The thesaurus really got a workout on this headline

Jack Thornell, a 26-year-old photojournalist for the Associated Press, captured the haunting moment James Meredith pulled himself across the pavement after a surprise shotgun blast sent him to the ground in Hernando, Mississipi, on June 6, 1966. See our gallery of Thornell's Mississippi photos:

Pete Hegseth may dismiss it as that "climate change crap," but the Pentagon is still spending gobs of money adapting to a warming planet. Great reporting by @amandakhurley.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Delta Waters Down Net-Zero Target to an ‘Aspiration’. The airline also erased its green fuel pledge—Delta generated about 60 million tons of heat-trapping emissions in 2024… www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... @benelgin.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

The President just threatened genocide. The Joint Chiefs of Staff must disregard any such military orders that violate federal and international law. Republicans in Congress can't hide anymore: we must consider all options – including impeachment – to stop Trump.

US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images https://aje.news/fnp5w7

It was just 24 days between when Zuck went on Rogan and talked about how "never again" would he suppress info based on gov't demands (misrepresenting those demands) and when he texted top gov't employee Elon Musk to say "we're all set up to take down info you want removed." I wrote about it here.

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Oakland friends: AMY HILLYARD has been missing since Wednesday. She was last seen near her home in Cleveland Heights--if you have a camera, check your footage!

US government officials and Wall Street analysis are starting to consdier the prospect that oil prices might surge to an unprecedeted $200 a barrel.

Human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, as part of Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” protests
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"If a very blue state like New York moves backwards on climate change as well, that’s a negative sign for the country. If you can’t do it here, can you do it anywhere?"-- @michaelgerrard.bsky.social [gift link]

NEW: President Trump makes four false claims in a 43-word post about Tina Peters. Peters is 70 (not 73), does not have cancer, was sentenced by a judge in Mesa County (not the Governor), and did not expose fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Your tax dollars at work: the Trump Administration wants to pay Total $1 billion NOT to build wind farms.

I can't even find the words to express how repugnant and despicable this post is. People who spew such Islamophobic bile don't belong in the United States Congress. The job of elected officials is to combat hate, not fan its flames. (1/2)

Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake.

Imagine the reaction in the US if ~175 schoolgirls had been killed by a targeted Iranian missile. (Or anyone's missile.) This is an atrocity.

The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.

Trump blames deadly strike on school on Iran. "We think it was done by Iran." But Hegseth does not back him up when asked if that was so. "We're investigating," he says. A @nytimes.com analysis indicates it was likely hit by US airstrike. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reminder that the FBI is still refusing to let local law enforcement in on the investigation into Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s deaths. This is a cover up in plain sight.

“.. Neither the Israeli nor U.S. government has directly addressed the strike on the school. But the U.S. Central Command said on Saturday that it was ‘aware of reports concerning civilian harm’ and was ‘looking into them.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

Dow seeks permission from Texas regulators to dump plastic pollution into waters. Great reporting from @dylanbaddour.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0203202...

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

It appears a hospital in Teheran has now been hit. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Apple quietly removes ESG links from top execs’ pay. My latest (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Endangerment finding, and greenhouse gas standards for vehicles, officially repealed. Story @bloomberg.com, with more updates coming: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments. Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier. Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.

Ten years of fentanyl: How the deadly drug still has San Francisco in its grip sfstandard.com/2026/02/05/s...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

“This has to be the most expensive documentary ever made that didn’t involve music licensing.-- said Ted Hope. "How can it not be equated with currying favor or an outright bribe? How can that not be the case?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...

“A battle over whether the sun is shining erupts; here’s an evenhanded summary of the arguments” Just. Report. The. Facts. 🤦🏻‍♂️

These Sunday shows are very important to the Trump Admin, clearly. So why don’t the hosts prepare more carefully and try to combat the lies and brazen inconsistencies?

just amazing work by my colleagues at @wsj.com - a frame by frame analysis of the shooting incredible that some continue to rationalize this www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Sometimes it takes a bit for national (or really, any) media to catch up with a story but now the New York Times is noting the video did not show Alex Pretti brandishing a gun as ICE has claimed. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

After the first shots are fired, the man collapses on the ground. Agents back away. At least another 5 shots are fired toward the man who is already incapacitated on the ground.

NYT breaks down ICE's brutal assaults. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

It’s so cold but there are tens of thousands of people out here

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune