Jason Broccardo

How can _you_ resist all that raw charisma?

U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out President Trump says the Iran campaign might last a week or longer, but dwindling stockpiles could limit his options.

This is how you know this well thought out and planned — “U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out” www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Your Voter Guide to the 2026 Illinois Primary | March 17 Be prepared for this midterm primary election by exploring who is on your ballot, competitive races, and common voting questions.

2026 Illinois Primary Election Voter Guide chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...

DHS Is Depleting Disaster Funds in the Middle of an Agency Shutdown Democrats say that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is “manufacturing” a crisis to put pressure on them to end the agency shutdown.

“She’s flipped around and decided to release all of this money that she’s been holding up personally, and was on her desk and should have been released a long time ago, to create this Disaster Relief Fund crisis” www.notus.org/trump-white-...

A hotter, wetter South is becoming a breeding ground for mold In Asheville, N.C, a housing crisis is colliding with a poorly understood health threat.

“A hotter, wetter South is becoming a breeding ground for mold” grist.org/health/in-a-...

Happy belated birthday, old man

Trump’s Pardon Office Is ‘Totally Decimated’ Former staffers say presidential clemency is “abominable” now that it’s run by Trump’s friends and some “very cagey” lobbyists.

Who needs an Office of the Pardon Attorney when you can just have friends and lobbyists? nymag.com/intelligence...

Gun Sellers Have Made Millions From Trump’s Deployment of Immigration Agents Last year, the Department of Homeland Security spent a record sum on guns and ammunition, a Trace analysis found.

“In 2025, weapons manufacturers received a record $120.7 million through DHS contracts, the data shows. That is the highest amount in at least 10 years” www.thetrace.org/2026/01/gun-...

Why Apple’s move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

“But once we’ve got a layer of paid intermediaries distributing video content, and Apple leans more heavily into the visual aspects of their podcast app, incentives are going to start to shift rapidly.” www.anildash.com/2026/02/28/a...

This is hardly the primary issue, but I guess Khamenei isn't going to respond to my Twitter DMs asking if he liked anime.

At one point I would buy a record just if it had a version of “Caravan” on it because it's a great song and I wanted them all, but then I realized I would probably go broke because everyone likes to play that song

Don Huffines’ family bought Epstein's ranch after his death Huffines' campaign said the candidate’s family bought the ranch at a public auction four years after Jeffrey Epstein died.

Shot: www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/d...

Chaser: www.texastribune.org/2026/02/27/t...

When will Trump tell us we all need to go out and buy things to support the war, since we're replaying the hits of the 2000s?

Hope you like your Strait of Hormuz closed.

How to register to vote in Illinois and check your registration status Ahead of the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in Illinois.

Eligible voters of Illinois:

TODAY is the online voter registration deadline for the statewide primary election. (And you can register in person at election offices through March 17, the last day of primary voting).

You can find the links you need to register and check your status at npr.org/vote

Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchai...

“Some of their shares were purchased, in some cases at roughly a dime apiece, hours before the first explosions were reported in Tehran.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Fakers, by Forty Seven Teeth 9 track album

New Records 2/2
• Forty Seven Teeth / Fakers / fortyseventeeth.bandcamp.com/album/fakers
• Pelican / Ascending / pelican.bandcamp.com/album/ascend...
• EXS / Self Titled / theseatsofpiss.bandcamp.com/album/self-t...
• Bilge / HARD-CORE DEMO / bilgehc.bandcamp.com/album/hard-c...

Waking Up, by Annabelle Chairlegs 10 track album

New Records 1/2
• Annabelle Chairlegs / Waking Up / todorecords.bandcamp.com/album/waking...
• Rifle / Rifle / rifleldn.bandcamp.com/album/rifle
• Bibi Club / Amaro / bibiclub.bandcamp.com/album/amaro-2
• Soma / Demo 2026 / doomsdayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2...

I have once again successfully completed election judge training and passed the test on the deadline day.

I'm really surprised this hasn't happened again since open carry and other assorted gun rights have made it even easier to move about with weapons the past twenty years

Live updates: Trump say Iran’s supreme leader is dead The U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, telling Iranians to take back their country.

“Trump says bombing of Iran will continue through week or go even longer” apnews.com/live/live-up...

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

“These providers were part of a small stable of loyal medical specialists cultivated and rewarded by Mr. Epstein, the convicted sex offender and financier who died in a jail cell in 2019” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

It's so good. I lucked out and got my copy a week early. Already played it several times.

When it comes to the live update feeds today for what's going on in Iran, I'd say this is the ranking:
- Bloomberg
- The Guardian
- AP
- NBC News

Too bad Bloomberg has kept theirs behind the paywall though.

Moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapses amid shutdown A moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapsed with the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

“Congress put the provision to halt layoffs in a continuing resolution in November, part of a deal that ended the longest-ever partial government shutdown. But that provision expired this month when Congress could not come to an agreement on a Homeland Security funding bill.”

The Trump Administration Is Spending Billions to Militarize the Border The border-industrial complex has become even more profitable since the start of Donald Trump’s second term.

“And yet the question of how all this money is to be spent is almost entirely absent from the current congressional-appropriations debate.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

North Carolina Democrats latest to chart future of the party in congressional primary In a safe Democratic seat in North Carolina, a match-up between a two-term Congresswoman and a progressive local official show how Democrats are charting the future of their party in the age of Trump.

Primary every Democrat. Make them work to keep their seats and not take anything for granted www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

Everybody Loses Paramount winning control of Warner Bros. is the worst-case scenario for Hollywood — and America.

“Everybody Loses” www.vulture.com/article/para...

How Did Hendrix Turn His Guitar Into a Wave Synthesizer? How did Jimi Hendrix turn his guitar into a wave synthesizer? Dive into the engineering behind his iconic sound.

“Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer ” spectrum.ieee.org/jimi-hendrix...

Darn it, that's been in my “maybe” tattoo folder forever