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Two of the best scholars on the topic provide a superb and sobering history of the Court’s role in civil rights, and drawing on lessons from past Congresses that pushed back, lay out what can be done now. A must read.

visits the pope → pope dies leads Iran negotiations → talks collapse flies to Hungary to prop up Orbán → Orbán loses in a landslide Man’s got a streak.

As Michael Cohen so aptly characterizes them " the trifecta of incompetence". Rather than send trained diplomats to try and negotiate a deal with Iran they sent these clowns and of course they met with failure.

OK, now do bribes.

Germany’s former Vice Chancellor Habeck: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Tazria (תַזְרִיעַ) with a dog chasing its own 'golden' tail. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.65v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

French perspective

#EpsteinFiles

When someone has it

Well, it's nice to have it confirmed that the aggression in so many confrontations with ICE were actually not only encouraged but demanded. newrepublic.com/post/208362/...

Recap of tonight’s address by the Orange Man.

Less wheat, shorter showers, fewer school days, higher mortgages, costlier sugar, cancelled flights, expensive fertilizer, disrupted exports. And a wealthier Russia. The impacts of the Iran war, across the globe. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people

He Bankrupted US, the United States of America.

Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)

My city, of which I am proud. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

Astonishing. The goal of our war is now to undo the effect of the war we started. Gosh, if only we could rewind to, say, four weeks ago when the Strait of Hormuz was open and normal!

🤔An 1866 law called the Thayer Amendment states: “Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.”

Excellent summary of the situation, including one pretty critical detail I had not seen reported yet: "The IRGC verifies vessels on VHF radio and charges up to $2 million per transit, payable in cash, cryptocurrency, or barter. At least eight ships have paid."

The Air War College asked Kori Schake not to give a scheduled lecture on civil-military relations—a subject that she writes is “extremely relevant” in the current political climate. Here’s what she would have said:

Let’s put an unhinged malignant narcissist sundowning into dementia in control of the most powerful military force in the history of mankind because what could go wrong.

Oh. Stage an assassination attempt, you say? Interesting.

WTF aren’t Americans on the streets demanding an end to this unlawful war launched on behalf of Zionist evil?!

Ossoff: "The American people need to know that the president is fundraising for his political campaign and his PAC using images of American service members killed in action, and it's a disgrace"

This is what the 25th amendment is for.

Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America’s generic drug prescriptions at risk www.cnbc.com/2026/03/16/s...

it was really looking like Durbin, one of the most feckless democrats in the senate, was gonna be replaced by a crypto supported "moderate" but instead we get the Abolish Ice candidate who explicitly wouldn't commit to supporting Schumer! her biggest ad was just a bunch of people saying fuck trump!

A Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns, Citing the Iran War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...

Trump’s team of Epstein class advisors says it out loud more often than you’d think: “consumers are the last of our concern right now”

(graphic from Daily Kos)

America first is letting foreign companies come into the US to mine copper?

Greg Bovino won’t just get to walk away — he will be held accountable and responsible for the damage he's done to our nation. We won’t forget, and neither should you. No one is above the law.

If y'all think there's no way America can become Trump's 7th bankruptcy, think again: tinyurl.com/3vpwfunn

In his image, the plan to reshape the media and shift it to the right is in full swing.

Remember when televisions in public spaces—airports, bus stations, military bases, and even waiting rooms—were almost always tuned to CNN. It was the default backdrop, shaping the way travelers, service members, and commuters absorbed the day’s news.

The Trump Administration wants Anthropic’s A.I. model, Claude, to act like an obedient soldier; the tech firm argues that that could lead down a dangerous path. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rL3dwK

For those who think that the US armed forces would never carry out illegal orders from the Trump administration, note that they are still carrying out boat strikes--which experts agree are illegal. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage

www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...

We are a nation of 349M, yet one man decided to launch our nation into a reckless, illegal war without congressional authorization or counsel or the support of the American people. He didn’t think he had any duty to sell it or serve the people’s interests. This is why despotic rule is so dangerous.

Bribe farm. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...