Empress Nikki

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

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For March, Taking Alice Wong’s Advice in this Capitalist Hellscape will be our focus, with an invitation to reflect on how this can inspire our Collective Liberation, so I hope you will consider joining us then!🫂

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Mat Wuerker, Politico

If these folks represent Christian leadership, I wanna know when they plan to read the Bible.

"bets made among the staff over which detainee would be next to die by suicide."

Why was this story on the front page of the UK’s Daily Telegraph — but NOT America’s leading newspapers?

The madman Trump posts:
“Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time.“

A proposed railroad spur would put train tracks right through the middle of a Black family’s property in Sparta, #Georgia, against their will.

Read how the SPLC is supporting the community as they stand firm against the plans: https://bit.ly/46MVHAq

DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

The woman who told FBI agents that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was as young as 13 recalled that she and her mother received death threats afterward, with callers saying “we know where you’re at, you need to keep your mouth shut."
Here's a Miami Herald gift link.

#WomensHistoryMonth2026 Gloria Richardson Dandridge played role in forming the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. She met then U.S. AG RFK to negotiate Treaty of Cambridge covering housing, employment&desegregation.Cambridge MD honors her with on their Local African-American Heritage Mural.

US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school probably carried out by US forces US military officials briefed on investigation make disclosure, while Pentagon has confirmed only that inquiry is under way

Hegseth doesn't want to go before the cameras on this one, but US investigators appear to have concluded that US forces struck a girl's school in Minab, killing some 180, mostly school girls. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Beautiful Dreamer 15-year-old Ruta finds herself trapped in the Sleepverse's Citadel where her many Selves gather at night; a place that no Dreamer has visited before. For her Selves, the Citadel is paradise. For Ruta,...

Amazon crashes, book is on sale... but still no buys.

We can all agree Amazon sucks and relying on one platform for our literature is a bad idea.

So why not read my 1/2 off book on Smashwords? Actual question.

www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Are Democrats About to Pull Nearly $250 Billion in Public Money from the Companies Dismantling Democracy? Somewhere in your state’s pension fund, right now, there are shares in a company called Palantir Technologies.

open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Kristi Noem out as DHS Secretary; Trump announces Sen. Markwayne Mullin as replacement The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.

It's a package deal per CBS: Corey Lewandowski goes with Kristi. Also, did you know that Markwayne Mullin was the only US Senator without a college education? It's not important to Oklahoma voters. www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-...

Pull up and start your searching. Propublica set up a database just for us to follow the money

The Secretary of War from the Department of War said we are at War.

Tintin comic panel showing Captain Haddock exhausted at a bar saying, “What a week, huh?” Tintin replies, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.” Snowy sits beside a glass while Haddock looks overwhelmed, suggesting the week already feels unbearably long.

My neighbor brought us kumquat from their tree.
This fruit makes fun voice-to-text conversations.

The Tiny Court at the Center of a Massive Scramble to Get Tariff Money Back The Court of International Trade, a specialty court that settles technical trade disputes, will determine whether and how refunds get issued.

(WSJ) Fascinating article about a Court that very few of us even know existed. The Court of International Trade will adjudicate claims arising from decisions on who and how much funds are transferred due to Trump's illegal tariffs. Now over 2K cases...and growing.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

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“I feel technique is not too important. It’s more important to use your eyes, mind and heart."

— Fan Ho, Chinese photographer, 1931-2016.

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📷 Tomasz Bolek

REMOVE HER, NOW!

A folk logic about it is starting to develop. People may not understand the monopolies and geopolitics of renewable energy at a gradual level. But they can see data centers, hear data centers, and read their electric bill statements. They are angry.

We will just leave this here...

WTF!