TACO TUESDAY MFERS

NASA makes major new discovery on Mars Several of the newly identified molecules are considered foundational to life’s chemistry.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse set of organic molecules ever detected on Mars, including seven compounds never before observed on the planet, according to new research published Tuesday in Nature Communications.
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I'm still thinking about this.

This Rustic Ferry Is Getting Dismantled in Queens to Become an Artificial Reef The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.

This Rustic Ferry Is Getting Dismantled in Queens to Become an Artificial Reef

The Prudence Ferry has been abandoned for years, but will get a second life in the waters off Fire Island this summer.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/20/a...

Mean tweets?

Armed 'No Kings' counter-protester in Tenn. faces new charges, including child porn A Murfreesboro man arrested last year after an armed confrontation with protesters at a Nashville "No Kings" rally faces new federal charges, including two counts of possessing child pornography.

Armed 'No Kings' counter-protester in Tenn. faces new charges, including child porn www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Trump is too deranged to continue in office Republicans can no longer deny the depth of the president’s cognitive decline and should act for the good of the party

Why am I not reading columns (and editorials) like this in the U.S. press? Even our pundits are cowards. 1/2 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Trump and Republicans are suddenly realizing that if they lose the House in November, Trump’s presidency is effectively over, and they know that this is likely to happen. Trump is panicking. We need to make this outcome a reality.

Tweet screenshot: Donald J. Trump & @realDonaldTrump Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate. 5:39 PM • Oct 9, 2012

No doubt about it:

I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.

It was worth it.

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Maybe some more elite goats and purebred horses
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The Vindication of Bidenomics Are we finally ready to acknowledge its successes?

"America at the end of the Biden years was still a hugely unequal society, but less so than it had been for a generation." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-vindic...

"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." ~ Saint Francis de Sales
#DailyMotivation #InnerPeace #motivation

And .. here come the Freedom of Information Act requests for Kash Patel records

DC watchdog group Democracy Forward has formally requested Patel's calendars & any messages from security detail that include words "drinking", "hungover", "inebriated"

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Southern Poverty Law Center Says It Faces a Criminal Probe The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for past uses of paid informants.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it's the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department and faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

www.mississippifreepress.org/southern-pov...

America’s options with Iran are still humiliation or escalation. Trump got the U.S. into a bad strategic position. That core dynamic hasn’t changed.

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Some progressives & Democrats need to stop justifying refusing to vote or 3rd party voting by saying Biden "didn't do anything."

He did a whole damn lot. Facts matter. And so does a young liberal SCOTUS justice who will protect civil rights for decades.

www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fa...

The most favorable frame for Republicans in the 2026 midterm election is to make the election a choice between candidates on issues

The most favorable frame for Democrats is to make the election a referendum on Trump

It is near impossible for Republicans to make the election a choice on issues

Already stopped reposting stuff from folks like @brianstelter.bsky.social but also won’t be sharing any posts or stories written by “journalists” who attend the WHCD.

Hobnobbing with fascists is not a good look -especially when you already refrain from labeling their fascist actions as fascism.

Imagine how GOP would be howling if a democratic president ever sent a VP to Pakistan in the hopes of an Iranian delegation would show up. Hopefully more going on behind the scenes but on the surface seems like the definition of showing over-eagerness for a deal.

JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta (Obama/DC) opens door to deposition of Trump in #Jan6 civil lawsuits. Discovery against Trump on merits of cases could begin in May. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Monday marks the anniversary of Reagan's assassination attempt in DC YouTube video by WUSA9

And he's onstage almost 30 seconds after the "shot"

Granted, Reagan was right next to it when the shots rang out, but he was in the car in less than 3 seconds.

No posing or putting shoes with lifts in them back on:

www.youtube.com/shorts/UnPxS...

TWA Flight 800 was accidentally shot down by a US Missile during a live fire exercise which went awry.

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We’re counting on you, Virginia!

So Americans are paying a foreign oil company to shut down clean energy projects here at home, using money that was never supposed to be spent this way, with zero strings attached. That is illegal, unethical, and a scandal hiding in plain sight.