Nicole Bedera

Yeah, that’s the underlying dynamic.

Republicans are ceding authority to Trump (Plan B). And that means Congress won’t act as a unified check on executive power (because Plan B stands in the way of Plan C).

Listen. The idea that Congress still sees themselves as Plan C is a problem.

I have absolutely no idea what Trump is trying to accomplish in Iran, or how he plans to accomplish it, and the fun thing is that neither does he!

That's why the constitution does not give the President the authority to launch wars without Congressional approval.

Fascinating. Horrifying.

The Propagandists’ Playbook by Francesca Bolla Tripodi is the book to read if you want to understand a big part of why certain words trigger such different responses.

Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want.

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Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies. Question wording effects can swing opinions by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights.
That's a problem for people who interpret polls for a living.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/many-ameri...

N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE IS HEALTH CARE.

Thank you to the NY Attorney General’s Office for affirming our community.

Investigation finds ‘secretly’ added chemicals of unknown safety in US food supply | CNN Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety were secretly added to foods and supplements without notifying the public or the FDA, a new investigation found.

At least 111 substances of unknown safety have been added to foods, drinks and supplements sold in the United States without alerting the US Food and Drug Administration, a new investigation found.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/h...

“By Hegseth’s standard, any country having any advanced defensive weaponry of any kind can be labeled an imminent threat.”

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going to keep saying: to keep functioning, a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

As Kagan notes in her dissent, the Court opted not to hear the due process parental rights argument against bans on gender-affirming medical care in Skrmetti, basically setting up a regime where parents can force their trans children back into the closet but cannot help them out of it

Tomorrow we’re taking up Pause Evictions Save Lives, a policy that will temporarily extend pre-eviction notice from 30 to 60 days until August 31st. This will give residents more time to get resources and support so that families can stay together and we can keep people in their homes.

It's not just that the United States learned nothing from our defeat after invading Vietnam. It's that we've spent the past 50 years (and more!) doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on our imperialistic bullshit.

And it's gotten worse each time. My God, has it ever.

How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

Protesters rally across US after strikes on Iran that killed Khamenei Crowds gather in DC, New York and beyond to denounce Trump’s Iran strikes as an illegal act of war

Anti-war protests held around U.S. after attack on Iran. "...‘emergency protests’ on Saturday [included] Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Minneapolis. Others will be held on Sunday in smaller cities..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Exactly.

It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.

NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Reminder that if you’re in a position to organize or do community work of *any* kind today, it might enormously bolster your ability to cope

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 today.

Happy last day of the month!

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"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

*protecting your personal peace* is not the important thing when your country is murdering people across the world. please be serious.

People really struggling with the idea that the Iranian government sucks but we shouldn't be bombing them can both be true, eh?

It’s not lost on me that this is happening during Ramadan and during fasting hrs.

The day before starting a war with Iran, the Secretary of Defense was focused on removing trans scouters from the Boy Scouts.

I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children.

From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.

A few replies have mentioned that the conservative hostility toward schools can be traced back to opposition to race and gender integration.

And yes. That’s exactly right.

You’re right. The hostility toward schools can be directly traced back to conservative anger at race and gender integration.

Yes, that too.

Something violence researchers have warned for decades is that there is no neutrality in violence. Any violence that isn’t stopped escalates.

And we’re seeing that now as schools go from a space considered off-limits for violence to a space specifically targeted in war and genocide.