Kathy E. Gill 🏍️

A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

“A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive government campaign to detain and demonize dissenters” www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

Security guards at one the America largest ICE concentration camps are alledgely taking "bets over which detainee would be next to die by suicide. The guard said he had paid $500 into a pool, with the total pot riding on the outcome." apnews.com/article/suic...

ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

“Actions by the Department of Education have real consequences for millions of students and families,” a lawyer representing ProPublica said. “The public deserves to understand how executive authority is being exercised.”

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible Middle East deployment Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region

Dear UK leaders: DON’T DO THIS

The US is the bad guy here, along with Israel.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I want someone charged with negligent homicide.

Waving!

At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says Global health body investigating reports that four medics are among the 1,230 people killed in Iran since start of war

WHO has “verified 13 attacks on health care in Iran and one in Lebanon.” Given Israel's record in Gaza, this should not come as a surprise to anyone.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Wow - I thought it was CBP who was at fault due to their dropping him off at a closed coffee shop at 8 at night.

Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

He’s hoping that by adding cruelty to his voter-suppression bill, it will get more support from Republicans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

MINUTE ORDER. Regarding plaintiff's 51 Second Motion for Preliminary Injunction, defendants are hereby ORDERED to file a response no later than Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM. Plaintiff shall file a reply, if any, no later than Monday, March 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM. The Court will hold a hearing on the motion on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM in Courtroom 18 (In Person) before Judge Richard J. Leon. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 3/5/2026. (lcrjl2) (Entered: 03/05/2026)

NEW: With the amended complaint and preliminary injunction request filed in the National Trust's ballroom challenge, Judge Leon set a new schedule, with arguments set for March 17.

Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

PI request: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Russia is aiding Iran’s war effort by providing intel on US military targets, sources say | CNN Politics Russia is providing Iran with intelligence about the locations and movements of American troops, ships and aircraft, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue, ...

Super shocking. Given that Russia helped our enemies during Vietnam, Korea, and both gulf wars, who could have guessed this would happen. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...

Per @pabloreports.bsky.social — Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez’s husband says they “don’t know where she is” after she was grabbed by ICE.

Their Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/prayers-an...

Last 14 months of Biden's term:

+1.74m jobs

First 14 months of Trump's term:

150,000 jobs

(total! for the whole 14 months!)

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Virginia passes legislation prohibiting schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6 riot The bill passed by the Virginia legislature prohibits schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it "as peaceful protest."

"...school instruction must "Describe the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election."

The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape - emptywheel One day before Jeffrey Epstein suicided, the woman who claimed Donald Trump had abused her told the FBI that Epstein and Trump had spoken about blackmail in front of her.

On the missing Epstein files: It's not JUST that DOJ is still withholding a bunch of pages re allegation he raped a teenager. It's that they only released duplicates (those sent to Ghislaine in discovery), raising questions if the originals still exist.

emptywheel.net/the-alleged-...

Obama on Jesse Jackson: "The message he sent to a 22 year old child of a single mother with a funny name, an outsider, was that maybe there wasn't any place, any room, where we didn't belong"

Cover of a book: "An Operational Necessity."

Who else remembers or has heard of prize-winning late 1960s novel 'An Operational Necessity,' by Gwyn Grffin?

It's about law-of-war consequences for WWII German U-boat crew that kills, rather than rescuing, crew members of a French boat it has torpedoed and sunk.

Worth reading again at the moment.

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

“Trans children are perfect.”

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

Biden: "Jesse kept hope alive for us, and we've gotta continue to do it in our lifetime for our children. Because there's nothing beyond our capacity when we work together. So stand up! And finish this job."

Since any state that can produce a vest bomb or IED can be a threat , this seems like a forever war.

WA ‘millionaires tax’ headed for passage as Ferguson says he’ll sign it Gov. Bob Ferguson and legislative Democrats reached a deal on a proposed income tax on people earning more than $1 million, clearing the way for a final vote.

I'm not convinced they've done the work necessary to survive the inevitable challenge at the ballot, but as someone who's advocated for a WA state income tax for 23 years I can't overstate how significant it is that the legislators have the confidence to pass one. That's progress.

What the hell.

We've gone from "this isn't a war" and it's not about regime change to "wars can be fought forever" and will be fought until unconditional surrender and Trump personally picks Iran's leadership.

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

Mostly definitely worth your time. From Norway’s Consumer Council.

youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...

Even Orwell couldn’t have imagined Trump.

Oh. FFS. We ALREADY have a military budget that dwarfs the rest of the world — we account for $2-in-5 spent on the military. We spend more than the rest of the top 10.