Trump reportedly says he’ll issue mass pardons at end of his presidential term President already has issued sweeping pardons throughout second term, including for 1,500 US Capital riot defendants

To his minions: break the law to serve me and you won’t wind up in jail.

To everyone else: the presidential pardon store is open for business!

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Looking upward toward the sky in the Red Rock - Secret Mountain Wilderness near Sedona, Arizona with trees and canyon walls towering on all sides.

The past week’s glorious images from space have been a welcome relief from the rest of the news cycle chaos. Perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to send another image of peace out to the ether.

Thousands in Texas protest against border wall through national park: ‘big love for Big Bend’ Rally met with bipartisan support after US border patrol revealed plans for steel wall across parts of beloved parks

$46 billion for an unwanted border wall but slashed or zeroed-out budgets for housing, food, healthcare, natural disaster relief, and pretty much every other thing that actually gives Americans a slightly better life.

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Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones Need a backup body? We uncovered a radical proposal for “full body replacement.”

The older I get — and the closer I come to my own death — the clearer it becomes that extreme life extension is a sure path to destroying our future. Imagine our current crop of oligarchs and authoritarians buying their way to effective immortality.

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A George Washington figure walks in the midst of the No Kings rally crowd carrying a handwritten sign that reads, ‘George Washington told Congress (hashtag) No Kings.’

A protester amidst the dense crowd at the Boston No Kings rally is wearing a large papier-mâché head depicting an open-mouthed Trump wearing a crown that reads, ‘King Bonespur’.

An large inverted US flag is held aloft in the midst of a dense crowd at the Boston No Kings rally on March 28, 2026.

More scenes from the huge No Kings rally on the Boston Common on March 28, 2026.

#NoKings #Mass50501 #Boston

An attendee at the March 2026 No Kings rally on the Boston Common holds up a homemade sign that reads “power to the people’”. In the background, thousands of other rallygoers fill the frame.

During the March 2026 No Kings rally on the Boston Common, a rallygoer threads through a huge crowd carrying a black flag that reads “resist”. Others in the crowd carry American flags and many signs.

An attendee at the March 2026 No Kings rally on the Boston Common holds up a homemade sign that reads “No Kings” where the “O” is a circle with a diagonal slash over a stylized crown.

Up to 200,000 people thronged the Boston Common during today’s No Kings protest. The vibe was festive and lighthearted, but with an always-on undercurrent of steel. Everyone knew why we were there and the history of dissent that preceded us.

#nokings #boston #nokingsboston #mass50501

A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED.

Jim Himes: Complicit with Trump/Patel surveillance abuses, and therefore ripe for a primary challenge.

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US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access A bipartisan bill would force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages and ban the federal purchase of commercial data on US residents ahead of a critical April deadline.

With leaps in tech and conscious smashing of any restraints against the corrupt use of government surveillance, the dystopian nightmares born of the Patriot Act have become our reality. Congress can do something. And this time, we need to push to ensure they do.

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If you vote for the new $50 billion supplemental appropriations package, you are voting to force us to pay for more of this.

Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Corey Lewandowski’s Role in DHS Contracts Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffer...

I forgot to include “…corrupt enough to want to cash in while the getting is good” in that list of reasons.

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Surely every Trump appointee must see they’re being teed up as the fall guy for his failures. Easy enough to do given they’re rarely qualified for the job. Yet they’re always vain, narcissistic, or just plain dumb enough to think they’ll be different. But nope.

Trump’s ‘shock and huh?’ military attack on Iran - The Boston Globe What’s truly remarkable about President Trump’s decision to attack Iran is just how little Trump has talked about or explained any coherent rationale to the American people.

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A screencap of a Boston Globe headline reads: ANALYSIS Trump’s ‘shock and huh?’ military attack on Iran What’s truly remarkable about President Trump’s decision to attack Iran is just how little Trump has talked about or explained any coherent rationale to the American people. James Pindell February 28th, 2026, 5:37 pm

A Boston Globe headline for an analysis piece, with the unstated acknowledgement that Trump has given us no coherent rationale for this war because there isn’t any. At least, no valid reason—impulsivity, a need to from his failures, and taking narcissistic pleasure in dealing out death don’t count.

Technically part of a series, but it totally stands on its own: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. I just listened to it, and something about its thoughtful yet light-hearted — and good-hearted — tone seems perfect as a counter to these bleak and angry days.

Meanwhile most of the rest of us are juggling rent, groceries, medical bills, and childcare.

5 takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address President Trump hit familiar notes on immigration and culture in his speech Tuesday night, but he largely underplayed the economic problems that voters say they are most concerned about.

“Trump did not have an `I feel your pain’ moment in this speech.”

Empathy coming from that mouth? 🤣

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If any of it is real, I’m sure he’ll try to take it with him.

How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention

A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

Enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET—scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy.

I had my little desktop and laptop Macs chugging along with SETI@Home for the entire 21-year run. The story’s not over, but some good science has come out of it. Spoiler alert: no ETs found… at least not yet!

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Greenland says ‘no, thanks’ to Trump’s US hospital boat Leaders of both Denmark and Arctic territory rebuff US president’s claim that islanders are ‘not being taken care of’

Maybe he should be sending thr hospital ship to Florida or Texas, which have been working diligently to strip away their citizens’ healthcare.

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Coast Guard spent about $200M on private jets for Kristi Noem, other top officials. Here's the contract Publicly available government documents indicate the Coast Guard spent at least $172 million on two private jets.

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Despite court order, a critical FEMA program remains frozen Months after a judge ordered the Trump administration to restore climate adaptation grants, FEMA insiders say the agency hasn’t budged.

Sure, state efforts at climate adaptation are illegally blocked while FEMA disaster aid has been sabotaged and bungled, but at least Kristi Noem found the $200M she needed for her Bezos-style personal jets.

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A cafe latte with artful swirls of milky art, served in a ceramic cup.

Good coffee, gracefully crafted. It’s a wonderful step away from the world, for just a few moments.

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A dot matrix printout on a tractor-feed paper banner reads, “ICE OUT!”

The medium looks folksy: a vintage tractor-feed, dot matrix printout that brings up fond memories of 80s-era computing (Print Shop! Commodore 64! Apple II! Epson printers!), but the message is just as urgent and emphatic as every other form.

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

It took a while but these women are back in the light, and it seems we’ll fight the same fight with all the monuments, plaques, web sites, and exhibits depicting women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people which are being hastily torn down by the current bunch of small, weak, and resentful men in DC.

A protester holds up a heart-shaped, handmade sign that reads, “Break up with Citizens Bank,” which is a major financial enabler of ICE’s for-profit prison camps.

Protesters hold signs that read, “break up with Bank of America”, “stop financing climate chaos”, and “stop melting the wrong ice” on the sidewalk in front of Citizens Bank in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.

A protester walks on the sidewalk holding a heart-shaped sign that reads, I love my small bank”.

A protester holds a sign that reads, “broken climate promises”.

Valentine’s Day breakup with the big banks financing ICE for-profit prisons and big oil. Boston, February 14, 2026.