Not so long ago, hugging Hitler was one of those lines you just didn’t cross.

But that’s what’s been happening with increasing regularity, revealed by a recent string of unhinged text chains revealed among young Republican leaders.

Read John Avlon’s commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Ingredients for a finl crisis:

-Flirt w/ debt default
-Attack Fed independence
-Withdraw corp regulation
-Stop enforcing white-collar crime
-Start war
-Allow crypto into mainstream finl system
-Encourage AI bubble
-Look other way on private credit bubble

Oh and:

-Destroy faith in govt data

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online

Local Georgia woman charged with murder after taking abortion pills and giving birth in hospital By Madison Foglio, Action News Jax March 12, 2026 at 9:54 pm EDT non-shortened link https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/georgia-woman-charged-with-murder-after-taking-abortion-pills-giving-birth-hospital/6GA7IHO7YNBCLC24BXHHBAV6XI/

Horrific. Georgia police charged a woman with murder after she allegedly used misoprostol. Hospital may have reported her.

@pregnancyjust.bsky.social calls it “an unprecedented murder charge for an alleged abortion, even though no law in the state of Georgia permits such a charge." bit.ly/46W2Ezb

A federal judge just called out the DOJ for politically motivated prosecutions The Justice Department's sullied reputation is finally catching up to it.

This was always going to happen: Trump, and the Supreme Court, turned DOJ into an extension of the president's will. Now, judges trust DOJ about as far as they can throw it.

The immunity decision and unitary executive theory breed corruption and ineffectiveness.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

JET CREW KILLED, MORE MARINES DEPLOY abc #WORLDNEWSTONIGHT

NBC BREAKING #NEWS 6 U.S. CREW MEMBERS KILLED

CBS NEWS WAR WITH IRAN

How the broadcast nets covered the news of 6 more U.S. troops killed:

ABC: One minute at the top of main reported package on war

NBC: 25 seconds at top of main reported package on war

CBS: 7-second Dokoupil-read mention in intro to main reported package on war…that didn’t cover the deaths

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

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.

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."

A woman in a light purple wig sits in passenger seat of zamboni, holding a banner which states "no ICE, no more, no kings, no fear" in same font and colors as Minnesota Frost team iconography.

Absolute Queen behavior from the Zamboni Rider today at the Minnesota Frost game.
No ICE
No War
No Kings

No Fear.

Israel is planning to occupy Southern Lebanon.

Reminder: Hezbollah came into existence the last time Israel did this.

What horrors will be birthed from this latest maniacal blunder?

“She had been released on the streets of Pittsburgh — roughly an hour from her home, in a city unfamiliar to her — by ICE agents five days earlier.”
People need to go to prison for this.

Your friendly reminder from Kevin Walling that every Democrat in the House voted for National Voter ID included in the Freedom to Vote Act. Not one Republican voted for it. The SAVE Act isn’t about Voter ID, it’s a voter suppression bill to help rig the midterms for Republicans.

GOP Sen. Cornyn backs changing filibuster to pass SAVE America Act Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is in the middle of a heated GOP runoff race, is now backing changing the Senate filibuster rule to advance the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) A...

Let’s get this straight: The SAVE Act’s goal is to prevent eligible people from registering and voting.

Kimmel Goes Nuclear on Newsmax Host for Trying to Get Him Fired “How does this not embarrass them?” Kimmel asked of the network.

It would be cool if prominent figures and journalists aggressively called out right wing propagandists instead of routinely leaving the task to late night comedians and satirists

Senator Warren: How much would it cost to extend the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits for just one year? Witness: About $30 billion. Senator Warren: The Trump administration says this war [with Iran] will cost $50 billion. That means we could help all the people pushed off their health care and still have an additional $20 billion left over.

Instead of going to war with Iran, we could cover health care for millions of Americans.

And still have $20 billion left over.

Very good sir, please continue to to tell the public that you're happy that oil prices are going up, that will play great in the midterms

They either didn't know Iran would shut down the Strait of Hormuz or they knew and didn't have a plan.

Either way - just totally clear they don't give a damn about what this war means for hardworking Americans.

Republicans block Democratic bill to fund DHS agencies other than ICE, CBP.

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

I was offered a position as a staff psychologist within a VA outpatient mental clinic in 2018, during Trump 1.0. I was told I’d need to maintain a caseload of 150-200 patients. I turned down the job.

It was hard to imagine care standards getting worse. But it clearly has gotten much much worse.

Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

Trump's corrupt pardon industry is alive and well with pardon seekers offering to pay as much as $1 million or more in hopes of securing their freedom.

"This fault lies directly on Trump and Hegseth" -- Sen. Andy Kim points out that the Trump administration gutted the budget for the DoD's "civilian protection center," which could've helped Hegseth and company not bomb an elementary school in Iran

Americans can all rest easy knowing that while this fresh Mideast war may lead to asymmetrical terror attacks throughout the world and on U.S. soil, and household budgets will be strained to a breaking point by doubling the cost of filling a gas tank, the suits at Exxon and Texaco will be just fine.

Iran War Exposes America’s Unfixed Supply Chains - The American Prospect We have a trillion-dollar military without enough bombs to fight for more than a week, and none of the critical components needed to make more.

Did it strike you as strange that Pentagon analysts freaked out about munitions shortages DAYS into the bombing campaign in Iran? It's because the same problems afflicting our economy—outsourcing, consolidation, and rule by Wall Street—characterize our bloated military.
prospect.org/2026/03/12/i...

The important part here is that the officials are leaking this information. Trump won’t live forever and these people don’t want to bury their careers with him.

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.

Rep. Clyburn, former No. 3 House Democrat, will seek reelection The announcement from Clyburn, who turns 86 in July, comes as younger Democrats are challenging the old guard in primaries throughout the country.

Jesus Christ, man. You're turning 86 years old. Don't you want to spend time with your grandkids and great grandkids(?)? This is embarrassing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

Oh this is one of those observations that’s going to stick with me for a long time

DOGE Bros Had More Fun Burning Down Government Than Testifying About It None of this would have been legal if they’d sent competent adults. But the fact that they sent smirking little shits makes it so much worse.

"Jennifer Schuessler has meticulously documented the destruction since the beginning... But there’s something about seeing a callow young man blank out when asked why he destroyed so much that really brings home the mindless destruction of this campaign." www.lawandchaospod.com/p/doge-bros-...