“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism.”

NEWS: Top 'Washington Post' columnist Ruth Marcus resigns, accusing publisher Will Lewis of killing piece criticizing owner Jeff Bezos’ overhaul of editorial pages npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-…

On this day in 1835, Missouri enacted a law requiring free Black residents to obtain a license to remain in the state. Those who did not faced fines, imprisonment, and expulsion from Missouri. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of Michigan Law School, president of University of Michigan, and president of Columbia University. chronicle.com/article/were-i…

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty chief Steve Capus: these cuts “would be a massive gift to America’s enemies” more below:

Today I, like virtually every other full-time employee at VOA, was placed on administrative leave indefinitely. I'm not allowed to report the news to our hundreds of millions of viewers at this time. Let's hope this is temporary. A silencing of VOA will be celebrated by

Hey Rep. Tom Cole? You bragged that you had reversed DOGE's efforts to cut Social Security Services for Oklahomans. So why did this guy lose his benefits? You didn't fix the problem--you just let Elon Musk continue to attack your constituents! wkrn.com/news/national/…

I say we assume everyone who uses the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (Justin Eichorn just tried to make it a psych designation) is secretly soliciting 16-years olds. Maybe this guy parties with Matt Gaetz? mprnews.org/story/2025/03/…

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. The president just illegally fired me. This is corruption plain and simple. My full statement:

See footage of the masked agents arresting Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday evening. trib.al/z7vn2kt

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL spiegel.de/international/…

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said. propublica.org/article/measle…

I don't want Canada or Greenland. I want PBS, Social Security, and The Smithsonian.

Musk has been given more power over the federal government than any other private individual since the founding. This is the world that the Supreme Court’s campaign-finance deregulation efforts have created. trib.al/GTeWyM3

On this day in 1914, a white lynch mob in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, seized a Black teenage girl named Marie Scott from the local jail, dragged her screaming from her cell, and hanged her from a nearby telephone pole. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/

If I understand this correctly, the US president has launched a trade war against the world, believes he can force the EU and China to meet his terms, is determined to annex Canada and Greenland, but is powerless before the sovereign might of El Salvador. Is that it?

US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada – NBC Boston nbcboston.com/news/politics/…

Columbia's Philosophy Department, where Mohsen Mahdawi is a student, has posted a statement about his detention on their website: