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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

“.. There’s currently no country in Europe where more than half of the population has a positive attitude toward the US ..” @bloomberg.com #GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🥇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Boasberg: Tomorrow by Noon give me the info that I previously ordered and also include a written declaration about the third flight. Also Boasberg: “and I will memorialize all of this in written form because apparently my oral orders don’t carry much weight.” [damn]

Ah, he never disappoints.

We came for the new Google Store opening in Santa Monica, at 3rd and Broadway, and suddenly found ourselves at the intersection of democracy, fascism, Waymo and Tesla

Exklusiv: @johnkrafcik.bsky.social, früher Chef von Alphabets Robotaxifirma Waymo, spricht im Interview über die Robotaxipläne von #Tesla und wie Tesla einen Robotaxidienst im Juni in Austin faken könnte. Das ganze Interview: www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/... #AutonomousVehicles #AV

GOOD: Mallory McMorrow will launch a bid for the open Senate seat in Michigan.

If you’re in the US, you can watch PBS for free using the app. There’s a series of documentaries called American Experience that’s really good—each is about a different event in history. Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30. It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.

This came out in 2014 and I have thought about it a lot recently.

It is a bleak moment but at least there is a lot of Walton Goggins.

Nebraska is going to get crushed between Tariffs and Medicaid cuts. They have to balance their state budget and it looks like at least a 200m shortfall this year. BEFORE tariff impacts. And Nebraska Republicans here ! Curious what you think www.1011now.com/2025/03/05/t...

Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

For the visual learners

The astounding Republican trend of inheriting a working, growing economy from Democratic presidents and then breaking it and plunging us into a recession continues!

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

I'm Still Here just won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. It has a powerful, unexpected message about life under authoritarianism.

Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

The Making Money-Launderers, Drug-Dealers, Kleptocrats, Grifters, Swindlers, Howard Lutnick, Marc Andreessen, Donald Trump, & Donald Trump Jr. Even Richer -- Again Act.

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against JD Vance. Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."

From @politicsgirl.bsky.social , needs to happen. One day of Leadership from Obama, GWB and Laura, all the generals, Trudeau, Macron, Clintons, Kasich, Romney, & everyone else. One day in March 2025. Denounce Trump and his administration. One Day of Leadership. www.youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...

I guess Zelenskyy participated in the Feb 28 blackout too, because he wasn’t buying any bullshit today either.

Net Approval: Zelenskyy: +13% Trump: Even Putin: -80% AtlasIntel / Feb 27, 2025 / n=2849

"Who's the main culprit for the conflict between Ukraine and Russia" Russia: 78% Ukraine: 10% AtlasIntel / Feb 27, 2025 / n=2849

Reporter: Tariffs are paid eventually by American importers and consumers Trump: No, I think they are paid for by the country

Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

Trump can’t remember an extremely provocative comment he made yesterday

Reporter: Do you still think that President Zelensky is a dictator? Trump: “Did I say that? I can't believe I said that" (yes, he did, more than once)

Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator? Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question

Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they: - gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC - gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration - sponsored an inaugural party - hired Trump’s campaign manager - listed Trump’s meme coin And now the investigation is closed. These are called bribes.

While her team guts the federal government, the administrator of DOGE is in Mexico.

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.

trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason." www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

There's a 4th story window in Grok's future.

So many threads to pull here; the atrocious grasp of history & geopolitik, the glib lie about how the war in Ukraine began, the disgraceful abandonment of European allies. But it’s the alignment with the war criminal Putin, no friend of ours, that sticks out. What won’t Trump do to harm us?

Great job here Dr. Joseph sharing a (now) brave and insightful perspective with Madeline Brand. Hope you can build followers here and on Threads 🙏🏼

I don’t think there are words to describe what an idiot this man is

Over the weekend, Trump's DOJ made this claim in defending DOGE's constitutionality: DOGE and Elon Musk do NOT have “authority to make decisions for the U.S. government.” They just have "influence" in giving "advice," the govt claims. https://buff.ly/4gJpKLh

43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states. Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive. #RedStateMoochers

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