Huge news: Jordan Acker, who infamously pushed state to prosecute UM student protestors, loses bid for re-election to UM Regents. The winner: Amir Makled, who provided pro bono legal support to those same UM students. Enormous victory for the Palestine/student solidarity movement.

The Democrats are the biggest spam problem in my life

Everything is horrific BUT an Orange County, CA jury just acquitted a Hispanic journalist and a Palestinian protestor on charges related to the UC Irvine Gaza solidarity encampment. They hung on the third Palestinian protestor.

The Ghosts of Al-Shifa Hospital Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

I’ve been a journalist for 27 years. I’ve reported major stories about mass surveillance, torture, war, the military-industrial complex, police black sites, etc.

But this is the most important story I’ve ever had the horror/honor to work on. For it is a story about the current phase of a genocide.

After a certain point, assuming that everybody who supports "a two state solution and an independent Palestine" agrees with one another is like assuming that Thomas Jefferson and Fredrick Douglass were on the same team because they both thought slavery was evil.

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

"The signal that passes without mediation is also the signal that nobody can question."

Really important exploration of the dangerous fallacy behind Palantir (as well as dangerous people)

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Biden had ample opportunity to nominate governors to do so in the latter half of his term and just didn't.

‘A police state’: US universities impose rules to avoid repeat of Gaza protests Students, faculty and advocates warn of chilling effect on free speech as schools across US introduce restrictions

Many universities made policy changes prior to the 2024-2025 academic year to curtail protests.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

The State Department Inflicted a Concussion upon Me Blinken wouldn't take my questions, but he did lie to me.... My "hard pass" was confiscated, but was just re-issued.

"more force than necessary"? They gave him a concussion in the hallway.

husseini.substack.com/p/the-state-...

Opinion | Trump’s Way of Doing Business With the World May Cost All of Us

New NYT Opinion from me: America’s debt math only works if the rest of the world believes in the US… but they’re starting not to. What does that mean for our future (and for all this debt)? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

Manufactured War of Aggression What's going on and how we got here

We're on the brink of war with Iran for no apparent reason. Is it for killing protesters? Well, no. Is it for nuclear weapons? Eh? Nobody seems to know, but we've put enough of our military in place to make a war seemingly inevitable. I wrote about this bizarre rudderless buildup to war here:

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

Update: the judge in the Stanford case has declared a mistrial, with jurors "hopelessly deadlocked" on both felony counts – a big embarrassment for the Santa Clara DA, who has already said he'll retry the case.

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

Wow!

Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.

This is a *big* legal win.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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DSK - Winter Lane (Nujabes remix) [Official Audio] YouTube video by Nujabes

DSK - Winter Layne (Nujabes remix)
Off his label's compilation, Hydeout Productions 2nd Collection
youtu.be/VWVOo512wps

By no means a comprehensive list. Just a few tracks for enjoyment.

Don't Cry YouTube video by J Dilla - Topic

J Dilla - Don't Cry
Off his album Donuts, released shortly before his death.
youtu.be/x-23FpWsTKk

aruarian dance YouTube video by Nujabes - Topic

Nujabes - Aruarian Dance
Off the Samurai Champloo Departure soundtrack
youtu.be/qYcoJpqCha4

The Pharcyde - Runnin' (Official HD Music Video) YouTube video by PharcydeVEVO

The Pharcyde - Runnin'
Produced by Dilla
youtu.be/jQ-RrGCSa2M

Happy J Dilla & Nujabes day.
They both would have turned 52 today.

JUSTIFIED “FUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.

A young Fred Korematsu

A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Another banger from Jonathan Guyer, who's been on the USAID-Gaza beat for a few years.

If anyone wonders why I really, really hate Joe Biden and his administration? It's because I had to work for them on Gaza. They're evil, evil people who deserve prison.

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

STATEMENT FROM MATT MOBERG, CHAPLAIN OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IF YOU'RE A CHURCH POSTING PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND UNITY TODAY WHILE MY CITY BLEEDS IN THE STREET. MISS ME WITH THAT SOFTNESS YOU ONLY WEAR WHEN IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. DON'T DRESS AVOIDANCE UP AS HOLINESS. DON'T CALL SILENCE "PEACEMAKING." DON'T LIGHT A CANDLE AND THINK IT SUBSTITUTES FOR SHOWING UP. TONIGHT AN ICE AGENT TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO MY CAR, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND TOLD ME, "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU SOON." NOT METAPHOR. NOT HYPERBOLE. A THREAT DRESSED UP IN A BADGE AND A PAYCHECK. PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED. UNITY ISN'T NEUTRAL. UNITY THAT REFUSES TO NAME VIOLENCE IS JUST LOYALTY TO THE ONES HOLDING THE WEAPONS. STOP USING SCRIPTURE LIKE CHLOROFORM. STOP CALLING YOUR FEAR "WISDOM." STOP PRETENDING JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BECAUSE HE PREACHED GOOD VIBES AND PERSONAL GROWTH. YOU DON'T GET TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE LIKE A LULLABY, WHILE INJUSTICE STAYS WIDE AWAKE. YOU DON'T GET TO ASK GOD TO "HEAL THE LAND" IF YOU WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE WOUND. THERE IS A KIND OF PEACE THAT ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE IT REFUSES TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT PEACE IS A LIE. AND LIES DON'T GROW ANYTHING WORTH SAVING. THE SCRIPTURES YOU LOVE WEREN'T WRITTEN TO KEEP THINGS CALM. THEY WERE WRITTEN TO SET THINGS RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES THE MOST FAITHFUL THING YOU CAN DO IS STOP PRAYING AROUND THE PAIN AND START STANDING INSIDE IT. IF THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE-GOOD. GROWTH ALWAYS IS.

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People should not have to be perfect victims to not be murdered by the state or by a racist game show host and his lawless den of jackals and elite pedophile cover up conspiracists, but still HOLY SHIT MAN