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Gardening, wandering, cats. US politics, tech ethics, equity, diversity, climate, science, human rights, social justice, accessibility. Blocking TERFs, racists, misogynists, and doomers.

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Angus: They’ve created absolute chaos in the Middle East, and yet they take time out to insult Canada — to say that they can take us over. And then Trump again today doubles down, calling our prime minister his governor.

11.03.2026 17:44 👍 1152 🔁 413 💬 68 📌 24

Which pillar is Matt deploying to avoid admitting he was wrong all along?

11.03.2026 17:45 👍 136 🔁 26 💬 6 📌 1
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Legislature OKs bonds that would set up future expansion at OSU-Cascades Oregon State University-Cascades is close to adding a student recreation and health center while also preparing for decades’ worth of growth.

The school's dean and chancellor said the money will be "transformational" for OSU's Bend campus. It could set the school up to host thousands more students in the future.

11.03.2026 18:00 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Now you are getting into diverting from law. For that we have international courts, tribunals, commissions. The point here is - can one country decide and do as it pleases? If yes, this applies to all.

Now you are getting into diverting from law. For that we have international courts, tribunals, commissions. The point here is - can one country decide and do as it pleases? If yes, this applies to all.

DOS note

11.03.2026 18:09 👍 51 🔁 18 💬 12 📌 1
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FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert The warning came in a bulletin that was reviewed by ABC News.

Link changed: abcnews.com/US/fbi-warns...

11.03.2026 18:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ABC News: FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks by launching offensive drones against the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.

abcnews.com/US/fbi-warns...

11.03.2026 18:27 👍 194 🔁 95 💬 70 📌 31

This is perhaps worth talking about on your show.

Talking to a friend to decide if you need a lawyer is likely not something most people consider an enormous blunder, but is.

Also, entirely too many people think of ChatGPT as a friend, and don’t realize that “chats” are “putting it in writing.”

11.03.2026 18:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Impeach Jared Polis? It may be necessary...

Under pressure from Trump, Gov Polis is considering pardoning an unrepentant MAGA election saboteur. @brianbeutler.bsky.social has some food for thought for advocates. www.offmessage.net/p/impeach-ja...

11.03.2026 18:53 👍 267 🔁 74 💬 21 📌 10

Pretty sure that was George III's argument too.

11.03.2026 12:52 👍 159 🔁 22 💬 10 📌 1

People should be able to trust that elected officials are working in the public interest, not trying to line their own pockets.

That's why I wrote a bill to ban elected officials from using prediction markets--and why I've fought for years to ban Congressional stock trading.

11.03.2026 12:52 👍 151 🔁 30 💬 4 📌 1
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Report: 50 Minnesota school districts still using 'seclusion' rooms • Minnesota Reformer This practice is banned or extremely limited in 21 states.

For the first time, the Minnesota Disability Law Center set out to document seclusion rooms, photographing more than 80. The 50 school districts maintain 194 registered seclusion rooms across 100 school buildings across Minnesota, according to the records. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/11/r...

11.03.2026 13:42 👍 35 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 4

Only trash throw their trash out of the car.

11.03.2026 18:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I remember when you had to go to North Korea for management like this.

And yet his lackeys grovel and say "Yes Sir!" in their cheap shoes that don't fit.

11.03.2026 18:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Florsheim? Did Thom McAn shut down?

11.03.2026 15:02 👍 497 🔁 46 💬 61 📌 7
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U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

"U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says"

This past Sunday, @bellingcat.com reported that a US Tomahawk missile struck the site of the school on February 28

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

11.03.2026 15:06 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The Minnesota resistance exposed the Orwellian frauds of the administration • Minnesota Reformer This may be the beginning of the end of Trump’s ability to assert whatever version of reality he wants.

Commentary: Minnesota’s resistance to the ICE surge cracked the Trump reality bubble. The air started leaking out, and the truth in.

When they told us to reject the evidence in front of our eyes, we kept recording. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/11/t...

