I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

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"The Secretary of Defense is a disgraced major that was kicked out of the DC National Guard."

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

Protesters donned a variety of costumes for the flagship "No Kings" rally Saturday, March 28, in St. Paul. Video: Amanda Anderson/The Minnesota Star Tribune.

#NoKings ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

Milton, VT showed up in 19 degree weather too! #NoKingsMiltonVT #NoKings

#NoKings in DC.

Minnesota State Patrol officials estimate more than 50,000 people have arrived at the Capitol for the #NoKings rally. 📷️: Kyeland Jackson

#nokings Dover NH

We have friends everywhere. #NoKings

Scenes from today’s “No Kings” anti-Trump rally in Sydney, Australia

House GOP blowing up the Senate's TSA funding solution isn't going over well.

On the 250th year anniversary of our Declaration of Independence against a king, we have a president who wants his signature on our currency & his name stamped on our institutions. We didn't trade one crown for another. Join the No Kings marches this weekend.

We need world-historic numbers tomorrow. To defend our democracy, protect our neighbors, and make it crystal clear that Americans will never do kings, we must be louder than ever. Find your local protest and help us make No Kings Day an inescapable roar of nonviolent defiance. 👇

Saudi Arabia urging US to keep up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms

A war of regression: how Trump bombed the US into a worse position with Iran

"“These new disclosures suggest that Donald Trump stole documents so sensitive that only six people in the entire U.S. government had access to them, that the documents President Trump stole pertained to his business interests..." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Democrats have offered to pay the salaries — fully fund, no conditions — for TSA. It’s Republicans who keep blocking that.

you're actually supposed to kiss your girlfriend. it's one of the top girlfriend activities.

Nothing screams “we’re just winging it” like having to buy oil from Iran while in the middle of a war with Iran.

The Trump administration kills children abroad while being ‘pro-life’ at home | Arwa Mahdawi

I believe Tulsi Gabbard was caught in a lie today. WARNER: “Do you have the answer to why the president was knowing about this affidavit before it was even served?” GABBARD: “I’m not aware that the president knew...” WARNER: “Then why was he sending you to Fulton County?”

Bessent: "We unsanctioned Russian oil ... in the coming days, we may unsanction the Iranian oil that's on the water"

"Since you don't have the numbers ... " -- Himes makes Kash Patel squirm over questions about how many non-citizens are under investigation for voter fraud (the number is obviously very very few if any)

CROW: So we're less certain of the positions of Iranian leadership and their intentions than we were 60 days ago, correct? GABBARD: That's an accurate assessment

We are now approaching debacle territory. Maybe we could give Iran weapons in return for its oil?

HOULAHAN: I'm asking whether those FBI agents were fired bc they were involved in the investigation of document handling by Trump, not for behavior PATEL: I can't comment bc there's pending litigation H: I'm worried we're taking qualified people & picking fights instead of keeping ourselves safe

When 3.5% of a population actively participates in sustained, peaceful protest, it can topple authoritarian regimes — like the one currently in the Oval Office. We need 12 million people to show up on March 28 to get to 3.5%. Will you be one of them? Find out how at nokings.org

wow! Rand Paul begins Markwayne Mullin's hearing by confronting him about comments he made describing Paul as a "freakin' snake" & "celebrating" Paul getting assaulted "I wonder if someone who applauds political violence is right to lead an agency that has struggled to accept proper use of force"

🔥🔥 RAND PAUL confronts Trump DHS pick Markwayne Mullin at hearing: "I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin

There's just no pretense whatsoever about being loyal to or even understanding the constitutional order of this country. Trump thinks this country should be run like a mafia state and he's equal parts angry and confused when it's not.

“The court knew how badly I wanted this” is insane

To be clear: the SAVE Act does not simply require the identification voting ALREADY requires. It demands proof of CITIZENSHIP— a birth certificate with a name that matches yours now (bye, bye, married women), or a passport— both of which are expensive and take a long time to obtain.

Schiff: "We are now giving Russia $140 million a day by releasing them from these sanctions when Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops. It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine."

Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

No Kings Day is two weeks away and we’ve already surpassed the total number of events from October’s historic protests. Join us in the streets again on March 28 for the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

[Staring in Minneapolis] 👀

Hello from Minnesota

Sen. Kim: "The people I talk are thinking about their grocery prices, housing prices. They're not thinking about how much money American corporations are going to make off of higher oil prices, because that's just gonna raise all of our prices at home. That's where the president is just so detached"

And so the American experiment with democracy is transformed from Lincoln's "the last best hope of earth...The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless..." ...becomes "We are really good at killing people." Tech brain.

Gillibrand: "How they missed this was a girls' school is very concerning to me. If Sec. Hegseth did not cut the funding for this area of review by 90%, if he did not continually try to undermine the rules & procedures our service members & generals take - I think he should resign bc of this failure"

Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could “bomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.

We're spending $1 billion per day on war as millions of working people struggle to get by. Meanwhile, America's ultra-rich have never been richer.

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."