Susan Z Witter

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

Stark Divide: Americans More Confident in Career Scientists at U.S. Health Agencies Than Leaders | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania When it comes to reliable health information, Americans are more confident in federal health agencies' career scientists than their leaders.

A new Annenberg poll shows Americans trust federal career scientists and independent medical groups more than in the political leaders running U.S. health agencies
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/stark-divide...

$1.5T defense budget
$170B on ICE & Border Patrol
$100B on tax cuts for the 1%
$20B from Treasury for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$300M on Kristi Noem's jets
$100M+ for Trump to golf
$75k+ for Kash Patel's Olympic trip

And now $50B in emergency funding for war in Iran?

Priorities.

This is a great article and got too little attention when it first came out. @propublica.org is doing amazing work.

Is it legal to charge a person with all the crimes they have committed, all at once? Trump would drown in them

Great hunting. Thanks.

Williamson County will no longer offer countywide voting sites on primary Election Day Countywide voting will still be in place during the two weeks of early voting, but voters will have to go to their assigned polling location if they plan to vote on Election Day for the March 3 primar...

I found this article from @hcrichardson.bsky.social's March 4th letter. The Republican chair of a county says that they made voting harder because they could, and it was expected of them by their party.

www.kut.org/politics/202...

After the Supreme Court struck down his illegal tariffs, Trump doubled down by imposing new tariffs on the entire world — a new 15% tax that spikes everyday prices for YOU and your family.

We're suing to stop him.

Ruh roh

Another Senate seat opening!

Don't forget who really stands to gain from Trump's lawless war. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/03/05/these-companies-stand-to-benefit-from-trumps-iran-war-exxon-raytheon-and-more/

Kristi Noem has used $200M+ in taxpayer funds to pay firms with close ties to her top aides to make anti-immigrant PSAs.

Her luxury jets will cost taxpayers nearly $300M.

Trump's lackeys rail against "government waste," but are happy to pilfer taxpayer funds for themselves.

🤨Fox News showed "American" interceptor drones in action, but there's a catch... the video shows Ukrainian STING drones shooting down Russian drones.

Amazing how fast the news cycle is going right now. I applaud Chris for. Using all the churn as leverage.

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

@propublica.org ’s series on vouchers in southern states has been a particular object of McMahon, DeVos & above all Heritage hatred.

Here’s an example of that reporting on former segregation academies getting taxpayer cash, with a couple comments from yours truly
www.propublica.org/article/segr...

Sen. Blumenthal has written a letter to Kristi Noem about her denial that Corey Lewandowski has a role in approving contracts at DHS.

"I demand that you amend your testimony" and "provide the basis for your apparent false statement on the record."

www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Just what we didn’t want

Everyone should read Trump’s long word salad quoted in full by @hcrichardson.bsky.social when he was asked why the government has not been able to help get Americans out of the war zone.

Joe Biden was forced out of the presidency for less.

An echo

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yes please draw that line in the sand! A billion dollars a day!!

Wait, aren’t you already protecting the savages who rape, brutalize, etc.? Thinking of Epstein..

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

War is not some game. Our troops are not toy soldiers. Civilian casualties are not nothing.

NO BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

NO WAR WITH IRAN.

Thank you, Senator Murray!

CNN put together a video illustrating that while Trump regime officials keep describing the Iran strikes as a "war," Republican members of Congress are using all sorts of euphemisms

Donald Trump once opposed war and promised to remove America from foreign entanglements.

This is why he broke that promise.

This war is just a tool