Season finale on @thepittnews.bsky.social: very clear that Dr Robbie needs way more than 3 months off.

MS Now posts clips of Pete Hegseth word-for-word “sermon” with Samuel L Jackson’s original quote from Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” to devastatingly hilarious effect.

Give up. We all eventually descend into the fray that is the neighborhood email, over one controversy or another.

I don’t think most people really understand the gravity of this. Even 2 minute showers, bricks in toilets and brown lawns won’t be enough to offset this incredible damage.

He needs to go to THERAPY. Stat!

From the Confederacy to the White House: How Southern beauty traditions went MAGA Podcast Episode · Code Switch · April 4 · 20m

“There’s nothing like blackface to highlight white privilege.” Historian Elizabeth Brownyn Boyd on why MAGA has a deep connection to Southern post-bellum nostalgia.
Listen to her on NPR’s Codeswitch.

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Listening to the latest newser. Hegseth likens the downed pilot to Jesus and the resurrection. He was downed, in a cave then came out on Sunday. “A pilot resurrected.” Sounds like a tent revival.

Wishing all who observe it a good Passover.

T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport

T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

Very happy I live in a state that has a Wildflower Hotline (818 768 1802, ext 7) you can call it on Fridays to find out what’s in peak bloom here in SoCal. Just a few more weeks left, though.

#wildflowers
#socalblooms

I know Donald Trump is a different kind of person than the ones who normally occupy the Oval. But upon learning of former FBI director Robert Meuller’s death yesterday he posted “good. I’m glad he’s dead.”

Justice Dept. Seeks to Drop Charges Against Officers in Breonna Taylor’s Death

Justice Dept. Seeks to Drop Charges Against Officers in Breonna Taylor’s Death www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

Chuck Norris has died. He was 86. One of the 4th grade boy’s favorite riddles:
“Mom, why doesn’t Chuck Norris sleep with a nightlight?”
“Dunno. Why?”
“Chuck Norris isn’t afraid of the dark—the dark is afraid of him!”
R.I.P.

“Who knows better about surprise than Japan?” Trump laughingly asks a Japanese reporter when that reporter asks why the US’s allies weren’t warned ahead of time of the attack. “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” The whole press corps sat in mortified silence. smh.

Fierce spirit. Formidable woman. When you think of how young she was when her husband was killed, and how for decades she continued his mission, it’s astonishing she stayed so sane, focused and even, at times, joyful.
She’s an American heroine.

Trump Airs a House Republican’s Terminal Diagnosis, Claiming to Have Reversed It

Because apparently HIPAA rules only apply to SOME people. Imagine how curious Trump would be if HIS health info was made public. And yet:

Trump Airs a House Republican’s Terminal Diagnosis, Claiming to Have Reversed It www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

And we’re letting him do it. Who has the power to remove him from this post?

Oh and hello—this is the guy who couldn’t even get security clearance in the first Trump administration. Wife’s daddy had to step in and bend the rules.

Golden age for people who have the brass to be so unashamedly greedy.

Happy Birthday, Mr. ambassador. Your new documentary is 🔥.

You’re right. Most of them did (including BHO), but it was a good speech anyway.

The previous generation had to deal with bigots in overalls. We’re dealing with polished, manicured bigots today.” The Rev. Al Sharpton on how the uniforms may have changed, but the game remains the same. The challenges to change it continues.

#JacksonFuneral

Watching the Jackson funeral—all however many hours of it there are. Everybody focused on Jesse through the lens of themselves. Including Joe Biden—but the audience loved it. You heard “preach, Joe!” several times during his address. He did a good job, and people were glad he came.

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

“We can’t play their game—we have to change the game.”

James Talarico. His victory speech is very, very good. But if he means what he says, I am afraid for him.

“I am trying to love my neighbor through public policy.” James Talarico

This is what’s passing for inexpensive gas/diesel this week. Was about $.80 cheaper per gallon before Trump bombed Iran.

“Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None”

F.B.I. Raids Los Angeles Schools Chief’s Home and District Headquarters

F.B.I. Raids Los Angeles Schools Chief’s Home and District Headquarters www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Which is why people should avail themselves of early voting if they have the chance.