Jon of The North

In 2024, Donald Trump campaigned on two big promises: (1) he'd bring down gas prices; and (2) he'd not start any new wars.

In 2026, Donald Trump will cause gas prices to spike astronomically by starting a new war.

He's smart—and trustworthy—like that.

I once interviewed an expert on oil consumption that focused on consumers. He said low gas prices are a religion for Americans and they will do absolutely nonsensical things to access them, like drive miles and miles out of their way.

If you wanna lose votes as fast as possible, raise gas prices.

Israel Is Using Its Genocidal Gaza Playbook on Iran Just as in Palestine, the Israeli government is framing its latest conflict as a holy war of extermination.

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Breaking: Arkansas Democrats just flipped a Republican seat It's the ninth red-to-blue pickup in a special election in Trump's second term

JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*.

Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be.

Our full recap:

Pam Bondi’s in trouble with Republicans on Capitol Hill The attorney general will soon have to appear before a House committee under subpoena.

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

How our AI bots are ignoring their programming and giving hackers superpowers Welcome to the age of AI hacking, in which the right prompts make amateurs into master hackers.

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

I'm so damn tired of the US cycle where Republicans kill our economy, move wealth to the richest 1%, and start a war and then Dems have to clean it up. Then once they get on the right path, Americans are impatient or fixate on some GOP created culture war, and think they should have fixed it all in less than 2 years and re-elect GOP liars who will start the cycle again. Absolutely exhausting.

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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I say....

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.

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BlackRock Fund Limits Withdrawals As Redemptions Rattle Private Credit Shares of the world's largest asset manager fell 6.7% on the New York Stock Exchange.

This is not a good sign, think of a bank run, Blackrock doesn't have the available cash to redeem stocks.

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Blue states push to ban ICE at the polls amid federal voter intimidation fears The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans to target voting locations. By� Jonathan Shorman for Stateline Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration ...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

In Iran, Trump’s Luck Runs Out Operation Epic Fiasco has punctured his mystique.

Conservative media is starting to sour on "Operation Epic Fiasco"

www.theamericanconservative.com/in-iran-trum...

Graph by BLS in the NYT showing job losses

According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy lost 92,000 jobs.

So, war in Middle East, the Epstein files, building an overpriced & unnecessary ballroom, and more more indicate a falling economy.

What took them so long to realize what we are all feeling?

#ProudBlue

"The working classes have always been the caring classes - not just because they do almost all of the caring labor, but also because, perhaps partly as a result, they actually are more empathetic than the rich. Psychological studies show this, by the way. The richer you are, the less competent you are at even understanding other people's feelings. So trying to reimagine work - not as a value or end in itself, but as the material extension of caring - is a good start." David Graeber

Ex-GOP SC lawmaker RJ May sentenced to prison, saying he lived a double life Federal Judge Cameron Currie sentenced former South Carolina Republican lawmaker RJ May to 17.5 years in prison for five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.

www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2026...

Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses Meta contractors in Kenya told two Swedish newspapers that they're being told to review highly sensitive footage recorded by smart glasses.

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ChatGPT app uninstalls surge 295% in the US after Pentagon deal, Claude observes a boom After OpenAI agreed to follow the DoD laws, users are uninstalling the ChatGPT app at a higher rate. According to the recent report, this ChatGPT fallout has surged to 295 per cent in the US. IT has b...

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The Pentagon strongarmed AI firms before Iran strikes – in dark news for the future of ‘ethical AI’ Questions about ethical AI may go out the window when democratic norms are collapsing.

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Please don’t forget to vote today! Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina are kicking off the 2026 midterm cycle with their primary elections.

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment: