A Florida Principal has been fired because 6th graders saw Michelangelo’s David as real life imitates the 1990 Simpson’s Ep “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge”
The free speech state in action. open.substack.com/pub/morningsho…

The US isn't ready-if a war with China were to break out. Perhaps most worrisome: The US cannot manufacture enough precision missiles, a key weapon in any fight. In fact, US would run out of some in about a week. NYT takes a deep look at how this happened nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/…

More news: Collins and Murkowski endorse Manchin. Murkowski donated money a couple weeks ago, asked others to do the same
Collins: “He’s a close friend. Should he choose to run again, I would anticipate endorsing him"

NEW w/@finnygo: Erin Perrine, the Trump 2020 campaign comms director, is joining the pro-DeSantis super PAC “Never Back Down.”
Comes days after Jeff Roe was brought on as an adviser. The PAC is being led by Trump-era senior DHS official Ken Cuccinelli.
cbsnews.com/news/trump-com…

New — George Santos agrees to deal with Brazilian authorities in fraud case. Petition from Santos’ attorney says he would agree to formally confess to the crime and pay damages.
I asked Santos about this - and he walked onto an elevator and didn’t respond cnn.com/2023/03/24/pol…


I'm old enough to remember when we were assured that nobody actually wanted to ban gas stoves...
New York nears deal to ban gas stoves in new homes politi.co/3TEiXc0 via @politico








"What we’re looking for, quite frankly, is a cross between Mike Pence and Donald Trump." -- Tony Perkins, who rallied evangelicals behind Trump in '16
He—and dozens of others I spoke to—mystified that DeSantis isn't exploiting Trump's feud w/ pro lifers.



Alvin Bragg knew he might be attacked by Trump. He told me his job "is to stay focused on the mission at hand, which is following the facts and applying the law." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/alvin-bra…

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been warning that India's democracy is threatened, is thrown out of parliament after being sentenced to two years for criticizing Prime Minister Modi. cnn.com/2023/03/24/ind…




Peggy Noonan: "Save the mug shot for Georgia, the handcuffs for Jan. 6. Those were real offenses against the country. Not Stormy Daniels, which was an offense against his wife."
wsj.com/articles/the-w…

And the grift goes on. … My ⁦@GuardianUS⁩ column on why it makes perfect sense that Trump could finally be indicted by something as seemingly small-time as hush money to Stormy Daniels theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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A doctor called one trans woman “it.” A nonbinary person was grilled about their pronouns during an ultrasound. A trans masculine person fled Tennessee as lawmakers restricted care.
We told the stories of trans people navigating health care. Paywall free wapo.st/3Zcf7bg








Tough day at NPR: Four podcasts canceled, 10 percent of workforce laid off. We'll learn more about who is leaving the network in hours and days to come.

Since announcing - WRONGLY - that he would be arrested on Tuesday, Donald Trump has raised $1.5 million in "grassroots donations."
(Make your own judgment.)
businessinsider.com/trump-raised-m…

"If judges are merely partisan legislators... why should the courts and their rulings deserve any more respect... than the utterings of any other hack politician?"
@SykesCharlie on Wisconsin's Supreme Court election and the demise of judicial independence bit.ly/40t39uP








For 6 months, @ryangrim and I have been investigating horrendous child sex abuse allegations at @BridgeIntlAcads , a chain of low-cost, for-profit private schools started by 2 former Harvard grads & funded by Gates, Chan Zuckerberg & Omidyar. theintercept.com/2023/03/23/bri…