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I'm receiving reports from airports all over the country about ICE sightings. I'll be sharing updates here as I get them. ⬇️

Trump yesterday said the Strait of Hormuz will be open “very soon” and “jointly controlled.” By whom? “Maybe me? Maybe me. Me and the ayatollah. Whoever the ayatollah is.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/u...

Feel like it might benefit the U.S. in some ways if our current position weren't that science is for woke losers.

The Trump administration began deportation proceedings for 34 former members of the U.S. military over the past year, according to data obtained by The New York Times, after immigration authorities were told to ignore previous guidance that gave service members and their relatives more deference.

“Here is what Trump expected when he started bombing Iran: its regime would collapse or surrender within 72 hours. “That was Plan A. “Plan B did not exist, which means Trump is scrambling to get back to what existed before Plan A.” Via @edwardluce.bsky.social giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Someone or someones made $580,000,000 in exquisitely well-timed oil trades that took place 15 minutes before Trump's dubiously optimistic post about the negotiations with Iran. Gift link ⤵️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

How I wake up every morning: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTk1Q4aE7/

Claude writes by the rules. Literature creates new ones, expands the current limits. Sure, most people prefer Claude, but then most people also prefer James Patterson to James Baldwin www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

US presidents have refused to attack Iran for generations because: • all oil is denominated in $$ • all countries buy $$ to buy oil • all big economies buy US treasuries as it's the most liquid, because, well, oil • And the United States lives on all that debt www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Just out @propublica.org: How did the Pentagon make the horrible mistake that left more than 150 school children dead? Perhaps because it cancelled an effort to limit such harm in favor of Hegseth’s lust for “lethality.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Since Trump’s tax cuts: “The county’s top 1 percent of households…now have an estimated average annual income of about $35 million, 221 times what the bottom 99 percent is making, according to a Times analysis of tax data.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

“This is the most transparent Department of Justice in history,” said an unidentified spokeswoman. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

“.. Gasoline prices starting to spike in the U.S. … daily average now up to $3.198, which is the highest since September.” - Schwab ⛽️

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

A quote for the ages:

According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

Scenario: The New York State AG teams up with the California AG to sue Paramount. Argument: buying Warner Bros Discovery would combine two competing studios (Par+Warner) and two newsrooms (CBS+CNN), stifling competition and harming consumers: www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

I would like to see Pritzker and Newsom declare a state tax receivership fund whereby citizens pay their federal tax liabilities into a state-run escrow account rather than directly to the IRS. The state can hold these funds in trust for the federal government until Trump obeys the Impoundment Act.

This blind man - a refugee from Burma - was dropped off by Border Patrol at a Tim Horton's in Buffalo, NY. In the middle of February. A mile from a home where he no longer lived. While his relatives were searching for him. Cops found his body 5 days later www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Trump’s DoJ appears to suppress FBI memos outlining sexual assault allegations made by a minor against the president, NYT reports: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Every country here has universal healthcare, except USA and China Olympics medal count

Someone purposely opened a ‘90s-themed deli … I’m done

ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Wow.

‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.

there are newsrooms that hold the line, and then there’s this…

12-year-old Ender wrote that when she felt sick at Dilley, the doctor would only say to drink more water. “The worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here,” she wrote in her letter. By @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Heyyyy the ape's out of the bag! I'm writing a PLANET OF THE APES story for ALIEN, PREDATOR & PLANET OF THE APES #1 CGD 2026, coming on May 2! The great @alanrobinsonr.bsky.social is drawing and it is gonna be AWESOME! comic-watch.com/news/learn-m...

“It’s now clear that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been lying about his relationship with Epstein,” Rep. García posted on X. “Lutnick must resign or be fired. And he must answer our questions.” www.politico.com/live-updates...

There is something broken in my mind, such that whenever I see "Party in the USA" my brain shouts "I was a terra since the public school era" www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrrC...

Three members of Congress and the governor of Hawai'i, a medical doctor who responded to the measles outbreak in Samoa, are calling for RFK Jr's resignation. Emails now reveal he lied under oath about his antivax role in those 83 deaths.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

fired The lack of a Lewis quote in statement is how we know:

“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

TIL John Lennon’s US visa was revoked in 1972 because of his protests against the Vietnam War … more than 50 years ago, yet entirely familiar right now

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Breaking: The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.

Amazon spent $75 million for MELANIA, a hagiomentary that will likely incur $60 million in losses even after a robust box office. Jeff Bezos is willing to lose money on media, just a certain kind of media

This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

This is from Gallup from earlier this month

Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

South Carolina measles outbreak reaches 789 cases, surpassing Texas. The ongoing outbreak is the largest since measles was eliminated in the country 26 years ago. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bari Weiss wants CBS News staff to produce "scoops of ideas and scoops of explanation" Good editorial approach. But that won't fix the structural issues killing TV. Smarter takes won't bump retrans $$ or ratings. It's small-scale thinking to a big-scale problem. h/t @breakermedia.bsky.social