NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37). With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%. Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.

Anyone want to lay odds that Hegseth sees this as unmanly weakness, orders them to do it, and we lose a ship?

You Got ‘The Look’ from Hillary Clinton? LOVE THIS open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump denies responsibility for the deadly girls school bombing as evidence points to the U.S. The Pentagon underreports wounded troops. Iran threatens Hormuz shipping. Oil markets swing. GOP infighting grows. Lindsey Graham melts down on TV. And more.

NEW: When the FBI subpoenaed documents from a legislative audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Arizona, it opened another front in President Donald Trump’s attack on free and fair elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: Senate GOP leaders are looking to put the SAVE America Act debate behind them next week by scheduling it for a doomed vote — and MAGA is steaming mad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"In his second term, Trump knew exactly what he wanted and who could give it to him. In many cases, that meant not just a weak choice but literally the worst possible choice, the person guaranteed to do maximal harm. In short, we have never seen quite this collection of clowns, cranks, and crooks."

here's the Ted Cruz hit on Newsmax that Chris Murphy was criticizing in real time as he was on MS NOW 😆

WALLACE: Why are we at war with Iran? CHRIS MURPHY: Great question. The simplest explanation might be the one they gave 24 hours in that they've kind of tried to backtrack from since -- that Israel made us do it.

Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

Repost if (with children or without) you spend literally every single fucking minute of every single day thinking about what the world would look like if that tangerine shitgibbon wasn’t president.

Despite Agent Orange claiming the Iran war is “complete,” it appears they’re about to send in ground troops.

Jeffries: "We're in the middle of an affordability crisis. I know Donald Trump denies it exists. In fact, he thinks the most important thing Republicans should focus on right now is voter suppression legislation. That's extraordinary."

Nearly as many as Iranian schoolgirls.

Ed Martin Jr, perhaps as partisan a Trump loyalist as they come, is now under investigation by the DC bar for his threatening, unconstitutional attack on Georgetown last February. I'm going to do a live 1 on 1 on the developement on harrylitman.substack.com w/ @klasfeldreports.com at 4:45 ET.

"When the opinion comes down this summer, expect pages of discussion about 'habitual drunkards,' founding-era drinking customs, and the elusive meaning of 'historical tradition.'"

Mike Johnson blatantly makes stuff up: "We had information that they might well fire on us and it was imminent, and that it would hit our personnel. We could not wait for mass casualties on the American side."

Schumer on the SAVE America Act: "It is not about showing ID when you show up to vote. It's about the voter registration rolls, destroying them, purging them, not letting people know, and taking the rights in an algorithm but together by DOGE and Musk -- it's an outrage"

Q: Senator Britt just told us they have offered to sit down with Democrats-- SCHUMER: It's a lot of bull

NEW: DOJ sued Washington State for access to the state's unreacted voter data. However, it failed to file proof that it served the complaint. So now the federal judge has asked DOJ to show cause as to why this case should not be dismissed. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)

if i was Benny Johnson i would simply not bring up who is or isn't paying me to push agendas

A legal oversight organization has accused Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s pardon attorney, of ethics violations for sending threatening letters to Georgetown University’s law school last year while serving as the acting U.S. attorney in the district. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We're doing it live! @timmiller.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and I are live right now recording The Next Level @thebulwark.com. Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Ag...

Everything Trump Touches Dies: Oil Edition Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/everything...

Phenomenal. KUDOS.

Very good result for my partners at @whistleblower.law . Incentive compensation cases are quite tough to win, and this was against a recruiter getting paid by the body to get U.S. students to British schools. Kudos!

microphones, how do they work?

CNBC is talking about "animal spirits" boosting the stock market

Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."

Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran."

"To TACO or not to TACO, that is Donald Trump’s question. I think we know how it’s likely to be resolved." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @markhertling.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/tacos-with...

Schumer: "Iran doesn't have Tomahawk missiles, Donald Trump! The claim is beyond asinine. He says whatever pops into his head no matter what the truth is. And we all know he lies, but on something as formidable as this, it's appalling."

Coons: "Right now, the clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia. It's stunning that President Trump is on the phone with Vladimir Putin and spending more time consulting with him than he is with Congress and the American people."

Sen. Chris Coons: "I'm gravely concerned that the administration is preparing for a very risky special operation to try to send American and Israeli troops into some of Iran's heavily fortified and protected nuclear enrichment sites."

From education to creativity to social interaction, techbros keep inventing tech to skip things they find hard or dull, and are genuinely confused we don’t crave the same liberation they do.

For the tech world, education *is* a chore, you want to get the bare minimum as fast as possible before jumping in and making big bank at a start up, or as an entrepreneur yourself. Everything in the path of wealth or power or validation *through* these things must be discarded.

"Comically unqualified, intensely partisan, & unflaggingly devoted to whatever ridiculous thing bubbled out of Trump’s mouth 5 minutes ago, as the next DHS secretary, Mullin will fit right in what will undoubtedly be regarded as the worst presidential cabinet in history." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

But the one thing it does do well is code *touches earpiece* I’m getting an update …

🚨BREAKING: Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding President Donald Trump’s administration unveil their plans, if any, for deploying federal officers or troops on election day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I talked to NPR Morning Edition today about what I'm hearing from Trump voters about the war in Iran and why I'm not so sure if Trump cares what Americans think of him anymore. www.npr.org/2026/03/10/n...

Rand Paul: "I think we've gotten overextended. This is our second war in a month, and these wars are very very expensive not only in the lives that are lost, but also in treasure. I'm very very concerned about the debt. Half a trillion dollars for the military budget is fiscally irresponsible."

Rand Paul: "The 2026 elections, already we are behind the 8 ball. If you add in high gas prices, high oil prices, and if we're still bombing Iran with kinetic action -- people don't want to call it war -- I think you're gonna see a disastrous election."

Good morning! Another beautiful day under the Affordability President™

Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

Trump is not the unfortunate victim of job “losses”; he is destroying jobs, especially manufacturing jobs. And in savaging medical and scientific grants and going to war with universities, Trump is further undercutting one of America’s greatest sources of long-term growth and productivity

Really, did we “lose” jobs, as in “misplace” them, like car keys or reading glasses? And for whom was this unexpected? Let’s get real. The jobs were not “lost,” and it is not as much of a shocker as legacy outlets made it out to be. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Rep. Bresnahan April 2025: I meet with my financial advisor. We talk about, you know, what different positions are coming up. June 2025: The trades that are being executed on my behalf, I do not have any dialogues with my financial advisors.