There’s a lot to critically say about Habermas but his basic insight that radical democracy & a public sphere of little newspapers, cafes & zocalos (& I would add free open-access public colleges) is foundational — & the lack of which in the US is not a small part of our post-democratic crisis
Donald J. Trump Y @realDonald Trump The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way, but the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help — A LOT! The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well. This should have always been a team effort, and now it will be — It will bring the World together toward Harmony, Security, and Everlasting Peace! President DONALD J. TRUMP
NOW Trump decides the US needs allies other than Israel:
“This should have always been a team effort”
Too bad he burned so many bridges.
Pretty special to witness a prosecutor violate her ethical obligations on live TV.
It's amazing how utterly dumb the DOGE bros are and how little they let their total lack of intelligence, accomplishment and talent get in the way of breaking things that actually intelligent, accomplished and talented people had built.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
Proud of my Cato Institute colleague David Bier who stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). David responds to the clip and furnishes receipts. @cato.org
The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.
A senseless, criminal waste
Rep. Lieu calls for a new investigation into Epstein’s death after released documents show a prison guard responsible for checking on him deposited $5000 into her account 10 days before his death and googled him right before he was found.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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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.
There have been some very bad developments today.
He’s right.
In case Gaza and now the Iranian school didn’t make it clear, militaries using AI to pick targets and execute strikes is just going to result in escalating tragedy and atrocities that leaders can shrug off and blame on the technology, making war crimes “acceptable” and part of the strategy of war.
Remember when Rep. Greg Gianforte, now the GOP governor of the state, body slammed a reporter into a table?
We probably need to shut down the Montana Republican Party entirely until we can figure out where all this violent rage is coming from.
President Clinton’s statement on Friday’s deposition.
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The oily involvement in politics by toxic tech figures like David Sacks, Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen will make our country much less safe: OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...
Joe Walsh?
![Upon review of the unopposed Motions, and consistent with the Court’s authority to
enforce its own orders and control the dissemination of discovery materials generated in this case,
the Court agrees with the parties’ uniform view. Release of Volume II outside the Department of
Justice would plainly offend the Court’s Dismissal Order [ECF No. 672] and the Rule 16
Protective Order [ECF No. 27], both of which remain in force; it would cause irreparable damage
to former defendants from disclosure of non-public discovery material implicating still-contested
grand jury and privilege concerns; and it would contravene basic notions of fairness and justice in
the process, where no adjudication of guilt has been reached following initiation of criminal
charges. The Court reasons as follows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreidqneftxkqpwkturvqq4yrycpwb2beok2wkkkjguvxjjdpf45deyq)
Upon review of the unopposed Motions, and consistent with the Court’s authority to enforce its own orders and control the dissemination of discovery materials generated in this case, the Court agrees with the parties’ uniform view. Release of Volume II outside the Department of Justice would plainly offend the Court’s Dismissal Order [ECF No. 672] and the Rule 16 Protective Order [ECF No. 27], both of which remain in force; it would cause irreparable damage to former defendants from disclosure of non-public discovery material implicating still-contested grand jury and privilege concerns; and it would contravene basic notions of fairness and justice in the process, where no adjudication of guilt has been reached following initiation of criminal charges. The Court reasons as follows.
NEW: Judge Aileen Cannon permanently forbids the Department of Justice from releasing Volume II of Jack Smith's report on his prosecution of Trump. Also bars DOJ from sharing "any information or conclusions" from the volume. A sweeping, perpetual gag order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"If wannabe Nazis now confidently roam the halls of power—and the streets of American cities—it is because Republican leaders have made them feel at home."
The Nazi problem confronting today's Republican Party has roots going back decades.
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America is sleepwalking into war with Iran for reasons that remain opaque, in pursuit of objectives that remain mysterious. The only certainty is that Trump will claim the biggest win ever. Perhaps Iran’s nuclear program will be “obliterated” for the second time in less than a year? wapo.st/4aGwIQo
Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved
Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social
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I came across this good explanation. Worth a look.
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Reminder that Trump has the nuclear football a few feet from him at all times, if he chooses he can mass murder any of us, think of him as a man with a gun pointed at your head at all times, and you'll understand the seriousness of the situation.
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
At a bare minimum, DC statehood & a full overhaul/adding seats to SCOTUS. But really, Democrats (& democrats) need to aim much higher to fix our broken antidemocratic institutions & finally make us a real democracy & fascism-proof our polity:
Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. n.pr/4ayRPUJ
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.
Many people in South Africa, where Elon is from, died to create a genuinely multiracial polity. They were killed by people who thought like Elon.
The people who thought like Elon also lost. Seems their “common culture” of white supremacy wasn’t enough.
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It doesn’t say it as directly, but at its core all of this stuff is Calhounism and Dred Scott: An assertion that the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were conceived in purely racial terms and to include exclusively the white race.
