YouTube video by ModernLanguageAssoc Justin Fox Deposition (Part 3) in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit about the NEH

It's stunning how ignorant the DOGE bros were who were sent into agencies. Justin Fox cannot even articulate in his own words what his "present understanding of DEI" is: he can't even formulate a coherent sentence about it. I wouldn't hire him for basic tech support. #NEH
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He also said that a “large tanker” went through the Strait of Hormuz “about 24 hours ago.” He did not identify the tanker, and a spokesman for the Department of Energy did not respond to requests for more details on the ship. A small tanker apparently carrying fuel oil went through the strait in the last 24 hours, said Dimitris Ampatzidis, a senior risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, a global ship tracking firm. Its transponder, a device that transmits a ship’s location, was on, which is why it could be tracked. Vessels sometimes turn off their transponders to avoid being spotted in the strait. Mr. Ampatzidis said the vessel, the Parimal, appeared to have connections to Iran. “I don’t believe this vessel can be used as an indication that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is returning to normal,” he said.

This confirmation that Energy Sec Chris Wright was boasting that IRAN was able to get a tanker thru the Strait raises an interesting possibility: That China resume shipping oil, but no one else can.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/b...

A map of the Middle East listing killed and wounded by country. Saudi Arabia lists 2 killed, 12 injured. The US military lists 8 killed and 18 injured.

It wasn't until yesterday that the Saudis acknowledged their first casualties from the war. (Al Jazeera's tracker is the best out there AFAIK.)

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

This is why I find it interesting that, in the week after this person (the 7th US service member killed in Trump's illegal war), DOD never managed to evacuate them to Ramstein to treat injuries suffered on March 1.

AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

This is horrific.

On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED

We’re still murdering people in “drug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

Very glad that Chris Murphy is in the Senate ... and Jake Tapper isn't ... #NotOneDime

Trump has made billions from the presidency and he is now using the services for our military dead as an opportunity to sell his branded merchandise (the cap). He should not be wearing headwear of any kind at this moment, let alone something he sells on the internet. This is indecent.

Rothkopf eviscerates the normalcy bias that is stalling a proper reaction to Trump's insanity.

Voters sent Arkansas governor a message in primaries. What lesson will she take from it? | Arkansas Advocate COMMENTARY: How Arkansas' governor deciphers the message voters sent in last week's primary elections will be telling.

My column for the @arkansasadvocate.com this week:

Voters sent Arkansas governor a message in primaries. What lesson will she take from it? arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/08/v...

Part of the reason "Breaking Bad" is one of the greatest TV shows of all time is that its central thesis, which feels true, is that there is a monster inside all human beings, and given the chance to come out, it will, indeed, come out.

Anyway, here's an article about a Let the Monster Out Factory.

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.

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(🎥 Vahid Online)

The cruelty and inhumanity of these people is boundless. I don't believe in hell, really, but this makes me want to.

How's that unitary executive theory working out

Apocalyptic scenes from Koohsar Blvd. in the Shahran neighbourhood of northwestern Tehran.

Um, Fort Campbell middle school would like a word. We have many schools on bases, and Bolton knows it. More ghoulish nonsense from war Hawks to justify the murder of little girls.

The war on Iran is unfolding alongside a wave of mass layoffs in the US. These are not separate crises. They are two sides of the same offensive by the ruling class against the working class.

Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet.

It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.

Here is the spreadsheet DOGE had ChatGPT produce, to determine which grants were too DEI www.historians.org/wp-content/u...

WSJ article quoting Sen Lindsey Graham on how he coached Netanyahu to manipulate Trump into going to war with Iran

So, a US Senator coached Netanyahu on how to get Trump to attack another country.

To clarify this: the context is college sports. Trump is saying that Russia helping Iran target Americans in a war is less important than the pay structure for athletes.

I’m honestly wondering what all these lunatics are going to do when Jesus Christ doesn’t show up.

This could get ugly quickly.

Entergy residential bills to rise $5.77 a month starting in June | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Entergy Arkansas Inc. residential customers will see a $5.77 increase on their monthly bills starting with the June billing cycle as they begin to pay for the construction of three power generation…

Entergy Arkansas customers will see $5.77 monthly power bill bump, thanks to new state law that makes it easier for utilities to pass along construction costs to ratepayers. Among projects financed by increase is power plant for massive Google data center in W. Memphis.
#arpx #arnews

If the right thinks fetuses are people then every single picture of a naked fetus is CSAM. Report them for naked photos of children under 18.

So, if we think Mike Johnson's religion is "misguided," we can drop bombs on him? 🤔