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The latest step, and a major one, in the Trump administration’s consistent efforts to keep the Russian army in the field against Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
Hi @debpearlstein.bsky.social. Great NYT op-ed! Did they ask you before changing the original excellent headline to the lame and inaccurate one?
Yes. This is transparently the plan. It is a destructive and unconstitutional plan. And it can be stopped. It can even be turned into an electoral issue that hurts Trump. But only if we face this now.
🚨BREAKING: Emails obtained by Democracy Docket show the Justice Department contacting multiple states about overseas voting compliance ahead of the 2026 midterms, emphasizing ID verification rules that could complicate voting for Americans abroad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: The United States’s withdrawal this year from the WHO is having knock-on effects on an influential global organization for cancer research: NIH is cutting ties with the International Agency for Research on Cancer, WHO’s 60-year-old cancer research arm. https://scim.ag/3N2CzrD
HUGE (and GOOD) news: Federal court has thrown out the President's attempt to throw the Fed Chair in jail.
When the President decides photojournalists can’t take pictures at Sec’y Hegseth’s Iran briefings, it’s not a small thing. We’re connecting the dots to the larger efforts to erode our 1st Amendment rights, just when we need them the most. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Your friendly reminder from Kevin Walling that every Democrat in the House voted for National Voter ID included in the Freedom to Vote Act. Not one Republican voted for it. The SAVE Act isn’t about Voter ID, it’s a voter suppression bill to help rig the midterms for Republicans.
IDIOT
A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to “federalize” elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...
I'm thrilled that @jakeswearingen.bsky.social is joining our shop to run a business team!
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An astounding statement from a federal judge about the executive branch, generally; the Justice Department, more particularly; and these subpoenas, specifically.
Epstein wanted to use Zorro Ranch as a “baby farm” to impregnate women & seed the human race w/his DNA. Elon Musk wants to boost the world’s population by breeding genetically superior offspring w/his DNA.
I track the similarities between these men pushing pro-natalism.
youtu.be/1j__euZrK_o?...
How does he have that job?
A federal judge has put the brakes on a criminal probe of the Federal Reserve, saying it was part of an improper campaign by the Trump administration to pressure the central bank into cutting interest rates. n.pr/4t47K5d
America’s dumbest senator goes on bigoted tirade against Muslims: www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator...
Donald Trump hollowed out our diplomacy.
He weakened oversight.
Now he’s easing sanctions on Russia because he can’t manage the crisis he created.
More in my latest essay
“The clear winner of this war is Putin”
Must be a coincidence 🙃
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked the DOJ's subpoenas against Fed Chair Jerome Powell that accused him of giving misleading testimony to Congress.
This was a pathetic attempt to intimidate Powell & bend the economy to Trump's will.
His authoritarian control is faltering.
Iran’s Foreign Minister on Trump temporarily loosening sanctions against Russia
BREAKING: Pete Kegstand IGNORED the CENTCOM chief and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs opposition to GUTTING offices that limit civilian casualties, calling them "stupid." He fired and replaces all opposed. Politico with the exclusive: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
FBI agent allegedly allowed access to Epstein files in New York FBI office
youtu.be/qg8YwBKee0c
Election fraud isn’t really a big thing in the US.
The Heritage Foundation Database found a total 488 cases of election fraud occurred over the last 10 years
( out of an annual 25.5 million votes)
Kristi Noem spent $220 MILLION on a 60-second ad.
Pete Hegseth spent $93 BILLION in one month.
Trump just gave four Big Tech companies a $51 BILLION tax break.
And you’re worried about a single mom getting a few bucks from SNAP to feed her kids?
Wake up, people.
The ballroom is projected to cost $400 million, which is twice the original estimate.
