The suit over the UFC White House cage-fighting extravaganza alleges breathtakingly corrupt commercial exploitation of the nation’s most cherished monuments. Once again, the challenge is “standing.” When he f-cks all of us, none of us have standing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Important work on the history of birthright citizenship from @anthonymkreis.bsky.social

ALERT: The Riverbottom Nightmare Band has dropped out of Trump’s Freedom 250 concert.

Harrison Ford’s commencement address.

A lot of folks on the right owe Joe and Hunter Biden an immediate apology, or they better start calling out the huge conflict of interest in Trump’s sons profiting off government access: Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump. This is wild and in plain sight.

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

A judge questioned a proposed DOJ settlement that offers no compensation to victims but allocates millions to immigration enforcement. “Who in the settlement room said it would be a good idea to give $20 million to law enforcement?” the judge asked. With @texastribune.org

New protesty Massive Attack single with Tom Waits is both weird and amazing. And also not available on streaming (I just paid $1.99 for an MP3 download) but it is on YouTube: youtu.be/L-57FrioeuE?...

The Tragically Hip (1984 - 2017)

An election-denying Republican member of Congress is targeting New York’s voter registration process — demanding records and threatening legal action over familiar, unproven narratives about voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mood: Beirut youtu.be/SWSz_PAfgNc

Obviously he needs to be impeached. But we also need a moral reckoning. Because if we don’t figure out how we got here and do something about it, we will end up here again.

Diesel Is Everything youtu.be/DJOSDBQr8wA?...

Irans Strategy youtu.be/d3SAuLFnDNw?...

The Trump Administration has appealed Judge Fred Biery's 1/31 habeas corpus ruling releasing 5-year-old Liam and his father Adrian Conejo Arias.

My favorite Perry Mason moment from the new Acting Attorney General: "You went on TikTok and called me a 'crying little shit,' didn't you?"

Trump used the Presidential Records Act to defend himself against charges alleging that he stole classified documents. Now his Justice Department—which is currently being run by his former criminal defense lawyer—says the PRA is unconstitutional.

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***Leaked White House Video*** Trump: “You know, we’re not supposed to be seduced that way, right? But I am. When someone’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people, I couldn’t care less. I’ll fight to the end for them.”

As today's bonus "One First" argues, President Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship may well be doomed. But, contra Professor @richardre.bsky.social, that doesn't come *close* to disproving the concerns that the Democratic appointees expressed in their dissents in the CASA case last June:

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

We are back! Series 4 is now underway, kicking off with an introductory episode explaining the concept of this series, our approach to scoring and what we think of counterfactual history (the 'what ifs'). Listen in the usual places or you can now watch the podcast: youtu.be/gVA8FeFf2qE

Yup. Politico: “Senate Republicans accepted what Democrats have been offering for weeks — cash for all of DHS except for ICE and part of Customs and Border Protection.” www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Really important piece from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social -- Republican senators want FDA to suppress pro-abortion-rights speech. FDA won't do this before the midterms, of course. But watch out afterwards. open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.

Poverty isn’t inevitable. Student debt isn’t necessary. Criminals in power aren’t acceptable.

Raskin letter to Bondi regarding the newly released Smith memo about Trump's misuse of classified documents: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

Trump sent ICE agents to airports after refusing to go along with a deal that would have funded the TSA. If you thought that was the only way Trump was making flying even more miserable, you'd be wrong. Watch.

It's truly obscene, and someone needs to be working to shut this shit down (in addition to everything else, I know).

You good, Ohio??

Market manipulation. The timing of Trump threats (usually Friday nights) then backing down (usually early Monday mornings) on war and tariffs tell you all you need to know.

#Repost @thelopezeffect — This is not a painting. It’s yarn 🧶 intentionally woven to create each portrait. A DOPE💥 exhibition by @kandyglopez at @acagalleries in Chelsea, open through January 24–so you don’t have much time left. ⤵️

I very much enjoyed meeting and speaking with Daniel Schwartz for his Public Research podcast last month. You can find it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Fy... or also on spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/10Mi...

This cruelty is being done in our name. Shame on this administration. Shame. 13,000 third country deportees so far. Many were ordered deported decades or even generations earlier, but no admin previously would have considered something as inhumane as this as a means of carrying out a removal.

Read about what a cesspool DOJ has become:

We’ve got some bad news AND some good news about Dilley detention center and the Trump administration’s ongoing abuse of children there. Please watch, and please share.

Here are federal employee responses, sorted by dept/agency, to the question about whether their organization's political leaders "maintain high standards of integrity." Results are abysmal. In no agency do even 20% of respondents say their top leaders have integrity

So this is how SCOTUS shadow docket analysis works

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Some of you may be old enough to remember this. In 1951, Harvey Clark Jr., a Black WWII veteran, rented an apartment in all-White Cicero, IL. When he tried to move in, local police physically(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Reporter: Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran? Trump: We wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

You can support his family here! www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-...

This is very bad. youtu.be/GiuPqJXJCo8?...

public hearing about the Epstein data center project set to dole out billionaire tax credits at the cost of inflated energy costs scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at the Town of Alabama Fire Hall, located at 2230 Judge Road

The grift continues...