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“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

A federal tool to identify noncitizens on voter rolls keeps making mistakes.

“This is not ready for prime time,” a county clerk in Missouri said. “And I’m not going to risk the security and the constitutional rights of my voters for bad data.”

With @texastribune.org

U.S. may have struck Iranian girls' school after using outdated targeting data, sources say The strike, during the first day of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, killed 150 students, according to Iran's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva.

A strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children may be the result of U.S. use of outdated targeting data.

Every reporter needs to do this. Challenge Trump with facts.

Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun.

Changing an asteroid’s orbit. apnews.com/article/aste...

Keep Your Pay Act Tax Calculator | U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey

The Keep Your Pay Act lets you keep more of what you earn. See for yourself with this calculator.
www.booker.senate.gov/tax-calculator

Two of the ICE warehouses have a capacity for 8,500 people each. By comparison, the country's largest federal prison holds about 4,000 inmates.
ICE already fails to meet its own regular detention standards.
3/4 of those detained by ICE have no criminal conviction. | @raulareyes.bsky.social

Billionaires Made 19% of Federal Election Campaign Contributions in 2024 Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

Billionaires made 19% of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a New York Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Here's how wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

War in the Middle East Threatens Global Food Production

The Middle East:
It’s not just oil. It’s fertilizer.
Both will affect food prices.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b...

-Gweinidog y Pawiau
-Ci’r Bobl

Cancellation of Army exercise fuels speculation about Mideast troop deployments The abrupt cancellation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.

The elite 82nd Airborne Division which specialized in ground combat (the hard stuff) is waiting for new orders.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

DOJ proposes policy aimed at limiting state bar ethics probes into its attorneys The Justice Department is proposing a new policy that would seek to limit the ability of state bar associations to launch ethics probes into DOJ attorneys.

The DOJ doesn’t want its attorneys investigated for ethics violations. abcnews.com/US/doj-propo...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

Bettors wagered $54 million on Khamenei’s death. Now they’re not getting paid. Kalshi, a prediction market site, has sparked outrage after freezing $54 million in bets on the death of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, citing a rule against profiting from death.

Gambling on world events -- and insider trading on life and death events.
"... people around Trump are profiting off war and death."
wapo.st/4slNDyG

Iran vs. Utah

Here are the Eclipse times (if you can find the moon).
This is Utah time.

HBO Max and Paramount+ are to merge into a single streaming service. Keep an eye on prices! #Paramount #HBOMAX

Opinion | I plan to donate my organs — but I’ve taken my name off the registry As an ICU nurse, I’ve seen organ donation rules hurt families. Here’s a workaround.

A Organ Donar Problem
wapo.st/4rciSeN

Free downloadable maps show countries and continents at their true sizes relative to each other.
equal-earth.com

What snow?
A snowstorm was advertised.
I readied my shovel.
Nada - snow in the air but nothing on the driveway.

Warmest SLC winter since 1874.
www.weather.gov/slc/

The only FULL lunar eclipse of 2026. Early Tuesday morning.
Watch for a red moon.
Chart per @accuweather.com

The USS Ford crew is struggling with sewage problems on board the Navy's new carrier Problems with the plumbing system on board America's newest aircraft carrier are getting worse. Issues with the toilets on the USS Ford continue even as it continues its deployment to the Caribbean.

The #USSGeraldFord aircraft carrier toilet problem.
#NPR
www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...

Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School

Bombing the children.
There’s still a question about whose bombs hit the school.
The school was adjacent to a naval base belonging to the Iran’s most powerful military force, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

The Navy’s largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has a sewer/toilet problem. It’s been an issue for years. #USSGeraldFord
Some suggest attacks on Iran may have been hastened in order to allow the ship to take care of its s____.
militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-n...

Rare parade of planets to align in night sky, NASA says Star-gazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA.

per NASA
abcnews.com/US/rare-para...

per @claytoonz.bsky.social

Serious investigation or ‘clown show’? Clintons’ closed testimonies on Epstein leave room for disagreement Democrats say the depositions pave the way for slapping Trump with a subpoena. Republicans say they point to his exoneration.

Serious investigation or ‘clown show’? Clintons’ closed testimonies on Epstein leave room for disagreement

Ouch.
Yes, I misspelled.