Noem associate Madison Sheahan bought 2,500 marked vehicles for ICE Despite ICE employees seeking to keep a low profile in public, ICE official Madison Sheehan placed a bulk order for marked vehicles.

DHS made a massive purchase of 2,500 new custom marked ICE vehicles that are now sitting in parking garages because nobody wants to use them: “ICE has never had marked vehicles. We don’t want to use these - we can’t.” www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immig...

Fox should send Kilmeade as a special correspondent to report live from the ship. bsky.app/profile/atru...

For some reason unknown to me, Meta just authorized me to participate in their "community notes" program. I just gave it a test run and the first 10 stories it flagged as needing "community note" fact checking were stories that coded as leftist or anti-Trump. Very fair and balanced Zuck!

Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."

The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country, according to a federal government alert sent to law enforcement agencies. abcnews.com/US/iran-acti...

Always delighted to see journalists using @followthecrypto.org data in their reporting! If you're a journalist following campaign finance and run across crypto spending, I'm always happy to talk to you.

"Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion are manifestly illegal, constituting both a violation of the UN Charter and the international crime of aggression."

There Have Been No Approvals for New Transit Projects in the First Year of the Current Trump Administration

For the 1st time in the 1st year of a presidential administration since at least 1993, under Trump 2, the Federal Transit Administration signed 0 new contracts for major transit projects, like subways or light rail.

The US is facing a crisis of rail transit investment: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

US military kills six in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific

US military kills six in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific https://aje.news/obdl02

the Trump administration's affordability message could use some work

(the woman speaking here is State Department official Monica Crowley)

Meanwhile Texas is denying Muslim schools the ability to participate in the state’s new school voucher scheme.

In case anyone’s wondering how “education freedom” is going down there or what it’s really about

U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School “It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation,” CENTCOM told The Intercept.

“This is another instance of Trump lying and just talking out of his ass,” said a U.S. government official who reviewed satellite images of the Shajarah Tayyebeh school. “This clearly was not a failed rocket from the IRGC base.”

theintercept.com/2026/03/09/i...

Governor Pritzker sits behind the podium.

Governor Pritzker poses for a photo.

For the first time, CSL's full manufacturing process will be entirely in the US — with Illinois set to supply 100% of its immunoglobulin therapies demand.

Their new manufacturing facility in Kankakee County will create 300 new jobs and retain more than 1,200 existing positions.

⚡️Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is demanding the world speed up the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

That’s a great start. What about everyone else?

2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detention Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas led a delegation of Democrats to a South Texas detention center to press for the release of the brothers and their family.

Two teenage brothers and mariachi stars who visited the White House last summer were released with their family on Monday from an ICE detention center in South Texas. Rep. Joaquin Castro led a delegation of Democrats to the center to press for the release.

Fuck racism

This should end his career.

But it won’t—not in 2026.

Even so—call, complain, speak up, push back.

I wish that Anti-Muslim bigots didn’t belong here.

Exclusive | National Bureau of Economic Research Cuts Ties With Larry Summers The former Treasury secretary and Harvard president is no longer affiliated with America’s leading economics organization.

Exclusive: Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with America’s leading economics organization, the latest consequence for the former Treasury secretary stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. on.wsj.com/4bzwjAM

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

Sometimes all I've got left is sarcasm. And when that runs out, I get serious.

"They promised us a very, very different future... That future hasn't arrived and I am frankly angry. I'm angry that these folks won't own up. I'm angry they won't tell the truth and I'm angry that this is a result of a series of absolutely insane policy blunders."

"oil prices up 50%... But I still want to emphasize one thing. Yeah, that hurts at the pump. Yeah, it sucks. But you know what's worse? War. And so we shouldn't trivialize the big issues here, which is, you know, we're at war with Iran. Big deal for young American troops. Big deal for the Iranians."

www.mediaite.com ESPN Hires Former Washington Post Writers After Paper Gutted Its Sports Department

ESPN Hires Former Washington Post Writers After Paper Gutted Its Sports Department Mediaite

Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, Lindsey Graham, and Clarence Thomas are specifically named by one survivor, Sascha Riley.

This is just GREED At everyone else’s expense!!

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...

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

It's all about the grift ...

Ukraine deploys interceptor drones, experts to protect US bases in Jordan, Zelensky says "We reacted immediately," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

⚡️ Ukraine deploys interceptor drones, experts to protect US bases in Jordan, Zelensky says.

"We reacted immediately," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so damn sad

North Korean happenings