www.latimes.com/california/s...
We apparently have to do this awful thing no one wants because of the other awful thing no one wants.
Cool.
14.03.2026 12:49
👍 22
🔁 5
💬 1
📌 1
www.latimes.com/california/s...
We apparently have to do this awful thing no one wants because of the other awful thing no one wants.
Cool.
No Kings Day is two weeks away and we’ve already surpassed the total number of events from October’s historic protests. Join us in the streets again on March 28 for the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
"‘Deliberate attack’: explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
“In a state Donald Trump carried by 23 points just 16 months ago, nearly as many Mississippians cast Democratic primary ballots as Republican ones—a sign of Democratic overperformance playing out here just as it is across the country," Scott Colom's campaign said.
Mentally competent patients typically have the right to choose their medical care — or refuse it. But there is one notable exception: pregnant patients. That inconsistency is particularly striking in Florida. Read this story by @amyyurkanin.bsky.social 👇
Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
The bill will likely make it harder for unions representing teachers, college faculty as well as nurses, utility and sanitation workers to meet thresholds in required recertification votes.
Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
A Democrat has won the mayor's seat in Boca Raton... by one vote:
Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat
Rolling back protections for the environment and putting more Americans at risk of breast cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma. Just another day in Trump's America!
on Friday, ICE officials confirmed they purchased the Salt Lake City warehouse and that they intend to use it as a detention facility.
BREAKING: The U.S. military is sending roughly 2,500 Marines and at least one extra warship to the Middle East, an AP source says.
Four video game streamers and podcasters united to raise more than a quarter of a million dollars to support families struggling to make rent during the federal agent surge in Minnesota.
Column: Gov. Ron DeSastrous and his surgeon general have railed against vaccine mandates. Now measles cases are soaring in #Florida – and GOP legislators are pushing back. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/03/13/f... via @scottmaxwell.bsky.social
An astounding statement from a federal judge about the executive branch, generally; the Justice Department, more particularly; and these subpoenas, specifically.
Privileged people way overestimate how many citizens have passports. Most of my extended family members do not have passports because they don't travel outside the U.S., which is the *actual* purpose of a passport.
Out May 8! My new album CINEMATIC is a collection of some of my favorite iconic songs from film. Here’s a first look. The first song, “Can You Feel The Love Tonight,” is out now. I can’t wait for you to hear the full album. 🍿✨ joshgroban.lnk.to/Cinematic
'St. Paddy's Day' is usually preferred over 'St. Patty's Day.'
'Paddy' is the shortened form of the original Irish spelling of 'Patrick,' which is 'Pádraig.'
'Patty' is the shortened form of 'Patricia.'
Yes, Qatar is a leading supplier to the world of helium, one of Earth’s rarest elements. Please know that the number 1 end user of helium is not balloons. It’s hospitals. One MRI machine needs 2,000 liters of liquid helium to keep the magnet cool enough to operate.
www.rsna.org/news/2023/ja...
White House is considering ending funding for a longtime civil rights election program aimed at protecting the rights of minority populations to vote
www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
NEWS: The Trump administration just gave Vladimir Putin another break. Treasury issued a license letting countries buy Russian oil already loaded onto ships before March 12, allowing those sanctioned shipments to still reach buyers, handing the Kremlin a financial lifeline.
😡
In the last two days, Iran struck:
- Oil tankers in Iraq, killing an Indian crew member
- A French base in Iraq, killing French soldiers
- An oil depot in Oman
- Fuel tanks in Bahrain
- Buildings in Dubai hit by missile debris
- A Thai cargo ship
- Various Israeli targets
Defense secretary openly states that a pro-Trump billionaire taking over a news network (following regulatory help from the administration) will result in coverage more favorable for the administration.
If this is enacted, Florida will be sued.
"Florida lawmakers are poised to approve sweeping new restrictions that would require voters to prove their citizenship status, as well as remove student ID as an acceptable form of voter identification." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
JUST IN: Four U.S. service members have been confirmed dead after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command. Two additional crew members were on board and their status remains under investigation.
JUST IN: Judge Shah in Illinois has blocked the Trump admin from yanking $600m in public health funds from four blue states, saying it appeared to be a “contrived” and illegal effort to punish them for sanctuary immigration policies storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The number of legal abortions in Poland doubled in 2024, while complaints to Polish authorities over conscience clause refusals in the country have apparently ceased. The government had told hospitals they are obliged to provide abortion on the legal grounds of a woman's mental health.
