Non-Sequiturs: 03.08.17

* “You care day and night for your children, grandchildren and your family,” the Russian president said in his annual statement. “Even today, on International Women’s Day, you are still caught up in your routine, working tirelessly, always on time. We often ask ourselves, how do they manage it all?” -- Vladimir Putin honoring International Women's Day, or perhaps a very punctual dairy cow. It's hard to tell. [Quartz] * Real estate lawyer Joshua Stein, who thinks Trump shouldn't be forced to sell his businesses to hold office, instead thinks Trump should run his businesses like a prisoner while in office. [Wall Street Journal] * In what I'm sure is totally unrelated news to the prior link, China has provisionally approved 38 Trump trademarks. [The Guardian] * Researchers find strong evidence that racism helps Republicans win elections. When reached for comment, Trump supporters said that the researchers were the real racists because they studied racism instead of what makes America great like it was when there was more racism. [Washington Post] * Here's another article about how judges in Kansas are trying to force lawmakers to educate students equally. [The Atlantic] * The Constitutional Accountability Center has a new job opening. Maybe there are some people out there who showed up to work wearing red today who might be interested? [Constitutional Accountability Center]