Greg Burke

The sane people of the US have been saying the same thing since 2017.

I can’t see Hegseth without thinking Jost. 😅

Why Jasmine Crockett lost the Dem primary to James Talarico Crockett embarked on her primary bid with a makeshift operation that lacked a campaign manager, a developed fundraising strategy or comprehensive infrastructure for a ground game.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett's loss in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate reflected both the strength of state Rep. James Talarico’s campaign and her own team’s inability to scale in time for such an expensive and hotly contested statewide race.

Indoctrination fight raises tensions at University of Houston Some professors push back after a five-page curriculum checklist was unveiled and several deans directed instructors to affirm that they don’t indoctrinate students.

Some University of Houston professors are pushing back after a five-page curriculum checklist was unveiled and several deans directed instructors to affirm that they don’t indoctrinate students.

Corpus Christi’s water issues spur threat of state takeover Residents and businesses’ demand for water could soon exceed supply. Gov. Greg Abbott said the state could step in if solutions aren’t found.

On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott criticized Corpus Christi leadership over its looming water crisis and warned that if local leaders do not take immediate action, the state may need to intervene to ensure residents and businesses have enough.

John Cornyn voices support for abolishing Senate filibuster Cornyn’s change of heart comes amid a grueling primary battle with Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said he'd consider dropping out if Republicans scrapped the filibuster to pass a voter ID law.

Sen. John Cornyn announced he supports scrapping the filibuster if needed to pass a voting restrictions bill, a marked change from his longtime support of the procedural tool as he courts the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

Texas to execute man for fatally stabbing mother, child Cedric Ricks, who was found guilty in 2014 of the double murder, would be the second inmate the state has executed in 2026 barring a court stay.

Cedric Ricks, who was convicted of capital murder in 2014 for stabbing his common-law wife and her 8-year-old son to death in their North Texas apartment, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening.

Family at Dilley ICE center details moldy food, medical neglect The family, including the mother and her five children, detail in letters what they describe as neglectful medical care, inedible food and a disregard for their religious accommodations. They’ve been ...

"We have been here for nine months,” wrote the 9-year-old. “Please get us out.”

"I miss my bear," the 5-year-old said.

In letters & drawings, the longest-held family at the Dilley ICE detention center describe it as "slowly killing us on the inside."

www.texastribune.org/2026/03/11/e...

He’s going to declare victory and leave.

This is why the US engaging in a regime change operation is almost always a bad idea, but particularly under this administration.

Taking his ball and going home now will create another insurgency in the Middle East.

Ex-Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy: “Is this strategy of extremism likely to play out well for 🇮🇱 or 🇺🇸? Israel doesn’t want regime change. It wants regime collapse and chaos, and regional domination.”

Ex-Trump National Security Advisor Nadia Schadlow: “Congress does not have a constitutional role in the declaration of war.”

@ezraklein.bsky.social : *READS HER THE CONSTITUTION* 🤔

WATCH - Joe Rogan (who supported Trump): “Nothing seems stable. Everywhere in the world seems fucked. In all my years this seems the most unstable globally.”

WASHINGTON: Despite republicans’ best efforts, including a 24 hour filibuster-style debate — “the state house approved a levy on incomes over $1 million… pays for free breakfast & lunch for k-12 students…”

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During Trump's speech at the Congressional Institute he boasted that The SAVE ACT would help ensure one party rule for Republicans. He also oddly referred to a girl older than six-years-old as 'of age.'

Fox News Coverage of the Iran War is as Chaotic and Muddled as Trump's Mind A condensed overview of 15 hours of Fox News for the week ending 3/8/26

open.substack.com/pub/decoding...

Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate Copilot “can help with routine Senate work, including drafting and editing documents, summarizing information, preparing talking points and briefing material, and conducting research and analysis,” th...

New from 404 Media: here is the memo approving ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot in the Senate. Raises questions about how sensitive data will be handled; memo says staff can use AI in all sorts of work, like drafting, research, etc. Has been approved to use "Senate data" www.404media.co/heres-the-me...

Hyperspectral image obtained by reflectance imaging spectroscopy (RIS) of the Carrefour sign showing a visual contrast between the representations made with carbon black (in red, Cervid HB14 and Bison HB15) and those made with black manganese oxides (in green, Bison HB14). Credit: TU Delft, Matthias Alfeld

First absolute dating of Paleolithic paintings in the Dordogne

Experimental confirmation of the Paleolithic age of cave art in the Font-de-Gaume cave.

Radiocarbon dating and chemical imaging of carbon black–based Paleolithic cave art in the Dordogne region (France) 🏺🧪
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Pipiltin and Macehualtin in Aztec Social Hierarchy Explore the divide between pipiltin nobles and macehualtin commoners and how social hierarchy shaped governance and power in Aztec society.

🏺 Aztec society was tightly structured. The noble pipiltin governed and led religious life, while the macehualtin sustained the empire through labor, farming, and military service.

A fascinating look at hierarchy, power, and social order in the Aztec world.

#AztecHistory #Mesoamerica #Brewminate

HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: Recent Fossil Discoveries at Drimolen Cave, South Africa YouTube video by Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Human Origins Today Topic:
Recent Fossil Discoveries at Drimolen Cave, South Africa 🏺🧪
Dr. David Strait
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXeJ...

Dating has been established and new fossil discoveries there shed light on origin of Homo and evolutionary change in australopiths Host @brianapobiner.bsky.social

Russian Revolution gold coin hoard worth over $500,000 discovered during house construction Archaeologists excavating the foundation of a historic house in Russia discovered 409 coins buried before the revolution in 1917.

Archaeologists discovered a hoard of over 400 gold coins, likely secreted away during the Russian Revolution a century ago. 🏺🧪

on the bright side i can't imagine losing a democratic primary against ilhan omar as an ICE lawyer is much work at all

If you don’t know what you are doing, neither does your enemy.
~ Don Tzu

Inflation Was Unchanged Last Month As Prices Rose Before Iran War Fears of rising costs have spiked in recent weeks amid a broadening Middle East conflict.

Fears of rising costs have spiked in recent weeks amid a broadening Middle East conflict.

Important Update: Major Epstein News, California Aware of Possible Iran Drone Threats, Iran War Costs $11 Billion Taxpayer Dollars Good evening everyone.

Major update: Bombshell Epstein deposition outlines the wealthy men funding Epstein, including a foreign leader.

California on alert after news of possible Iranian plans for drone attacks.

Trump declares USA won the war as the war costs $11 billion dollars and Iran attacks oil tankers tonight.

Showing this to myself in 2022 and having an aneurysm

Trump Targets Top Republican Behind Epstein Files Push Donald Trump’s next stop in his “affordability” tour is very deliberate.

Trump Targets Top Republican Behind Epstein Files Push newrepublic.com/post/207628/... via @newrepublic.com

The most beautiful formula not enough people understand YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown

Grant Sanderson #3Blue1Brown is the best expositor of math I have ever seen.
🧮⚛️🧪
youtu.be/fsLh-NYhOoU

The Human Organ Atlas The Human Organ Atlas provides open access to 3D images of human anatomy spanning whole organs to cellular scale resolution.

And the open access in Science Advances
🧪 #Scicomm #HumanOrganAtlas
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...