“believed to be” completely unnecessary here, good grief

Isn't there a better way to convey authoritarian overreach more effectively than "a flex of federal power"?

Breaking Research Alert! My organization @prri.org just released a major survey about Americans' views on immigration policy a year into Trump's second term. There is a lot to unpack, but here are a few of my top takeaways. prri.org/research/ame...

They are charging the journalist who discovered government espionage *with* espionage. This is the model of authoritarianism that Trumpists promote as the ideal.

Just a guy out walking his turtles.

Huge news out of Utah: A GOP-backed ballot measure aimed at repealing a 2018 initiative that outlawed gerrymandering—and led to the adoption of a new congressional map this year—has *failed* to make the November ballot.

Oh wow -- a YouGov survey report has been retracted by the group that commissioned it after YouGov discovered "major flaws in its data collection." The survey generated a wave of press coverage about a non-existent religious revival among young adults in the UK.

This is quite something from Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, in an interview with Reuters. The end of the post-war order, diagnosed in technocratic language. www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/pre...

Two weeks ago a Minnesota Republican lawmaker claimed that during the height of the ICE occupation, his Democratic colleagues were part of a “paramilitary organization” that caused the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/26/r...

This is lethal and it’s gotten the bluecheck bozos on Twitter so incredibly angry

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“When antidemocratic politics target universities, universities need more democracy, not less, to protect themselves. Recognize the collective bargaining rights of Colorado’s public university employees.” @campusworkers.bsky.social @aaup.org coloradosun.com/2026/03/26/o...

Just to be very clear: The Trump DOJ is stealing $1.2 million of your money to gift one of Trump’s cronies, who pled guilty to the crimes he was charged with, and whose suit against the government had already been tossed by a judge.

This shit is all so embarrassing, man

Veterans are completely disturbed by the White House's war memes. The people who have fought and lost loved ones in America's wars tell me they're horrified by how Trump's team has trivialized real combat and sacrifice. Full story, free to read: wapo.st/4bvzfyu

I find it off-putting that so many prestige publications are so obsessed with what college kids are doing

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

"based on early chapters that were omitted" wait does this mean Colbert is writing LOTR: Bombadil?

every smart, quiet child of a certain age has to read ender’s game and become Annoying for a little while. most will emerge from it stronger. some become libertarians

Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota reporting that ICE agents stalked and harassed several of them during the occupation earlier this year www.startribune.com/minnesota-de...

Some amazing things happening over on the other site. This is a former spokesperson for Jill Biden. And yes, people have very patiently tried to explain things to him. x.com/MichaelLaRos...

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

$55,000 a year to put your kids in front of a computer for two hours and then do nebulous "workshops" facilitated by "guides" for the remainder of the day

My partner-in-journalism @nicoleneri.bsky.social wrote about the bureaucratic nightmare of trying to get off of MinnesotaCare:

I lived in Des Moines for five years, and this one kills me. theonion.com/iowa-fashion...

Dog’s Eye Gunk Wiped Back On Dog

"when was there the most sharks" is a question every kid finds their way to at some point or another

on some level, she was just a Melania movie in a different form—a terrible programming choice in the service of higher corporate priorities. but Bari and her followers, at least, thought she was more than that. and, well, here you go.

My kids are currently *very* into the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and subsequent shark feeding frenzy

Guy with access to the most sophisticated intelligence in the world still somehow has the information diet of the median Fox News grandpa

There was a funny study in 2020 about how Tucker Carlson's viewers were slightly less likely to die from Covid than Hannity viewers, because Carlson's xenophobia led him to fearmonger about the "China virus" while Hannity had his head in the sand, believing that Trump had it all under control

Six months into Bari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News, new ratings data obtained by Status shows its flagship programs are shedding viewers at an alarming rate, collapsing to historic lows and accelerating the network’s decline. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-r...

Hey if you need a fantasy story that I wrote specifically as a middle finger to JKR and other utter human disappointments check out my comic, The Unfamiliars. Theunfamiliars.site

Good resource in here for local reporters -- see how much your local PDs are getting paid by ICE. In MN, for example, Crow Wing and Mille Lacs counties getting over $160k each so far

👀 Reuters/Ipsos poll: Trump’s approval rating on the economy has sunk to 29%. Lower than Biden’s lowest rating. Far lower than Trump’s first-term lowest.

Breaking: Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the federal committee that recommends vaccines to Americans, angrily resigned his position on Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/h...

I thought it wasn’t a war?

"Iranian officials and politicians have suggested that there will be no return to the prewar situation in the Strait of Hormuz even if the current conflict ends."

"Notably, we found widespread GOP approval of federal agents fatally shooting Renée Good (62%) and Alex Pretti (61%) during immigration operations in Minnesota." brightlinewatch.org/the-persiste...

There are two particularly remarkable things in this episode. 1) RFK Jr says that the stomach is microbiome is made up of plants. He specifically says "Your stomach microbiome is plants". It is not. I think he has been confused by the term "gut flora". He is the head of Health and Human Services.

Outrageous obstruction from the feds at every single step in here

Eat shit, lol, and long live The Onion.

"hey chris, is there any evidence that 55-year-olds are part of a generation that experienced disproportionate exposure to lead, a neurotoxin causing persistent behavioral and neurological issues"

Greg Bovino identifies as Native American but is not registered on any official tribal rolls. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

Neither here nor there but I really enjoy the NYT portrait convention where personalities are posed within plants www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

Forfeiture nerds: the latest edition of the Institute for Justice's Policing for Profit report is out! It's the first update since 2020 ij.org/report/polic...

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

GMU Scalia School of Law professor Adam Mossoff: "Grok says it's real"

What political scientists view as the most serious threats to democracy in Trump's second term so far. DHS subpoenas to tech companies for info about accounts critical of ICE is #1. brightlinewatch.org/the-persiste...