Jesus Christ.

Here’s a thought for James Comer. There IS a First Lady who has had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. And it’s not Hillary Clinton. It might be worthwhile for Comer to subpoena the First Lady who actually knows Epstein. You know, just to see what she knows.

This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...

If you loved Bari Weiss's CBS News...

She’s been released 🙏🏽

In his majority ruling in a sleeper case about the postal system, Clarence Thomas opened the door to a new way for Republicans to suppress the Black vote. @ElieNYC lays out the implications of USPS v. Konan here. https://bit.ly/3P2vac6