Lisa Tozzi

Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her Mullin’s potential ascension will have significant implications for future U.S. elections.

NEW: Trump announced he would replace DHS Secretary Kristi Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin on March 31.

The demotion comes after both Democratic and Republican senators showed deep frustration with her department’s leadership during a combative testimony earlier this week.

US troops who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

Nicole Amor, 39, was an avid gardener who enjoyed making salsa from the peppers and tomatoes in her garden with her son, a senior in high school. She also enjoyed rollerblading and bicycling with her fourth-grade daughter.

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Such a bargain

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

As live music becomes more inaccessible, most fans stay watching through screens — NPR Now that it is becoming harder and harder to get a ticket to your favorite artist's show, watching indirectly is becoming a popular compromise. What is gained and lost in a tiered concert hierarchy?

Great live music is such a balm, and it is outrageous how expensive tickets are these days. apple.news/AGM9m5EuJQ6m...

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When the media covers war, every other topic fades Trump will do anything to distract from the political damage of the Epstein files

@sulliview.bsky.social "When the media covers war, every other topic fades." bit.ly/3OVOwzE

She's not wrong....

Wondering what would be on the home pages of national media if we had not bombed Iran. Here are today's landing pages...

Federal judge says Trump administration can't kill NYC's congestion pricing tolls The order undermines President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign promise to "TERMINATE" congestion pricing.

How much money is being wasted fighting Trump BS like this in court? gothamist.com/news/federal...

I’m so sorry for your loss, Charlie

The roll call of male dancers in the first episode of Strip Law made laugh harder than I have in a long time. Highly recommend this show!

Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

Talking about the drapes and a ballroom while dragging us into war … yep, that’s a totally normal thing to do!

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He’s Reese’s Biggest Advocate—and Hershey’s Biggest Headache Reese’s peanut-butter cups haven’t been made by a Reese since 1963. That hasn’t stopped Brad Reese from championing the candy, or bashing the owner.

When he’s not spreading his love of Reese’s, he spends weekday afternoons singing Rolling Stones songs on karaoke machines in bars near the pier. www.wsj.com/business/hes...

youre making a mockery of the fifa peace prize

Giant pint-wielding statue of St Patrick taken down from Temple Bar pub after less than a day Temple Bar St Patrick statue, we hardly knew ye.

"When asked where the installation crew planned to cart the bust off to, he said they might 'take him to the zoo now he’s seen Temple Bar'"

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Fox host warns that if Mamdani doesn't do anything about people throwing snowballs at NYPD it will lead to "Game of Thrones where everyone is just robbing everyone, taking their purse"

Guys. It was a SNOWBALL fight. www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...

I’m so sorry for your loss, Karen.

A special Racist Visa

Homeland Security Agents Lied Their Way Into Dorm to Arrest Student, Says Columbia President The agents entered campus housing at around 6:30 a.m., just before Azerbaijani undergraduate Ellie Aghayeva posted online: “Dhs illegally arrested me. Please help."

Protests have erupted at Columbia U. after DHS arrest of student. Update from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:

They Thought It Was Burnout or Aging. It Was ADHD. A wave of midlife diagnoses in women is revealing the disorder’s hormonal link.

"One theory is that the ever-changing, high-stakes environment is appealing to busy minds and the work lends itself to hyperfocus."

ME: "Um...like working in breaking news, maybe?" www.thecut.com/article/surg...

They Thought It Was Burnout or Aging. It Was ADHD. A wave of midlife diagnoses in women is revealing the disorder’s hormonal link.

“It’s kind of like, How much of it is our hormones? How much of it is ADHD? How much of it is just baseline womanhood?” www.thecut.com/article/surg...

Pets Are Expensive and Shelters Are Packed. Advocates Say Mamdani Should Help. A new proposal calls on the city to fund spay and neuter surgeries as well as low-cost veterinary clinics and pop-up pet food pantries to help keep animals with their families.

A new proposal calls on the city to fund spay and neuter surgeries as well as low-cost veterinary clinics and pop-up pet food pantries to help keep animals with their families. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/25/a...

One of my favorite things!

And to be clear, everyone was very aware that this was illegal, but Trump officials and DOGE didi it anyway. Multiple IRS acting commissioners were removed when they raised concerns. Pretty much the entire C-suite resigned. From last year: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/this-tax-d...

Aren't they embarrassed that they are acting this way over SNOWBALLS?

Absolutely ridiculous

NYPD arrests man in Washington Square Park snowball fight Police say officers were injured after being hit with snow and ice during a social media-promoted gathering.

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Are we really going to do another day of cops being called in for a snowball fight and getting hit with snowballs?

Ralph Coleman spent decades rehabilitating himself.

@josephbienkahn.com, the son of Coleman's attorney, described him as "tired, mournful, bitter, wise. But, what I never felt… was that he was a threat.”

Read about the fight for Coleman's freedom: apple.news/A7c7VYYnrTc6...