Still trying to wrap my head around Kash firing a unit that specializes in Iranian counter-intel LAST WEEK -- when they knew war was coming -- because the agents were involved in the Trump classified docs case. ms.now/news/kash-pate…

Commanders at more than 30 U.S. bases have reportedly told troops the Iran war is part of “God’s plan” and linked it to “Armageddon.” One said Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon.” The Military Religious Freedom Foundation says it

Musk, worth $829 billion, owns X. Bezos, worth $234 billion, owns The Washington Post & Twitch. Zuckerberg, worth $231 billion, owns Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp. And now Larry Ellison, worth $202 billion, is about to control CNN, CBS, TikTok & HBO. Yes, this is oligarchy.

US officials are trying to delay a regional World Health Organization meeting that would confirm the loss of its measles elimination status until after the midterm elections in November. This is a reckless, accountability-dodging move that puts politics over public health.

A NYT analysis of Polymarket since June found it was unusual to bet a significant sum that a U.S. strike would happen the next day But on Friday, 150+ accounts bet at least $1k predicting a US strike on Iran by Saturday - suggesting insider trading nytimes.com/2026/03/03/ups…

Comprehensive review of carbonated soft drink consumption rates and their public health importance "Evidence demonstrates that Mexico’s soda tax reduced purchases by 12% in the first year, while Chile’s restrictions on child-targeted beverage marketing effectively reduced

Weird that this is now the 2nd or 3rd major story about campus GOPs being full of full-on Nazis, an we're not seeing even a fraction of the energy from the ADL & co about this than they had for some kids in tents who didn't like that their universities were funding war crimes.

Remember this when Donald Trump tells you we can’t afford health care.

Acyn Any comment on this Katie Miller ? Yeah… sit down

Last year, when the U.S. administration terminated the first-ever National Nature Assessment, the team behind it refused to let the work disappear. Director Phil Levin and the entire author team — all volunteers — reorganized, built a new secretariat and advisory committee, spent

This entire fucking administration is a giant machine for corruption. We have never seen anything like this. The scale and enormity of this criminal enterprise is breathtaking.

ICE is rounding up thousands of people with no criminal record and throwing them into concentration camps where conditions are so bad that people are committing suicide while the guards bet on who kills themselves next

Hidden on page 744 of the farm bill the House Agriculture Committee passed Thursday is a provision that would condemn millions of pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates. Rebranded the 'Save Our Bacon Act,' it's a pork-industry play to wipe out every state law banning the sale of

NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics. We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races. 1/7 nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/…

Bravo.

Sweden's response to Covid was pretty low-key, e.g. it kept primary schools open and did not recommend masks for the public. How's it working out for them? *Healthy life expectancy* drops from 73 years to 66

The DOGE goons are getting deposed for a lawsuit on behalf of the American History Association and others and holy shit this hurts to watch

i guess when you have 0 introspection it’s hard to recognize when you are just completely using the wrong word/term to discuss an idea and instead you just double down when everyone points it out