Mastodawn

March 17, 2026
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump continued to demand that other countries help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz for tanker traffic, but one by one, they declined. It is a dangerous business, and since Trump launched the war without consulting anyone, they don’t seem inclined to help him out of the mess he created. For his part, Trump has told reporters that “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on their way” to help enable ships to transit….
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-17-2026?r=4knkj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

March 17, 2026

Yesterday, President Donald J.

Letters from an American

janetate 23h ago

Aaron Rupar 1d ago

New in PN: Making Russia strong again

"How dare the rest of NATO not join Trump’s illegal, unnecessary war in Iran! How dare our allies not send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to risk getting blown up by Iranian mines! Don’t they know it is their job to clean up after Trump? Surely that’s somewhere in the NATO treaty, right?" https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-russia-nato-iran-oil

Making Russia strong again

Trump's war is doing Putin's bidding on multiple fronts.

Public Notice

janetate 1d ago

Girl, 12, distraught after iconic rock band blocked her from singing on stage with them because she uses a wheelchair https://share.google/YqwzM1HsPlyrY7IY0

Girl, 12, distraught after iconic rock band blocked her from singing on stage with them because she uses a wheelchair

All Halle Bauman wanted to do was join her choir group on stage at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in South Dakota in August 2024, but the popular rock band didn't allow her.

Daily Mail

janetate 1d ago

March 16, 2026
In early 1775, the people of Boston were bitterly divided. The town was on a peninsula that was almost an island, connected only by a narrow spit of land on which four horses could walk abreast at high tide. There, and on the surrounding lands—Medford, Charlestown, Cambridge, Brookline, Roxbury, Dorchester Heights, Noddle Island, and Governor’s Island—and in the vessels in Boston Harbor and beyond, men, women, and children were weighing their loyalties….
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-16-2026?r=4knkj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

March 16, 2026

In early 1775, the people of Boston were bitterly divided.

Letters from an American

janetate 1d ago

JUST IN: Bank of America has settled a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, court records showed https://reut.rs/4ry1yks

janetate 1d ago

Sam Litzinger 2d ago

Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/trump-bought-netflix-warner-bros-bonds-height-bidding-war-with-paramount-2026-03-09/

janetate 1d ago

Sam Litzinger 2d ago

I see Dr. Who is in the news because two old TV shows thought to be lost have been found. Exciting!

Here’s a terrible song by The Go Gos (not the good ones!) about Daleks:

https://youtu.be/GuBJ5H9m3Sc

I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek - The Go Go's

YouTube

janetate 1d ago

Sam Litzinger 2d ago

Trump is gutting the place:

“Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building’s front entrance.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/15/white-house-columns-ionic-corinthian/

Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers

The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building’s front entrance.

The Washington Post

janetate 1d ago

Sam Litzinger 2d ago

https://apnews.com/article/trump-mass-deportations-agenda-dhs-noem-mullin-cce52a9f2009ef645ceffe4e44cb4def

Trump's mass deportations at crossroads with DHS shake-up

President Donald Trump's decision to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gives him an opportunity to reset his mass deportation agenda — or to double down on a campaign promise. The White House's political director encouraged Republican lawmakers to focus on immigration enforcement among criminals, a pivot from the mass deportations the president ran on. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the operations have created a “hiccup” for the party. But all indications are that Trump’s mass deportation operation is not stalling out but intensifying. Trump's nominee to take over the department, Markwayne Mullin, will face questions at a Senate confirmation hearing this week.

AP News