Three stories. One theme. All connected.

First: Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty charged ICE agent Christian Castro with four counts of second degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime after he shot Venezuelan national Julio Sosa Celis, a man with legal status, through a door in January and then claimed there had been a shovel attack. The video proved otherwise. Moriarty made it explicit that a conviction would be ineligible for a presidential pardon. A state prosecutor just told the federal government that a badge is not a blanket.

Second: Iran has formally announced a toll system on the Strait of Hormuz, creating a government body to issue permits and an email inbox for ships to apply through. Before the war, twenty percent of the world's traded oil and natural gas moved through that strait. Transit has been frozen. We are spending an estimated one billion dollars per day on the conflict. Gas is up. Toyota is telling dealers to substitute oil at routine changes. There is no end in sight.

Third: Dan shares a personal experience from a Nevada campaign event last week, where he was interrupted while speaking as an openly autistic advocate on behalf of a candidate who then stood by and let it happen. After being ghosted by the campaign and having private messages about his neurodivergence weaponized against him publicly, he is withdrawing support and recommitting his platform to autism advocacy.

And finally: Atlas Intel's new poll has Alexandria Ocasio Cortez leading the 2028 Democratic presidential primary at 26%, ahead of Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, and Kamala Harris. Fifteen million dollars raised, ninety nine percent from small dollar donors, thirty thousand people at a recent rally. The numbers are moving.

Today is Malcolm X's birthday. Mount St. Helens erupted forty six years ago today. And accountability, one way or another, is arriving.

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