This sucks

Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

Just…

Laura Dern is set to play Miami Herald reporter @jkbjournalist.bsky.social in a new limited series about the Epstein investigation based on Julie’s book.

This is so good. Can we do this in LA? Please?

Average immigration detention deaths per month from FY 2010 to FY 2024: 0.69 Average immigration detention deaths per month in FY 2025: 1.75 Average immigration detention deaths per month so far in FY 2026: 4.6 www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g...

Meanwhile, I’m beginning to wonder if Democrats actually want to win the election for governor. www.latimes.com/california/s...

“The Phoenix Police Department will not discipline any officers for their roles in a massive city scandal where officials invented a fake gang and then falsely charged protesters as members back in 2020”

Insanity… And this man could be the next governor of California. “Bianco said his investigators are looking into allegations by a local citizens group that ‘did their own audit’ and found that the county’s tally was falsely inflated by more than 45,000 votes.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

A new survey suggests around 2 million Americans have lost health insurance after Congress let the subsidies expire.

I mean, kinda sums it up.

“Before this article was published, upon learning of the reporters’ inquiries, the U.F.W. canceled its annual celebrations honoring Mr. Chavez, a response to what the union he once led called ‘profoundly shocking’ accusations.” Understandable. This is truly terrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed charges against prediction market company Kalshi. "Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction ⁠market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation." www.reuters.com/world/kalshi...

Or… Maybe just don’t start a war. “Oil has begun flowing through a pipeline near Santa Barbara, Calif., for the first time in more than a decade after the Trump administration ordered offshore production to resume there despite strong objections from California.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

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."

Of course he has… “Trump has resisted suggestions that Iran — a country with 92 million people, nearly 3 times the size of Venezuela’s population, and a government run by clerics and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — differs in every respect from Venezuela.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

I mean, sure. “Aaron Spencer, who faces a second-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of a man accused of sexually assaulting Mr. Spencer’s daughter, appears to have won the Republican primary for Lonoke County sheriff” in Arkansas. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay

This is quite the comparison.

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Tillis: You decided to kill that dog because you had not invested the appropriate time in training it, and then you have the audacity to say it’s a leadership lesson. You killed a goat and said it was behaving badly. You’re a farmer — you don’t castrate a goat, they behave badly.

And this is, what, day three?!

Well, THIS confirms all the terrible things Americans think about tech companies. “OpenAI said on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the Pentagon to provide its artificial intelligence technologies for classified systems” after rival Anthropic objected. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...

This is just ridiculous. “A preliminary internal report on the incident said Customs and Border Protection had not notified the Defense Department it was launching a drone in that area, so to the military, it was an unknown drone.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

Talk about the flipside of national politics...

Sigh... "Black men 50 years old and below were more likely to show apathy toward President Donald Trump’s policies and less likely to say they were personally hurt by them, compared with other age and gender groups within the critical voting bloc." www.politico.com/live-updates...

This guy talking about how corruption "shreds the fabric of our nation," gtfo

Did he say tariffs will replace income taxes???

Wow... It only took like 20 whole minutes before Trump mentioned Los Angeles.

About damn time. “Leaders of the CA Democratic Party are openly expressing fear that their crowded field of candidates running for governor may…open the door to a surprise GOP victory,” so “Democrats lagging at the bottom of the pack are being urged to drop out.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

"Fools and lapdogs." "I want to be a good boy." "I can destroy the country... I can do anything I want, but I can't charge $1." Quotes from a speech from an American president. Oof.

So actual proof of alien life could truly be the ultimate distraction from whatever chaos Trump is causing at the moment — and I’ve gotta admit that I’m kind of here for this one. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

One of the great problem with journalism prizes is that they are mostly awarded based on the year a piece is published and not once their true power has been recognized. But if ever there were a case for a special award...it should go to Julie.

What a life he had! Rest In Power. ✊🏾 Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision... www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

Also important: “Wasserman plans to stay in his position leading the LA28 Olympic committee, which has stood by him. In a recent statement, LA28 noted that the racy emails with Maxwell were sent…two decades ‘before Mr. Wasserman or the public knew of Epstein.’” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Whoa! “Casey Wasserman said he is putting his talent and marketing agency up for sale, citing past personal mistakes that have had an effect on the company.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

This won’t go well. “ICE plans to buy and convert 16 buildings across the country to serve as regional processing centers, each holding 1,000 to 1,500 immigrant detainees... Another eight large-scale detention centers will hold 7,000 to 10,000 detainees.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This has gotten a bit overshadowed by today’s crazy news cycle, but this is important. “This civil rights investigation sets a precedent for all survivors of future climate-driven disasters, not just in L.A. County and California, but across the country.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

This story continues to blow my mind. “You cannot restrict airspace over a major city without coordinating with the city, the airport, the hospitals, the community leadership.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.

"The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks." Also: "The deployments have cost more than $496 million." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist. Cool. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting.”

Can our national politics be more like this please?

Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property

UPDATE: The Park Service returned the brochures to the home, hours after this report. Park Service officials told Mississippi Today that the reason they removed the brochures was because they were “outdated” mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/v...