Purity politics gets the left nowhere
by kos

Remember Jill Stein?

In case you’ve forgotten—since her name only resurfaces on schedule every four years—she’s the perennial Russian-backed Green Party candidate who materializes right on cue to trash Democrats, ostensibly from the left, then vanishes back into whatever bunker sustains her until the next presidential cycle.

Her 2024 campaign manager was Jason Call. In February 2025, this supposed leftist wrote that while Donald Trump was bad, “electing [Kamala] Harris would’ve been worse.”

To Call, all of Trump’s evils—and the list is endless—were still preferable to the alleged “moral stain of re-electing genocide.” You can argue, quite easily, that Trump was objectively worse for Gaza given that Israeli warmongering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly preferred him.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/2/2370643/-Purity-politics-gets-the-left-nowhere

‘West Wing’ Star’s Wife Unloads on Bill Maher for Attacking Him
Owen Mason Hill

Actress Amy Landecker lambasted “hypocrite” Bill Maher for using her husband, Bradley Whitford, as a liberal punching bag.

“If Bill Maher wants to come after my fricking husband one more time and complain about the fact that people who are known are having an opinion. Who is he? What is he famous for? Just being known and having an opinion?” Landecker, 56, said with Whitford by her side on Obsessed: The Podcast. “And then coming after him and going, ‘Oh, you’re the worst kind of liberal.’ Well, to me, he’s the worst kind of hypocrite.”
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“First of all, why are you so grumpy? You are literally the most angry stoner I’ve ever met in my entire life,” Landecker said. “Plus, your show has never been bigger, so shut up about being canceled.”

“He is worried about cancel culture on this, his 35th year of hosting a show,” Whitford agreed. “He’s a comedian talking about politics, and he doesn’t want anyone else to express an opinion!”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/bradley-whitfords-wife-amy-landecker-unloads-on-bill-maher-for-attacking-him-over-cheryl-hines/

Video shows Hillary Clinton erupt at GOP over unauthorized Boebert photo during Epstein deposition
by Rebecca Beitsch

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threatened to walk out of a deposition after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) shared a picture of her during testimony to the House Oversight Committee for their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

As her attorney raised that a photo had been shared with conservative media, Clinton was visibly irritated.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threatened to walk out of a deposition after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) shared a picture of her during testimony to the House Oversight Committee for their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

As her attorney raised that a photo had been shared with conservative media, Clinton was visibly irritated.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/house/5763671-clinton-deposition-threatens-walkout/amp/

About Iran, from an Iranian Woman
@lilsmichelle

No matter what happens to me in this life, no matter where I live or what language I speak, I will always be an Iranian woman. In every lifetime, I would choose to be Iranian.

Today marks a historic day for Iranians around the world. After nearly fifty years under a regime built on repression, the man who stood at the center of that system is gone. For many of us, the feeling was not shallow celebration. It was release. It was the unfamiliar sensation of air returning to lungs that have been compressed for decades.

And yet the moment Iranians allowed themselves to exhale was the moment the world decided to correct us.

The same world that was silent during mass executions. Silent when political prisoners were killed by the thousands. Silent as women were beaten in the streets. Silent as families buried their children. That silence has now transformed into moral instruction.

https://lilsmichelle.substack.com/p/about-iran-from-an-iranian-woman?r=5zq7kv&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGngtfz9VIbitcz2vQY4eK-vWST8wGsq51VuNDHirKqzrSMX-mq9iwObpK7t18_aem_gjd42OWfcbmVOm6u80ACPA&triedRedirect=true

The self-proclaimed “President of peace” is once again starting illegal wars without Congressional authorization. This is not what the American people asked for.

Time and time again, Trump has proven that he is not interested in — or capable of — putting “America First.” Our soldiers will have to put their lives on the line to defend his reckless decisions. Congress must pass a War Powers Resolution to rein in this dangerous overreach before more damage is done.

No more forever wars.