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It was on this day in 1939 that John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath was published. It was the best-selling book of 1939 and won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
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BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI Three years after its pivot to AI, the writing is on the wall for BuzzFeed. The company said there's "substantial doubt" it can keep going.

BuzzFeed dying after chasing profits into a sinkhole vs. Gawker getting killed for challenging entrenched power is the perfect conclusion to the 2010s content philosophy wars.

This book is gonna be good.

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, warned Trump striking Iran could prompt it to close the Strait of Hormuz with mines, drones & missiles. Trump acknowledged the risk but assumed Tehran would capitulate and the military could handle it if it didn’t. (WSJ)
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Reframing Georgia O'Keeffe's legacy and protecting the land she loved Georgia O'Keeffe called the New Mexico high desert "my country," but Pueblo peoples predated her. A more complex view is emerging amid efforts to preserve the land.

Georgia O'Keeffe called the New Mexico high desert "my country," but Pueblo peoples predated her. A more complex view is emerging amid efforts to preserve the land. n.pr/4ltD76h

It’s memorialized as a gif now.

Dogs. Water.

The Secret History of Rock’s Wildest Stage Prop: P-Funk’s Mothership

Not sure what prompted this particular bit of journalistic research, but I am certainly not going to complain. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/a...

Low and slow, the enduring style of lowrider culture in photos PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Born in Mexican American and Chicano communities of the American Southwest, lowrider culture has grown from neighborhood boulevards into a globally recognized form of automotive art.

Once misunderstood, the lowrider movement is now celebrated as a symbol of creativity, craftsmanship and cultural pride.

The Trump Economy is an utter disaster and the American people are hurting.

Prices are up across the board. Fewer jobs. Rising unemployment. That’s all Trump.

Facts.

This picture freaks me out for another reason: US archaeology has OSHA requirements. These chuckleheads look like they’re digging down with zero consideration for safe egress or cave-in protections. 😬 👷🏻‍♀️🏺

Hi! I'm just getting established as an electrologist in Seattle and I'm eager for new clients.

As a trans woman who has had extensive hair removal, I have done the hard work in my own gender journey and I'm honored to be part of other people's.

Since I don’t work in the news business, maybe someone can educate me

When the Secretary of Defense tells news organizations what they should write and how they should cover the news, is that propaganda

Because to the uninitiated user, it sure seems like it

Jeanine Pirro was only prosecuting Jerome Powell because Donald Trump was unhappy that Powell didn’t want to cut interest rates

The federal judge quashed her subpoenas because Pirro’s office had no evidence to show Powell committed any crimes

That’s the system working as it should

Pirro is a joke

I love elves so I don't want to be too harsh towards Mike Johnson but he’s the worst Speaker in a long line of awful Republican speakers and that includes Dennis Hastert and Newt Gingrich.

DOJ drops case against veteran arrested after burning American flag near White House Prosecutors sought to drop the charges against Jan Carey after a judge said he was entitled to further inquiry into whether the administration was vindictively prosecuting him.

The Justice Department on Friday moved to dismiss charges against a veteran who set an American flag on fire across the street from the White House following an executive order seeking to crack down on flag burning.

Nothing to see here, just the President of the United States selling his security briefings to donors.

There’s no bottom.

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.

Jared Kushner holds no government position at all. He is not a Senate-confirmed political appointee & his "special peace envoy" job is completely fake. This is wildly illegal & unconstitutional nepotistic corruption. Stop normalizing it in the papers.

Abolish ICE and CPB

Israel is planning to occupy Southern Lebanon.

Reminder: Hezbollah came into existence the last time Israel did this.

What horrors will be birthed from this latest maniacal blunder?

Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War. The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the world’s most vital shipping lane.

CNN: Trump underestimated problem of Hormuz
Trump: FAKE NEWZ!!
WSJ: Trump's advisors didn't underestimate the problem, Trump kept the smart ones out of the room and ignored what contrary advice he got

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Kennedy Center’s President Is Leaving After Tumultuous Year

Now that he has nearly destroyed the Kennedy Center, doing damage to other DC institutions along the way - the National Symphony, the Washington Opera - Ric Grenell is leaving, perhaps to ruin something else
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For clarity on the current situation…

Pentagon plan expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content The plan puts barriers on the use of wire service content and prohibits information that is not “consistent with good order and discipline.”

🗞️I spent the best 11 yrs. of my journalism career at Stars and Stripes. As an editorially independent newspaper that covers the troops for the troops, it is the most important paper in the U.S. and wholly American at our best.
Those troops are losing their most honest advocate, and are worse for it.

Instead of blowing up things in Iran, the federal government could have spent $11 billion in a week paying the entire household incomes for everyone in these counties. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

And she is flat wrong that the judge said the legal std is probable cause. The court said the exact OPPOSITE.

“You can’t censor human nature.”
Born on this day bookseller, publisher & founder of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, Sylvia Beach 1887
Beach w/ author James Joyce in her shop, Shakespeare and Company, Paris in the 1920s
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Haitian immigrant last seen in ICE custody—found dead on the street 3 days later.

Agents drove her 1 hour away from home for processing—then released without notifying her family.

Her body was found near a bus stop.