“Yesterday, Virginians approved a congressional redistricting referendum by three percentage points. Today, a Republican-appointed judge blocked the results from being certified.” open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

“It's not just that these people were ignorant of global health and international development, they just did not know how the government works…So when they would encounter obstacles, they would spin around in a circle and have no idea who to talk to and where to go.” link.wired.com/view/6367857...

Donald Trump’s FCC chair Brendan Carr is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Status has learned, where he will mingle with journalists and news executives at an event ostensibly about celebrating the First Amendment. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...

Josef Palermo spent 10 months working at the Kennedy Center because he wanted to help protect it. He reports from inside the "hostile political takeover" of the nation’s cultural center: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Today is Tax Day. This year, nearly every American will pay more in taxes — except for billionaires. For 50 years, billionaires have bought politicians to rewrite the tax code in their favor. Here’s how:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

The Trump admin is quietly trying to build medical dossiers on all federal employees. Their prescriptions. Therapy appointments. Abortion records. For millions of people (and their families). They won’t say how they’ll use it. But I can venture a guess. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant makes low-key visit to Paris Hatters in San Antonio www.mysanantonio.com/entertainmen...

Today is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. "The day honors and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, which has been called "the worst violation of human rights in history",...

The most important part of the interview: ““It has really, really made me take stock of my life. This made me stop and think about: Have I done what I wanted to do, and have I made people happy? Have I been a good friend? people.com/barry-manilo...

REPUBLICAN SEN. KENNEDY: “Trump said no deal with the Democrats. We could’ve had TSA paid by the end of the week.”🤔 Again: the long airport lines are because Trump wants to cling to power (and keep protecting powerful pedophiles)

Excellent piece by Sig Christenson @saddamscribe.bsky.social eedition.expressnews.com/infinity/art...

So good!!! youtu.be/92hhQ24IegI

Exactly the kind of reporting Americans need and want! Thank you! Congratulations to you and Meidas! open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

1/In Fulton County, GA, DOJ wants to keep the FBI agent who signed the affidavit that persuaded a federal magistrate judge the government had probable cause to seize Fulton County’s ballots & other election records off the witness stand. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

(1/5) ⚖️ ON MONDAY: The GOP is asking SCOTUS to strike down mail-in ballot grace periods. If the Court agrees, millions of Americans in ~31 states and D.C. could be disenfranchised ahead of the 2026 midterms, disproportionately affecting Democratic voters. Here’s what Republicans are arguing👇

“Terrifying and terrific piece. “A single standard deviation increase in domestic food prices raises the odds of civil unrest by 75 percent.” substack.com/@chrisarmita...

Cannot wait to work with @taygoldenstein.bsky.social at @texastribune.org - watch this space!

As always, excellent shows, stories, and news coverage today on TPR. If you’re budgeting and cutting streaming expenses, please begin or increase your donation to @texaspublicradio.bsky.social!

Please read this important piece by @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Even the conservative Wall Street Journal understands the havoc wealth inequality is wreaking on our economy and society. It’s far past time to unrig the system. https://www.wsj.com/finance/billionaires-low-taxes-are-becoming-a-problem-for-the-economy-27a560ca

“Nothing like casual threats to free speech on a Saturday morning in America. Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, saw Donald Trump’s Truth Social post and hurried to salute.”@joycevance open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

There is absolutely no bottom. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)

Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

To the "I didn't vote for this" folks. You voted for a convicted felon. A twice-impeached president. A man found liable for sexual abuse, who tried to overthrow an election. And now gas prices are surging, we're at war, and soldiers are coming home in coffins. This is what you voted for. All of it.

Tbh, Cornyn's desperate and shameless willingness to bow and scrape for Trump's support makes me want to root for Paxton. If I can paraphrase Lincoln: Why not prefer a candidate who makes no pretense of loving liberty, without the base alloy of hypocrisy? nypost.com/2026/03/11/o...

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Congratulations, Jamie and @usatoday.com ! USA Today Names Jamie Stockwell as Next Top Editor www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/b...

Top National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/a...

Collecting your money illegally was so much easier.

Done! Pre-ordered! @thebulwark.com @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Thank you, @nba.com for tonight’s throwback game. Hearing those voices and seeing those announcers and staff brought back wonderful memories. Thank you!!!

This is what happens when the Secretary of HHS is a guy who snorts cocaine off of a toilet seat

Donald Trump is calling all the big news outlets to sell his propaganda. And the legacy media is eating it up. Not one has asked about his tying the Iran strikes to claims that Tehran interfered in U.S. elections. Democracy Docket did but he doesn't call us to chat.

This is excellent. @npr.org @texaspublicradio.bsky.social www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Ditto! Add @ronfournier.bsky.social and his Substack to that list.

NYT: “.. the president capped an extraordinary day of U.S. aggression abroad by attending a glitzy fund-raising dinner at his club .. .. a striking departure from how other presidents have handled the gravity of war.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

While operations are coordinated at a members-only, private beach club — in between fundraisers and parties.