Today 🤡 claimed to have had "very good & productive discussions" with Iran re potential ceasefire. Iranian officials flatly denied that any negotiations had taken place Australian satire site mockingly explained the discrepancy by claiming 🤡 mistook 3 closed patio umbrellas for Iranian officials.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

The lesson from @harvard.edu is: Stay visible, stay loud, and stay fighting. That’s the only way for institutions to survive what’s coming.

If you're feeling down just remember that a trillion dollars' worth of Russian propaganda did not work on you.

Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/23/o...

Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon

In a recent interview with far-right U.S. media site Breitbart, Danielle Smith handed Carney a gift-wrapped sledgehammer in the form of an admission that Pierre Poilievre would be "in sync" with Trump...

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Texas is trying to criminalize the existence of Transgender people. It's a campaign of erasure & dehumanization. No Trans person should have to live in fear because of their gender identity. Standing in Solidarity with the Trans community. 🏳️‍⚧️ ✊

Right on! And the great Williams & Connolly has stepped up to defend Perkins Coie from the same savage and lawless attack on law and justice. I call on all my fellow lawyers to show such principled courage. If you’re too chicken, then stop calling yourself a lawyer. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Calling All Ethical Lawyers

In the face of Trump's retributive assaults on our justice system, the duty of the legal community cannot be clearer: fight back

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I just got back from 36 hours in Ukraine with my brother Scott. Wanted to share a story from while we were there. At a hospital, we talked with a wounded Ukrainian soldier. I asked him what he thought about the recent change in US policy. His response in English was, “What the fuck.”

It’s not “America First” to pull the rug out from under an ally and leave their people to die. This kind of foreign policy will end with no one in the world trusting America. Our alliances give us strength and the damage being done makes our country weaker and us all less safe.

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I feel good about canceling my Washington Post subscription today. But also its sad. Im old enough to remember when the Post was the gold standard in reporting & every way.

MLK Day💙🦋💙🦋💙

It is possible to cover Trump without getting sucked into his propaganda vortex. Here are my suggestions for the coming made-for-tv immigration arrests: +Avoid Trump talking points +Don't trust arrest data +Stay on the story +Hold Trump accountable +Ask the experts open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Beware of Trump’s made-for-TV immigration arrests.

5 suggestions for how the mainstream media can counter Trump's coming propaganda blitz

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A couple weeks ago I saw evidence of a co-presidency. I no longer do. It is President Musk—with the role of Donald Trump yet to be determined.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2y ago

The unelected tech billionaire’s outsize role in sending the federal government careening toward a potential shutdown alarmed Democrats, academics and watchdog groups.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.

TRUMP: I’m going to use the FBI illegally to go after my political enemies! BIDEN: Um, I guess I’ll pardon my son then because fuck that. MEDIA: Biden is breaking norms!

The reason the coup attempt in South Korea failed as quickly as it did is because South Koreans immediately rushed to the streets to say “we won’t let you do that” and force the military to decide whether they’d shoot their fellow citizens or not. Important for us remember over the next 4 years.

Corporate media is tripping over itself, finding ways to attack President Biden for pardoning his son. They amplify Trump’s lies and normalize his crimes, while launching vicious criticisms of Biden every single chance they get. I'm absolutely sick of it. Aren't you?

Press Goes Hysterical Over Biden’s Pardon, Ignoring Danger of Trump

Moving on

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'The forest was shrinking, but the Trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.' ~ Turkish proverb

BREAKING: Bombshell report reveals Pete Hegseth — Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon — was booted out of two vets groups due to reckless handling of funds, sexual impropriety, and public intoxication. First Hegseth’s own mother essentially blew the whistle on her womanizing, abusive son. Now…

Tammy Duckworth on Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she's compromised ... Russian controlled media called her a Russian asset."

Facts matter. Science saves lives. Anti-science destroys them.

#AbortionisHealthcare Amanda Z of Texas nearly died after doctors were forced to send her home during premature labor at 18 wks. Kaitlyn J of Louisiana was turned away from 2 hospitals during a miscarriage, bleeding & in severe pain. 1 /2 ...