The Iran War, in Maps An ethnic, environmental, religious and sociological breakdown from an expert — @devadasa.bsky.social: chills.substack.com/p/the-iran-w...

WTAF Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India apnews.com/article/iran...

The Iran War, in Maps An ethnic, environmental, religious and sociological breakdown from an expert — @devadasa.bsky.social: chills.substack.com/p/the-iran-w...

New Iran war thread for March 4. You can read yesterday's completed thread here.

Convenient how Trump invaded two countries with some of the largest oil reserves in the world

A policy named for “human flourishing” now stretches across nearly all U.S. foreign aid. If flourishing is real, it should mean fewer maternal deaths and more open clinics — not the reverse. Here’s what the expansion of the global gag rule could mean: chills.substack.com/p/when-human...

What happened to the men the U.S. deported to South Sudan? Six remain detained in Juba months later. A shadowy deportation program, opaque agreements and ongoing court battles leave their fate uncertain. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/what-happe...

What happened to the men the U.S. deported to South Sudan? Six remain detained in Juba months later. A shadowy deportation program, opaque agreements and ongoing court battles leave their fate uncertain. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/what-happe...

Look, the “fraud” isn’t fraud, just “crime” isn’t crime. It’s a stand-in for race. To be nonwhite is to be fraudulent, just as it’s a crime to be nonwhite. The press does not have to accept this coded language. Reporters can say what the regime means.

History often rhymes with itself.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

There are old lady hippies singing hippie songs in the lounge outside my apt. It’s keeping me sane

Every Democrat needs to stand up and walk out of the chamber. This is no joke. This is fascism and it’s time to make a damn point.

I have to watch the State of the Union because I sinned in a past life and am being punished by a vengeful God.

Watching Vance and Johnson helps. It’s like staring at the headrest from the back seat of the car to stave off a little nausea

WHAT HEALTH CARE PLAN

Why does Mike Johnson look like your loser nephew who ended up at your house for Thanksgiving dinner and is afraid to tell his parents he dropped out of college

Everyone in America is very confused about “Trump accounts” right now

So far I can’t figure out if we’re watching an SNL sketch?

Everyone have their eggs ready?

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More than a dozen House Democrats are bringing survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as their guests to the address tonight.

They waited years. They were screened, approved, admitted. They built lives in America — jobs, families, routines. Now the government may reopen their cases and detain them anyway. Refuge was supposed to end the waiting. It may not. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/the-waitin...

I had never seen this Fox News dropdown before. Many fairs, such balance.

My Brooklyn street today. As seen from Seattle 💃

This just broke my brain www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

They waited years. They were screened, approved, admitted. They built lives in America — jobs, families, routines. Now the government may reopen their cases and detain them anyway. Refuge was supposed to end the waiting. It may not. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/the-waitin...

congrats to everyone, well done, no notes

Well, shit. This is batshit. This is bullshit. Even *posting* that I think this is bullshit is... I can't even. (I have a green card) www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Well, this is fucked up www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

"We have peace in the middle east right now" says Trump, at his Board of Peace Meeting as he positions massive numbers of bombers to the region. Referring to Iran: "We may need to take it further, you'll find out in about 10 days, maybe"

Across dozens of cases, CPJ documented a recurring set of abuse — from beating to starvation, sexual violence, and medical neglect — directed at journalists because of their work. cpj.org/special-repo...

Journalism’s challenge now isn’t just telling the truth; it’s creating the conditions under which truth can still land in a world where caring is expensive. chills.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

This is an example of how not to do journalism. Picking out a tiny moment in a congressperson's spoken life vs. the extreme statements from the right-wing, including from our actual president, is the kind of both-sides-ism that is killing our media, and our democracy. nymag.com/intelligence...

The latest appointee to one of the approval panels for the White House "ballroom" is a 26-year-old former receptionist for the president. She has no known arts experience and is expected to be sworn in Thursday. — WaPo

Hahahahahahaha

Absolutely no compassion in this administration. Cruelty rules the day www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

The true danger is not a single dramatic shutdown of the press, but a gradual reduction in what we are willing or able to see. A democracy with fewer eyes eventually convinces itself that the darkness is just normal lighting. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/how-to-shr...

The true danger is not a single dramatic shutdown of the press, but a gradual reduction in what we are willing or able to see. A democracy with fewer eyes eventually convinces itself that the darkness is just normal lighting. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/how-to-shr...

How Do I Deal With Trauma From My Work? Sometimes I really just don’t. Today is one of those days. New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/how-do-i-d...

Just want to point out that all the right-wing culture warriors upset because Bad Bunny grabbed his "G-area" (thanks for that ridiculousness, Jill Zarin) had nothing to say when Rhianna did the same thing

Walz on when ICE agents will leave Minnesota: "I will come over and pack your damn bags if that's what it takes"

98 percent of mass shooters are male. Why? New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/she-was-th...

Footage taken from inside Trump’s Super Bowl party at his Mar-a-Lago golf club showed the president and his guests watching Bad Bunny’s halftime show rather than TPUSA’s night of Jesus Christ, Kid Rock, and country music. trib.al/ivGSXQ3

Help I can't stop watching Bad Bunny

Support the Committee to Protect Journalists' new U.S. Journalist Rapid Response Fund providing urgent safety, medical, and legal assistance to reporters covering escalating federal operations. give.cpj.org/campaign/767...

We’re starting to feel like tenders of a smoking dump instead of journalists. Will we figure out a way to control the fire that is consuming the free press? And can we do it quickly enough to stop a total conflagration? New on Chills: chills.substack.com/p/can-we-sav...

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Yep. The polling data we obtained shows that more than two thirds of young men disapprove of ICE enforcement and oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs and no criminal records: