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Voters need to hold Dems to their promise if trust-busting but also only way to get any such legislation to stick is to reform the courts, particularly that extremist SCOTUS.

on the upcoming episode of neon liberalism, @jamellebouie.net argues that the basic strategy of Trump II was speed: move fast, consolidate power, and give america a fait accompli. instead we've seen friction, backlash, and now--big players starting to realize that trump won't be president forever

It’s worth emphasizing that the Supreme Court has propped up this presidential lawlessness.

When Congress enacted limits on presidential power in 1973, it included an enforcement provision. If the president said there’s an “emergency from attack” and Congress disagreed, it could order troops home.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

The Election Interference Hypocrisy How Trump is using Iran's past election interference to justify his own

I put this thread on Trump's hypocritical and duplicious claims of Iran's 2020 election interference into a longer form article this evening.

The real story is that foreign govts try to "interfere" all the time. In 2020 and 2024 we had mechanisms to catch them, call them out, & mitigate damage. Now, those mechanims are gone & the Trump admin would prefer to exploit "foreign interference" to justify a federal take-over of elections.

Sebastian Gorka at the 2019 CPAC convention: “they want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved.”

Just to say a bit more about this: military personnel get to choose which school or program to attend, though it has to meet certain guidelines the military sets up. What Hegseth is saying is that: if you, an officer, think that the program that best meets your needs is at e.g. Princeton, tough.

How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

The people leading the U.S. war on Iran are a former “Fox & Friends” guest and a former “Fox & Friends” host.

Regime Change in Iran (Terms And Conditions Apply) The warmongers, once again, get the war they've sought for decades. Trump and Netanyahu leave the hard work to the people they're bombing

While the bombs fall on the regime and its opponents alike, Trump and Netanyahu say that they come as liberators. Only they won't be the ones who do the dirty work. Encouraging the IRGC to sit on its hands and receive 'immunity' is the latest tell that the Iranian people's desires are irrelevant.

Two photos. The first shows Catturd tweeting: Name one US inspired regime change that hasn't ended in absolute disaster The next tweet shows him posting an AI illustration of Khamenei turned into a pile of dust. It says "I'm eliminated."

Two tweets. The first shows Laura Loomer promoting her show, where she says "A message has been sent that we are not interested in going back to the way politics were prior to Donald Trump, prior to 2016. We don't want warhawks. We don't want any more Neocons. We want American First. Period. End of discussion." The next tweet says: Today is a great day. Our military is amazing. @PeteHegseth is an absolute killer. Now you see why the Deep State worked so hard against him. It’s great having a Sec War who has Infidel literally tattooed on his body. He actually gets it. God bless him.

Two tweets. The first shows Will Chamberlain tweeting: The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars. If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position. The next tweet shows him posting "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead." The tweet has a USA flag attached.

Two tweets. The first shows Gunther Eagleman tweeting: "Warmonger Lindsey Graham just rushed to Fox to advocate for U.S. involvement as soon as he could. He is also pushing for a US-backed regime change in Iran. I would like to renominate Graham to get a one-way ticket to the frontlines of every war he wants America involved in." There's an attached video of Graham speaking. The next shows Eagleman tweeting: UST IN! President Trump is HARD AT WORK all weekend after the massive strikes on Iran! He’s already on the phone with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte! Trump is a machine!" There's an attached video of a news segment about the war in Iran.

manufacturing consent through lowly paid influencers

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

This is some next-level swiftboating

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...

Up is down is up

I wish there was more insight into this (tho clearly that's the point of sending people there). People sent to camps within the US don't even have access to basic rights god knows what's being done in someplace like GITMO.

this is all a giant boon for Russia btw who gets a much needed price boost to their sanctioned oil exports.

That Trump II is killing its way through every level of Iran's leadership until the unqualified recent hires are in charge is consistent with the notion that hegemons always try to export their ideal regime type.

Caucus leadership is more about specific skills like whipping votes or fundraising than anything else. I understand the desire for there to a specific 'face' for each chamber but it'd be better if folks just focus on what individuals are doing rather than hierarchy.

Iowa governor's case for large state plane doesn't add up The Iowa State Patrol had a plane with advanced technology before Gov. Reynolds used pandemic relief funds for a Cessna Grand Caravan.

I have so many questions about the Iowa State Patrol's newest plane, including:
-why buy such a large plane instead of a 2nd smaller plane w/similar high-tech equipment?
-why has it taken several trips out of state?
-how often has Kim Reynolds used it?
www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/28/i...

How JD Vance lost the foreign policy war

Project 2025 was pretty explicit in that it took a hard line on Iran. It criticized Obama-era efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear program. It doesn’t call for regime change through force, but it situates Iran as a priority along with Venezuela. unherd.com/2026/03/how-...

The Platner pattern of getting caught doing something Nazi-adjacent, huffily disavowing it and then doing another wink-wink nudge-nudge signal to the extreme right is pretty much the Trump 2016 playbook

Who is being dumped in GITMO? Is there any recent reporting on that? I know Venezuelans had been sent there @ a year ago but thought that had stopped.

The closer you look the more signs you see that ICE charters are a mess. In one one week:
-Omni ICE flight had a 7-hour sit, then possible depressurization
-2nd Omni flight stranded in blizzard for 14 hours
-Air Wisconsin ICE flight emergency return
-Eastern ICE flight diverted
-Global X emergency

Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah's Assassination The U.S. and Israeli militaries are targeting Iran’s leaders—but that may only strengthen the state.

This piece by Ali Hashem is a good read, lays out exactly why this won't work. Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah's Assassination 🎧

foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/28/i...

Also article is completely fabricated. Not only did 'top Dems' not try to stop any war powers vote as the minority party they have no control over votes in Congress at all (unless enough House Rs join to force a vote but Johnson has kept House in recess). Original reporter admitted they were wrong!

To be clear, Catherine Beecher and Booker T Washington were both influential American educators. They are part of US history and are worth learning about. Both, however, were voices on the side of *less* political and social democracy in the eras in which they wrote. That's why they got banners.

This interpretation of the Civil Rights Act is also shared (though in less explicitly Nazi-ish ways) by the folks at Hillsdale who are basically in charge of the 250th anniversary commemoration. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Catherine Beecher is the perfect choice to juxtapose with Charlie Kirk. In the era when American women began advocating for suffrage, Beecher was a prominent anti-suffragist.