"America’s main streets are a warzone. This should trouble every American, irrespective of their political leaning. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are near impossible to realize when our streets are policed with military weapons."
This has to stop!
No pay wall.
Hey MAGA. Russia is providing Iran with intelligence on US Troop locations. Wise the Fuck Up.
Noem was incompetent, corrupt, & indifferent to both the law & human suffering. But her departure is unlikely to ring in a new era of responsibility, legality or professionalism at the department.
"Noem was dead weight. But throwing her overboard won’t get Trump back afloat."
No pay wall.
Pretty damning files finally come out
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Our country is being run by adolescent boys
This war against Iran is costing US taxpayers approximately $11,500 per second.
According to iran-cost-ticker.com the total cost has already reached $5.5 billion.
Yes, but their training & everyday experience tells them to obey or face punishment.
Cartoonists launch their own torpedos, barbs and lampoons as we go to war yet again
www.politico.com/gallery/2026...
Me, too, & I have no idea why because I don’t even recognize her.
"Sadly for them, our president most likely will conclude, as usual, that power is what matters most, and he’ll make deals with whoever has it — whether they’re socialists in Venezuela, autocrats in Iran or Putin in Russia."
 Actually, Tom Cotton is not stupid. He is just venal and evil.
One thing about these big camp systems is that they inflict a tremendous amount of harm through sheer momentum. When a system is built to be both negligent and punitive, it tends to cause suffering by default.
Quite an opening paragraph.
The DEA exported those jobs. Drug warriors restricted access to Sudafed cold medicine years ago to suppress small-scale domestic production. That handed the meth market to Mexican traffickers who produced it on an industrial scale & shipped it back to the US by the ton. Just brilliant!
A reminder George W. Bush “won” the Florida recount in 2000 (and hence the entire presidential election) by just 537 votes because of felony disenfranchisement laws (driven primarily by the racist drug war). Republicans conveniently overpurged Florida voter rolls right before the election.
Thanks, will check out.
I’m pretty old school with a love of Bossa Nova with some newer. Can’t miss with Jobim,Gilberto Astrid & Joao)EllisRegina,Nascimento,Lo Borges,Caetano Veloso,Cesario Evora (check duet E Precisio Perdoa),Gilberto Gil.
Good world to escape to for respite from this one.
I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.
I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.
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Pete Hegseth standing in front of a sign that says 'DEPARTMENT OF MURDER'.
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli (Article 11) states that "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
It was ratified unanimously by the Senate, then signed by John Adams.
“If you’re going to put your hand in your pocket during trial do it elegantly like Cary Grant would” I told my law students.
“Cary Grant” I repeated. Blank stares.
“George Clooney?” Stares.
Arthritis can’t compete with this pain.
My favorite scene in all cinema.
Because the military inculcates obedience & draws most of its recruits from those who favor hierarchy & brute force. It’s not an organization of philosophers.
