SatelliteOfLove

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Welcome to WW3; we've been here a while. But we're winning.

Playing Trails Beyond the Horizon/Vampire Survivors/Ys IX

One of the largest architecture firms in the world is now refusing to design or upgrade ICE prisons, Mother Jones reports:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/ice-dlr-group-detention-corecivic-contract-worker-resistance-trump/

Top architecture firm won’t design more ICE prisons after employees revolt

They thought their firm focused on humane design. Then they learned of the private detention center contract.

Mother Jones

Featured story, from Gus Bova: November's liberal army will be helmed by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, after the capital city and Latino-majority areas propelled the former to victory over Jasmine Crockett. https://www.texasobserver.org/lead-blue-backlash-texas-dems-austin/

#elections #Democrats #politics #USpol #midterms #news

To Lead Blue Backlash, Texas Dems Turn to Austin

November's liberal army will be helmed by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, after the capital city and Latino-majority areas propelled the former to victory over Jasmine Crockett.

The Texas Observer

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Law #Finance #Data #Research

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

ProPublica

The midterms are starting this Tuesday: Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas are holding all of their primaries. We’re also watching a state supreme court race in Arkansas, and a mayor’s race in New Mexico.

Explore all that’s at stake in our guide:

https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/march-2026-elections-guide/

The 75 Elections to Watch This March - Bolts

The 2026 midterms really are starting. Five states hold all of their primaries for federal and state offices in March, and voters there face high-profile choices. They’ll decide which Democrat... Read More

Bolts

In a liberal area of Western North Carolina, local candidates are looking for ways that they can flex their discretion in the face of state mandates on detention and immigration enforcement.

https://boltsmag.org/buncombe-county-district-attorney-sheriff-elections-and-state-preemption/

In Asheville's Elections, a View into How North Carolina Is Constraining Local Officials - Bolts

In liberal Buncombe County, elected officials have watched the state shrink their powers over detention and immigration. Now that looms large over the March race for district attorney.

Bolts

A Democratic state representative in North Carolina delivered a key vote to pass several GOP immigration bills and said on the House floor that “all cultures are not equal.” In next month’s primary, she faces a challenge from her left.

https://boltsmag.org/north-carolina-2026-primary-immigration-policy/

The Feds Targeted Charlotte. Now a Local Democrat Who Helped ICE Faces Voters. - Bolts

North Carolina lawmaker Carla Cunningham voted to mandate compliance with ICE, and derided immigrants on the House floor. The Democrat faces an intense March primary.

Bolts

Don't get all gushy over McMaster's proclamation. He's the same guy who TURNED KIDS AWAY from free meals because the funding came from Joe Biden. He's played politics with kids' stomachs.

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #HenryMcMaster #HungryKids

https://www.wfae.org/politics/2026-01-13/south-carolina-gov-mcmaster-calls-for-free-breakfast-for-all-public-school-students

In Washington state, voters on Tuesday will decide dozens of school bonds or tax measures, with billions of dollars at stake to fund their school systems.

https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/february-2026-elections-guide/

The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts

Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More

Bolts
Ukrainian POWs forced to exhume the dead in Mariupol, with the Russians looting the bodies
https://khpg.org/en/1608815503
Ukrainian POWs forced to exhume the dead in Mariupol, with the Russians looting the bodies

Serhiy Hrytsiv was first forced, together with other POWs, to retrieve the bodies of civilians, including children, from buildings Russia had destroyed, and then tortured for one of the aggressor state’s grotesque show trials

Human Rights in Ukraine

Kyiv will have only 4–6 hours of electricity daily for at least a month, during one of the coldest winters in a decade

Expert Stanislav Ihnatiev explained: Russia destroyed 550 kV and 750 kV substations that enable long-distance power transmission https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/04/russia-hit-ukraines-energy-for-257-times-this-cold-season-what-makes-latest-damage-different-could-take-months-or-years-to-repair/

Russia hit Ukraine's energy for 257 times this cold season. What makes latest damage different could take months or years to repair - Euromaidan Press

Kyiv faces only 4–6 hours of electricity per day in February after Russian strikes destroyed key 750 kV and 550 kV substations.

Euromaidan Press