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Iran’s drones cost a fraction of the U.S. weapons shooting them down Friday, March 06, 2026

They say this war costs us here in the USA a billion dollars a day. I guess this is one reason! Man that Hegseth must of had 1 to many when he carried out this costly order.
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F.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs

Gift article about the spate of FDA rejections at the hands of Vinay Prasad— this is taking away reasonable hope from people with serious rare diseases. Remarkable that Janet Woodcock described the Huntington’s therapy dispute as “evil.” Prasad needs to go.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/h...

Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump
NYT Gift Article

One inmate paid lobbyists and lawyers with ties to the president’s team and walked free. Others are following his blueprint but it is not always clear who can deliver

These pardons are a major scandal and issue
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Opinion | Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?

Talk about going way beyond artistic license ... Darryl Hannah seems to have a legitimate beef. Wow! (Gift Link)
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I get a lot of questions these days about data from BLS and other agencies. Some of this is about fears of political interference. Some of it is about the reliability of the data, especially in light of recent big revisions. In a story today, I tried to tackle both.
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Virginia moves to forbid schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful In what appears to be a first in the country, legislation headed to the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) would prohibit public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capit...

It is utterly ABSURD that states have to pass laws to teach facts. Oh wait … remembers US history … yeah okay we do still have to do that here.

Gift link.

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Zelenskyy laughing (wearing green shirt), small Ukraine flag (yellow / blue) next to him

On the 6th day of the US and Israel war with Iran, the US and Israel begged Ukraine for help.

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A Company Plans 4,000 Orbiting 'Sky Mirrors' to Shine Sunlight on Earth After Dark, Worrying Astronomers A startup wants to light up the night sky using giant mirrors in space. The idea could extend daylight for solar farms and nighttime operations.

There's been so much going on that I missed this story. WTF are we doing? @banditelli.org

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

BREAKING:
Hillary Clinton calls for the CIA, DNI, and DOJ counterintelligence to be subpoenaed over alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein.

DOJ finally admits tens of thousands of Epstein files were removed to protect Trump The Department of Justice has quietly admitted what many critics had long suspected. Nearly 48,000 files tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein were pulled from public access, even as the...

DOJ finally admits tens of thousands of Epstein files were removed to protect Trump

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

The fuck kind of answer is this

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New filing: "Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent (treasury data access by DOGE II)"
Doc #71: Memorandum & Opinion

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I wish we had a law that protected the country from narcicists.

How Pedro Sánchez became Donald Trump’s nemesis in Europe Spain’s premier tells US president what no other European leader dares to say but some say he has miscalculated

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The Middle East conflict is stress testing global energy. Bloomberg sees oil at $108 in a severe escalation.

We have seen this before. The difference now is that solar and batteries are more cost competitive. Every fossil fuel spike strengthens the case for renewables on energy security alone.

Maybe he should focus on taxes. Since that is what his job is.

F.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs

NEW: Tension between rare disease families and the FDA are rising as the agency closes the door on a series of new drugs:

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5th and 6th U.S. soldier killed in Kuwait has been identified, the Pentagon says:

Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa.

CWO 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California.

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Markwayne called Rand Paul a “freaking snake” last week and said he supported his neighbor beating the crap out of him. Let’s see who the chair of the Senate Homeland Security committee is…oh goody it’s Rand Paul.

Big week for #mtpol. #Montana used to be a purple state. We can be again.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

YES!! YES!! YES!!

Noem has been fired as Homeland Security Secretary.

In her new role she will be "special envoy for the Shield of the Americas" whatever the hell that is.

I tried to do what we call, if I may be so bold, a "conceptual scoop"!!

Pls read my story on the most overlooked form of extreme confinement of farmed animals—the routine caging of millions of dairy calves in tiny crates less than 1/10 the size of a parking spot.

It's not about veal! (🧵)

The Biggest Myth About Trump’s Base (And Why Many Believe It) The MAGA faithful aren’t deserting their leader.

Operation Midnight Hammer. Venezuela. Now Epic Fury. Again and again, stories claim that MAGA is mad with Trump for betraying America First principles. Again and again, polls show that nope, they're not. I wrote about this myth and why it won't die here (gift link):

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

Another racist and antisemitic Republican group chat...

This time, Republicans from Miami used slurs hundreds of times. One member even described the chat as “Nazi heaven.”

We’re discouraged but not surprised. This is what happens when the White House emboldens & embraces the extreme far right.

The First 36 Hours of War Consumed Over 3,000 U.S.-Israeli Munitions Replenishing stockpiles depends on vulnerable critical mineral chains.

"This is a polite way of saying the American military should be hoping the next salvo with Iran is smaller—and that China won’t do the math to figure out what is left of American precision-guided munitions to defend Taiwan." foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

Why Does Child Care Seem Less Affordable Than Ever? It has always been expensive, but recently prices have risen faster than inflation.

Excellent article that explains ALL THE THINGS about how childcare is so expensive and teachers still make far too little! #FundChildCare

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/upshot/child-care-expensive-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q1A.jOWN.PnKUQzU8lUMb&smid=url-share