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Headline in the Boston Globe this morning.

History chills. Two children of Robert Kennedy Sr were in a hotel ballroom when shots rang out.

"Democrat Shawn Harris (37.3 percent) and Republican Clayton Fuller (34.9 percent), now compete in a runoff Tuesday," Scott Ferson writes. "I wanted to know how they were faring, and so I packed a bag and rocked up to a committee gathering at JC’s Snack Shack in Aragon on March 18."

We have so much gas it’s going for 4 bucks a gallon.

If we produce more oil than we need and #Trump urges others to buy from us, why is gas at 4 bucks?

Man, glad I haven’t filled out my bracket yet. #marchmadness

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is our Secretary of State apparently, or War, or both.

BTW, the paywall free link to the article: archive.is/202602111532...

I interviewed consultant Scott Ferson about his new book: “How the Democrats Lost America.” Listen here: open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...

To those outraged they couldn’t understand #BadBunny’s lyrics, but have spent their entire lives singing the wrong words to Benny and the Jets: It’s not about the lyrics

I think the Democrats should have this message for elected Republicans: I’m not looking at him. I know what he is. I’m looking at you.

If you complained about the number of times Obama played golf, but don’t complain about the number of times Trump plays golf……… It isn’t about the golf.

When I was a kid in New England, adults would say “it’s too cold to snow.” Now I question everything.

Count me 100% in on buying Iceland. Hot dogs in destination rest stops? What’s more American than that?

Trump says US will run Venezuela oil production. This war, unlike the last, isn’t about false weapons of mass destruction, but of very real weapons of mass production.

It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.

If documents signed by #autopen are cancelled, I’m worried the 40th birthday greeting signed by George W. Bush to me is just a hallow gesture.

Who was the last Mayor of New York who also held the responsibility of representing the Democratic Party? Is New York City representative of the Democratic Party? “ #Trump hopes people think that.

My cab driver in Arkansas was a Bush-McCain-Romney-Trump-Trump-Trump voter. He said he hadn't given much thought to the 2028 election, but that if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York, the Democrats can kiss his vote goodbye.

In the cemetery in Hum, Croatia, the “littlest city in the world” a reminder of the cost of war.

In Croatia I’m speaking with an Austrian who tells me she feels there is not only nothing to look to the US for, in fact the opposite. She says we are not, what sounds like ‘shit-zen.” Schutzen- to protect or safeguard our citizens.

I know there is concern the House will not seat Rep elect Grijalva because of #epsteinfiles, but in doing so #speakerjohnson sets a precedent for not seating Dems elected next Nov.

Does a president who is term limited from re-election care about poll numbers?

NEW: There are enormous holes and oddities in the Justice Department's hastily assembled case against Jim Comey We breakdown why this case may struggle out of the gate — and thanks to Trump's constant commentary — may never reach a jury. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

“Your mower smokes meats?” “No, my smoker cuts grass” may be the most American line spoken. #budlight

That is right— a TAX . Any Dem who says tariff instead of TAX isn’t ready for this fight

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

This eve, the crescent Moon will do What a crescent moon does best. And that’s join Venus in twilight Orbiting Earth east to west Watch the Moon skirt by Venus. A mere finger’s width nigh. A celestial en passant Oh my. Ohh my. Ohhh my!

The tech bro who didn't attend the inauguration: my talk with Reid Hoffman about AI, Zuckerberg, Elon and retribution. www.npr.org/2025/01/31/n...

Istanbul

Ngl, that sent a chill through our faculty lounge today

With ICE raids I guess we should all carry our passports. If someone stopped and asked for my papers how would I prove I was a citizen? My drivers license? Library card? If you’re not worried about this I wonder why?

Jules Feiffer drew this 65 years ago.

MAGA in DC just being told that Trump just said the inauguration will now be inside: “So we’re not gonna see it in person? I don’t like it. We came all the way from OK. We might as well stayed home & watched it on TV. It sucks. We have farms. We don’t get to not feed the cows cause it’s cold.”

It was so cold on Reagan’s second inaugural it was moved inside.

Miami Dade public library

This brew pub in Miami is playing “Freeze Frame”

Firefighters from Mexico arriving in Los Angeles to help out their neighbors.

The younger Boston in me would have found a senator and member of the house to object to each state, starting with Alabama, just to be an asshole, drag it out for days.

Why is there a hot air balloon basket hovering over her head?

Each of us has a reach of connection. Whether modest or large our job is to communicate with the entirety of that reach. That is how we move forward. We leave no one behind.

Ok well you can just let us know when the doom and gloom happens. You don’t need to keep telling us it’s coming.

Poking around wikipedia I came across the 1966 film “Grand Prix.” Reading the plot I realized my parents took me and my sister to the drive-in to see it. The crash scene has stayed with me as a memory but I wasn’t sure from what film. I was 4.

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers. Science works, y'all. www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

46 days until pitchers and catchers report.