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There is a distinct difference between "migraine" and "severe headache" and I wish more people grasped that.

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Keep 'em coming

Via Brad Moss:

Again, to remind folks, Judge Lamberth was appointed by Reagan. He is a conservative's conservative.

‪Chris Geidner:

NEWS: Judge Lamberth, who has been hearing a challenge over #trans individuals in prison facing transfers due to Trump’s anti-trans orders (and has granted relief to those individuals), today granted similar relief to trans women *already* moved to male facilities. He orders them moved back. #LGBTQ

This is beyond…

#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.

#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
lemonde.fr/international/artic

📎 Interview with @brian_hioe, the author of 'Taipei at Daybreak'. His contributions to activism in Taiwan are significant through the online publication @newbloommag and the Daybreak Cafe activist space in Taipei

taipeitimes.com/News/feat/arch

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I wanna puke.

"A senior official at #Musk’s DOGE is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency that it has worked to dismantle, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press." #USAID

apnews.com/article/usaid-doge-

First, they came for the immigrants. Now, they’re coming for legal residents, tourists, and even citizens. Are you paying attention now?

hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-am

Pass it on.

We have the stupidest people in America.

President Biden Infrastructure policy.

@AlliFlowers
That's impossible to know, but based on election results far too many people believe the lies that the Republicans spew out and our media spreads without clearing calling them the lies that they are.

We operate in such an unequal environment in terms of politics since we value the truth and they only value power.

@therobburgessshow Women's Rights are Human Rights. By not allowing them to decide over their own body, they have literally been stripped of what makes them human and turned into mere baby factories.

"Impeachment is not meant for a judge who enters a temporary restraining order that the president doesn’t like. It’s yet another indicator of the #Trump administration’s abject disregard for the rule of law." joycevance.substack.com/p/john

FFS

#Trump admin freezes $175 million in federal funding to #Penn

"This is just a taste of what could be coming down the pipe for Penn, one snr Trump admin ofcl told FauxNews.

“The official said that the decision to cut funding was made because Penn ‘infamously permitted a male to compete on its women’s swimming team.’”

This is straight up illegal — a violation of Title VI of the #CivilRights Act & the Administrative Procedure Act.

#law #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ
thedp.com/article/2025/03/penn

‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how #government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
wired.com/story/federal-audito

"federal #auditors with years of #experience... say that DOGE’s actions are the furthest thing from what an actual #audit looks like...

“Honestly, comparing real #auditing to what #DOGE is doing, there’s no comparison... None of them are auditors”

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #US

A reminder, the obstacle to peace in #Gaza isn't "Israelis". It's Netanyahu and his extremist government.

#GazaCeasefireNow #TwoStateSolution

Israelis Take to Streets Day After Strikes on Gaza nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/m

(Per Axios) "Defense Department strikes Jackie Robinson webpage in anti-DEI purge"
If there are no DOD generals brave enough to do battle against this travesty, then there are no DOD generals courageous or strong enough to be leading young men and women into potential wars. #DOD #generals #JackieRobinson #DEI #courage

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