11.03.2026 15:07 👍 573 🔁 162 💬 15 📌 3
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Judge finds ‘compelling and troubling’ evidence of racial profiling by federal agents in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer A U.S. district court judge in Minnesota found “compelling and troubling” evidence that federal agents racially profiled Somali and Latino residents during the immigration crackdown known as Operation...

Despite acknowledging the substantial evidence of aggressive and unconstitutional immigration enforcement, Judge Eric Tostrud did not grant a preliminary injunction against the federal government minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/11/j...

11.03.2026 16:21 👍 33 🔁 19 💬 4 📌 4
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Reporter: A new report says the military investigation has found it was the United States that struck the school in Iran. Do you take responsibility?

Trump: I don’t know about it.

11.03.2026 16:49 👍 2831 🔁 807 💬 527 📌 211
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Hundreds of Oregonians sign up to run for statewide races, Congress, Legislature Candidates have until Friday to withdraw from the May primary.

More than 350 Oregonians, veteran elected officials and newcomers alike, filed to run for statewide, congressional and legislative offices by Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline.

11.03.2026 17:20 👍 25 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

PM Meloni: I express firm condemnation of the massacre of little girls that occurred at the Minab school in southern Iran, solidarity with the families of the young victims, and request that the responsibilities for this tragedy be quickly established.

11.03.2026 11:11 👍 209 🔁 54 💬 10 📌 4

Beijing: China does not agree with attacks on Gulf states and condemns indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets and called for an immediate cease of military operations and a return to negotiations

11.03.2026 11:15 👍 140 🔁 36 💬 9 📌 0

This chokepoint, and the fact that Iran very likely can't be defeated in a land war on home territory in one of the hottest countries of the world are why nobody has pulled this dumb stunt before.

Iran threatens to mine the strait and ruin it for everyone for a long time.

11.03.2026 09:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

3/ Second, they confirmed "regime change" is also NOT on the list. So, they are going to spend hundreds of billions of your taxpayer dollars, get a whole bunch of Americans killed, and a hardline regime - probably a MORE anti-American hardline regime - will still be in charge.

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 8695 🔁 1409 💬 71 📌 45

2/ Maybe the lead is that the war goals DO NOT involve destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program. This is, uh...surprising...since Trump says over and over this is a key goal.

But then of course we already know air strikes can't wipe out their nuclear material.

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 8492 🔁 1316 💬 30 📌 37

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

11.03.2026 01:03 👍 17685 🔁 7109 💬 517 📌 947

Compare this thread to the Chilcot Checklist, produced after the invasion of Iraq to avoid another stupid war.

11.03.2026 09:00 👍 271 🔁 100 💬 2 📌 4
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Trump Is Setting the US Economy Up for Another Great Financial Crisis Trump and tech capitalists like Elon Musk are trying to become kingpins of a largely unregulated financial system.

Trump Is Setting the US Economy Up for Another Great Financial Crisis
Trump and tech capitalists like Elon Musk are trying to become kingpins of a largely unregulated financial system.
truthout.org/articles/tru...

11.03.2026 02:30 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Chinese FM and Qatari FM/PM have held a call addressing the developments of the military escalation in the region.

Qatar FM reiterated the condemnation of the Iranian attacks on Qatari territory and that they are unacceptable under any pretext or justification.

11.03.2026 03:53 👍 87 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 0
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Schatz: We don’t know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement — way more tolerance for civilian harm.

11.03.2026 01:39 👍 6839 🔁 2345 💬 412 📌 155
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Major snow dump buoys Northwest skiers, can’t undo snow drought What is expected to be the snowiest week of the year following an otherwise dismal winter is lifting spirits of those who love or rely on snow in the Pacific Northwest.

In Washington, snowpack averaged just 50% of normal levels as of March 10, according to the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. In Oregon, it averaged just 29%.

11.03.2026 01:54 👍 29 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 2