Greg O'Brien

BREAKING:

The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.

They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.

DOC 1: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

WE’VE GOT THE MOMENTUM! 💪

In Texas, Democrats outperformed Republicans in early voting for the first time in over 20 years. North Carolina Democrats also turned out to vote in massive numbers — nearly 50% higher than Republicans — and surpassed both 2024 and 2022 levels.

America’s teachers are working two jobs and barely getting by | CNN Business Ashley loves her day job teaching math, reading and science to fifth-graders in Washington. But like many other teachers, Ashley relies on a side hustle or two to get by.

Educators are being squeezed as pay falls behind rising costs. When educators are priced out of the communities they serve, students lose stability and experience. It’s time for serious investment in public schools. www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/b...

Wow

POLL: “Dems' real problem isn't being too liberal — it's being seen as too weak… The path to 2026 doesn’t run through the center. It runs through the fight.” www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?

If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.

Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

How many countries has the US bombed since 2001, and how much has it cost? Since 9/11, the US has engaged in three full-scale wars, bombing at least 10 countries under four presidents.

A useful summary of the costs in money, deaths, and ill will caused by the United States across the last quarter century.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

“If you elect a clown, he brings the circus. This is the cabinet that we currently have. It is the most corrupt, incompetent, and embarrassing cabinet in the history of the United States and unfortunately it’s the American people who are paying for it, literally and figuratively.”

Everyone I have spoken to believes Trump is in way over his head on this, Hegseth and his team are making matters worse not better, and that this is more a war of impulse and ignorance than it is a war of choice. We've never been in such a situation and so adrift and leaderless.

UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings.

This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.

THIS.

Trump has launched an illegal regime change war in Iran with American lives at risk. Congress must convene on Monday to vote on Rep. Thomas Massie & my WPR to stop this. Every member of Congress should go on record this weekend on how they will vote.

Nothing that happens in this war matters more than the fact this is the worst violation of the Constitution in U.S. history, an illegal war crime

Unless Congress impeaches Trump this weekend, and it won’t, then we are a dictatorship, full stop

Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With IQ — A New Study Shows Theirs Tend To Be Lower Love that for them.

Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With IQ. A New Study Shows Theirs Tend To Be Lower.
www.wonkette.com/p/right-wing...

By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social

The stupidity and being misinformed is one thing, but child endangerment is another and every state has laws that allow for intervention in cases of child neglect and abuse. Someone has to save children from such parents.

Sounding great!

While ICE raids grab headlines, Trump mounts quieter attack on Minnesota’s Boundary Waters As the federal siege of Minnesota continues, the Boundary Waters wilderness is also under attack.

"To put a gigantic copper mine (or two) on the edge of the Boundary Waters would be like capping Old Faithful for a geothermal plant or clearcutting the forests at the foot of the Tetons — most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it."
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

The Hilarious Decline of MAGA’s Brief Cultural Relevance A year ago, everyone was doing the “Trump dance.” Now the president is too scared to show his face at the Super Bowl, and the right’s “alternative” halftime show features the cringey, washed-up Kid Rock.

The biggest story of 2025 is that Trump has, in a very short amount of time, squandered most of his political capital by running a belligerent, unlawful, and fascist regime.

But the second biggest is that the GOP, too, has squandered the cultural capital his election brought them. trib.al/ZXqQf4e

Yep.

VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.

And they told Rep. Thomas Massie and me this was a hoax and conspiracy when we risked our reputations and careers to pursue the release of the files.

After North Carolina cyberattacks, IT officials warn General Assembly of poor preparedness • NC Newsline North Carolina IT officials warned lawmakers that the state is underprepared for digital threats — in part because of legislative actions.

After cyberattacks targeted North Carolina government services during the winter storms that buffeted the state, IT officials warned North Carolina lawmakers that the state is underprepared for digital threats — in part because of recent legislative actions. Story by @kingdollar.bsky.social #ncpol

Making Andrew Jackson proud .... 😡🤡

Newberry Library Receives $4 Million Grant Funding will expand access to Indigenous collections, enable community-led research, and strengthen tribal partnerships.

We’re excited to share today that the Newberry has received a $4 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand access to our Indigenous Studies collections and strengthen collaboration with tribal nations. www.newberry.org/news/newberr...

The Kennedy Center.
New monuments.
Wrecking ball to history funding and interpretive expertise and access.

Arts and humanities are the most powerful stuff of society and we all know it.

7 Reasons Teens Say No to AI Some young people only turn to artificial-intelligence chatbots as a last resort, citing concerns about relationships, creativity, the environment and more.

As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused.

So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.

NC college students sue over lack of campus early voting sites • NC Newsline College students are suing the N.C. State Board of Elections for eliminating or not considering early voting sites on some college campuses.

College Democrats of North Carolina and students from three universities are suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections over early voting sites for the 2026 primary. Story by @lbonner.bsky.social #ncpol

Way to go Congress. The blood is on your hands.

📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken: “Among 28 mil adults, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in subsequent 4 years than unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”