It is tiring listening to people talk about Trump's ever-changing statements on Iran, the war, the Strait etc as if there is some logical rationale or strategic vision to it.

this is superb. and even more rarely for the NYT, not edited into mush www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

Running Toward ICE: A record of resistance in Chicagoland. I did the writing and reporting for this comic, which was illustrated by the amazing @soljbrager.bsky.social. Most of this was reported last fall, and a lot has happened since, but I hope the lessons and stories are useful.

I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them

A US ground operation in Iran is a terrible idea. It will harm Iran and the US. #DiplomacyNow

Sandra Wong, the great-granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, in San Francisco today 👇🏽 bsky.app/profile/asam... #NoKings

Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.

Sometimes a few words say it all

This is an outrage. Traitors raiding the federal treasury.

insightful thread. uh oh.

Great to see. #UnionPower

Every time: Am I the vendor? Is the university the vendor? Who is the supplier? Why do I have to do onboarding? Where is the contract? Who is Bob?

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Every serious news organization should be running a story like this one. It’s a teachable moment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

4D CHESS!

20% of the world's oil supply moves through the Strait of Hormuz. With the Strait now effectively closed, Samantha Gross, Caitlin Talmadge, and Melanie W. Sisson break down the economic and security implications and what it would take to restore market confidence.

Thought-provoking short essays

You can't have one without the other. "Mullin gave no indication he would stop pursuing a White House goal of arresting 3,000 migrants a day, but he appeared to back away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s more controversial tactics." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

re: US-Iran War "Washington did not consult us," Germany's Merz said. "We would have advised against it." (dw.com)

A campaign can look overwhelming from the outside, but the endgame is rarely so clear. The deeper story is still unfolding.

“What am I supposed to do? Work out retainer agreements while I feel like I could be helping people?”

shh, don't tell @nytimes.com

Really @uconn.bsky.social? "Happy Spring Break! This week is the perfect time to complete required Annual Compliance and Ethics Training." cc: @uconnaaup.bsky.social @uconngeu.bsky.social

Even for long-time Iran hawks, how can the conduct of the war, the lack of strategic logic, or any cost-benefit calculus not matter? Who cares how it's going, who cares who's leading it or why, who cares what happens after, any war on Iran will do? What a crazy position.

Yikes

HEY AUTHORS CLAIM WHAT YOU ARE OWED 👇🏾

He seems very confused.

if the NYTs is concerned "trans issues" are costing dems votes, they have a big megaphone - they could loudly debunk the lies, myths, and dehumanisation of the right

Why the Second Phase of Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Is Failing nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...

I don't understand why, when Trump gives his toadies shoes that don't fit, they don't just buy a pair in that style that fits and tell him those are the ones he gave them. They're all paid well and can afford to buy them.

I was just disinvited from the Air War College where I’d been asked to lecture on my book, which is a history of U.S. civil-military relations.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

The Gulf defence spending boom that follows this war is going to be quite something.

Those inside the ICE system further detail its depravity. A must listen.

I keep saying it, but the JCPOA team included 150 subject-matter experts, mainly on nuclear and sanctions issues. I expect Jared and Steve to know precisely nothing about the nuclear side. Probably the sanctions too.

Personally, I’d rather have the world’s best solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles.

Everything the Iran hawks of “Foundation for Defense of Democracies” said was wrong. Diplomacy can’t restrict Iran’s nuclear program. Wrong “Maximum pressure” would get a “better deal,” with Iran capitulating. Wrong The Iranian regime is brittle and will quickly collapse with a push. Wrong again

you know, this is why you should not elect people who have never once learned anything about anything

Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) to Face the Nation: “I don't have any obligation to fund a Department of Homeland Security that is violating the law every day, just like I don't have any obligation to support this war that is illegal as well.”

If it weren't for activists, we wouldn't know most of what's going on in our country.

State troopers used pretexts such as bent license plates, unlit temporary tags, and dark window tints to pull people over, so that ICE, which can’t make routine traffic stops, could check their immigration status—and bypass constitutional and legal protections in the process. (3/x)

A must read. Both for the call to the media and for the brutal details and links gathered in this Froomkin post.

"The Trump tariffs amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,000 in 2025 and $1,300 in 2026."

And as always, if you think we’re missing a record, you can scroll down on this page and submit it here: ash.harvard.edu/programs/cro...

I just want to add that the CCC is now in its ninth year, and it takes an extraordinary team effort to keep up with all of this. Very proud of and amazed by the exceptional work of this great team and our dedicated research assistants.

This one is in Longfellow

What has it really been like to experience the ICE terror campaign in Minneapolis? Do not miss these perspectives from postal workers, nurses, chefs, and journalists who grew up there—a tour de force of vivid reporting from our CIR colleagues on @revealnews.org revealnews.org/podcast/minn...

excellent column. A lot to think about. One of Mejia's points: secure borders and abolish ICE can go hand in hand.

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