tis the gd season

JFC. Impeach and remove this lawless man, you fools.

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

For the life of me I cannot understand why Ds are trying to out-Republican Rs on taxes **in this particular moment in time** That's the sort of thing when you're getting blown out and desperate, not when you're looking at a D+13 or more midterm wave

Half of Stratton's votes already being banked here is interesting.

California's experiment in trying to build a Nordic-style safety net on a Norquist-style tax system is not working and I don't think it's responsible for gubernatorial candidates to call for taking it to the next level

this both feels right and *is* right. every additional logistical impediment—physical place, distance from home, time-consuming, etc.—drives down the overall societal risk.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Been wfh with a cold since Tuesday and wanted to both get out of the house and clear my head, so hello lunch special at the Nepalese restaurant.

I know I'm the millionth person to say it, but the wind in Chicago today is absolutely crazy.

We have a Congress who for all intents and purposes have given all of their power to the president on foreign policy. Would be great if they would actually do their jobs and be a co-equal branch of government.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it. theonion.com/deadwood-now...

Chicago wind gauge

"iran would never do something that also causes them pain" is such a fascinating glimpse into these guys theory of mind, particularly given we just blew up the supreme leader's mom, dad, sister, and at least 1 kid

the stink of gender resentment coming off Silicon Valley has been obvious for a while. these men hate women because they hate being told no.

WIRED named the DOGE operative accused here of planning to take Social Security data to his new job. It's John Solly, and he works for the government contractor Leidos, a company that has millions in contracts with SSA. read more here:

So Trump is gambling the full faith and credit of the US government on oil futures in order to push down gas prices that have been ruinously inflated by his illegal and futile war?

"Who's the fucking superpower here?"

#BREAKING Federal prosecutors in Chicago drop charges against Catherine Sharp and Joselyn Walsh, two of the so-called "Broadview Six" ICE protesters who were indicted for conspiracy.

The Trump administration could really restore confidence by getting the entire Cabinet to ride a tanker through the Straits of Hormuz to show everyone how safe and easy it is now. They could bring along a lot of MAGA influencers and Fox News hosts to broadcast it all live!

I spoke with @NPR about the U.S. strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed at least 165 civilians: "At every level, civilian protection has been deprioritized . . . A modern army has to fight according to the law, and the law requires that you protect civilians." www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

He's bemoaning the end of something which has been explicitly prohibited by our Constitution for more than two centuries.

Wow an illegal war of choice that hasn’t accomplished anything of strategic value and nowhere near an actual solution is getting near universal criticism from the opposition party????? Shock!

There appears to be a fire at Temple Israel. There are reports that the shooter rammed their car into the building.

It’s so funny that FIFA gave Trump a Peace Prize and a few months later he threatened to kill a national team that qualified for the World Cup.

Imagine running a business based on selling a commodity you possess none of

Truly amazing we had the nuke problem solved and the Iranian government was in all likelihood going to run itself into the ground anyways and managed to undue one and make the other worse

This is what plays in my head every time I see there's a "Gale Warning."

All of this is still within easy striking distance of Iranian missiles and drones, of course.

Trump has tremendous difficulty with principled people (even if as with the Iranian regime, the principles are bad). He assumes everyone is a transactional fraud like him. Works well with rich Americans and poorly with idealists of any stripe

Love too add another mess for the next Democratic administration to clean up, another debt racked up by the party of financial responsibly to be paid at the cost of having the government do good things for people.

Welp. So much for global oil prices and any hope of geopolitical stability.

me and the other scheming viziers are wearing shoes gifted to us by the king that are way too big. we look ridiculous. the whole court is laughing at us behind our backs. honestly this is a pretty low point for us, the scheming viziers

I know JJ McCarthy had a rough 1st year as a starter, but is Kyler actually an upgrade at this point? Is this just a competition acquisition?

The Seminary Co-op is hosting a Q&A and book signing with Shannon Chakraborty in May, which feels like an absolutely wild and randomly huge get for them. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...

Playing CFB26 while on my WFH lunchbreak and have now scored 49 points against Eastern Michigan after running only 7 plays on offense. Every drive has been a one-play TD. I want to see how long I can keep this going.

Fascism isn’t free either, apparently.

83 points is one game is fucking bananas.

given the range of the missiles and the fact all our adversaries have threat missiles, why this would be a thing the US should give a fuck about is a mystery, until you remember who funds FDD/etc Ruthless FARA enforcement against the gulfies and Israel, and US ME policy becomes a lot more sane

This is a hell of a March thunderstorm we're getting in Chicago.

The US Navy correctly understands that there is zero political will or operational reason to risk casualties in this campaign, which raises the question of why we're doing it in the first place.

Incredible radar presentation on this Kankakee County tornado, textbook's textbook #ilwx

Jesus!

My top five straits: Gibraltar Malacca Magellan Bab-el-Mandeb Bosporus

…huh

We must never lose sight of how absolutely fucking hallucinatorily batshit this is. The other guy says when you surrender now? That means *you* are the one suing for peace

It’s just hitting me now that this almost certainly got back burnered because it’s not ‘lethality’

“Whether killing children or saving them, America bad”

It really does boggle the mind that Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth just...didn't plan around this at all?