𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖕𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖓 //- KOSA must be stopped.

From the studio that brought you, "What if literally everything around you had feelings," and "Okay, what if your FEELINGS had feelings,"

Comes, "What, like queers have feelings?"

“I cannot hug him, I cannot kiss him.”

One woman, an aunt of a man who was killed during an LAPD interaction by bullets fired from officers. She says it was due to a pretextual stop.

Several aides in the back visibly laughing. Several councilmembers do not look up from their desks.

One of the wildest parts of this revelation is that this is really the first I’m aware of this being discussed. The standing city council president (ostensibly the most powerful or second most powerful person in local politics) being pretextual stopped days before a discussion on pretextual stops.

LA City Council’s City President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says he has been pulled over four times while a member of the council; the most recent was this week. He missed a committee meeting because of the stop, according to him.

Among the questions: “how do you have this vehicle,” according to him.

Flyer for Queens Public Library’s Prom Attire Drive (Feb 23–Mar 20). Includes event info, donation locations, donation guidelines, and mentions a Prom Attire Shopping Event for teens. Text is colorful with purple accents.

FYI if you have formal prom attire.

Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women For the last hundred years, women have had pivotal and far too often unsung roles in building and shaping the technology that we now use every day. Many have heard of Ada Lovelace’s contributions to

Women in tech and digital rights deserve more and brighter spotlights. At EFF, we’ve had the honor of celebrating some of our heroes at our annual EFF Awards.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Calling it Citizen's Impeachment implies only one of us needs to decide to impeach him and that's very funny.

Daniel from Chicago has had enough. He wakes up, gets some orange juice and pushes the impeachment button. A new election is held.

You're free to quote-post the Mother Jones article about staff betting on detainee suicides with your zippy one-liner.

I am free to think your toxic level of ironic detachment has a lot more to do with the state of things than you will ever willingly admit.

British Columbia to make daylight saving time permanent The Canadian province is permanently ending the biannual time shifts for more light at the day's end. But research shows daylight saving increases health risks.

Daylight Savings shifts are strongly correlated with increased stroke risk and permanently switching to either standard or DST would likely decrease that risk (though DST less so). www.npr.org/2026/03/07/n...

GOP-held Senate seats that were on the map in March 2025:

North Carolina
Maine

GOP-held Senate seats that are on the map in March 2026:

North Carolina
Maine
Ohio
Alaska
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
Montana

A lot can change in a year.

A lot more can change in 8 months.

Organize. Donate. Register. Vote.

Also in today's newsletter:

• What will happen to Markwayne Mullin's Senate seat in Oklahoma now that he's been tapped to replace Noem

• Looking back at Tony Gonzales career following his decision late last night to quit his reelection campaign

• The already-crazy ad spending in #GAGov

And more!

The Downballot's House open seat & uncontested race tracker

House retirements, especially on the GOP side, have been a bit of a firehose lately! Keep tabs on every open seat with our bookmark-worthy tracker:

Just voted YES on the redistricting amendment. Fellow Virginians you can do the same from now til 5 today! Elections.virginia.gov

Early voting begins in Virginia's redistricting election, which could determine control of the House in midterms Early voting begins Friday in an unusual election in Virginia that could have major implications for control of the House.

🚨VIRGINIA EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN🚨

Whether/How Virginians vote on this referendum may determine control of Congress.

The larger the victory, the less likely the maps are to get overturned.

This is essentially your midterm, Virginia.

Please cast your YES ballot EARLY.
abcnews.com/Politics/ear...

Former Hawaii congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa dies at 74 Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa has died after a private battle with cancer. She was 74.

Former Hawaii Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who narrowly lost a memorable 2014 Senate primary against Brian Schatz, has died.

Indiana Republican Blake Fiechter, who was running against a GOP senator who opposed redistricting but dropped out after less than a month, now says he's back in the race after a meeting with Trump at the White House www.facebook.com/blake.fiecht...

In California, candidates file to run for office in the county they live in, so for Darrell Issa, that's San Diego County. If you wanna keep clicking refresh, it'll be here: www.sdvote.com/content/rov/...

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot dead by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Another U.S. citizen murdered by ICE.

Another ICE cover story that doesn't match the footage and evidence.

One year later, and now the truth is coming out.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - Bolts After flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election.

Reminder that we have a crucial Wisconsin State Supreme Court election next month.

Wisconsin voters have a chance to secure a liberal majority through 2030 at the earliest.

boltsmag.org/wisconsin-su...

State Representative Deb Conroy made history in 2022 when she became the DuPage County Board President.

Not only did she become the first Democratic County Board President in this suburban Chicago county in over 75 years, she also became the first woman to ever hold the job!

Gonzales is out in Texas, and Dems see a chance to beat ‘The AKGuy’ Brandon Herrera’s controversial online presence and hardline politics could open another opportunity for House Democrats in a deep-red district.

Yes #TX23 is a tough red seat, regardless of how insane the GOP nominee might be.

But the rumblings of an upset are already developing in the distance.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

From teacher to attorney to TX-23 Congressional candidate: Meet Katy Padilla Stout Democrat Katy Padilla Stout, a San Antonio attorney and former teacher, won the nomination in TX-23 as the race shifts after Tony Gonzales’ announcement.

Keep an eye on Democrat Katy Padilla Stout.

With GOP Rep. Tony Gonzalez dropping his re-election/run-off bid and Nazi-friendly weirdo Brandon Herrera becoming the nominee, Stout could put this seat in play in a wave year.

Follow her here @katy4congress.bsky.social.

www.kens5.com/article/news...

disappointed to see they're following me. i'm an advocate for disability accessibility as a disabled person myself and put alt text on all my images. uninterested in folks who behave this way. if everyone put a little effort into making life easier for the disabled, we'd be in a better place.

These are the same people who would insist that it's not acceptable to walk down a street shoulder-checking anyone who impedes your path. They do not see the irony because they still haven't gotten it through their thick skulls that online etiquette ALSO requires considering other people's needs.

in general when making alt text, put the main points up front and save the nuance for after that. this lets people using screen readers interrupt and skip past the nuance if they're not interested

I love being Teachable Moments Guy so here are two quick tips for easy alt text:
- address the main point of the image as early as possible. what does the image depict, or what's your purpose in posting it?
- the name of the meme is more important than describing how it looks

on a side note i am so fucking tired of the overhyped exaggerated ass "Participation Trophy" trope. my millennial siblings didnt have very much of this, like at all. i worked in education, didn't see this being done. my kids don't experience it either. tf are they talkn bout? something they "heard"

i love it when our allies are just as toxic as the people trying to take away disability resources /s

Anyway, here is a handy guide to getting started with ALT text. It's an important way we can make people with visual impairments or neurological processing issues feel welcome on bluesky. bsky.app/profile/cats...

Screenshot of the following text “The participation trophy generation needs to grow a fucking backbone. The world doesn't cater to you. I don't owe you shit. There is zero reason I should worsen my own health because of your virtue signaling. Don't like no alt text? Add some and stfu.”

I was tagged into an exchange where a “resistance” account had this to say to someone politely asking them to add ALT text to their images. Framing accessibility like people with disabilities are merely a bunch of whiny, entitled pussies is certainly a… choice. 😞