The most thoughtless, unprepared administration in US history . . .

I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Russia is winning so much that in the fifth year of its full-scale invasion, Ukraine is supplying its weapons to the U.S. and the Gulf states.

Hi! The Onion and Bluesky are throwing a party at South By Southwest in Austin on Saturday. It's free and spots are limited, so sign up nowish. We did this last year and only a handful of people died, so we're hoping to keep those numbers down once again! anormalfuckingparty.splashthat.com

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Anybody watching our latest weekly review might wonder why Iran took up such a large part of the episode. Well now: Russia reportedly passing intel to Iran Iranian drones flying over US bases Ukraine helping defend US service personnel Big “we told you so” moment.

#Talarico #Senate #Texas

The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.

Watch out . . . looks like #Bluesky is going to go through some changes.

Your regular reminder that normal, mainstream, pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform

"the president is able to trademark America’s birthday and issue his own currency while weakening the dollar . . . we're getting screwed and he's getting rich." #Schlossberg

"You mentioned diesel — that is what the vast majority of farm machines, like tractors or combines, run on." #Iowa #Senate #Wahls

Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would

My law firm is litigating 90 voting and election cases in 45 states. We are currently fighting for voters in: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MD, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY, and WV.

New: Prison guards discussed cover-up in Epstein's death, inmate tells FBI. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

NEW: An inmate overheard guards talking about covering up Epstein’s death. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Beshear: We are building affordable housing in rural America. It looks like the average utility bill for each of those houses is going to be about $50 a month because we’re using solar panels. We’re embracing different parts of green energy in Appalachia.

So Russia is helping Iran target American troops. Ukraine is offering drone defense. Guess who Trump NEVER ONCE has EVER criticized? Correct. Russia

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet. It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.

Himes: I have a theory on how this ends… You’re going to see oil go across $100… Projections for economic growth are going to go down. And at some point in 3-5 weeks, the president is going to say this is really not tenable. And he’s going to declare victory and walk away.

Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours. Gas prices skyrocketing. Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month. Another war in the Middle East. Are we great again yet?

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Brent hits #$US90 #EconSky #USpol www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

"With Dems like these, who needs Republicans?"

The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

I can't help but to feel they sabotaged the USPS on purpose wlox.com/app/2026/03/...

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I am educating my brother about Hoopla and Libby. He wanted me to help him buy him an audiobook on Spotify and I said, "But, WAIT! Do you have a library card? Cause, that audiobook you want to listen to? The library has the whole series! For freeeeeee!!!"

A win! Glad they didn’t cave. Senate Democrats blocked a spending bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third time, insisting they would not approve the measure without new limits on immigration enforcement.

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Taxpayers bankroll $700M monthly interest. #econsky

True colors. The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution condemning attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a nuclear safety threat, with the US voting against alongside Russia, China and Niger. 20 voted in favor, 10 abstained, 4 opposed. #Ukraine

The boycott of OpenAI(ChatGPT) has now surpassed 4 million. We’re also seeing many small businesses (and even some mid-sized companies) cancel their subscriptions. One of the most amazing things over the past year has been watching consumers remind big corporations just how much power they have.

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And it's costing a billion dollars a day, according to Sen. Brian Schatz-HI. Remember how there was no money for Medicaid and USAID and . . .

Jasmine Crockett is a star and I can guarantee she's not done fighting! Congratulations to James Talarico! Lets turn Texas blue!!! Cornyn and Paxton both stink.

Some results from last night: -A pro-ICE NC Dem lawmaker lost her primary by nearly 50 points -Dems flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Arkansas -Dem turnout eclipsed GOP turnout in four newly-gerrymandered TX House seats Trump's midterm reckoning has begun.

Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”

We need to pass a House rule or law that requires them to work a certain number of days to get paid. Since Mike Johnson took over these people hardly ever work. When they finally come back after weeks off they work 2 days and he sends them home for 2 more weeks. It’s ridiculous.

Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

Congratulations to James Talarico on being our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate! This will be a campaign for our working families of Texas. Ken Paxton and John Cornyn will bow to government corruption and the Epstein Class. Let’s keep up the fight- on to the finish line this November! #txlege

The Trump administration knew from the start of this war of that Iran would retaliate. But they didn't anticipate needing to evacuate Americans in the region? The lack of planning for this war of choice is putting even more American lives at risk.

Ukrainian child: “I was born during a war. I have never lived without a war.” He deserves better. All children

This is ENRAGING. Not only did they start an illegal war-without notifying Congress-in which 6 American soldiers and many civilians have died, creating chaos because they have no plan for what happens next But they left Americans in the Middle East completely stranded and vulnerable on top of it

In the TX primaries for US Senate, total Dem vote is far outpacing total Rep vote. That hasn't happened in a looooong time. #primaries #Democrats

BREAKING: The Texas Secretary of State DID NOT UPDATE the precinct maps on their website last December. MY GOD @msnowreports.bsky.social

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0. Republicans are still stuck at zero. Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.