It’s my responsibility to balance the budget and allocate funding in ways that align with residents' priorities. The Board of Police Commissioners doesn’t have to make those tradeoffs. Instead, they can use taxpayer money without having to worry about the broader impacts of those decisions. (1/2)

When Mayor Spencer chose to drop the City of St. Louis’ lawsuit against the state to block state takeover of the police department, she paved the way for the budgetary crisis the city is now facing.

When and where St. Louis may see severe weather Tuesday

There are multiple conflicts of interest on the state-appointed police board, from board members to the lawyers, it is corruption in plain sight. #stl

We are so entirely fucked as a people.

Worst thing American politicians figured out post Vietnam was how to have war without making our civilians feel it, other than in economic aftershocks that keep us desperately focused on getting by. There’s zero sense we are waging war in streets of NYC. They’ve turned war into a distant livestream.

Public opinion is not fixed. And it's the job of a campaign to move people.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay, St. Louis! As we spend today celebrating the achievements of women, we recommit ourselves to fighting for a world where all women are able to thrive. It’s on us to carry on the work of past generations to build a future free from all forms of gender discrimination.

The March 15, 2025, killing of Ruben Ray Martinez drew almost no public attention. But Martinez is now the first known American citizen shot to death by federal immigration agents during President Trump’s second term. https://wapo.st/4lbpGYC

This repeats yet another pattern from the Iraq War. When the Iraqis did not behave as the Americans wanted — without the deference and gratitude that a foreign military occupier felt it was due — they became targets.

If you or someone you know is in the US military & you don't want to be deployed for this endless war drive, there are people & organizations to help you through the conscientious objector process. (Don't ask your CO because they'll lie.) Here's one of the groups that can help for free.

Counterpoint: Limiting how US troops can be used illegally in unconstitutional wars of the president’s own choosing *IS* supporting “the troops.”

The Aurora Tree apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030... The unusual Earth-sky collaboration was witnessed in March of 2017 in Iceland.

Happy International Women's Day. 🏴

I have more in common with any Iranian than with any of the ghouls who have run my country my whole life

btw about that pixar thing, the reason why these people think having a conversation about gay people with kids is difficult is because they don't know a way to say to their kid "gay people are normal but you are not allowed to be one" without sounding like a bigot (there is a reason for that)

Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

Worth remembering

Damn.

I don’t understand why people think “many Iranians hate the regime” is a defense of bombing Iran particularly coming from people who hate Trump and live in DC?

Jess Piper is right: “Contest every seat on every ballot. Run everywhere. No seat uncontested.” jesspiper.substack.com/p/no-seat-un...

We’re told there’s never enough for housing, recovery, or care. Yet there’s always money for bombs. This is what happens when profit is prioritized over people. I’m running to ensure that our tax dollars go towards the care and education that people need at home, not war or genocide overseas.

I’m reminded of this comic almost every time I check LinkedIn

In St. Louis County we have two very flippable seats that need a Democratic candidate. If you're a progressive living in HD101 (Chesterfield area) or or HD89 (Des Peres, Town and Country area) I want to help you win. If you're interested or know someone, let me know.

I give up, Claude is conscious. Ergo AI developers must face imprisonment or execution for performing medical experiments on their living slave.

But surely if they were better trained

Wasn't allowed to be in a room alone with her *again*. The "again" was the most chilling part of that.

Basically all of the bad economic news this term is because the president deliberately decided to do something moronic. He is much more personally responsible for this than most presidents are for the downturns in their administration.

That’s what I’m fuckin’ talking about!

The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.

"Fire hurts," complains arsonist www.texastribune.org/2026/03/06/d...

“Every bombed village is my hometown” James Baldwin

Imagine a Dem President who'd been making public overtures to Russia, then having it revealed Russia was handing intelligence to an enemy to murder US soldiers? FoxNews would have calls for impeachment on blast 24/7 www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Our investor class also fundamentally lack the theory of mind required to go “hmm, but what if the other parties to conflict don’t WANT to let Trump end the war.”

It also assumes that all that needs to happen is Trump stopping bombing runs. Even if that were to happen, it would take months to restore an incredibly fragile peace in the region

Pro blotting-out-the-Sun Americans are underrepresented on the Supreme Court By WaPo Editorial Board

“It’s not a war, you idiots, it’s just an attempt at genocide.”

Let’s be clear: Any Democrat who votes to fund Trump’s illegal war with Iran is voting for Trump’s illegal war.

#stlco anti-war #protest this Saturday (Mar 7) in front of Ronnie’s plaza on S. Lindbergh.

“Young people still have human rights, and that includes the right to access information and to associate with other people and to speak to the world. These laws are designed to diminish those rights,” EFF’s David Greene told @TheIntercept. theintercept.com/2026/03/05/...

On NPR this morning a journalist was guessing that if the war went on into September we might see troops on the ground. I knew then it wouldn't even be three weeks before we sent forces in.

So let me get this straight ... 1. US bombs Iran 2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate 3. Russia gives Iran targeting info 4. Oil price shoots WAY up 5. US unsanctions Russian oil

This is literally the only job USPS has. It's the entire reason it exists. it's why the founders wrote it into the Constitution itself.

Our troops are being targeted by the man who owns President Trump, so Trump would much rather focus on college sports instead.

Four years of shrinking economy is definitely a new age, but the golden color was just piss.

Honestly if you’re sending a robot to run terraform destroy, that damage is on you. Humans can’t even run that thing without disastrous consequences. That’s what you get for running with scissors

Honestly, it makes so many things that didn’t make sense make sense.

"How many people can we kill?" This is what capitalism boils down to.