All I can figure is Trump has something on Lindsey Graham.
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All I can figure is Trump has something on Lindsey Graham.
Trail walking.
"That morning they were running a contest for tickets to Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera House, a bit of high culture drifting through the stream of brake lights, engine noise, and honking horns."
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Satellite images of the Strait of Hormuz. Congestion is a byproduct of the president's war, causing oil prices to reach record highs. When asked about rising oil prices, he indicated he didn't care. Nuts to him.
Fabulous!
From this morning on the trail..
Did you notice Trump didn't take off his fucking hat when the dead soldiers went by? And, just BTW, what's wrong with Pete Hegseth, calling enlisted men and women just trying to do their jobs "warfighters?" That's comic book shit, man.
Things I heard today: 1. Israel plans to assassinate whoever Iran chooses as its next leader. 2. Lindsay Graham saying "Cuba is next" on the T.V. Good grief!
One variety of garlic is up.
Republicans are moving a bad bill centralizing standards for roads. House passed it last week. Now it's in the Senate. Read more at the link.
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I went to read some Edna St Vincent Millay poems looking for beauty and elusive desire during our time of vainglorious cruelties. Instead, I found this declaration of anger and disgust. Good enough for the likes of now—crank up the electric guitar army frankhudson.org/2026/03/07/a...
Particularly good.
We are not a serious country.
Whirlpool quote about Amana layoffs is deliberately vague. “Despite those investments, our existing operations at Amana were not sustainable in today’s marketplace without further changes,” CEO Mark Bitzer wrote. Allow me to clarify: "Without AI & robotics, we can't make as much money." ~Gazette
Birds on the trail.
Trail walking.
The Congress rejected the War Powers Resolution. What now?
War With Iran Without Congress blogforiowa.com/2026/03/07/w...
If you can't wait to read the entire post, I uploaded the file here:
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While not feeling particularly celebratory about our 250th birthday, I wrote about 200.
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Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz
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Btw, that section of I-90 is called the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. You know. The Hull-House Addams.
Bought gasoline this afternoon at the Belvidere Oasis in Illinois for $3.32 per gallon. Average cost per U.S. gallon in the European Union today, $6.44. #justsaying
Received Grassley response to my email advocating to vote for the War Powers Resolution. 43 paragraphs explaining why he didn't. Will link to it on my post on Blog for Iowa tomorrow.
After the Iowa House passed yet another discriminatory bill on Thursday, I asked Speaker Pat Grassley why Republicans have focused so much on bills targeting transgender Iowans. Our exchange:
www.youtube.com/shorts/JoDDx...
Trail walking. 68°F.
Sun and wind don’t need the Strait of Hormuz.
For politically active billionaires and their allies in Washington, social media is becoming an instrument of political power, writes Paddy Leerssen. Broadly, a new regulatory paradigm for content moderation is emerging: the EU writes laws, the US buys shares.
While most already started BlueSky, today I made this starter pack.
go.bsky.app/LiQ2RLy
Voting 2026: Don't Despair. Prepare. blogforiowa.com/2026/03/06/v...
