Lisa Farrar

Democrats in Congress need to look into this ASAP.

🚨NEWS: Democrat Andy Thomson has won the Boca Raton mayoral race by just ONE vote.

🔵 Thomson — 7,568
🔴 Liebelson — 7,567

With 100% of votes in, Thomson becomes the first Democratic mayor of Boca Raton in over 30 years.

One vote decided the election.

So he wrote Mein Kampf into a bill. The Nazis called this Umsiedlung.

Russia's oil kills.

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Long lines observed at gas stations in China as drivers rush to fill up ahead of expected price hikes.

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U.S.-Made Launcher Fired Missiles From Bahrain Toward Iran, Video Shows It is unclear from the video alone whether the U.S. or Bahraini military launched the missiles. Iran has frequently accused Persian Gulf countries of allowing their territory to be used as a launchpad for U.S. attacks.

A video verified by The New York Times shows ballistic missiles being launched from Bahrain in the direction of Iran, in what appears to be the first confirmed instance of an attack on the Islamic Republic originating from a Persian Gulf country since the war began.

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

Pure destruction for no purpose other than revenge and generalized stupidity

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...

❤️‍🩹🇺🇦 Ukraine returns seven more children from temporarily occupied territories

They all experienced pressure, humiliation and attempts to impose someone else's identity on them. Today, these children and adolescents are finally safe.

Trump DOJ expands crackdown on overseas voters over ID The latest outreach confirms that the message California officials received last month was not isolated.

🚨BREAKING: Emails obtained by Democracy Docket show the Justice Department contacting multiple states about overseas voting compliance ahead of the 2026 midterms, emphasizing ID verification rules that could complicate voting for Americans abroad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Two days ago in DC: Sunny, hot (80+F), early start of summer.

Yesterday: Heavy snow till about 3pm. Early-blossoming cherry trees w tiny pink flowers covered by white snow.

Right now: 40+ knot winds from the south. 60+ foot hemlock uprooted as I watched.

"Normal" DC spring ... sort of.

Ukraine peace talks chaotic with White House officials unable to travel amid US-Iran war, Zelensky says The negotiation process to end Russia's war against Ukraine has become increasingly chaotic, with White House officials unable to travel due to U.S. strikes on Iran and Russian representatives unwilli...

⚡️Progress in Ukraine peace talks chaotic as Washington officials unable to travel, Zelensky says.

STOP THE WAR! How hard is that for an editorial board to say? | Press Watch Iran War A survey of what editorials are saying, and a plea for them to say more

NYT has published only two editorials about the war. First day: “We lament that Mr. Trump is not treating war as the grave matter that it is.” Second day: “there are reasons to worry about what comes next.” Since then: nothing. Shameful. presswatchers.org/2026/03/stop...

Strength In Numbers is looking for smart survey research assistants Note: Not a full-time job, but I will pay you — probably best for a smart undergrad or grad student or side hustle-r

Strength In Numbers is looking for a smart part-time survey research assistant (or a few)
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Russia Plans an Invasion of the Body Snatchers Russia's war against international law reaches beyond words and now includes the use of military special forces on foreign soil.

Putin's law to attack The Hague nears final vote. The Duma is about to adopt a law authorizing the extraterritorial use of Russian troops to free Russian citizens arrested or detained by foreign courts. The government commission on legislation has just approved the respective draft legislation

A late-winter snowstorm is about to hit the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes The storm could drop 1 to 3 feet of snow from the eastern Dakotas through the north-central Great Lakes and into Ontario province.

A sprawling and powerful late-winter storm is about to blast the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes into southeastern Canada.

See how severe winter weather will be in your area:

Breaking News: The head of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Richard Grenell, who is a close ally of President Trump, is leaving the role after a tumultuous year. nyti.ms/4s3bhAq

Iran’s Foreign Minister on Trump temporarily loosening sanctions against Russia

Many people are saying that Grenell is being fired because Trump couldn't comprehend why a gay guy wasn't willing to run one Broadway musical after another at the Kennedy Center, but was instead intending to host a 1 year residency for a non-ironic production of Springtime for Hitler.

A Venezuelan who came to **Kyiv to study international law**.

Today he commands the **Bolívar Battalion**, an international unit fighting for Ukraine.

In this RealTalk conversation, **Commander Katana** shares his journey.
Watch the full episode and join the conversation.

Does the Battlefield Stalemate in Ukraine Favor Russia? Analysis of Russia’s battlefield gains and losses, Ukraine’s drone-led defense, and why stalemate signals Ukrainian capacity and agency.

Russia's battlefield crawl isn't strategy—it’s exhaustion.

More Marines and Warships Head to Middle East as Hormuz Mission Intensifies The Pentagon has also weighed sending more destroyers to the region to escort tankers through the strait.

The Pentagon is moving additional Marines and warships to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. prepares to escort tankers through the waterway. on.wsj.com/3N2xxeJ

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

(Published Aug. 2025)

Georgia is the most crucial battleground state in the country.

Ohio unclaimed funds for sports stadiums law blocked by state court but not federal Ohioans challenging the state’s plan to use unclaimed funds for a new Cleveland Browns stadium got mixed messages this week. Rulings in state and federal courts offered dramatically different…

Ohioans challenging the state’s plan to use unclaimed funds for a new Cleveland Browns stadium got mixed messages this week. Rulings in state and federal courts offered dramatically different readings of the same set of circumstances.

via @ohiocapitaljournal.com

"There are so many ways the Iraq War hangs over all of what's happening in Iran right now. But by comparison, Iraq was a comprehensive, well-executed propaganda campaign ... this is the most unpopular war in American history." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #30 in American Federation of Government Employees Local 2305 v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs (D.R.I., 1:25-cv-00583) – CourtListener.com Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction

A win! A federal judge in Rhode Island has directed the government to reinstate a union contract covering more than 300,000 Veterans Affairs employees after the Trump administration attempted to end the agreement in August.

“The military planning has been stellar,” said Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and an expert on US foreign policy on Iran. “That said, politically, this is increasingly looking like a cluster fuck. And the reason is that step one of any plan is to establish a goal – the targeting should be in pursuit of that goal. The United States has this backwards. We have the targeting, but we don’t have a clear goal, and that lies not on the Pentagon planners, but on Donald Trump.”

Chat, is it good when the guy at AEI calls your war a "cluster fuck"

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Senator Whitehouse and others smile with a new recycling bin.

Recycling, when done right, is good for the planet and keeps local taxes down. I’m very pleased that the funding to replace Providence’s aging, hodgepodge recycling carts comes from my bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act.