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Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) reads mean tweets // Taylor isn’t just a hero in his own mind, he’s also a comedian in his own mind! 🤡

"We call on the judiciary, bar associations, law firms, and individual lawyers to speak out against this dangerous assault on the legal profession and the rule of law."

A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a remote island group

What the arrest of President Erdogan’s top political rival means for Turkey

Saab urges Nordic neighbours to use spy plane touting its ‘unique capability’ https://www.ft.com/content/8cd6a53b-4d0f-406e-b13a-1128e7477e25

Is KKR’s bad bet on cycling the start of Europe’s private equity reckoning? https://www.ft.com/content/c724f779-3c36-4b3d-bfba-9e7c5465faf4

To the Trump admin, everyone’s an evil liar trying to take advantage of the United Stares except for one person—Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy after bruising Trump encounter https://www.ft.com/content/8649ba24-9801-4063-bcf1-6364c1185c46

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Ive been thinking a lot about this. The slaughter at the IRS is going to lead to a huge fall off in government tax revenue. wapo.st/4iPfJ0O

🧵 A short side thread to this one. Soon after DOGE landed at IRS very early in the admin their first demand (which wasn't just DOGE but the immigration folks at the WH) was let's let the ICE folks come over here and cross reference with their target lists. This was both to target individuals for ...

ICYMI — the DOJ is investigating a “leak” that Trump was going to share secrets about China with Musk… that they also claim was “false” 🤔

BREAKING: Democrats held a record breaking rally in Arizona, drawing more than 23,000 people, the Trump Administration trusts Putin and takes him at his word, and horrifying conditions at detention centers have been exposed. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

I want to talk directly about something deeply troubling—and increasingly dangerous—that I’ve been watching unfold: the concerted attacks on lawyers, law firms, and judges.

From Russian state media to Trump’s lips 👄

Trump’s guy Witkoff says “there’s two sides to every story” about Putin killing political opponents. 😳 Compromised.

And let's not ignore the fine print. This is overwhelmingly tax cheating by Elon's high roller friends. Ordinary folks pay their taxes via withholdings.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top political rival was formally arrested on Sunday, in a decision likely to stoke further protests and keep Turkish markets under pressure as tensions mount.

This unprecedented concentration of power - through politics, capital, and platforms too - creates ripple effects that once took institutions decades to achieve, turning what was once progressive, constructive change into tidal waves of chaos. The decisions of a few now shape the future for all. 1/7

For more than 700 million people worldwide, clean water isn’t accessible. But with technology, organizations like @charitywater.bsky.social can change that. 🌐 This World Water Day, learn how charity: water has collaborated with GitHub to help combat the water crisis. github.blog/open-source/...

TESLA PROTESTS across Tennessee today 👇🏽 www.wsmv.com/2025/03/22/p...

Republican politicians face mounting anger over Doge cuts https://www.ft.com/content/9d0773f6-d3c3-4a05-a301-603de435d3bf

To give a sense of how much money this is: according to CBO in 2023, non-defense discretionary spending was $917B. So the cost of running the entire federal govt, aside from SocSec, Medicare, Medicaid & defense was $917B. And in six weeks DOGE lit $500B on fire.

'I can't walk past a TV without seeing a Tesla on fire' financialpost.com/transportati...

Turkey formally arrests Erdoğan rival in escalation of political crackdown https://www.ft.com/content/ddfe3e90-1e66-45e0-8e09-421fc93a2438

“Protect our parks… There’s nothing more patriotic…” 🇺🇸 Protests against DOGE & Tesla across Tennessee yesterday. Full: www.wbir.com/article/news...

EXCLUSIVE: At 9 am ET I’ll be speaking out on TV for the 1st time since Trump targeted me (again!) in his Fri. executive order Joining my friends @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social @aliciamenendez.bsky.social @symonedsanders.bsky.social @michaelsteele.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/publishers...

A stumbling stock market is raising the specter of a reckoning like the dot-com crash 25 years ago.

PSA: Good parents don’t say things like this about their children. Speaks volumes about who he is as a person.

Horrific

Are there any Dems in Utah who can stand up for the good folks in Ogden ? Their town could soon face their own Great Recession

I will not back down. I will never bend a knee. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFts...

Greatness is in the agency of others (alliances). We are becoming less great.