Billionaire fortunes have reached all-time highs under Trump. So has the movement to tax them Residents in at least 10 states are organizing campaigns to tax wealth in order to fund schools and other social services

wrote about how rage at America's wealthiest, particularly in tech (Musk, Zuck, Thiel), and the inequality of a new gilded age is powering a wave of efforts to tax the rich — out of organizing and anger that's built from Occupy to the 2016 Bernie campaign to Zohran's election. @us.theguardian.com

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Prime Minister of Poland basically accusing Trump of being a Russian agent - quite the moment in time

Trump is calling for a record $1.5T defense budget.

Roughly half of this spending will go to private contractors, many of whom routinely price-gouge the government.

Reminder that Don Jr. and Eric Trump are big investors in drone companies looking to obtain defense contracts.

See the problem?

New AI-generated Iranian anti-Hegseth war slopaganda dropped

Not going to post the whole thing because, again, its war propaganda, but I'm dying at the detail on Trump's rotting hand in the latest Iranian slopaganda video

Senators Ask Tulsi Gabbard To Tell Americans That VPN Use Might Subject Them To Domestic Surveillance

This may not be an actual "Wyden siren," but it still has his name attached to it. What's being said here isn't nearly as ominous as this single sentence he sent to CIA leadership earlier this…

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If you are following the news on Iran, here's a live video grid with coverage from BBC News, NBC, AJE and Sky News. vidgrid.tk.gg?layout=N4IgN...

Libraries Are Becoming Telehealth Hubs in Rural New Mexico Soundproof booths equipped with computers and high-speed Internet aim to reduce barriers to care in communities where doctors and reliable broadband may be miles away.

www.governing.com/resilience/l...

Victoria Law’s reporting in this story features the voices of incarcerated Pennsylvanians who thought they were sure to die in prison—till the state supreme court’s ruling.

Worth checking out.

Fascists are using laws and norms against us. Stop letting them. — The McPherson Square Group There’s a reason cops don’t wait for red lights when pursuing a suspect.

My latest today on how strict adherence to the rules is killing Democrats while fascists take cities

Axios: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pledge of "no quarter, no mercy for our enemies" violates a bright‑line ban in the laws of war, legal experts say. March 15, 2026

Now that at least one U.S. air crew member is alive on the ground in Iran, it's worth revisiting Pete Hegseth's commitment to "no quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

This is the scenario he was warned about.

New in Obsidian Reader:

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Also added a beautiful new reading experience for deeply nested comments on Reddit and Hacker News.

Available with Obsidian Web Clipper 1.3 on all browsers.

We had a new person come to the Kubernetes SIG Security meeting today and ask such great questions. What’s that mean? How does that work? Why is it this way? How does that get decided?

New contributors, don’t ever doubt yourselves. You bring such valuable perspective that makes open source better!

White House again proposes steep NASA budget cuts For the second consecutive year, the White House is proposing a major budget cut for NASA that would significantly impact science and the ISS.

Trump admin proposed a 23% cut in NASA's budget, right as its new Moon mission kicks off.

Science programs would be hit especially hard -- almost cut in half.

spacenews.com/white-house-...

Suspected Chinese breach of FBI system exposed surveillance targets’ phone numbers Access to this data could help foreign hackers determine who the U.S. is spying on.

Suspected China breach of FBI system likely revealed phone numbers of targets being monitored by the bureau, per 2 people familiar. Access to this data could help foreign intel learn who the US is spying on. Confirming @jsaks.bsky.social earlier reporting:
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

Chinese semiconductor companies like SMIC reported record 2025 revenue, driven by AI demand and China's self-sufficiency push as a result of US restrictions (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

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Please read this blog post if you're a maintainer. It isn't about protecting yourself, but protecting us. We have already pushed most of our calls to Signal (and kept community, ecosystem calls in Discord). The axios incident confirms this path. We can't be installing new software to have calls.

Same FOIA request prompts different responses from 7 Hampton Roads cities The Virginian-Pilot asked seven Hampton Roads cites for copies of their logs of all Freedom of Information Act requests they received last year. Some cities turned over the unredacted records for free...

We gave seven cities the same FOIA request. Some turned the information over for free. Norfolk wanted $38,000. www.pilotonline.com/2026/03/20/s...

Every part of the lily plant is deadly to cats - even drinking water that lilies were sitting in can kill them. Other popular spring flowers like tulips and daffodils can also make them very sick, but there are plenty of beautiful and safe alternatives.

They call me whatever names they want. I will never stop fighting for the right to vote and against voter suppression.

More than 1,500 stores are set to close across the US in 2026. Here's the list. Wendy's, Allbirds, and Saks are among those closing stores and restaurants in 2026, citing long-term strategy and shifting consumer habits.

Wendy's, Allbirds, and Saks are among those closing stores and restaurants in 2026, citing long-term strategy and shifting consumer habits. https://bit.ly/4a915i5

J'adore la démocratie.

How Apple became Apple Podcast Episode · Most Innovative Companies · April 2 · 1h 20m

I guested on our Most Innovative Companies podcast to talk about Apple’s early history and my oral history about it.

receipt showing a Samsung T7 for $179.99

picture of an item on a website showing a Samsung T7 for $749.99

A tale of two sales: If you're looking for an SSD, wait until next year. I bought a Sammy 2TB T7 in November for $180. The same SSD is now $750. Same item. Same store.

NDD less VA medical, 1986-present. roughly flat-ish until 2020 around 3%, and then down down down down to 2% last year. And then Trump is proposing taking it down to 1.7%.

Here is my thread on Trump's budget request, which I'll update throughout the day.

He calls to cut domestic discretionary funding to the lowest level in the modern era.

Trump's budget reimagines Americans' relationship with our govt, and proposes a country that does less to help people get by.

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Aramark Campus, LLC will lay off 108 employees at 13801 E. Benson HWY, Vail, on May 31, 2026.

Journalist Sues FAA Over Drone No Fly Zone Designed to Prevent Filming ICE A Minnesota journalist is challenging a 3,000 foot restriction on flying near DHS assets on First Amendment grounds.

Minnesota photojournalist Rob Levine is suing the FAA over a a drone no fly zone which is designed to stop people filming ICE.
www.404media.co/journalist-s...

A Secure Chat App’s Encryption Is So Bad It Is ‘Meaningless’ TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial.

TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial.

Podcast: Inside the AI Slop Propaganda Wars Iran's AI and LEGO-focused propaganda; drama in the world of baseball; and perhaps one of the worst sex apps ever.

Iran's AI and LEGO-focused propaganda; drama in the world of baseball; and perhaps one of the worst sex apps ever.