Love thy neighbor. Congratulations class of 2026!

Trump is poised to effectively steal $1.7 BILLION in taxpayer funds to pay off January 6ers and other political allies, without any oversight by Congress and despite the fact that the people who’ll be handed cash straight from our paychecks don’t have viable legal claims.

One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States. Here's the National Archives making this point:

Honored to meet the crew of Artemis II and hear about their mission to the moon. It was especially exciting to speak with Reid Wiseman. Proud to see a Maryland native leading this era of space exploration.

SIGN YOUR SUPPORT for the Reinstatement of the National Science Board at this link: zurl.co/UPf5g 1/3

Pete Buttigieg took a brief leave when his son was in the ICU and Republicans still attack him for it to this day. But Duffy goes on an extended vacation to shoot a reality show while there are all sorts of pressing problems with air travel and Fox News thinks it's awesome. Beyond parody.

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” ~President John F. Kennedy, 1961. Image: Bettmann via Getty Images.

A bold investment in the future of AI and computing. Thanks to a $125M gift from alumnus Taner Halıcıoğlu ’96, UC San Diego launches the Halıcıoğlu School of Data Science and Computing. 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tLJsxh

‘STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE’ is currently trending at #9 on Disney+ U.S. Almost 2 years after its release.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

This is what happens when we come together. When we dare together. When we build together. When we believe together. We rise. We reach. We surpass limitations.

"What we have learned is that local resistance works when it is persistent, scrappy, and deeply informed. This... fight has been built on facts, records, legal pressure, public health evidence, and relentless visibility..." blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/rachel-mad...

The crew of Artemis II suggested that a lunar crater be named after their commander’s late wife. It was the most beautiful moment of an historic mission, @rossandersen.bsky.social writes:

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

We need more American leaders to speak with this moral clarity, not violent and dangerous threats.

When Tom says this, believe it

“Well, Grant, we’ve had the devil’s own day.” “Yes. Lick ‘em tomorrow, though.” ~Exchange between Generals William T. Sherman & Ulysses S. Grant on evening of 4/6/1862 (164 years ago tonight) after battle of Shiloh’s first day. The Union won the battle the next day. Images: Library of Congress.

“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV

“They were going to come. It was going to be a big thing. We were going to go to the beach right after. All those plans had to go out the window because they said ICE would be here."

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

The brave men and women who serve our nation deserve to be led by people who know what they are doing.

There’s no better day than NO KINGS to reflect on the words of General Mark Milley “We don’t take an oath to a King”…

"Mr. Buria [Hegseth's chief of staff] told Mr. Driscoll [Secretary of the Army] that President Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, the officials said." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies! Incredible! Truly shocking! It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶 This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪 Science: 2,978,547 🧠🪱: -785

I do not despair of this country…….The fiat of the Almighty, “Let there be Light,” has not yet spent its force. -Frederick Douglass

We as Americans cannot fathom how profoundly destabilizing Trump’s insane Greenland saber-rattling was to European allies. It was a rupture that will never be fully repaired — and yet America has already forgotten it.

A journalist was threatened to change a story about a bombing in Israel over a $900k bet on Polymarket. And that's not the worst part. Today's video short! youtube.com/shorts/3x-b1...

🚨 Washington Co., Md., told residents it had no power over the ICE warehouse. The day after commissioners unanimously endorsed ICE, the county administrator wrote to Kristi Noem asking for $381 million — and invited Trump to visit. She knew the sewer system would fail. She told DHS, not residents.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

NYT suggests that Sen Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Trump's new pick to head DHS, grew fantastically rich with stock trades placed on insider information, and they produce the receipts.

“legally evacuated to the U.S. after the fall of Kabul”

Q: “So, hundreds of millions of dollars in grants were terminated from the NEH. The deficit didn’t change much. And you were paid $150,000 to do that job of reducing the deficit. Do you feel like the $150,000 paid to you was wasteful spending?” A: *Laughs, frowns….long pause*

Following up on this. NYT reporting yesterday that the Trump administration is now spending millions of taxpayer dollars maintaining tankers they have seized because courts are raising these same questions: namely, you can't sell something you don't have title to.

Trump insulted, patronized and tariffed American allies. Now he wants their help. How should they respond?

Who coulda predicted?

Good thing everyone involved is only in a position of power because of merit

It would be nice if we had a Secretary of Defense who knew what he was doing and not one that just regurgitates quotes from action movies

STEWART: “So just to be clear - Trump is on the brink of war with Iran to either obliterate the nuclear program he previously ‘obliterated’, or to force them into signing a deal like the one HE PULLED OUT OF — it’s all in Chapter 9 of Art of the Deal: Eating Your Own Asshole.”

The Supreme Court's remarkable ruling against tariffs is another sign that Trumpist nationalism is in crisis. Tariffs and deportations are key pillars of Trumpism. Both are major fiascos. Both have caused his approval to crater. Trumpism is failing. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2068...

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

Bush 41 declared David Duke to be not a republican and practically endorsed the Democrat running against him. A year later voters turned out bush because Ross Perot was funny. 🤷‍♂️

What an inspiration to be able to meet with the monks on their walk for peace.

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...

Sen. Coons to Howard Lutnick: “You said casually, ‘Well, I looked at my name and how it appeared in them, as does everyone.’ No, everyone isn't worried about their names being in the Epstein files.”

A huge Australian study of tweens and teens finds best mental health among moderate social media users — not total abstainers reason.com/2026/02/09/a...