Kristi Noem claimed to the Senate yesterday that Corey Lewandowski has no role approving contracts at DHS.
But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency officials contradict her testimony:
We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept.
Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.
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.
NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.
No surprise there. I really hope that Ukraine can get something out of this for its own defence.
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Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran
I love themed horror anthologies—and here’s a specific theme I’d never thought of before! Is it too early to call it a steal?
"Let’s not bury the lede here: The DoD wants to use AI for fully autonomous lethal systems and mass surveillance of American citizens. Anthropic said 'no,' and now the US government is retaliating by trying to destroy it." — @lizdye.bsky.social
They’re still lying to us.
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if not war then why war shaped
there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran
today at the newsletter, free: an adapted excerpt from my book Wild Faith, about evangelical Christian prophecies about war in the Middle East and the end of the world & how they influence US foreign policy:
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This is an excellent book. It's well-written, fascinating, & scary. I grew up with only a passing understanding of American evangelical culture. But the more I learn as an adult, the less I like it & the more comfortable I become in my own agnosticism.
Give Tal's book a read/listen. It's worth it.
Shout out to Boston
As Clausewitz wrote, the decisive factor in war is which military leader can bench press the most.
A significant story. Failure to harden and defend US military installations in the Gulf should have been the major line of questioning at the Pentagon this morning. It wasn't. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/w...
What about Wife Eye For The Single Guy and it's a show where five married women teach a young man how to not be gross and misogynist
"We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves."
~ Shirley Chisholm 🌸🌸🌸
##WomensHistoryMonth
The funniest thing in the world is going feral and writing weird poems about trees and snails and seaweed and then having to become an institutional contractor via a complicated vendor system in order to publish a couple of them #blessed
665. – January 4, 2026 – The Guardian reported that thirty-two people died in ICE custody in 2025, the deadliest year since 2004. Seven of the deaths occurred in December alone, when the Trump administration detained a record number. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.
These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20
I wish some major media outlets would do broad reports on the impact of death threats on our politics, and on who's doing them (MAGA men mostly from what I can tell), and why law enforcement appears to be doing so little about them. They are such a big (submerged) part of our politics now.
Something spooky this way comes ... again?!
That story broken is here, and people should be outraged at what it's reporting. 2/
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This is the Leeroy Jenkins school of foreign policy
Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.
“But why did I die?”
Formal and traditional poetry is good.
Wild and inventive poetry is good.
Poetry is good 💕
Jurassic Park: Risk Assessment could be entertaining
