Tim Murphy

nature is healing

spurs at a point where they also have to start watching that goal differential

Kristi Noem misattributing a paraphrase of Rudyard Kipling to George Orwell really does sum it all up huh

LITERALLY THE DREAM

genuinely reassuring to know that persistent, hard-hitting journalism—combined with several homicides, a private jet, an affair, and deep unpopularity—can still lead to consequences in this country

librarian and a cartoonist

and i'll be more annoying and add, "and both sides do this."

i'm guilty of shorthand but the "red and blue" concept in general has made people both stupider and less empathetic

saw a cybertruck that had "cybertruck" stenciled on the back in what I could only describe as "limp bizkit font."

feels like Gary Condit should've had a Trump-era comeback

Chevron's hometown paper is quiet on climate. Guess who owns it? The Richmond Standard has little to say about the gas flares, haze, and smoke plumes that shape life in its California community.

Chevron is Richmond’s largest employer—and its largest polluter. When it flares hazardous gases, there is no daily newspaper to report on health concerns or keep residents in the know.

Perhaps that's because the Richmond Standard is owned by Chevron itself.

Arthur St. Clair fucked up so badly we created a standing army.

noem might still be talking

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

do you like grand theft auto? great news. we're hiring *car-jackers*

there's a not especially healthy situation where they are trying to sort of speak the '90s video game panics into reality. it's like a Pony Express-style PSA for troubled teens, an audience-callout for anyone who has ever played a first-person shooter game and wished "the other person actually died"

spurs are really gonna do the thing

markwayne mullin going on TV and tripping over whether or not this is a "war" marks the triumphant merger of two great strains of american conservatism—a legal tradition rooted in coming up with alternative meanings for ordinary words, and guys who aren't ex-military but want to sound like it

The future in Texas is bright and terrifying Democrats are once more dreaming of what could be. Republicans are dreaming of Rhodesia.

2026 in a nutshell: a Democratic Party with maybe a puncher’s chance if everything goes right—and a Republican base testing just how far gone it can go, before it ever pays a price for anything. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"How am I going to sell my house with this crap in my backyard?" ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.

ICE wants to turn warehouses into detention centers. The suburbs are fighting back.

@schuylermitchell.bsky.social reports from a weekend protest in New Jersey:

you can tell the Kennedys who left

it's worth asking, "what is the Clearwater of New York"

hive, assemble, etc.

One of Top Podcasting Awards Honors Reveal for Best News and Politics; Nation’s Top Magazine Awards Select Mother Jones as Finalist for General Excellence, Profile Writing - Reveal The nation’s most prestigious magazine awards announced that Mother Jones is a finalist in two categories—for general excellence and profile writing—and

We're so proud to announce that Reveal has won an Ambie award for "Best News & Politics Podcast!" 🎉

We were also nominated for Best Podcast of the Year" and "Best Reporting" for our episode "The Landlord Gutting America’s Hospitals." 🧵

YouTube video by Conner O'Malley Pipe rock theory

normalize sharing "pipe rock theory" any time you mention "pipe rock theory" to someone www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzuj...

good pull

I'm reminded of the 2019 Europa League final, where Henrikh Mkhitaryan could not even attend the match because geopolitical safety concerns. sporting bodies would simply rather do business with bad governments than have to work around them, barring a huge outcry.

Trump to POLITICO: ‘I really don’t care’ if Iran plays in World Cup The country has pulled back from World Cup preparations after U.S. military attack.

i think it's pretty obvious at this point we should not be hosting the world cup, but of course, i also understand what FIFA is www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Tweet from Vince Shalomi: Suing the GOP Texas for deleting my nickname "Shamwow" in the Primaries so they help the incumbent John Carter so the voters don't recognize me. Rigged election by these rhinos.

The Shamwow Guy, Vince Shlomi, says he is suing the Texas GOP for “rigging” his Texas House race by not including the word “Shamwow” on ballots