OrangeMike

I cannot wait to go to the gas pumps and make some money!!!

Government shutdown hits spring break travel with hours-long TSA lines A partial shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security left some travelers waiting hours at airport security checkpoints.

We offered to fund TSA. No conditions. Republicans refused.

They want the hostage, to extract more ICE money with. No ICE reforms

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTok—the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

Pretty soon they're gonna need to release the Epstein files as a distraction from the price of gas and the dropping Dow.

Hey, so by law I am supposed to name a lot of individual officers. The Architect’s office has handled that (on interim basis?) but by hanging a 45-page PDF with all the names on its website.

Check out to QR or go direct to www.aoc.gov/sites/defaul...

A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.

Finally

@thejan6plaque.bsky.social

The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.

15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.

By BEN LEFEBVRE 03/05/2026 05:00 AM EST f • • • President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is telling his advisers to bring ideas to the Oval Office to lower gasoline prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran, according to two energy industry executives familiar with the conversations. The White House is "looking under every rock for ideas on improving energy prices, especially gasoline prices," said one of the executives, who was granted anonymity to describe internal administration discussions.

I have an idea. Here’s my idea: We should have had this meeting last week before we started bombing Iran. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Asked if we should be worried about Iranian attacks on U.S. soil, Trump said: “I guess…When you go to war, some people will die.”

What a shameless fool.

Allerior Architects Turning Dallas into a city by building community through design that expresses individuality.

YES, PLEASE!

“The building’s crown is reserved for its most spectacular amenities. Floors 100 and 101 feature an outdoor pool deck with a cantilevered pool, a 30-foot RoboCop helmet grotto, and a ten-story mural of RoboCop on horseback.”

The Big Deal You Don’t Know About City Hall After yesterday's marathon meeting, we had some questions about the City Hall discussion. Then we found out this.

The thing you should know about me is that when I'm listening to meetings of elected bodies I make these bullet point lists of things I note to check on later after I've filed my initial story.
This comes from one of those notes:
www.dmagazine.com/micropost/ai...

I never expected the apocalypse to be so fucking dumb.

Confusion over where to vote in Dallas County prompts judge to keep polls open A Dallas County judge signed an order to keep polls open two hours later after widespread confusion over where people could vote.

Dallas County Judge Staci Williams has signed an order to keep polls open in Dallas until 9 p.m. today — two hours longer than the 7 p.m. closing time.

Dallas County poll hours extended after reported voter confusion on Election Day The extension comes as many Dallas County voters have been turned away from their polling place due to new restrictions on where they can vote.

Dallas County: You have two extra hours to get to the polls if you have not already voted!

(You must vote at your party's location for your precinct! It's different than early voting was!

Why? Because local Republicans were pissy little shitheads who insisted on making everything more difficult.)

The 75 Elections to Watch This March - Bolts The 2026 midterms really are starting. Five states hold all of their primaries for federal and state offices in March, and voters there face high-profile choices. They’ll decide which Democrat... Read...

Polls close at 7:30pm ET in North Carolina.

In Arkansas, at 7:30pm local time. (So 8:30pm ET.)

In Texas, at 7pm local time. (So 8pm or 9pm in ET.)

In New Mexico, also at 7pm local time. (So 9pm ET.)

All I'm watching in these states, on one page—and bookmark it as we'll add results!

Council may vote as soon as tomorrow to abandon City Hall. Astounding they could make this decision in just a few weeks. Write them now to let them know it's a terrible idea (or write me and i'll give you a rant about why it's a terrible idea)

actnow.savedallascityhall.com

It is kind of odd that I get told by these people over and over again how important and impartial and intelligent they are and how awful it is I won't support their work telling me shit that's blatantly wrong.

After mentioning four dead US servicemen Trump starts talking about his ballroom.

In a competitive field, this may be one of the most offensive things he has ever done.

A concrete dam and spillway are in the foreground of a picture of Turtle Creek Park. Turtles and cormorants are sitting on the edge of the spillway.

Turtle Creek lived up to its name in this afternoon’s perfect Dallas weather. Turtles lined up on the spillway in the bright sun next to some cormorants while an egret and a dude in shorts fished from the shore upstream.

Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, U.S. Congressman John H. Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement on Operation Epic Furry, the U.S. military operation in Iran:“The Iranian regime has set th...

I forgot the link rutherford.house.gov/media/press-... incredible stuff from the stupidest timeline

“Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry” “Furry” highlighted by me http://rutherford.house.gov/media/press-releases/rutherford-statement-operation-epic-furry

Google result showing the presser for Rutherford’s statement on “Operation Epic Furry” was posted 11 hours ago

What a time to be alive

Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice.

Read my full statement:

If you voted for Trump, this is on you.

If you voted third party, this is on you.

If you chose not to vote at all, this is on you.

Your reasons are irrelevant.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

Get Your War On by David Rees

Time is a flat circle

I still have the t-shirt with this strip on it.

Rep Jim Himes (D-CT), top Democrat on House Intelligence Committee:

“Everything I have heard from the Administration before and after these strikes on Iran confirms this is a war of choice with no strategic endgame…”

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy