Former Army JAG here. No quarter orders are a violation of the law of war and Geneva conventions. This is the same order reportedly given during the Caribbean boat strikes. Secretary Hegseth is establishing a pattern of issuing illegal orders. (1/2)

Today's newsletter: Hegseth said the quiet part out loud at the Pentagon today. New piece on what his CNN outburst, the Ellison deal, and the Orbán playbook have in common. www.readtpa.com/p/the-patrio...

Beautiful piece by @cultureshockart.bsky.social “I saw messages on quilts that contained quotes from James Baldwin and Fannie Lou Hamer about liberation and justice; others called for the protection and preservation of transgender rights; many questioned the censorship and erasure of culture…”

There's a tendency on the right and in some left circles to look at Talarico as a guy that took whacky woke positions on trans people in 2020. But you talk to people in his church who know him well, this is always who he's been and it all flows from his faith.

New: I spoke to Rev. Babs Miller, a lesbian pastor at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, who has known James Talarico since he was "Jimmy." They told me about how Talarico's church formed his support for queer and trans people from a young age. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Rest in power Breonna Taylor. Today, we mourn six years without her, and six years without justice or accountability.

Trump is profoundly idiotic about a lot of things, but you've got to hand it to him, he's good at brainwashing and subjegation through coercion.

I hope my Republican colleagues will join me in demanding straight answers from Epstein’s estate after the accountant changed his story for a third time about the estate paying off a Trump accuser. My statement.

During the deposition of Epstein accountant Richard Kahn, his attorney claimed that Jane Doe 4, who accused Trump & Epstein of abuse, never received a settlement from the estate. He now says he can no longer confirm or deny this. Statement by Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov & Rep. Ro Khanna

FOX: Four U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon after a mid-air incident with a second aircraft. Four more dead soldiers, all to keep the Epstein files secret. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans

Watching trump defile institutions, fuel wars, empower Russia, trash the climate & shrug off the Epstein shadow is infuriating. Normal resistance feels like sweeping back the ocean's tide. If something catastrophic, like $250 oil, breaks his grip, I'm ready to hurt a little to see his reign end.

At QuiltCon this year, quilting’s radical history took center stage, with dozens of works that commented on censorship and corruption and called for change. indyweek.com/news/culture...

Thank you, @indyweek.bsky.social for publishing this story. Quilters might be (mostly?) old ladies, but we always have had voices. It’s not just performative. Despite ageist and sexist tropes, every voice counts.

Sure sounds like boots are going on the ground.

Gupta: Why is Dr. Casey Means not right for the role of Surgeon General? First, she’s somebody who wraps herself in a white coat — she did a lot of that during her confirmation hearing — but she doesn’t actually practice medicine. In some ways it’s just false valor.

We're in Guatemala testifying in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about the illegality and harm of the Trump administration's strikes on civilian boats at sea. At today's first-of-its-kind hearing, we will urge the Commission to hold the U.S. accountable for these murders.

Hegseth has ordered a review of our senior service colleges to root out classes he claims “help cultivate a radical hate America agenda.” What they call abolishing wokeness is really abolishing independent expertise, inconvenient facts, and any analysis that might push back on their agenda.

From Hopium: - New inflation report comes in hot (again) - Trump's economic plan has clearly failed the nation - Foreign AI propaganda, cyberattacks, a GOP not bound by law - the 2026 electoral battlefield is not going to be like any other we've ever seen 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/inflation-...

Trump's new pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, employed a supervisor at his family plumbing business who illegally stored weapons and ammunition in an office safe in 2009. The employee was previously convicted of felonies, barring him from owning firearms.

“The “no lawyers, no RoE, no worries” approach of the Secretary of Defense creates a public messaging nightmare for the United States armed forces...” zurl.co/CUncK

It is a felony to steal someone’s private Social Security data and give it to a third party without consent. Elon Musk's DOGE did that 350 million times. 350 MILLION FELONIES.

Ballparking here but I would put their combined age at 31 And not for nothing but I would also place several grand on them being among the 51% of Republicans under 50 who (per the latest Pew poll) think the Holocaust was "overstated"

Nero played a fiddle as Rome burned, Donny dances to YMCA.

Inflation was rising even before gas prices began spiking thanks to Trump's Iran war We are paying the price for electing a president who doesn't care about average Americans

On a Thursday in America… joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-i...

On one side of the screen, an oil tanker on fire in the Strait of Hormuz. On the other side of the screen, Donald Trump dancing to the Village People’s song ‘YMCA.’…There are some days when it is hard to maintain our sense of sanity.” www.americaamerica.news/p/our-split-...

Pete Hegseth targeted CNN during the same briefing in which he discussed the deaths of four more Americans in Trump's war, saying: "The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better."

Masked law enforcement officials misused a warrant to launch a militarized raid at a family-oriented event in Wilder, Idaho. We're suing state and federal law enforcement with @acluidaho.bsky.social on behalf of families who were traumatized by this illegal raid.

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - All 6 crew aboard US KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq are dead, US military says.

One reason why we won't see gas prices go down anytime soon? The enemy gets a vote. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump - Making Canada Great Again

Stop calling it the SAVE act and call it the Voter Suppression Act, as Rev said!

Over the past five years, Judea Reform Congregation has helped resettle 13 refugee families from such countries as Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. Volunteers are still caring for them.

President Donald Trump emerged with an extra layer of bronzer as he stepped out for a Women’s History Month event at the White House.

MAGA Rep. Jim Jordan faced an interrogation on CNN over his support for President Donald Trump’s war on Iran from host Kasie Hunt on Thursday night.

"There were no books" is the grand summation of this entire movement

This is so f*ked. Iran controls the world's most critical energy chokepoint, and Russia can now sell their own oil freely AND at a premium. This regime and war is a disaster on all fronts.

Donald Trump hollowed out our diplomacy. He weakened oversight. Now he’s easing sanctions on Russia because he can’t manage the crisis he created. More in my latest essay

i read this as measles and honestly it still makes sense

Another U.S. military evacuation flight from Saudi Arabia arrived in Germany on Thursday, this one carrying about 19 injured service members, including two hurt during a drone attack.

Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker is planning soon to hold the first public oversight hearing of the Iran war with top US Department of Defense officials testifying, CNN has learned. https://cnn.it/4blz3k9

Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States, raising the risk of American defense contractors, power stations and water plants being swept into a wave of digital chaos.

Russian oil made its way to China, India and other countries despite the U.S. imposing sanctions on certain vessels.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent halted a TV interview when he was summoned to the Situation Room by President Donald Trump.

Senate Republicans just BLOCKED the bill @padilla.senate.gov and I called up to reopen FEMA today. Then they demanded we vote to give billions more ICE and CBP, without any reforms. None. 🧵

The GOP former Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives was sentenced for COVID fraud. Trump pardon coming in 3..2..1...

The Trump regime has no plan for the war in Iran. No Plan A. No Plan B. Nothing. They thought they could kill the Iranian leaders and a suitable someone (who they refuse to name) would come forward to take over. Didn't happen. This war will last until Trump gets bored and declares victory