remember when the previous OpenAI board tried to fire Altman, saying he was a lying little shit with all sorts of dodgy financial conflicts of interest?
and how the tech sector and access tech journalism dismissed them as hyperbolic liars?
At some point we're just going to have to be comfortable calling the terminally stupid what they are.
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“As cruel and violent, as sadistic and deadly, as hateful and bigoted as these times are, it becomes even more important to remember what we value and what ideals we need to regain our democratic society.”
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We’re a week in. Do we really still need to explain the Strait of Hormuz?
Strength In Numbers coverage in Axios this morning: www.axios.com/2026/03/07/t...
“After Oversight Democrats voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ released a portion of previously-withheld documents with serious allegations against President Trump and an underage victim.” oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.
We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
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Under penalty of perjury, two federal whistleblowers explicitly warned the SEC about the Clippers, Kawhi, and cap-circumvention in a confidential 2023 complaint.
It is the same document that led the feds to successfully prosecute Aspiration.
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Years after Congress ordered a plaque to honor the police defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, it was finally installed — at 4 am this morning.
@oliviacgeorge.bsky.social was there. Read her eloquent, somber scoop.
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Dropkick Murphys and other bands performed at a free benefit concert in Minneapolis on Friday to raise money for families affected by ICE operations.
This is how you do foreign policy. On the president’s privately owned social network that loses $700m a year to run a website
My latest on the complicity of lawyers in dismantling democracy and the Justice Department's attempt to thwart the ability of state bars to hold them accountable open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
So Trump either ignored or was never shown this intelligence report by his staff. That’s a significant addition to the narrative. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/07/iran-intelligence-report-unlikely-oust-regime/
War weighed heavily on both Eisenhower and Lincoln. “That cannot be said of everyone in power, and lately it seems like it can be said of hardly anyone in power.”
@peter-wehner.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Though you follow the trade of the warrior, you do so in the spirit of Washington -- not of Genghis Khan. For Americans, only threat to our way of life justifies resort to conflict." Graduation Exercises at the United States Military Academy, 6/3/47 "Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war." Remarks at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10/19/50 [DDE's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box
Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered.
President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero:
“In my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”
The full argument is in the link below.
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Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security.
A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/
(new piece)
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would not rule out using voter data for immigration enforcement during a federal hearing in Minnesota, but said such data was not currently being used. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
I knew my family switching to hybrid cars would be a good investment in the long run, but I didn't think the long run would get here so soon.
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...
"Just 36% approve of how Trump is handling Iran, and a majority (55%) thinks Iran either represents a minor threat or no threat at all to the United States." www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...
Sweet Jesus. “The administration is scrambling to improvise a sensible domestic response to its own foreign policy. There are definite signs of a potential policy spiral.” www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Prior to being asked any questions regarding the case, the agents asked whether they could audio record the interview. advised she was not comfortable being recorded at that time. requested agents explain to her the goal and parameters of the fourth interview. She indicated she was aware that because she was victimized several years prior, the statutes of limitation of any viable federal violation may have run. She asked agents, "what's the point?" The agents explained that all victims of crime should have the opportunity to tell their story; they wanted to provide her with that opportunity should she choose to accept. The agents also explained why they wished to keep the fourth interview focused on abuse endured at the hands of individuals associated with JEFFREY EPSTEIN. previously mentioned she had sexual contact with (current U.S. President) DONALD TRUMP while she was a minor. She previously explained the contact was facilitated through her association with EPSTEIN. / was asked whether she felt
31E-NY-3027571 Serial 312 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 31E-NY-3027571 (U) Continuation of FD-302 of Interview #4 (PROTECT SOURCE) On 10/16/2019 .. Page 2 of 2 comfortable detailing her contacts with TRUMP. again asked what the point would be of providing the information at this point in her life when there was a strong possibility nothing could be done about it.
DOJ has posted some pages of the missing Epstein files related to the FBI’s belated investigation of Trump’s participation in Epstein crimes after Epstein’s arrest and death in custody in 2019, and they are as bleak as you might expect. www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
Excellent NYT video analysis finds that the bombing of scores of schoolchildren in Iran came amid other US strikes in the vicinity:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...
Karpf: "If you think Claude Code is a better social scientist than you, then you’re probably right. But that means, at some point, you stopped trying to answer interesting/puzzling questions and started trying to win the publish-the-most-articles race." davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...
He is so ick.
WATCH: “She made it 14 months, almost exactly as long as Cricket, the dear departed dog she bragged about shooting in her memoir,” says Chris Hayes on Kristi Noem’s ouster as DHS Secretary.
From the new Epstein drop
