Seven FIFA World Cup games that were set to be held in Massachusetts are in question after a delay in federal funding left a small town fearful it might be stuck paying millions in security costs.
Chicago native Jennifer Hudson is among the singers performing at a memorial for the civil rights leader who died last month. Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will attend.
Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act.
We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy.
New from me at @brennancenter.org:
I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.
“Storytelling requires tension. It often requires an obstacle. But a real, living person is not a narrative device.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
At 1:30 Central/2:30 Eastern, my colleague @harperseldin.bsky.social will be in state court in Kansas asking a judge to block the new law that invalidated the driver's licenses of trans people across the state. You can tune into the hearing here
Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
So the fact that we bombed a girls elementary school, while likely using AI for targeting, is going to be a major headline story dominating American news coverage when exactly?
""Yo brother, legal team confirmed that we can't work with minors rn," a Kalshi employee wrote to the user in messages reviewed by the Journal. "Kinda sad tbh."" im losing my mind
BREAKING: Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas drops his re-election bid amid an ethics investigation into his affair with a staffer.
HAGUE
NOW
A graphic with a brown background that reads: "NYC Council: Fund NYC public libraries at 0.5% of the city budget!" with a button below that says "Visit nycplan.org for more information.
Please send a letter to your city council member and follow up with a call too! actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
Even in these depressing times, Love is Blind is profoundly bleak television
1. Missouri appears to be forging ahead with 3 bathroom bans in public buildings across the state.
They heard 3 bills in a single night on the topic.
Lawmakers are worried that we could see what happened to Kansas happen there too.
The latest from our writer S. Baum.
Amazon is down. Kristi Noem has been fired. What else can happen today!!?!
"At least three Amazon data centers in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian drone strikes since the U.S. attacked Iran on Friday, disrupting the company's cloud computing services in the region."
Would explain somethings!!!
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would consider dropping his bid for U.S. Senate if Republicans agree to lift the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act.
In his offering, he called the suppressive measure “the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass.”
your new DHS secretary, everyone:
Finally, an article about the real victims of this war: piles of money
Just found out he’s the Green Party candidate for the NC senate seat.
I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...
Margot and Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen as a typhus epidemic killed 17,000 people
Potentially replacing her with Markwayne Mullin…JESUS.
Undocumented immigrants filing taxes this year face fear and uncertainty as an ICE and IRS collaboration raises concerns about data privacy and deportation efforts. Here's what the experts say.
I haven't said anything about this before, bc in the grand scheme of horrors this only rates as an inconvenience, but since others are experiencing it:
Just three days after CBP arrested me for filming them outside Broadview on 9/27, my TSA Pre & Global Entry were suspended—and so were my wife's.
