If you’re trying to catch up on what went down with #SNAP late last night at #SCOTUS, here’s my attempt to read the breadcrumbs on the “administrative stay” issued by Justice Jackson—and why a justice so critical of the Court’s grants of emergency relief to Trump still granted temporary relief here:

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Spent five minutes staring at this trying to work out what it had reminded me of. Realised it was this horrifying passage from George Orwell’s 1984.

The National Guard is removing trash, mulching and removing graffiti in D.C. “I think it’s nice, as a D.C. resident,” said one Guard member. “But there are different things we could be doing.”

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WSJ: “.. U.S. officials briefed by the Israelis weren’t convinced that the information pointed to a decision by Tehran to build a bomb, according to a senior intelligence official, another U.S. official and two congressional aides ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

hopefully a soon to be unemployed asshole

because we are in the Golden Age of Grifting

For those keeping score at home — Trump’s AG, FBI Director, and chief of staff have all been on Qatar’s payroll. #SwampForceOne ✈️

Regarding the DOGEbros—"Who are they? What education & training do they have? What vetting...? What clearances...? Do they understand what govt privacy laws require? Do they have any reason to suspect fraud, waste, & abuse on a scale that justifies wholesale access to individual, confidential data?"

1) Why do we assume DOGE has a govt purpose for consolidating this data, and not some kind of profit for Elon (Warzel nods to this) or a TechBro world order that BYPASSES Trump? 2) Given multiple DOGE boys w/ties to RU, why do we assume this is not straight-up espionage?

Hey! Press covering Trump! The statute that lets him impose tariffs at will? It EXPLICITLY excludes movies. He has no authority to do this. Not just bc of an absence of authorization, but bc the law says “you CANNOT do this.” Do NOT say “Trump has imposed movie tariffs,” bc he did not. He CANNOT.

Kilauea eruption looking just spectacular right now - live feed here www.youtube.com/live/Prsjshm...

Trump: "Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30"

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ACLU planning to file class action cases in all 94 US districts. Cause Stephen Miller is not above treating the Virgin Islands as a means to escape the rule of law.

There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.

Trump is like a pitcher who can only throw curveballs. Pretty soon, the hitters figure it out.

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I think it’s very funny that one of the go-to defenses for Trump’s very stupid version of mercantilism is “he’s had these views for forty years.” Oh well, then we absolutely *gotta* let him wreck the global economy if he’s believed this nonsense for long enough.

The Department of Government Efficiency, for example

A few things to know about Trump's Trevor Milton pardon: - he was convicted of crimes related to defrauding investors - he was represented Pam Bondi's brother - he started generously donating to Republicans late last year - Trump seems to know very little about his case www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

They did it:

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

probably don't wannna be driving a swasticar in a civil war...

When they get to the last page it will be the lyrics to "Never Gonna Give You Up."

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION WITHOUT THE CREATION In today's Odd Lots newsletter, I wrote about what I see as the problem with some rationalizations of the recent volatility Subscribe to the newsletter here: www.bloomberg.com/account/news...

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

The essence of Trumpism is inventing an imagined world in which everything is worse.

The nation's cybersecurity agency has officially cut funding to support states and local officials on election security.

NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.

What's funny about Tesla: their still-huge share price isn't just about cars. It's predicated in part on the idea that Tesla's Optimus robots will sell by the billions and do household chores for people. But who could possibly now think people will want Elon's robots in their homes?

Being an asshole has consequences.

We already know this, but a sworn affidavit by a recent SSA official states Trump lied during the State of the Union storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

on friday, we reported that we worked out that the $TRUMP memecoin might have made $350mn in the first three weeks from the sales of ~90% of the coins. the thing is: they might have made the same of money again out of that tiny wedge we can't see - which is <10%. www.ft.com/content/e266...

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

And Joe Biden couldn’t go home for an occasional weekend getaway.

I would not discount the possibility of sabotage, and I encourage people to SUGGEST the idea of sabotage, just to fuck with Elon's paranoia Start polygraphing SpaceX employees Start "mole hunts" That'll bring them back to Earth dnyuz.com/2025/03/08/t...

“.. probably the most expensive stock on the global stock exchanges right now,” he said in the interview. @teslarati.bsky.social $TSLA www.teslarati.com/tesla-95-per...

More on that race here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

New: "Insiders Loaded Up On Firm’s Stock—Right Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump’s Involvement Sent Shares Soaring" me, for @forbes.com 1

Unemployment rate of 20-24 year old college grads in February of certain years (non-seasonally-adjusted): 2001: 3.9% 2002: 5.7% 2003: 6.0% 2004: 6.0% 2008: 4.3% 2009: 9.0% 2010: 8.7% 2011: 9.3% 2017: 5.7% 2018: 4.5% 2019: 4.2% 2022: 4.6% 2023: 4.6% 2024: 5.3% 2025: 7.4%