thanks again joe manchin!

TALK TO THE PEOPLE MAKING THE PLAN.

Even if you are aware and highly involved with the work of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, the process is long, involved, and confusing.

Oregon is on track to be the first state to transition to a universal healthcare system, and the time is now.

People give @davidsirota.com shit about "Don't Look Up" but he nailed it, sorry

Did I mention I’m writing a new book? Plus, all the tech news you missed in March 2026

My next book is called Hyperscale, and it comes out in October!

I gave a little preview of what’s going to be about in this month’s recap, but expect more in the coming months.

Plus, subscribe to get access to the full recap and support my work on Disconnect!

Exciting news: Master Plan has been selected for Amazon Music’s History Editor’s Picks.

The new season traces the decades-long movement to expand presidential power — and how it led to the moment we’re in now.

Listen on the Amazon Music app.

Honored to be with @wyden.senate.gov today to stand against the SAVE Act, in defense of democracy, and in full throated support of our safe, secure voting by mail system here in Oregon.

Thank you to Rep Levy, Councilor Osborne, and Commissioner Chang for joining us.

How ICE Could Buy Its Way Out Of State Oversight Trump’s immigration enforcers are considering buying private detention centers — a move that could shield facilities from state oversight and lawsuits over abuse.

In February, internal documents revealed ICE's plans to buy its ten of its detention centers from the private prison firms that own and operate them.

This proposal has largely flown under the radar. But I found it could have serious consequences. www.levernews.com/how-ice-coul...

The Pentagon’s AI Gatekeeper Holds Stock In Anthropic’s Rival As the Pentagon moves to blacklist Anthropic for pushing AI safeguards, the official leading the charge holds millions in a competing firm.

🚨 The Pentagon’s decision to sideline a leading AI firm over its refusal to support mass surveillance and autonomous weapons was orchestrated by a top official with a multimillion-dollar stake in one of its direct competitors, according to financial disclosures reviewed by The Lever.

We’re going live with No Kings leaders and @staceyabrams.com in 15 minutes.

The big question: How do you confront a presidency without limits?

Join the discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUN...

How did the U.S. presidency become this powerful?

A new season of Master Plan traces the decades-long effort to build an all-powerful executive — from Nixon and Reagan to Cheney, the Supreme Court, and Project 2025.

🎧 Master Plan: The Kingmakers launches today.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Quick H/T to @propublica.org's new financial disclosure search tool — which helped surface the ethics filing behind our DHS scoop. A former Anduril Industries insider is now overseeing Department of Homeland Security’s massive biometric surveillance dragnet.

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined They don't know what they want to achieve, why they're doing it or what the consequences might be. They are lost in the void.

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Can Congress Stop The Iran War? Join this exclusive live virtual event with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to discuss the House's vote today.

As news of the House Iran war powers vote hits, we're hosting a live event to get Rep. Ro Khanna’s immediate insights. Join us RIGHT NOW: www.levernews.com/breaking-new...

CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish lea...

We’re just playing all the greatest hits. By next week we’ll be selling weapons to Iran and the CIA will be clandestinely dosing American citizens with LSD

Fuck it, let’s just watch the American Empire’s memories flash before our eyes one last time while the empire dies

www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

Had a lovely coffee and chat with Bend mayor @melaniekebler.bsky.social this morning. The city is growing like crazy but also rapidly densifying, adding bike lanes, reforming zoning, pushing back on new gas, etc. Fascinating case study & just a wonderful place.

Hey, wanna get a beer and I can tell you why you're wrong? 😁

But seriously, I'd love to tell you about Bend's history and evolution and how we're working on that next evolution to less car dependency and more multifamily and missing middle homes.

The Lesson Of Neil Gorsuch The justice’s tariff-decision concurrence underscores a broader truth: The Supreme Court is no less political — or conniving — than everyone else in power.

Justice Gorsuch’s tariff-decision concurrence underscores a broader truth: The Supreme Court is no less political — or conniving — than everyone else in power. www.levernews.com/the-lesson-o...

as far as i can tell “bio hacking” is just a goofy term for giving yourself some combination of an eating disorder and a drug addiction

the White House should really come with a cat, that every president has to deal with respectfully, as a reminder that the office is bigger than them

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

Finally, a few top Democrats, including
@aoc.bsky.social are explicitly arguing that working-class economic populism is needed to stave off authoritarianism and defend democracy.

A photo of gallup

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

Teachers, nurses, first responders are paid barely enough to survive, while those on TV who bloviate about politics for 5 minutes are paid millions.

Amid layoffs of reporters, individual TV pundits are paid more than what it would cost to preserve entire newsrooms of journalists.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

all the creators in the world will never fill the hole created by the degradation and loss of media institutions, despite all their problems

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