UPDATE: Here are the five DOJ lawyers who went to the D.C. Circuit to back Noem's effort to keep members of Congress from conducting oversight at immigration detention facilities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
As a Virginian, why am I supposed to be satisfied by California having more Democrats in Congress?
I mean, it’s nice and all. But I want more Democrats from Virginia. Why wouldn’t I?
Fresh today @escapepod.org, my story WE WHO LIVE IN THE HEART, delightfully narrated by Ibba Armancas
escapepod.org/2026/03/05/e...
BookSky: query from a friend in publishing:
What are some great small presses that do poetry?
Thanks!
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America has a long history of pointless and wasteful military adventurism. And in our quest to normalize Trump we’ve stuck his Iran war in that box: “another war, just like the rest.” It’s not like the rest. It’s an act of insanity, rogue state behavior. Don’t know how this ends until we admit it.
🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
This is an actual Pentagon press release. “An Army believed to be casualty…the believed to be death”
VERMONT
Peter Welch's phone numbers:
DC: 202-224-4242
If you can't get through or leave a message on the DC number ⬇️
Burlington: 802-863-2525
there's a thing I like to call "load-bearing assumptions", that you don't notice until they're suddenly gone (e.g the air you breath has oxygen in it).
the post-ww2 order is a load-bearing assumption for basically the entirety of american life. trump took a sledgehammer to it in the last 90 days.
Here is my huge sigh of relief for the day! @stephanieburgis.bsky.social is the first review I've heard about and I'm glad it's a good one
Screenshot of headline that reads, "Haitian man living in Boston dies in ICE custody, family says." Full text linked in reply.
I’m calling on ICE to investigate the death of Emmanuel Damas, a Massachusetts community member who died in ICE custody after being denied timely medical care. His family, and dozens of families like his, deserve the truth about ICE's treatment of their loved ones. ICE must be held accountable.
My friend Piper really needs help with her medical costs. She has advanced cancer and is trying to get some quality of life as her time runs out (yep we're there)
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The senator set to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary was once accused of “middle school” behavior on a trip with fellow lawmakers.
It's only Regime Change if it comes from the NeoCon region of Washington. Otherwise it's Sparkling Restructuring.
Do them all! (No, don't do them all...)
This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...
Not much silver lining to the Trump Epstein War, but there *is* Andrew Tate getting arrested in Saudi Arabia.
Yes
These are war crimes, violations of the Geneva Conventions.
Increasingly I think we should turn the whole Trump cabinet over to the ICC to be tried at The Hague.
ICYMI: Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience
Photo of a letter that reads: “If you don’t like my peaches, don’t shake my tree.” Sincerely, Shirley Jackson
If you don’t like my peaches don’t shake my tree
Here's an excerpt -- now that you've heard every Kristi Noem joke possible, please read the column and tell me what you think
It's no secret that Trump's GOP wants to put its fingers on the scale of democracy and mess up the 2026 midterms, but how?
Rooted in conspiracy theories, a deliberate effort to confuse voters, and judicial meddling, Dallas exposed their vile scheme
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...
"Conspiracy theories, confusing rules, and right-wing judges: A Dallas voting fiasco is a 5-alarm fire for U.S. democracy."
Quite an opening paragraph.
How do translators add value to books in #translation?
I included a pronunciation guide in this one – something I often want in #translatedlit, sometimes even when I speak the language (*glares very sternly at French*) – & for a less-familiar language like Czech, I think it could be very helpful.
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If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
‘Everyone in the government is 12’ theory for the win again.
good evening
i think when we get a final reckoning of how much Noem has personally profited from her office this question might answer itself
