Enten: How many people watched Gavin Newsom's speech on just YouTube alone? Over 3 million folks. Joe Rogan, his average podcast episode over the last month has averaged only 1.6 million YouTube views, so Newsom's speech.. very, very popular.

Average daily reads of my Today in Politics Bulletins since inception: OCT - 96,518 NOV - 128,188 DEC - 164,954 JAN - 230,523 FEB - 276,450 MAR - 315,714 APR - 378,578

Today in Politics, Bulletin 113. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

A top adviser of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday as part of an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, a U.S. defense official said.

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal."

Making my way through the judgment now. It's 88 pages and I will have a lot to say.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled in a massive fundraising haul amid progressive calls for her to launch a 2028 primary challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer

@booker.senate.gov: "For a guy who spends the weekend on his golf course and brags to the media about him winning a tournament while the struggling-- this is the kind of gross arrogance of a Marie Antoinette saying, "let them eat cake" ... Screw him for telling people to accept pain."

Heisman winner Travis Hunter threw out the first pitch for the Savannah Bananas 🍌

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

Dr Peter Marks, "Vaccines have been studied very extensively for being potentially associated with autism" "That theory has been debunked" "One study in Denmark, over 600,000 children. It shows that if anything, children had a lower rate of autism than unvaccinated children"

So many evocative photos from last night. Look at Myles Lewis-Skelly’s face here - priceless.

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ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

Today I introduced my first bill as a Senator. A commonsense, bipartisan piece of legislation designed to protect people and their homes from natural disasters. Let's get it passed.

The More You Know…💫

Oh hellooo

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

The Senate process that has legs is canceling the national emergency, because that's a privileged resolution that has to get a vote in 18 days. Democrats should be introducing a resolution canceling the emergencies every day, setting up daily votes in 2-3 weeks.

BREAKING NEWS: Senator Brian Schatz is BLOCKING over 300 Trump admin nominations by refusing to let them pass with unanimous consent. "I don't think we should make anything easy going forward,” he said. BLOCK THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! MORE OF THIS!

We fight to give hope — a reminder that there are still those within the government standing up for what’s right. Since Saturday, we’ve faced relentless attacks. We know there will be consequences for our actions, but we will not back down.

Senator Padilla (D-CA) was one of the nicest and caring Senators I ever spoke with. He’s also tough about standing up to Donald Trump on issues like immigration. His voice is crucial. He just joined Bluesky today. Please consider giving him a follow!

I’m so sick and tired of hearing about book bans! Can we seriously just ban stupid people instead? If something offends you don’t engage with it! #booktok #bookish #booksagram #bookaddict #readmorebooks #bookcollector #read #books #reader #darkromance #romantasy #booksky #bookban

Watching the aurora in Denali National Park, Alaska

We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.

Hard not to be a "PANICAN" when led by someone suffering from severe mental illness

NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...

As you quoted Justice Jackson, "Critically, even the majority today agrees, and the Federal Government now admits, that individuals subject to removal under the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to adequate notice and judicial review before they can be removed." The five named plaintiffs must get this.

April 7, 2025

..Aaaand right back to the bullshit.

"My friend, Madame President, I yield the floor."

Reminder in Wisconsin: polls close at 8pm; you can same-day register if you bring your photo ID and proof of address; if you’re in line, stay in line; any questions, call WisDems VoPro hotline at 608-336-3232

WTG @booker.senate.gov 🔥✊🏾🔥✊🏾🔥

Suck It, Strom Thurmond!

The moment Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."

Hey Corey Booker, watching on from Australia, stay strong and keep on impressing with your stamina and readiness to speak out. I hope your colleagues are ready to shout you a beer at the end of this. #coreybooker #filibuster

“Who is that, is that Darth Vader?” “No, worse, it’s Gus… and he works for the Empire.” #mandalorian

We had to ask him to stop tbh

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute people for helping others travel across state lines to access abortion care. This is a win for our freedom of speech and our right to travel freely.

Let it be his Ceaușescu moment