A perpetually apt aphorism

oh look, another in the long series of NYT "Check out this charismatic and stylish young fascist!" profiles.

As someone who never had cable TV (still don't) MTV and 120 Minutes in particular had kind of a mystical allure. Some of those bands ended up being my core listening for the subsequent decades; a lot fizzled out and are no more than curiosities at this point.

If you ever face imposter syndrome, you're likely not a MAGA Republican

If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

This frankly seems impossible

maybe don't rely on fossil fuels as your sole energy source for transportation and heating and electricity

There's No Face Like Noem Wicked Witch of the Midwest Kristi Noem has more shmutz on her face than the Tin Man, and she probably bought ruby slippers with taxpayer money. But we know Stephen Miller is the (grand) wizard behind the curtain and Kristi's only skill is shooting Toto. by Maureen Dowd

Tremendous journalism (including the goofy bits about the police eating cookies and the inability to pick locks) all made possible by pro bono litigation by @rcfp.org

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors. My report:

It is tempting to blame this on Trump but tbqh that's kinda par for the course at the Army Corps of Engineers

I would trust Jack Jenkins and RNS a lot more than random social media shares that are un(der)sourced with first-hand witnesses.

We got a great hammerhead shark 🦈

Going to find some sharks with @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

One was a longshoreman who served in WWII and was a prisoner of war in Nazi Germany. The other owned a children’s clothing store. Both died before I was born. Lifespans were short for men of that era.

Siri what's a definition of asymmetric warfare www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

🎉 Big news for local news: @rcfp.org is expanding our Local Legal Initiative to Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, and Minnesota! This nearly doubles the size of the LLI, adding four in-state attorneys who will provide legal help to journalists pursuing ambitious stories in their communities.

@totalvibration.bsky.social Ida shoutout ❤️ they are scheduled for a house show in the summertime in DC somewhere

super excited to be joining this trip in two short days!

Maybe next time don't piss off millions of your customers by turning your back on inclusion and diversity

A great read.

Do you love the sound of structured class? @paranoiacs.bsky.social at Comet Ping Pong 🏓

How about the awesome private luxury jets she’s buying though? Do those involve any security concerns?

really powerful storytelling.

As someone who attended a graduate school of diplomacy, this holds up — you name assholes to be ambassadors to countries you hate and want to offend, in this case, the democratic West. (You name competent professionals to serve as ambassadors to countries you care about, in this case, autocracies.)

A new @theguardian.com analysis of ICE records reveals that most people targeted for deportation for the first time in 2025 have no criminal history. The news outlet’s reporting is based on data it obtained through a FOIA lawsuit with free legal support from @rcfp.org attorneys.

Our DOJ at work: federal charges for throwing a sandwich. No charges for trafficking girls across borders.

Bari Weiss on the flight desk of the aircraft carrier, with giant MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner behind her

Who needs nine new business jets in a few short weeks?

I wrote gloomy today. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

Bill Kristol better on trans rights than the New York Times.

Definitely a thread to follow.

One good thing about 2026 is there's a new Mirah album in the world, her first since 2018. It's sweet and wistful and corny and good. I wrote about it for @pitchfork.com:

One of my stupid things is to click on a link to a Pitchfork review (without necessarily knowing the music, but the band's rep) and guess what Pitchfork will give as its rating. When I saw that Pitchfork was reviewing the new surprise drop U2 EP, I was immediately, "Six." And then guess what.

Garrett's books on continuity of government are fascinating, including The Only Plane in the Sky about 9/11

🚨 We're hiring two positions to expand @rcfp.org's Local Legal Initiative, which provides journalists free legal services to pursue investigative stories in their communities. ➡️ Minnesota LLI attorney ➡️ LLI staff attorney View the positions and apply:

Never considered the environmental implications of millions of miles of fiber optic threads strewn across the battlefield of Ukraine from thousands of drones. From @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social uwecworkgroup.info/fiber-optic-...

Women's team gets .... 🦗🦗🦗

Trump Invites Victims Of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation As SOTU Guests

If the strains of Woody Guthrie's "Deportee (Plane Crash at Los Gatos)" don't come to mind, it's because you don't know the song, not because stories aren't similar. Shackling people and putting them on planes in dangerous conditions? We have a history there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-d...

p̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶ take it out of the Louvre

Agent Fox Mulder: Scully! Agent Dana Scully: What? Mulder: I see something! Flying in the sky! Going somewhere I don’t understand, for reasons I can’t explain! Scully: For the last time, Mulder, that’s the FBI director’s plane.

Who would have thought

Damn I can hear these songs in my head.

Funny, I think he's better known for other legal opinions, specifically re: waterboarding and similar

fair assessment. Actually being a racist? Not great, but BEING CALLED A RACIST? Unacceptable!

perfect

I assure the boneheaded State Department that, despite no purported "strategic alignment" between saving African lives and promoting American interests, the Chinese are eager to step into those strategic vacuums.

Is this an outtake from HEATED RIVALRY? (I genuinely don't know, haven't seen the show but this would track as part of the back story, right?)

It needs the ending .FINAL.REVISED.docx.PDF