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Ex-DOJ prosecutor who proclaimed ‘this job sucks’ will run for Congress Julie T. Le made headlines during DHS’s surge in Minneapolis and will launch a campaign to challenge Rep. Ilhan Omar for her seat.

Got some rough news for her about being a member of Congress.

11.03.2026 16:45 👍 245 🔁 27 💬 6 📌 4

was there a better approach than putting Andrew Giuliani and Kristi Noem in charge? we'll never know

11.03.2026 16:20 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Boston's World Cup Stakeholders Are Squabbling Over Money | Defector A little over three months from today, on June 13, the Boston metropolitan area is set to host the first of its seven 2026 World Cup matches, a group-stage clash between Scotland and Haiti. Despite ki...

kind of funny that ostensibly the whole purpose of Gianni Infantino becoming Trump's one true friend was that it would make the World Cup run smoothly, and Foxborough can't even get appropriated DHS funds defector.com/bostons-worl...

11.03.2026 16:19 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

there's a class at yale law where they teach you how to make *that exact face* while making shit up

11.03.2026 15:44 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

being out of a job is really something less the bare minimum consequence for a Defense secretary who cheered the end of rules of engagement after blowing up a school. certainly a place to start tho.

11.03.2026 15:29 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

captures a very in-plain-sight difference between 2017 and now: people mostly aren't really doing Cletus Safaris anymore. to understand Trump 2.0 they're going to places that offer caviar bumps.

11.03.2026 14:33 👍 60 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
Admiral with porn: "Didn't know it was this much"

Admiral with porn: "Didn't know it was this much"

Oh man one of my favorite Stars & Stripes headlines just turned 10

11.03.2026 13:57 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

"Mr. Trump has displayed growing frustration over how the war is disrupting the oil supply, telling Fox News that oil tanker crews should 'show some guts' and sail through the Strait of Hormuz." He's got to tie himself to the mast. Leaders lead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

11.03.2026 13:16 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

trying to come up with a way that these gas prices are actually being caused by wind projects I don't like

11.03.2026 13:07 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

oh i completely forgot about that

11.03.2026 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

it is our destiny to finish second in every group, and Iran could reasonably finish ahead of new zealand and egypt

11.03.2026 13:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Told Me Iran Is Welcome at World Cup, FIFA Chief Says

kind of impossible to imagine the dynamic this summer, and yet: "Iran could meet the United States in a knockout game on July 3 in Dallas should both teams finish second in their first-round groups" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

11.03.2026 12:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Trump Told Me Iran Is Welcome at World Cup, FIFA Chief Says

looking back on the 2022 world cup when the US played Iran and, while the situation in Iran was terrible then, it was just good competition and sportsmanship on the field. lasting image of Antonee Robinson with his arm around an Iranian player afterwards. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...

11.03.2026 12:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

generally i think people in congress should avoid doing things that further the impression that congress is fake

11.03.2026 02:48 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(not the only takeaway)

11.03.2026 02:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

in the UK they call movers "removal men" www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

11.03.2026 02:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

bam adebayo??

11.03.2026 02:21 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

oh it's public domain

10.03.2026 22:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

okay i'm markedly less bullish on the relegation/UCL double

10.03.2026 20:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

came to play

10.03.2026 19:55 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What Do You Do and What Do You Make? Conversations with AI engineers, fashion Substackers, and weed clerks about what they brought in last year.

in awe of the journalist pulling $250,000-a-year in investment income. how? nymag.com/intelligence...

10.03.2026 19:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

how are we still getting David Rivera stories in 2026

10.03.2026 19:41 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

the entire point of this season of the Pitt was to warn people that that is something that can happen if you squeeze too many limes

10.03.2026 19:02 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I appreciate Galatasaray's whole deal. not quite sure what it is, but glad they're out there, spending money on weird shit.

10.03.2026 19:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gretchen Whitmer: Raise $800M for Medicaid by taxing nicotine, gambling, ads - Bridge Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pitches $800M in new taxes as a way to ensure the ‘sustainability’ of Medicaid in Michigan. Republicans say no way.

nicotine, gambling, and ads. it's like "rum, sodomy, and the lash" for modern conservatism. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

10.03.2026 18:39 👍 38 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 2

this junkballing Czech electrician is a folk hero in Japan for striking out Ohtani in the last WBC (stopped for photos/autographs etc) but he's retiring after this bc Czech league ball doesn't pay the bills.
I love the way he took in in this one last surreal moment before going back to normalcy

10.03.2026 13:57 👍 2890 🔁 598 💬 48 📌 39

well, the great tragedy is all the bodies. but it's an interesting callback.

10.03.2026 17:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

the great tragedy of his career is that in 2016 he had a nice pair of boots and all of his opponents made fun of him for wearing fancy boots, form your own conclusions, and now he walks around in the first-communion version of Big Red Boots

10.03.2026 17:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving 'All The Boys' Dress Shoes That Don't Fit Right | Defector It goes without saying that there is a great deal of Psychology going on in Donald Trump’s second term. None of it is especially complicated, because the people involved are without exception clammy, ...

my kid loves putting on our shoes and stomping around the house and that's who Marco Rubio reminds me of here defector.com/report-presi...

10.03.2026 17:02 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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How taxpayers are still getting screwed on Kristi Noem's Big Beautiful Jet The infamous 737 is connected to a DHS contractor who received “an appearance of favoritism.”

How taxpayers are *still* getting screwed on Kristi Noem’s big fancy plane. And maybe via related contracts revealed here. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

10.03.2026 16:01 👍 120 🔁 61 💬 1 📌 2