Among the many should-immediately-end-this-presidency daily scandals is the fact that the current administration is dismantling research on the most incredible new scientific advance in the last several decades. Literally killing people.

"Humanity had hoped that as a species we had maybe learned why it is not cool for great powers to threaten to obliterate entire civilizations. That way lies not just madness, but reciprocal cataclysm." On the pod @rosabrooks.bsky.social is so good on Leavitt/Hegseth: newrepublic.com/article/2088...

Infrastructure day never comes

Due to concerns that ICE was staking out the graduation ceremony of a recent class of US marines graduating from Warrant Officer school, a number of family members had to stay away. Think about that. Think about the people literally putting their lives on the line and how we treat them.

What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with AI fact-checking!

This is a massively underappreciated practical & logistical problem. There are at least hundreds of children found abandoned every year, but more importantly, TENS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS who have no father listed at birth.

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Remember when people were fired for *reposting* accurate quotes from Charlie Kirk after he was killed.

Sitting here as a Black person, thinking about how I am not allowed to say “I told you so” in a few years when the guy with the SS tattoo turns out not to be a key ally for multiracial democracy

Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.

The other day I saw a video of an historian (maybe?) saying he didn’t understand why billionaires are opposed to being taxed more because “taxation is the compromise.” And that last ~500 years teaches us what happens when that compromise is not struck. Can’t stop thinking about it.

They took down the American flag to put up a Trump banner. Man, if you can't use this visual and story in communications, I don't know, what can you do

Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."

This is how authoritarian regimes dig themselves into the grave. They "discipline" people telling them the truth as they see it, instead of what they want to hear. It takes time, but eventually leads to military disaster and economic collapse.

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

“By housing TikTok’s data on Oracle’s cloud infrastructure…the government has finally achieved its aim of securing the app by integrating it into its domestic surveillance dragnet.“

It seems that the proclivity toward serious criminality (felonies) is far higher among ICE and CBP agents than among immigrants taken as a whole. Stats on this subject are persistent and offer the same results.

just worth reiterating that the language of "unity" in the US has always been a dog whistle for "white unity." it's an appeal to white supremacy; they want white people in Minneapolis to join them in terrorizing BIPOC. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/our-proble...

"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

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...

Reminder in the face of all the angry gaslighting propaganda.

In short, this secret memo explains SO MUCH of what we've been seeing over the last months, including this raid of a home in Minneapolis where ICE officers presented no judicial warrant before breaking in the door. Turns out they were secretly told they don't need one!

This is chilling and must be heard to believe. And the fact that this is where we are says everything.

LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed? REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.

Authoritarian regimes create pretextual reasons to harass, investigate, and prosecute their opponents

It’s past time for Blue State governors from CA, NY, IL, MN, WA, OR, MA etc filling up fed coffers with tax revenues to have discussions on what can a “blue state compact” look like exploring practicable soft secession - ie escrow accounts for tax payers from those states.

Make it viral.

hate it when the trump administration’s killing civilians abroad agenda is temporarily overshadowed by its shooting civilians domestically programs

Smart comment by Alex Gendler on DHS calling the woman killed by ICE while driving away from them a "domestic terrorist":

"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money." I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.

Books about “Asian wife sharing” that included detailed descriptions of orgies and scenes involving “ladyboys.” That’s what our reporter discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official. What came next was even wilder.

"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation." Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:

this shit is just beyond parody, man

I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.

Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting. Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.

What Americans Die from? And what the media reports on... Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.

Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.* The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so: newrepublic.com/article/2035...

It's hard out there for a lickspittle.

The same people who have called librarians like me “groomers” and “pedos” just for letting people read what they want are fucking protecting actual predators. I’m so, so, SO mad.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published February)

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All a straight white man has to do is grow a beard and put on jeans and flannel, and voila: he has automatic Blue Collar Credibility, even if he actually grew up with a trust fund. ONY white males get the Assumed Blue Collar nod simply by putting on an outfit, too. Doesn’t work for anyone else.

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago: "He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people. In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.