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Russia—and to be fair, most of the world—thought they had a green light for these attacks based on Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy. Escalation was always going to be the outcome here. If they’re serious about stopping it, they should immediately announce renewed intel sharing.

Ongoing rappler.com/philippines/ro…

I don’t know whether the GOP will get the votes on their disaster of a bill this week. But I do know that majorities of Republicans voted against similar bills for all of the last 2 years. So what is making them strap on the ball gag and climb into Trump’s dungeon now?

7. It cuts rent subsidies for low-income folks. Which means a whole lot of landlords are going to find themselves forced to evict some ~32,000 families. If you think your community needs more homelessness, that’s a good idea. Otherwise… really f’ing dumb.

Postscript and a good catch from Aaron Fritschner. This is how you legislatively mandate the ball gag.

6.2% of your paycheck goes into social security. plus an additional 6.2% is paid into social security by your employer on your behalf. 12.4% of every dollar you've ever earned has been paid into social security. it's YOUR MONEY.

This is fascism…this is Becky Burke she was on a back packing tour of North America and crashed into Trumps immigration pogroms. Her father writes “Our daughter Becky, a 28-year-old British tourist, has been caught up in the recent immigration crackdown in the US. What was

CONFIRMED: The Baltimore Banner breaks the news⬇️

SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/192790…

"I just expected more fight," said one House Democrat of Chuck Schumer's decision to vote with House GOP over House Democrats on the shut down, which House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries supported, in opposition to Schumer. cnn.com/2025/03/13/pol…

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in

Wow--this story is just unbelievable. The conditions Trump is demanding are authoritarian in the extreme and meant to keep faculty silent and keep students white. Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia University pbs.org/newshour/educa…

Here’s how I think the Social Security attack plan works: 🧵

Celebrating Santigold: A singular voice that helped define the 2000s npr.org/2025/02/26/123…

Florida A&M University’s pharmacy school is fighting for funding after a $16.3 million grant was terminated amid the latest string of federal funding cuts tallahassee.com/story/news/loc…

SCOOP: President Trump personally selected the now widely-mocked formula for determining country-specific tariffs from a menu of options, multiple sources say Numerous Trump aides - at NEC; CEA; Commerce; USTR - had for weeks been at work crafting country-specific tariffs that

BREAKING here - U.S. team in quake zone told they are fired, per source. The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar.

NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts.  MSNBC

Update: The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don't match their birth certificates. Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it.

Latest audio column from me: Columbia cancelled my course on race and journalism. I'm going to teach it anyway. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/karen…