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🌿Heading to Happy Hour downtown🍀 ... but it is St. Patrick's day: Why stop at just one hour?🍃💨

"Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Tuesday... United States government... reinstated his visa... canceled in September 2025, until the end of his term... August 7" "After that, I really don't need a visa" "hopes his name will be removed 'from the list,'... of being a “drug kingpin.”

"usually you would check to see if the country you’re about to bomb has operational control of any strategic passages" "some of us anticipated...a global pandemic was not the only possible shock to a risky supply chain system" Trump= a good case study against evolution prospect.org/2026/03/17/g...

"if we don’t claw our way to a healthier, more representative, & more flexible multiparty system... we will stay stuck in the two-party downward spiral that is ruining social & political life" "first 125 years... America had a vibrant & fluid multi-party system" democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...

"If the Supreme Court would just start treating Trump as the real person he is instead of the fake person it wishes he were, it might also encourage other institutions that Trump has cowed to do the same." "None of this is regular, and none of it is okay." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

A vile contemptible liar of low moral character "Trump made the initial claim multiple times... on Monday." “I’ve spoken to a certain president — who I like, actually,' Trump claimed the first time. 'A past president, former president, he said: ‘I wish I did it'" www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...

A high-profile, globally witnessed Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) event could significantly alter perspective on ongoing global conflicts (might not immediately halt them). 6-planet alignment February 28 Potential for UAPs to disable nuclear weaponry? Unity against a new "Other?" #UAP

An Eagle scout

When you do what you want, not what you wish...' said the first raven. 'When you no longer seek your reflection in others' eyes...' said the second. 'When you see yourselves face to face...' said the third. 'Then,' the ravens intoned in unison, 'you will have found what you truly seek. -Adam Gidwitz

"Does any Republican have the same presence as Trump? Donald Trump can command a legion of mouth breathers. The ayatollah wishes he had that" "trying to invent villains... sometimes... villain is a 37-year-old white mom... in...Honda Pilot w/ plushy toys in...glove compartment" tinyurl.com/3xvrb62s

Relying on a lack of evidence to "prove" the opposite is a logical fallacy known as an argument from ignorance. If you would expect to see evidence of something if it were true (e.g., a muddy dog running through a spotless house), the absence of that evidence is a form of evidence for its absence.

As of March 2026, men aged 18–25 must register for the Selective Service, with failure carrying penalties like fines up to $250,000, 5 years imprisonment, and loss of student aid or federal employment. Automatic registration using government data is now active, making manual evasion difficult.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran continues to operate as normal, despite the war, because of the diligent efforts of 'colleagues in the government' to maintain services. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/7luaew

Diane at the top of my list -- introduced to her during my photojournalism degree studies. I read Patricia Bosworth's biography Diane Arbus twice. She was married to Allan Arbus, psychiatrist on TV's MASH. "A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.”― Diane Arbus

More dangerous than Schumer "Schatz’s... provision... to kill legislation that would have regulated powerful tech platforms... siding w/ private equity creates the impression...is building a case to moneyed interests...have a friend w/ him as Senate Democratic leader" prospect.org/2026/03/13/b...

In downtown Lexington, KY, scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ 1 p.m. Parade runs down Main Street from Midland Avenue to Mill Street. The associated festival starts earlier with the "Blessing of the Keg" at 10:45 a.m. at Henry A. Tandy Centennial Park. lexingtonstpatsparade.org/parade/

"Grenell is expected to stay on as an unpaid consultant. He is also President Donald Trump's envoy for special missions. Grenell was named president of the arts center in February 2025 as part of Trump’s leadership overhaul at the institution."

Reports say Iran created a "kill box" in the narrow waterway, using combination of drones, missiles, & remaining fast-attack boats to threaten shipping & deter US intervention. This is why US Navy can't sweep mines now. Reports indicate Iran's significant small-boat fleet to lay hundreds of mines.

"Press freedom advocates said the memo shifts authority over content decisions in a way that risks undermining the newsroom’s independence. 'This clearly shows that the Pentagon is trying to increase its influence over content decisions at Stars and Stripes..That’s a threat to the First Amendment'"

I just had to pull out of a book festival where Jenna Bush Hagar (not even an author!!!) is the headliner and it is a sign of American moral bankruptcy that she was allowed to carry the Bush name not just onto TV but into being one of the biggest book influencers in the country

BREAKING: The U.S. military is sending roughly 2,500 Marines and at least one extra warship to the Middle East, an AP source says.

"a breathtaking lack of foresight" “it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Henry Kissinger "US is not just threatening neighbors but also rapidly using up munitions that allies might need in a crisis." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

"The crushing oil shocks of the 1970s proved beyond any question the security risk of oil." "one silver lining in... Trump’s war on Iran... the most purely deranged action by an American president in history... it will likely speed up the renewable-energy transition." prospect.org/2026/03/13/i...

"second battle is over Trump's response. After the Supreme Court ruling...immediately imposed new 10 percent tariffs under Section 122 of...Trade Act of 1974...plans to raise them to 15 percent. States & companies... challenging... new tariff regime as...an illegal end-run around...court's decision"

🐍Snake in the grass Andy Barr A TikTok video of a Woodford County teacher expressing her political views has prompted Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr to ask the Secret Service to investigate what he called a threat against President Trump and Republicans." www.wtvq.com/kentucky-rep...

🚨 S. Burlington, VT, a chaotic confrontation happened late Wednesday. Federal and state authorities wrestled protesters to the ground as a crowd 200+ people sought to prevent ICE officers from detaining a suspect they believed was hiding inside a house. #ProudBlue 📹: Boston Globe/Paul Heintz

Donald Trump says he’s bombing Iran to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapons. But he may be providing with Tehran more incentive to sprint toward nuclear bomb development. David Corn spoke to Joe Cirincione, a veteran nuclear policy expert, about Iran's growing uranium stockpile.

Trump diminishing counterterrorism capabilities" “For the regime, revenge... always been a dish best served cold” "an exodus of expertise on terrorism from the U.S" "Iran...among world’s...sponsors of terrorism...conducted numerous covert operations on American soil" prospect.org/2026/03/12/p...

"More countries ready to conduct... diplomacy-by-force...create... complex & dangerous status quo under... US 'nuclear umbrella'” "normalizing & embedding nuclear weapons as a basis for global politics...United States conducting preemptive attacks w/ no... justification" jacobin.com/2026/03/iran...

"puerile, callous attitude of... administration to... conflict." "Lynyrd Skynyrd...'Free Bird' playing" "Iranians are portrayed as angry cartoon bowling pins, marching across a desert brandishing Kalashnikovs & a placard... 'We won’t stop making nuclear weapons!'" www.alternet.org/trump-iran-2...

In South Burlington, Vermont, protesters are being tear-gassed by ICE and local police as they attempt to prevent a kidnapping.

Pentagon spent more than $11.3 billion in the first 6 days of the war against Iran, much more than previously estimated - AP/NYT

"NPPA finds it stunning that one of the nation’s highest officials is more concerned with his personal vanity than with complete and accurate reporting of briefings during a war against Iran in which Americans have lost their lives."

Trump is helping Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, son of a top supporter, gain control of CNN. That’s an attack on the First Amendment — just like if Biden had steered the sale of Fox News to a donor. Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain and subscribe: freedom.press/newsletters

Russia, Russia, Russia Trump’s war is also in some respects aiding Russia. Moscow will rake in higher oil and gas revenues to support its war effort. Trump has also given India, one of Russia’s largest customers, a temporary waiver to continue importing its crude." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

"Titled KING OF THE WORLD, the 12-foot tall statue depicts the US president embracing Epstein... iconic pose of Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet in...1997 film Titanic" "placed across the US Capitol building... 3rd Street West between Madison Drive & Jefferson Drive" www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

🐍Snake-in the-grass Rep. Andy Barr, running to replace U.S. Sen. McConnell, has 3 buses full of his supporters in Hebron, KY outside Cincinnati. Barr giving up congressional seat once historically Democratic: district I wrote about in novel Bombastic Gadflies www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...

"to... oil market, he has turned out to be even worse than the Republican caricature of Biden" "Biden turned into maybe...biggest commodity trader in history" "Biden’s big trade...a shock absorber...entire oil system" Trump/Repubs learn nothing from Biden's innovation prospect.org/2026/03/11/i...

"You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s. He’s more particular.... The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother’s always a Democrat." -Robert Frost Counting calories is not the answer, because eating is not the problem.

If we can afford $1-3 BILLION a day fighting an unnecessary war of choice in the Middle East, we can afford to make college affordable for all Americans. SAVE plan for student loan borrowers is over: Federal appeals court www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/s...

"the board argues that the federal Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not allow the DOJ unfettered access to data on millions of Kentuckians who are registered to vote. It also says the board attempted to cooperate with the DOJ by providing a redacted list to avoid privacy violations."

"portrait, painted around 1598 & attributed to Caravaggio in 1963, depicts Maffeo Barberini, a nobleman who later became Pope Urban VIII" "painting was a turning point in Caravaggio’s modern rediscovery and its purchase has helped strengthen the presence of his works in Italian public collections"