The WAPO has gone full trickle-down. So sad.

One beauty of Live Oak trees in the yard is raking leaves in April, as well as the fall.

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿

I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.

It would be useful if the NYT explicitly stated that the pilot, if captured, would be a POW, that there are laws governing how POWs can be treated, that respect for international law on war shapes how the enemy approaches it, and this is why the US conduct of this illegal war has been so dangerous.

Chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching. Pressurized pure oxygen. Raw camel milk. Under RFK Jr., the FDA took down a webpage warning about these and other dangerous remedies claiming to treat autism.

Is it a good sign that the White House commandeered prime time on the networks to broadcast what was essentially an unconvincing proof-of-life video?

"War crimes? We got 'em. Come on down to Crazy Donny's! 3rd and Broadway, right above the bodega."

So the goal is to travel back in time and prevent Trump from tearing up the JCPOA that Obama worked out that already delivered all these things? Super. Good luck with that, Petey.

New in PN: What do you do when you can't trust the govt? "Trump contradicts himself so often that we’ve become accustomed to disregarding it as nothing but background noise, conveying nothing meaningful. At root, this is the core project of his second administration: to undermine any shared truth."

Higher taxes for working people. Massive tax cuts for the wealthy and powerful. Don’t call it economics. Call it doing the bidding of those they work for. Trickle-down austerity, delivered by politicians who knew exactly what they were doing. itep.org/trump-obbba-...

Trump’s reaction if countries like Japan and India peaceably negotiate Hormuz passage with Iran — while he’s spending $200 billion to send in Marines — is going to be wild. @bloomberg.com

Sunset, Kill Devil Hills NC, 5 March 2026.

“The use of an unconstitutional district in the November election…is a prospect this Court should not countenance” This is Alito literally laughing in our faces after indefinitely pausing the lower court decision that ruled the new Texas map unconstitutional

Prevaricator in Chief on a roll. Fact checking Trump’s State of the Union address | CNN Politics share.google/e7jZ0alufpMG...

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

“.. First we need to push back on the lies; then crush the pedo/trafficking narrative; then rebuild your image as philanthropist,” Mr. Bannon wrote to Mr. Epstein in April 2019. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ

That’s, like, almost all of it. 😔 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/c4f8...

Lemme get this straight: Russia was banned from Olympics due to invasion of Ukraine. But Ukrainian athlete DQ'd for a helmet with images of dead compatriots from said invasion, because it's "political." Screw the IOC. Larger point: When are Olympics *not* political? share.google/gVbmNOg4NLsB...

Former NBC News chairman Andy Lack recalls a time back in 2018 when Jeff Bezos asked him: “When are you guys going to stand up to Trump?” (via Jeremy Barr)

Someone maybe inform Bondi that 62 pct of Americans are invested in the market -- fewer than 2 in 3 -- and that wealthiest 10 pct own 93 pct of all stocks. So the market doesn't exactly benefit all Americans. And, she refuses to answer the question.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is: The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.

Selective silencing of the CDC: ~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates —87% of these were vaccine related www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Trump tariff promises don't come close to adding up, via WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

Only confirming that there has never been a good all hands meeting in the history of humanity

Give this a look.

"Power is more sustainable when it is exercised with restraint, and influence is larger when allies feel dignity rather than fear." Fareed Zakaria on the Oaf in Chief and his transactional style. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We are, of course, stuck with presidentialism in my or your lifetime. But when democrats take power back from the fascists, the platform needs to be institutional reform. There are lots of things to be done, with normal legislation, to fix our broken system. They better be ready to go. Immediately.

This is an excellent explainer. 👀 quote: “In rough terms, the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States.”

This has been a completely random 45 minutes of slushy mumbling. If this were any other president, networks would be cutting *in* and covering this with doctors and experts trying to explain what they're seeing.

He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.

NYT piece on Trump's second first year in office asks question: Is there a strategy behind his unpredictability? [Deep breath] Christ on crutches, we've watched him for a decade. He's a narcissist bully and completely transactional who acts only to enrich and flatter himself. Period. Full stop.

When the noise gets loud, I trust the songs that tend to recognize fear when it puts on a uniform. 🎵 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) — Marvin Gaye 🎵 A Change Is Gonna Come — Sam Cooke 🎵 Baltimore — Nina Simone History remembers patterns. Music remembers people. We’ll keep listening.

Blake Corum's blitz pickup and blocking is pretty damn stout.

Social media monitoring systems, cellphone location tracking, facial recognition, remote hacking tools — now being turned on Americans by ICE to target protesters. bit.ly/3Kq348R

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

DHS official McLaughlin blatantly lies about Renee Good: "The deceased had been following our law enforcement throughout the day, stalking them. At the time of the incident, our law enforcement was outside their vehicle trying to get their vehicle out of the snow when she started harassing them."

Minnesota should move to arrest the ICE officers or CBP agents involved and prosecute, just as Idaho prosecuted the FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge.

Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying. They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

Make it viral.

happy 99th birthday to the Harlem Globetrotters

Incapable of seeing "Hunt for Red October" on cable and not watching at least a half hour. Just sayin'.

This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!