Hayes Brown

OPINION: I asked a former Trump official to justify this war

So the case for Congress is, once we have gone to war, if they don’t like it, they can remove the money? Congress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war. Congress has a role in cutting off funds for wars, which it has threatened to do. And the president doesn’t have to get permission. But yes, you can debate, you can decide. That’s his choice in how he wants to do it. I mean, here I will quote the Constitution: “The Congress shall have power to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water.”

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Opinion | Stephen Miller is down but not out A recent shift in tactics from ICE in the aftermath of Minnesota can’t be seen as Trump's overall deportation goals changing.

OPINION by MS NOW writer @hayesbrown.bsky.social

"While any drop off is encouraging, the danger in this moment is that the 'softer touch' Trump said his administration needed will be mistaken as a reversion to the norm."

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Opinion | How Kristi Noem got herself fired Hayes Brown: Noem had an extremely reduced concept of her role heading the Department of Homeland Security. She failed to live up even to that.

"Being fully fired might have been more of a kindness, as it would have freed her up to carve a new path — or at least write a tell-all book."

Opinion | How Kristi Noem got herself fired Hayes Brown: Noem had an extremely reduced concept of her role heading the Department of Homeland Security. She failed to live up even to that.

"Being fully fired might have been more of a kindness, as it would have freed her up to carve a new path — or at least write a tell-all book."

Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork % of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots U.S. teens — 10 Household income <$30,000 — 20 $30K–$74,999 — 15 $75,000+ — 7 Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025. “How Teens Use and View AI” PEW RESEARCH CENTER

According to PEW, teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork. I read a comment on another platform that said this is amazing news because we are "finally going to close the achievement gap." That is not how I would interpret this data.

ah, thank you!

v low priority thought: i just think it's funny that trump has moved to rename precisely zero things after his wife and kids

I'm looking around to find which case they said this or which administration leaned on this interpretation and coming up blank. Can you point me in the right direction?

I look away and come back and the war has gotten even dumber

Opinion | Anthropic was right not to trust Pete Hegseth The AI company's redlines asked very little of the Pentagon. Their rejection showed how little the Defense Department should be trusted with AI.

the pentagon said it was about letting an outside company put restrictions on the military. but anthropic’s redlines show how the bar is low enough to be in hell for what counts as responsibility from an AI company

This is some next-level swiftboating

The judges in WV have seen enough.

They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings — including against state officials who help them carry it out.

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this timeline refuses to challenge the “dumbest dystopia” accusations

Opinion | Anthropic was right not to trust Pete Hegseth The AI company's redlines asked very little of the Pentagon. Their rejection showed how little the Defense Department should be trusted with AI.

the pentagon said it was about letting an outside company put restrictions on the military. but anthropic’s redlines show how the bar is low enough to be in hell for what counts as responsibility from an AI company

They Thought It Was Burnout or Aging. It Was ADHD. A wave of midlife diagnoses in women is revealing the disorder’s hormonal link.

hello. it me. www.thecut.com/article/surg...

just stumbled upon an antique shop named 'the past & the curious' which

The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.

Ultra-rich buyers are consolidating New York townhouse apartments into giant single-family homes. Some are buying two, even three adjacent townhomes to build a franken-house.

Step inside a Manhattan mega-mansion, the latest status symbol in this second Gilded Age:

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The dark tension at the heart of Trump's State of the Union The president wants us to believe that this is "America's golden age" while only he can protect us from dangers lurking around every corner.

"As much as Trump wants to present America as a utopia under his benevolent rule, there is no need for a dictator without a healthy dose of fear among the populace."

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028.
He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028.

He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

Opinion | Trump’s State of the Union address was oddly cheery — and disturbingly violent Anthony L. Fisher: The president seemed like he was in a great mood as he wallowed in the horrific details of gory crimes and attacked Democrats.

Trump brought a cheery monstrousness to his State of the Union address, smiling as he relished the gory details of horrific crimes — when he wasn't slandering Somalis and attacking Democrats as "sick" and "crazy."

My take @ms.now.

we are losing our queer icons.

The dark tension at the heart of Trump's State of the Union The president wants us to believe that this is "America's golden age" while only he can protect us from dangers lurking around every corner.

"As much as Trump wants to present America as a utopia under his benevolent rule, there is no need for a dictator without a healthy dose of fear among the populace."

‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ is joining The Criterion Collection.

#KPopDemonHunters #CriterionCollection

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looks like the one hangup from the liberals was the need to invoke the "major questions" doctrine since less weighted interpretations would've sufficed. but on the main substance all six agreed that the "emergency powers" use of tariffs doesn't fly

As Trump Weighs Iran Strikes, He Declines to Make Clear Case for Why, or Why Now

“[Trump] has not explained why he has chosen this moment to confront Iran instead of, for example, North Korea, which in the years after Mr. Trump’s failed negotiations in the first term has expanded its nuclear arsenal to 60 or more warheads”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.

(Published Dec. 2024)

Opinion | Kevin Hassett's aggressive tariff defense doesn't add up It's troubling that the White House would call for 'disciplined' researchers over a tariff analysis. It's galling given the slapdash work that went into the tariffs.

OPINION by MS NOW writer @hayesbrown.bsky.social

"even in the face of hard data that shows foreign companies are not, as Trump has often claimed, paying for the tariffs, his administration must continue to pretend otherwise"

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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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