Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: It was done by Iran. They are very inaccurate with their munitions.
this is unspeakable
We're worse than barbarians
Maybe remove your ball cap, fucko.
Video reco. The story of #HyperCard. Well told.
youtu.be/hxHkNToXga8?...
Given that awards season is coming to an end, it felt like a great excuse to get @davidlsims.bsky.social on the pod. had him walk me through the history of netflix, how it ate hollywood, changed movies, tv, & a lot of our consumption behaviors. as well as what's next www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8gI...
Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday
61 years ago today unarmed Americans marching to demand their voting rights were brutally beaten as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Now Republicans are pushing the SAVE America Act which would put new bureaucratic hurdles in place that make it harder to register. (1/2)
“Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 minutes.” - Elon Musk, July 2017
Great story from February of Musk's cult of incompetence:
washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...
Seems like the Colorado House Speaker could (and should) preempt this with an impeachment threat. www.denverpost.com/2026/03/04/j...
Nothing to see here. Just GOP Senator and arch-hawk Lindsey Graham treating, and speaking to, Donald Trump like a six-year-old child to manipulate him into a war of aggression against Iran that Netanyahu and Graham have long wanted. Beyond parody:
"I don't blame President Trump for the death of my son, 'cause he wasn't the one who pulled the trigger," Reyes said. "But I do think that something needs to be changed in that department as far as the pattern of violence or abuse and impunity." www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mom...
Periodic reminder: Binance reportedly helped $1.7B flow to Iran-linked entities.
When internal investigators flagged it, Binance fired them.
Balance is a major business partner of Trump’s.
See also Epstein’s Island
"I closely track all executions in America, and the prospect of Mr. Burton being killed is sticking in my bones. It is exceptionally rare for someone like Mr. Burton to be executed when all sides agree that he did not kill the victim" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...
You can also listen to Power Lines wherever you get your podcasts.
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3V9FfBO...
Exclusive: A memorial plaque honoring law enforcement’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was quietly installed inside the U.S. Capitol early Saturday morning.
The memorial was required by law to be installed by March 2023.
“America has been at war for nearly a week, but the president who started the war can’t explain why,” Adam Serwer argues:
Feb 13 — White House on Noem, in a statement: “The President continues to have full confidence in the Secretary.”
Mar 6 — White House on Bondi, in a statement: “The President has full faith in the Attorney General.”
Start the clock.
FIFY “Trump threatens genocide after Iran’s president says he won’t surrender”
Anthropic’s principled stand against the Department of Defense continues to pose enormous risks for the company—but some early indications suggest that it just might pay off, Ken Harbaugh argues.
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One of the very best pitchbot headlines
Page One in UK:
@telegraph.co.uk
That chart of job losses makes Page One at:
WSJ
Washington Post
NYT
@wsj.com @washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com
Is this not the literal definition of genocide? The president of the US just announced he has it “under consideration.”
You have to get nearly to the end of the article before this shows up:
… and he also raised taxes on us all with a stroke of the Sharpie.
"Americans are seeing the real “America First” agenda up close—militarism, imperialism, malign nationalism, unabashed authoritarianism—and they’re recoiling."
Greg Sargent's latest.
If Republicans are going to waste time deposing Hillary Clinton, it's well past time Congress gets some answers out of President Trump.
This man was a close friend of Epstein, he was found civilly liable of sexual assault, and his name appears in the files more than 38k times.
