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Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Supervises VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.

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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

07.03.2026 12:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Scientist.” Right.

07.03.2026 04:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

07.03.2026 03:03 👍 4597 🔁 2427 💬 129 📌 139

Make America Unemployed Again

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Why Stan Smiths? He was a mensch. Arthur Ashe’s best friend. Anti-Apartheid activist. Champion.

Plus, the shoes feel and look great.

07.03.2026 03:37 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Confession: In my advanced age I’ve developed a habit of collecting unusual versions of Adidas Stan Smith shoes.

I now have 20 pairs.

I might have a problem.

07.03.2026 03:31 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

There’s a growing cottage industry where wealthy criminals pay insiders to lobby President Trump to pardon them. While some call it a perversion of the Constitution, it’s a refreshing source of job creation in an otherwise unsteady economy.

07.03.2026 03:28 👍 550 🔁 60 💬 10 📌 2

It has been over two years since Markwayne Mullin challenged someone to a cage match in the middle of a US Senate hearing. Why won’t the Democrat Party acknowledge this?

by Hugh Hewitt

07.03.2026 03:28 👍 605 🔁 40 💬 10 📌 4
Gift of the artist in honor of James Thrall Soby

Gift of the artist in honor of James Thrall Soby

Joan Miró, Woman with Three Hairs Surrounded by Birds in the Night, Palma, September 2, 1972
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134865

07.03.2026 02:42 👍 114 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 1

“I will do it tomorrow,” said Toad. “Today I will take life easy.”

07.03.2026 02:37 👍 281 🔁 68 💬 4 📌 9

1/ Anyway, this reminds me of a story I read about James Mattis in Trump's first term.

During a meeting in the Situation Room, Trump angrily ordered the military to assassinate the entire government of Syria.

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Battle of Algiers

Or

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

07.03.2026 02:33 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 1
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Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year | TechCrunch The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat?

techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/c...

06.03.2026 19:21 👍 2531 🔁 683 💬 99 📌 51
Trump SNAPS at reporter over Iran question, demands football focus
Trump SNAPS at reporter over Iran question, demands football focus YouTube video by MS NOW

During a White House event on college football, Trump mocked and shut down a question about Russia allegedly helping Iran target U.S. assets. “What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We’re talking about something else,” said Trump.

07.03.2026 02:17 👍 505 🔁 128 💬 61 📌 14

OMG

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Iran Hits Key US Radar, Deepening Gulf Missile Defense Woes Iran has destroyed a key $300 million radar system crucial to directing US missile defense batteries in the Gulf that risks further straining the region’s ability to counter future attacks, according ...

Iran destroyed a key $300 million radar system crucial to directing US missile defense batteries in the Gulf that risks further straining the region’s ability to counter future attacks.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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a group of people standing in front of a sign that says manhattan special investigation ALT: a group of people standing in front of a sign that says manhattan special investigation

Kids. Remember: Don’t apply to Hudson University.

07.03.2026 02:18 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh I hate that move. Along with “What I hear you saying is …” as if so don’t spend my entire life choosing my words carefully. Tressie is far better with words than I am.

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ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

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All of our living presidents who still have a sense of decency gathered to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Respect recognizes respect.

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Nashville Noticias staffer Estefany Rodríguez was detained by ICE in South Nashville on Wednesday morning. There was no warrant for her arrest. Her attorneys have filed an emergency petition in federal court seeking a writ of habeas corpus, or an immediate review of whether or not her detention is legal. 

Rodríguez, who was in the car with her husband — a U.S. citizen — has been following all the legal steps to citizenship. In her job, Rodríguez has reported several stories that hold ICE accountable, and it’s unclear whether her detention was retaliation. As of Thursday afternoon, she was in Alabama en route to an ICE processing center in Louisiana.

Nashville Noticias staffer Estefany Rodríguez was detained by ICE in South Nashville on Wednesday morning. There was no warrant for her arrest. Her attorneys have filed an emergency petition in federal court seeking a writ of habeas corpus, or an immediate review of whether or not her detention is legal. Rodríguez, who was in the car with her husband — a U.S. citizen — has been following all the legal steps to citizenship. In her job, Rodríguez has reported several stories that hold ICE accountable, and it’s unclear whether her detention was retaliation. As of Thursday afternoon, she was in Alabama en route to an ICE processing center in Louisiana.

Something I don’t think can be emphasized enough is how fast ICE is shipping the people they detain off to another state. “Move fast and break things” but for people in potentially life or death situations. nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/j...

06.03.2026 02:56 👍 522 🔁 231 💬 17 📌 7
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate.

The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.

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Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

06.03.2026 17:07 👍 5004 🔁 1819 💬 66 📌 135

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 👍 11695 🔁 2493 💬 290 📌 156

Why does my golden retriever keep moving the couch?

07.03.2026 00:38 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 0

I guess we have learned from the best about how to bomb schools and hospitals

06.03.2026 21:34 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

In the 1960s, you would have seen Republicans at the memorial service of a major civil rights leader. Jackie Robinson was a Republican. Nelson Rockefeller helped pay for Dr. King's funeral. The absence of Republicans at Rev. Jackson's memorial service speaks volumes about today's Republican Party.

06.03.2026 21:31 👍 91 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 1
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Prosecutors are losing key witnesses in criminal cases because they are getting deported by this administration.

The lawlessness of ICE and CBP makes us all less safe.

06.03.2026 21:31 👍 136 🔁 57 💬 2 📌 3

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