“A UC professor won criminology’s highest honor. Americans still don’t believe her research UC Irvine criminologist Charis E. Kubrin keeps proving that immigration doesn’t increase crime. apple.news/Ar0OB8a6URQa...

Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. The military industrial complex is cheering right now.

EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance video obtained by an activist shows Liam Conejo Ramos and his father being taken to a detention center in Texas via a Delta Airlines flight, the morning after ICE allegedly used the boy as bait. gillianbrockell.com/video-proves...

Ideally the President of the United States and the stupidest person on the planet should be two different people…

What too many people don't realize, voting isn't optional, it's a civic responsibility. People may not have liked/wanted Kamala and didn't bother to vote. I'm 100% positive that she would've been a superior president to the deranged old fool we have now.

This makes me so happy. This film, anchored by Michael B. Jordan’s performance, is so deeply meaningful to so many of us. Lovely to see this upright, talented young man recognized for his superb portrayal. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Every ICE officer who has broken the law should be arrested, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes.

Oy.

A big takeaway this year has to be that Sinners and One Battle After Another were big, artist driven, swings bankrolled by WB whose future is ultimately unclear. I like living in a world where people like PTA and Ryan Coogler get to make the films they want to make with those resources.

In recent days, the White House has posted videos on X showing military strikes against Iran that feature elements from Nintendo's Wii Sports video game and popular manga series "Yu-Gi-Oh!" 👉 ebx.sh/rMUTK7

Sinners + Misty + smacking down that stupid boychild all in one 18 second clip, how can you even

Shaboozey (!) and Brittany Howard (!!!) show out, and then Misty Copeland comes out of retirement 3 months after a hip replacement to commit a murder, and this is just *everything*, y'all.

I stand by my assertion that Sinners on Broadway would do looooooong-run numbers. A fixture, a steady on the street, like Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Chicago

Well that’s the first win for an AFI classmate! Way to go, Autumn!!!

Joachim Trier paraphrases James Baldwin and says people should stop voting for politicians who don’t care about children. #oscars

This is the first time a hot guy under 40 has won Best Actor in maybe forever.

Yeah. Everyone was annoyed with Chalamet before Balletgate. And folks were excited for MBJ.

This is my second feature: SEPULVEDA. vimeo.com/280865483

FIRST WOMAN TO EVER WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST FILIPINA TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW.

Viewers noticed Ryan Coogler appears to have a guitar and treble clef braided in his hair at the #Oscars

"No to war... and free Palestine" Javier Bardem

Interviewed Ryan Coogler 13 years ago. He was *so young* and I was just blown away by his presence and vision and charisma. Still can remember it so well. www.ms.now/all-in/watch...

Water desalination plants have come under attack in Iran and on the Persian Gulf island of Bahrain during the war in the Middle East. In recent decades, the arid Gulf countries have become increasingly reliant on the plants to supply water to cities and towns. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"An obscure methodological change lowered a key measure of inflation in January, prompting questions about how government statistical agencies produce and report economic data... "The bureau provided no public disclosure of the change... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

I have no need or space for this, but this 1850s apothecary cabinet — at the antiques warehouse in Hudson — is amazing

Well that will open up the Strait of Hormuz. "The White House’s main entrance — framed by graceful Ionic columns — has been a signature image of the seat of US power "A Trump-appointee is proposing to replace them with a more ornate style favored by Trump... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

What Rothko saw during his trips to Florence molded his vision and his understanding of space and color. gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/a...

Man charged with selling stolen firearm used in Old Dominion shooting, officials say www.cbsnews.com/news/man-cha... Download Now opr.as/share

Glock pistol used in deadly shooting at Old Dominion University was illegally sold to shooter, a convicted felon under probation, by a man federal ATF agents knew was selling guns illegally. He previously received a "warning letter" & had to write an apology. It's time to enforce our gun laws

Must Read/Watch -> What Trump Didn’t Know About Iran @AliVaez , the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, explains the history of miscalculations that led to the war in Iran w @ezraklein . gift article www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/o...

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Unlike Past U.S. Conflicts, Iran Attack Is Opposed by Most Americans www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

“Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.” That’s what the President of the United States is saying to the American people. He won’t be hurt by a retaliatory attack or high gas prices. But you will — and that’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make.

Shameful!

Worth watching the whole clip, but purely in propaganda terms it seems to me, admittedly just an amateur observer when it comes to war fighting, that it may be useful to send the message to the 91+ million Iranian civilians that we are not trying to kill them.

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent." But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

Again. This matters.

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Religious Extremism in the Military: A Conversation with Dave Lapan — Meidas Defense open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges

Under the mirrorball: the kings and queens of disco – in pictures

Trump broke his promises to pursue this unwinnable war. Britain must not follow him into the abyss | Simon Jenkins

Holy shit, DOJ posted the missing Epstein files containing the sexual assault allegations from one of the victims, who was a teen at the time. The allegations were against BOTH trump and Epstein.

Everybody’s got their reasons for despising Markwayne Mullin and mine is him screaming at the dignified and brilliant former CDC Director Susan Monarez at a hearing. He lied about a nonexistent recording and tried to bully her into submission. She was a locus of zen. He lost his damned mind.

I see all the things they warned would happen under a democrat president, republicans are doing. Moving forward every time a republican slams a democrat for a possible future action, we should know that is the republican plan. Every accusation is a confession.

“You’re a U.S. senator!” Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someone👇🏽 This should go great