In crisis times, the most vulnerable suffer the most. The poorest and the most marginalized groups are left for dead. The term "collateral damage" is used to explain away these losses. Implicit in the idea is the assumption that some people are expendable—not just in war, but in everyday life.
Mike Johnson is also an Islamophobic bigot. There is no way that someone like him ever should have become Speaker of the House. There is no way that someone like him should even be serving in Congress.
I am excited about this new paper, Negativity & Misinformation, just out with @cbwlezien.bsky.social in @polcommjournal.bsky.social: "durable biases in information processing, by media organizations and humans more generally, can produce misinformation and misperceptions..." doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Newly released Epstein files allege Jeffrey Epstein ordered a 16-year-old girl to undress and give him a massage while he spoke to Trump on speakerphone.
State authorities are searching Epstein's New Mexico ranch where strangled girls' bodies are allegedly buried.
Bier: "Over the last 30 years, we looked at all the government budgets -- federal, state, and local combined. Immigrants reduce deficits by $14.5 trillion."
Several Trump hotels and golf clubs have been hit over the past year with varying health code violations. In December, Chicago city officials flagged flies, faulty dishwashers and wastewater-flooded floors.
https://www.notus.org/health-science/trump-hotel-chicago-restaurant-inspection-failed-pests
Great to come to Columbia’s world-class Riverbanks Zoo & Garden on spring break.
CNBC is talking about "animal spirits" boosting the stock market
So this is a good reminder that:
-Elections are not yes/no referenda -- may be a choice between two disliked (or liked) options
-Many Dems are dissatisfied w/ party as a whole, still voting for D candidates
-Special election electorate != all registered voters
Stunner for Newsom as new poll shows this Dem [ @kamalaharris.com]
leading him for 2028 presidential nod
Hegseth’s an Ivy League elitist from Princeton who thinks rules and decency are for commoners.
Very important special elections today if you live in GA-14, GA HD-94, GA HD-130, GA SD-53, and NH HD-Carroll-07. In addition to donating below, get out and vote blue like it really matters!
This is also in addition to the primaries today in MS, as well as other local elections in certain states.
Coons: "Right now, the clearest winner from this war in Iran is Russia. It's stunning that President Trump is on the phone with Vladimir Putin and spending more time consulting with him than he is with Congress and the American people."
One wonders what role Leslie Wexner is going to play in picking Ohio State’s interim president.
🚨BREAKING: Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding President Donald Trump’s administration unveil their plans, if any, for deploying federal officers or troops on election day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
A cabinet with one or two catastrophic picks like Noem, Hegseth, RFK, or Bondi would be among the worst in American history. All of them at the same time? Unlike anything we've ever seen.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cabi...
Lindsey Graham’s now threatening to kill the new leader of Iran.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump at his Miami golf club yesterday entertaining the Republican members of Congress with tales of his exciting super-fun war on Iran.
Failing to mention that in the first 40 minutes of his "little excursion," a U.S. Tomahawk missile fired at a school killed 170 girls aged 7 to 12.
Rand Paul: "The 2026 elections, already we are behind the 8 ball. If you add in high gas prices, high oil prices, and if we're still bombing Iran with kinetic action -- people don't want to call it war -- I think you're gonna see a disastrous election."
The Bishop was arrested on March 5 at San Diego airport on charges of money laundering and was attempting to flee the country.
A new report shows that nearly half of Ohio’s 1.58 million renters are paying more than they can afford for rent. Ohio also has a shortage of 266,000 affordable and available rental units, the report shows. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/10/n...
And by Republicans, who just go along with this even though they could choose not to.
Absolutely insane, indefensible policy move by Trump & Vance.
U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/b...
The Ohio State University is expected to close ranks and replace him with his hard-line son, further straining an already highly volatile situation in a region that has seen constant conflict over the past several decades
Strategy Group knew all this and said, “Let’s get you to Northwest Ohio to run as a Republican candidate for Congress, sister.”
As a higher ed worker I the state I wondered why all of a sudden we didn’t care about student choice and, over night, “job readiness” became our reason d’etre.
Now I know it’s the basically the standard corruption story.
Fools so many are to pretend that it all is on the level.
Trump is not the unfortunate victim of job “losses”; he is destroying jobs, especially manufacturing jobs. And in savaging medical and scientific grants and going to war with universities, Trump is further undercutting one of America’s greatest sources of long-term growth and productivity
This is what you get when a state views higher ed as vocational tech. This same mentality has always dominated in my home state of Ohio too. The worth of degrees isn't based on how much money you make.
Indiana Governor Signs Bill Putting Low-Earning Degrees on Chopping Block
