This has been a topic in bar circles for weeks. Two Democrats are calling on the DOJ's internal watchdog to launch a probe into what they say is a "troubling pattern" of favorable outcomes for clients of defense attorney Brad Bondi, the brother of AG Pam Bondi, in cases involving the DOJ.
We are governed by truly evil people.
📽️ NEW: Trump is threatening to bypass Congress entirely to impose voter ID before the 2026 midterms.
Marc Elias breaks down Trump's late-night social media rants, what’s driving this voter suppression push and why he's living in a constitutional delusion👇
Trump really does hate America
None of us do, man, and yet ...
So here we have the president deeming a lawmaker who has been mildly critical of him a traitor to the country.
Once again, just imagine Obama or Biden declaring some random congressman "disloyal to the United States of America," and the round-the-clock media freakout you would have seen.
A stylized owl sculpted into a heating grate at Walter Library.
One of many owls carved into the stone wall of the Walter Library Reading Room.
An owl sculpted into a metal gate on the first floor of Walter Library.
The vast majority of the owls can be found in light fixtures of the library. There are 946 of these stylized owl logos.
Screw it. It is Spring Break here at the U and I've finally done something I have always wanted to do: count all the owls at Walter Library. For the first time since the library was renovated in 2002, here is a complete count of all the owls carved, chiseled, and sculpted into the library: 1,167!
The title-page to Thomas Scott's 'Vox Dei' (1623). Prince Charles tramples on the 'false universalls'
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
I don't go in for most media-bashing on here, but this new thing where Trump calls access reporters during trading hours and gives them the SCOOP that the war's about to end is pretty egregious.
Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.
Sophie @hurwitz.bsky.social on war tax resistors today in @us.theguardian.com!
"It’s not a new form of dissent—one of the first protests in the United States was, after all, a protest of unfair taxation—but it’s gaining steam, as Americans reject how their tax dollars are being spent under Trump."
Is it bad to have a president who makes very bad decisions and takes responsibility for approximately none of them?
New- “Shahed drones, designed by Iran but mass produced by Moscow for use in Ukraine, have been unexpectedly successful in penetrating the air defenses of Gulf nations.” @cnn
www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
Tivoli Fashion Shop, New York City, 1973
Jill Freedman
From Flock's nationwide surveillance to ICE tools, we are being watched. Is there anyway to go back now?
"Police love telling each other about the new capabilities and tools that they've acquired, so this tech can spread from city to city very quickly."
A 404 Media guide to surveillance in 2026:
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la X.com I have talked to some Israeli officials and read a good deal of Israeli media. Here is how the war in Iran is perceived there so far: 1) On a tactical level, they believe it has gone very well and Israel has destroyed more of the Iranian military capability than expected. 2) They are disappointed that the regime has not been weakened as much as expected and that they remain in firm control. In particular the lack of a "rise up" among the population is a cause of concern.
3) They are finding Trump to be unreliable. While Israel favors a prolonged campaign to ensure total dismantlement of threats, Trump has signaled a desire to end the war "soon," creating a potential rift in war aims. 4) Hezbollah is stronger than expected. It has hit Israel with drones and missiles and killed soldiers. They have recovered better than expected. 5) The inability of Ben-Gurion airport to withstand closing and chaos has shown fragility in Israeli social cohesion. 6) They are disappointed in the lack of support from Gulf States who want an end to the war rather than the escalation Israel wants. 7) Israel accepts that the regime in Tehran will survive and just hopes that this weakens them in preparation for the next round.
8) There is a growing fear among Israeli strategists that they are winning the war but losing the region. While military targets are being obliterated, the civilian infrastructure damage is causing a backlash. 9) The war is proving very expensive. The need to divert NIS 28 billion ($9 billion) to the military has forced the government to freeze social projects, leading to the first significant antigovernment protests since the war began, specifically from the middle class bearing the tax burden. 10) They are aware that the war is very unpopular in the US and that Israel is being blamed. They are concerned about the ramifications for the alliance. While Netanyahu is painting this as a huge success, it really doesn't look like one to Israeli strategic planners. The public knows it as well.
Worthwhile analysis about the view of the Iran War from the Israeli perspective (it differs from what the US public usually hears):
According to Chinese mythology, those born in the Year of the Horse will clash with Tai Sui, a heavenly general. Luckily, there are ways to appease Tai Sui, including amulets at Shanghai's Jade Buddha Temple. n.pr/4bh8Pz5
Cover of US DOT report “Transportation Noise and Its Control,” with an Illustration showing truck, helicopter, motorcycle, train, car, airplane, bus, subway car, and boat, and radiating lines suggesting noise patterns.
i genuinely cannot process how debased our ruling class is. these guys will walk around all day in shoes that don't fit rather than tell their boss he's wrong. this whole thing where they pretend a stupid evil guy with brain damage is qualified to run every aspect of everyone's life is unacceptable
These are the stories media needs to be covering. Every time an infant dies of a refusal, tell the story. Use those words. The NYT has some of the most abysmal, sympathetic coverage of the AV movement because it can’t bring itself to offend, so we get writing implying we don’t know why it’s grown🤷🏻♀️
Paying Chevron more … for freedom
Stuff like this, from a fake Irish lass named "Freya" with a newfound obsession with Iranian propaganda
New exclusive: Researchers have unmasked an Iranian troll operation — accounts posing as Scottish independence supporters, Irish nationalists and Latina women that all pivoted to war propaganda overnight. X and Bluesky removed them. Meta didn't respond. www.ms.now/news/iran-pr...
Briefing on Trump’s Iran war angers US Senate Dems as Pentagon reports 140 troops injured
To think MAGA was out here clutching pearls over whether someone might buy candy, cookies, or soda with food assistance, while so many bigger issues go untouched.
Trump's Iran war is breaking up the MAGA coalition. Among young and nonwhite working class, only *one in five* approve, per new data I've obtained. That's extraordinary and heartening to see. It's also delivering another blow to Trump's "realignment." 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2076...
Lemme get this straight...
Trump's out there bombing Iran claiming to the media that he’s getting rid of nukes and flipping the regime…
But in a classified briefing with the Senate, the administration straight up admits:
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Mockler: The neocon boomers surrounding Trump are mortgaging my generation's future for another very expensive Middle Eastern war. We tried this with Iraq. We tried this with Afghanistan. It left us in trillions and trillions of dollars in debt.
