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The stupidest people are the richest. Something so wrong with that.

This is all because of the Republicans. All of it. Trump is the weakest most pathetic wannabe autocrat in all of human history. But we need some kind of screening process for people who are up for Senate confirmation. You ought to at least have to pass some kind of emotional maturity assessment.

This is a thing that is within their control and they absolutely should make their negotiating position

Trump did not announce a U.S. policy then walk it back. That is not what happened, and media presenting it that way does a disservice.

Trump said words he thought might appeal to his audience in the moment, with no connection to actual policy, then did that again with a different question/asker.

Ending privatization needs to be a top goal of the democratic party.

Screenshot of a table showing staffing and construction contracts for ICE detention warehouses.

ICE WAREHOUSE TRACKER UPDATE

We're now tracking contract awards for warehouse staffing and fit-out as the task orders drop.

If a facility isn't listed yet, we haven't seen contracts for it.

Explore the data here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...

The problem is, everyone I’ve spoken to in MAGAworld content creation — comms staff, influencers, whomever — knows their identity. In off-the-record conversations, people will simply tell me their name as soon as I ask the question, as they’re familiar with the memelord’s style from interactions in the disappearing MAGA group chats. (I do have to pause for a second and acknowledge that the meme zoomers have better opsec than the senior officials who did Signalgate a year ago.) But the moment I ask if they’d be willing to go on background about it — surely they aren’t Nazis, and shouldn’t they call out behavior in their own ranks? — sources immediately clam up. If I prod, they’ll shrug it off as everyone’s just having fun.

So @tinanguyen.bsky.social has spent weeks trying to identify the person at DHS who posts all the racist memes, and instead uncovered a fascinating code of silence: everyone in Trump's Washington knows who it is, but refuses to say. Gift link! -> www.theverge.com/column/89298...

Yeah, We're Going to Have to Tax the Middle Class YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

down with slopulism youtu.be/MXZvHsem5OU

Here's my bottom line:

Much of what they are doing is bad.
Much of what they are doing is unpopular.
Pushback is working.
We are winning.
Keep fighting.
Be creative.
Push for what you'd want.
Allow for insiders and outsiders.
Realize that change takes time.
Reduce harm in the meantime.

It seems he's just spouting stuff without trying to seem truthful. It's all his brain can do now. He can't formulate specific consistent lies anymore.

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

Scoop: Grammarly is facing a class action lawsuit over its AI "expert review" tool, which presented advice from living and dead authors without their consent. Parent company Superhuman pulled the feature earlier today following backlash. by @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Two months after Rénee Good’s death, her loved ones in Colorado grapple with loss Classmates and mentors remember Good as a creative force who moved everyone around her.

I really wanted to know more about Renee Good, killed by ICE in January. Fortunately, my editor allowed me to take some time to do a deep dive into who she was before she died. Read and listen to what I found out about her from her Colorado tribe here: www.cpr.org/2026/03/11/r...

In other words, I can't boycott them because I never eat there.

I hate Chili's anyway.

Every aspect of their "professional" existence screams out for the need to return to DEI.

An effort to avoid making waves I generally avoid saying this, but it's true.

From the beginning of this administration, when it was clear that corporations and people were gonna be allowed to do anything if they thought they could get away with it, I said to people around me that Americans don't get scared. They get mad. And katy bar the door when they do.

It does show that mass fury can change things. The other place we should direct our energy is to TELL PEOPLE. A lot of people still don't know quite how awful genAI companies are. I'm starting to think they are staying off BlueSky on purpose to feign innocence (ok, I'm reaching).

Holding them to a higher standard than common thief. I guess they just thought people would never notice.

I love the style in that letter, which has the effect of cheap cologne over body odor.

Since this last election, the feeling is mutual.

conservative evangelicalism is the direct theological offspring of slaveholder christianity and it contains all of its pathologies, part infinity

Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show The hack occurred after a server at the Child Exploitation Forensic Lab in the FBI’s New York Field Office was inadvertently left vulnerable by a special agent.

Excellent reporting here by @raphae.li about a hacker who breached an FBI server, apparently without knowing it was the FBI, and accessed the Epstein files. The hacker allegedly threatened to report the server's owner TO THE FBI bc of disgust over CSAM on the server, www.reuters.com/world/us/for...

What I'm sick of is Republicans and most of political media acting like he's any more than completely incompetent to do anything now. If anybody would ever confront them with "you know that's a lie, why are you lying?" they might not talk to you again, but you'd sure elevate your own reputation.

Exactly. Trump wants his name on everything. Oblige him.

Upholding Liberal Education Love of the world, not meaningless tests, must be the heart of liberal education.

“The indispensability of a liberal education is the freedom from being tied to the zeitgeist of one’s age or situation to love what is true, good, and beautiful, and to be initiated into the world while cultivating a love for it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/upholding-li...

The fundamental mistake that the conservative legal movement made in looking at the Warren Court was assuming that it was all power and zero parts persuasion, so all they had to do was capture the institution. They were, I think, half right, but that other half is very important.

That pig needs to be run out of office. Sounds like he may actually have some competition. I certainly hope so. Either way, Democrats need to censure his ass as soon as they get control of the House.

Every time I hear that about observable idiots who sit at the top of the food chain it pisses me off.

Welcome to our world.