People really out here still driving around with bumper stickers that say Joe Biden owes me gas money

It’s on brand for them to think it’s all about the material losses and not, say, a person’s life

Just a day after her firing, former attorney general Pam Bondi’s pictures have been taken down — and thrown in a trash bin, MS NOW reports www.ms.now/news/pam-bon...

And here's a great starter pack of journalists and outlets that DON'T use "A.i."! Vastly less likely than other outlets to peddle mistakes and bullshit! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

More independent journalists/news outlets! go.bsky.app/8tFTbR9

The president's first post since an F-16 was shot down over Iran with one American still missing.

I just want to take a minute to mourn the loss of my old email account that I had for three years, that changed slightly on Monday, so I have lost all of the memory rules and am now getting every single newsletter and PR pitch as a push notification 🥲

Second US Air Force plane crashed in Persian Gulf region, New York Times reports reut.rs/4cngn58

I can’t believe this isn’t @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

It’s not a smear to say Hasan has repeatedly engaged in antisemitism. It’s not a smear to say he’s trafficked in sexism and bullying behavior. It’s not a smear to say he’s happy to be an ally to trans people unless one criticizes him, in which case he explodes.

Finally, a nonprofit just for me

This session was mostly anti-LGBTQ bills and budget cuts. Despite having $1.6 billion in the rainy day fund.

The Idaho Senate swiftly defeated House Speaker Mike Moyle's bill to bar local elected officials from office for "wilfully" violating state law. #idleg #idpol

I don't know how many different types of stomach viruses there are but I know my household has had them all since November

We want electric cars. We just don't want your electric cars.

Three Minnesota families whose homes were forcibly entered by immigration agents are suing the federal government, arguing the agents violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

Breaking News: A judge tossed Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni, narrowing the actress’s lawsuit ahead of trial.

Brent oil spot price for actual cargo soars to $141, highest level since 2008 financial crisis www.cnbc.com/2026/04/02/d...

HEADS UP Plains states- you've been enjoying low #gasprices but you could see a price hike soon. My suggestion is prepare for gas price jumps in: MN, ND, SD, NE, IA, KS, MO, OK, AR. More details available to my subs on X- thanks for the support

Idaho Rep. Brent Crane called a bill to allow people to concealed carry guns in courthouses an unfunded mandate for counties. He voted for it. "I’ve got 100% voting record with the NRA. Don’t want any of you guys to screw up your voting record with the NRA. But this is wrong." #idleg #idpol

I wanted a quesadilla so I went to my nearby Cafe Rio and I need everyone to know a quesadilla WITHOUT MEAT is $12

NEWS: DOJ is appealing the Anthropic preliminary injunction. The appeal will go to the Ninth Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"If the Maine Legislature passes the proposed budget, Maine would be among the first states in the country to provide a comprehensive safety net to make up for volatile federal funding for reproductive care services."

JUST IN from @ashleymurray.bsky.social Attorney General Pam Bondi is leaving the Department of Justice and will be replaced for now by President Donald Trump’s former personal defense lawyer, the president announced Thursday. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pam-...

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Tfw you fake your death for a lark but everyone celebrated instead of mourned

Fox News reports that Pam Bondi has already been fired

You might not want to go by the price at Whole Foods for a piece like this. Not exactly the mainstream shopper's store choice

A new study shows applications to medical residency programs in states with abortion bans declined across the board after Dobbs. I spoke with OB-GYNs about what it was like training in Kentucky and Texas and whether that informs where they practice medicine. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/repr...

microsoft outlook down in space? astronauts, they're just like us.

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A Biden student loan plan has ended. Here’s what borrowers need to know. @statesnewsroom.com story by Shauneen Miranda:

The federal government filed an appeal in Texas aiming to detain five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father again. Their lawyer says the move is “retaliatory” and unusual.

The markets and the oil prices this morning indicate that the speech last night did not help

"On Wednesday, KPRC reported that Milliron is listed as delinquent on two separate filings, including both campaign finance and personal financial disclosure reports, according to records from the Texas Ethics Commission." He really sounds like a gem.

NEW: The Bhutanese community has one of the highest per capita suicide rates of any resettled refugee group in the U.S., nearly twice the rate of the country's population as a whole. Forced out of Bhutan starting in the 1990s, they are now subject to similar persecution by the Trump administration.

BREAKING: In a sudden reversal, Mike Johnson announces the House will accept the Senate deal on funding DHS, likely ending the shutdown. www.ms.now/news/mike-jo...

States with and without abortion bans are advancing bills that would shield anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers from certain government mandates and attempts at regulation, allowing them to sue for damages if any part of the law is violated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/01/r...

NEW: Democratic state officials and voting groups were preparing lawsuits on Wednesday challenging Trump's executive order on mail ballots, as election experts called the directive unconstitutional For @statesnewsroom.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...

The same plaintiffs who defeated two past abortion bans argue the state’s “heartbeat” law imposes “sectarian beliefs” on Wyoming citizens. They want a judge to halt enforcement of the law, which bans abortions in all but the earliest weeks of pregnancy. wyofile.com/wyomings-new...

Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term. | ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/trum...

"Thirty-two other countries around the world, most of them in the Western Hemisphere, have birthright citizenship laws that are substantially similar to the U.S." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Like on the one hand, I get it. When I visit NYC or other huge cities, I am reminded how vastly, incredibly different it is from where I live. And yet, there is still no need to put this type of condescending language in your stories as some kind of scene setting.

Roe v. Wade was a 7-2 decision. But reactionaries made it their white whale, and spent 50 years building a far-right Supreme Court that would overturn it. I’m not saying the same thing will happen with birthright citizenship. I’m just saying that any dissent in this case will leave that door open.

Well yeah, because tech people generally do not enjoy writing

I’m sure it's been said before but the fact that this SCOTUS case is argued on April Fool's Day......

As part of my attendance survey, I ask a random question. Monday's was "What technology do you hope will be obsolete in 20 years?" And it turns out: students, they're just like us.

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... is it good to build an entire economy and software infrastructure on this

Gov. Andy Beshear does not like the idea of putting a statue of Sen. Mitch McConnell in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda. Background: kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentu...