I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...
I wrote something years ago. At the time it was an angry answer to the Second Gulf War. But it still applies to American misrule.
Slim Charles > The entire Trump administration.
A really good piece from @vermontgmg.bsky.social abt the normalcy bias with which the press is covering Trump's utter failure to understand what he has done with the Iran war.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-surp...
we’ll have more but in this deposition, he talks about how DOGE bros labelled grants as “crazy” “bad” and that’s literally almost anything other than founding father American 250 stuff
Omg they’re going w “high oil prices are good, actually.” God bless ‘em.
When Trump says "we make a lot of money," he's talking about his Big Oil donors.
They spent spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024, and the investment is paying off quite well for them.
Oligarchy in action.
This has become a trend on Douyin (TikTok) in China where they're making fun of the Trump prayer circle.
Employees pray for better business at aluminum cutting factory.
“when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money”
And by “we,” Donald means ExxonMobil, and by “make a lot of money,” he means off of you.
Me, writing an IPE syllabus 6 months ago: Hmm, should I do a week on semiconductors or a week on oil to accompany Hirschman on National Power and Foreign Trade? Probably semiconductors, that's more relevant to contemporary geopolitics, current events, and such things.
Me, today: Ah.
“I saw Cole Escola as Mary at the Lortel” I mutter as they wheel me into the activity room for my pills and bingo
Good morning!
Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates—
💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion
💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million
And Jared became a billionaire last year.
Have a great day!
Maybe it should matter that the President of the United States threatened the lives of the Iranian soccer team, who can say
How to tell when a guy cut off his doo-dads and simply handed them over to Trump without even putting up a fight.
I feel seen
This will be an absolute travesty.
The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
Joe Rogan:
“In all my years, this seems the most unstable.”
Maybe you shouldn’t have been hyping that unstable man then.
We’d be in a much better spot.
CHRIS HAYES: “are you a yes, or no on the supplemental appropriations bill to continue to fund this war?”
SEN. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: “I’m a hell no on any more money for this war.” 🔥
I appreciate Senator Van Hollen’s clear-cut answer here. No gameplaying!
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
hey what if we made the entire government and the entire economy out of corruption
$11.3 billion could cover any of the following for a full year:
-1.4 million people on Medicaid
-19 million kids getting free school lunches
-1.4 million people getting affordable housing
-1.1 million hungry seniors fed
-0.8 million children given free child care
Feels to me like whoever runs on "I am going to put into prison every single person currently in power in government, business, or law enforcement" has a decent chance at 500 electoral votes.
GOLDMAN: “.. we have raised our year-over-year December 2026 headline PCE inflation forecast by 0.8pp to 2.9% ..
“.. lowered our 2026 Q4/Q4 GDP growth forecast by 0.3pp to 2.2% ..
“.. Our forecast for the peak unemployment rate is now 4.6%, up from 4.44% ..”
New reporting from @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social -- Police say Jan. 6 plaque is unlawfully hidden from public at U.S. Capitol wapo.st/4bpg1t9
A father comforting his kids, telling them the deafening bangs were fireworks. A man blown from his bed onto the floor. Debris and mangled rebar everywhere. NYT report on the morning residents in a central Beirut area woke up to Israeli bombardment
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @andertoon.bsky.social )
Just stumbling around trying to figure out how the world works.
Another word you might use for it is "looting".
"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Learned a new word today: sloppergänger.
If a.i. uses your words and arguments, and talks for you, you have created a virtual #sloppergänger echoing you.
