Cartoon by Patrick Chappatte @chappatte.bsky.social

For Taco Tuesday I wrote a long post which, buried w/in it, includes a description of 2 acute psychological dilemmas Trump is facing. 1) To win v Iran, Trump has to fight Putin 2) To make a deal, Trump has to admit Obama is smarter than him Neither is tenable. emptywheel.net/2026/04/21/t...

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden. This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years. But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...

I’m so old, I remember when Tucker’s secret anti-Trump sentiments from 2020 were exposed by the Dominion suit. The guy has long been a cynical right wing political operative cosplaying as a thoughtful man of deep principle. apnews.com/article/tuck...

Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., has died at 80 — per AJC. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Newsmax's Greg Kelly on the rapid growth of measles cases: “Chillax a little bit.”

‘Something fell apart’: Speculation swirls as JD Vance’s whereabouts in question www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...

Another blow to @yale.edu's credibility, as lying dimwit hack Bret Stephens praises their pick-me-GOP report for regurgitating the "standard conservative indictment of modern academia." Unsurprisingly, Stephens demands more: universities should stop hiring scholars and hire only right-wing frauds.

Now a @yale.edu panel fawns over GOP political ops like Buckley Institute and suggests the school drop from its mission “improving the world today” and "fostering an ethical, interdependent, and diverse community." Make the world worse, unethical homogenous Yalies! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

LIVE: Earth Day protest near Trump Tower in New York City youtube.com/live/JEu9fw4...

another nice thing about having politicians who aren’t from the crypt is you can use power shots like this one. that stuff really does matter. the obama vibes aren’t coincidental

Right after the race was called, election deniers, anti-voting activists, MAGA faithful, and at least one Trump administration official began flooding the internet with claims that the election was rigged. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

the conservative reaction to the virginia results remind me quite a bit of their reaction to the 2012 presidential election, where they were offended that democrats ran to win

Make no mistake, this is exactly what political news media will do for the foreseeable future. They, like their GOP allies, think that Rs are the natural rulers of this country & anytime Dems take power it is at best a temporary aberration. Whenever Ds do actual politics they scream bloody murder.

My thought: Lew Wolff always has been and will be an ineffective blathering flim-flam John Fisher and Bud Selig sycophant www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

I'm mean. I know. But again, I grew up in the Peninsula. I've always understood what the area has meant to the Giants. And if you let a team into San Jose, you're going to give up a big % of the Peninsula. Why should the Giants give up that territory if it's been given to them?

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This #EarthDay, BART is celebrating how choosing transit is an impactful action people can take for the environment. From improving air quality to easing traffic and lowering transportation costs, transit is a powerful climate solution already built into the Bay Area ecosystem Thread ⬇️

Virginia Democrats are on track to flip four seats this fall thanks to a new, gerrymandered map. Read this analysis from @erincovey.bsky.social and see our race ratings for the new map:

The already-muddled California gubernatorial race has been thrown into even more disarray with six weeks to go until primary day. Read this from @jessicataylor.bsky.social:

RFK Jr: "President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."

Incorporating the new VA congressional map, Cook Political Report has Dems on the cusp of taking back the House, just on races where Dems are favored. Dem (solid, likely, or lean): 217 Tossup : 16 GOP (solid, likely or lean): 202 I wouldn't be shocked if Dems get 245 seats. FREE LINK

One of the most frequent causes of Charlie Kirk related cancellation was accurately representing his views, or even quoting them verbatim. She expressed grief about Kirk's murder, and the only hateful thing in the comments came from Kirk himself.

Keep up the good work, Canadian consumers!

The Fifth Circuit flatly states that when the First Amendment says Congress may not create an "establishment of religion," it means the Church of England. They then argue the Founders intended states to have their own churches unaffected by the First Amendment (!!!).

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is out with a new (very bad) decision, and it's a doozy. The Fifth Circuit says that Texas can require the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But somehow it gets worse. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

As we let Elon’s companies poison Memphis and drill a hole in Nashville against the will of the people… www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

This is predictably unpopular with staff, who were already unhappy about how often they're being forced to work doubles and overtime because the agency is so understaffed, in part because people left in droves to join ICE for the hefty hiring bonuses and better pay www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

This is kinda wild: The federal prison system is telling staff they can't get free meals at the mess hall anymore bc apparently they were doing it so much it was cutting into the food they needed to feed the prisoners.

Earlier this year, Georgia Fort was arrested while covering a protest during the Minnesota ICE surge. She spoke with Ms.'s Eleanor Bader about her case's implications: "I see the arrest as an attack on press freedom."

Trump's ceasefire is going great www.reuters.com/world/europe...

This is a great point. Cities will spend years telling you they can't use k-rail to keep bicyclists safe, and then they'll quietly deploy a quarter mile of it to disperse a homeless encampment. bsky.app/profile/left...

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

What the heck? One million to coach an NBA team? One million dollars would be 1/4 the salary of Dana Altman up the road at the University of Oregon.

A good parsing of the SPLC complaint, which was even more absurd than I first thought—and which provides more evidence that in Alabama, a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich if asked to do so.

Oh man.. RIP Dave 🙏🏻🙏🏻😢 “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dave Mason.” 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Drinking and filing Kash Patel by @deAdder Substack: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

as Orban showed, it's a lot harder to steal elections when you are extremely unpopular.

trump will continue to try to tamper with elections. but people should realize his biggest and most feasible gambit was gerrymandering, and that has been a spectacular failure. 1

Every time this tailor posts a photo of their workspace, it looks like their dog is a tailor and he's showing off the garments he made. IG z.o.e.y.a.t.e.s

Drat!

How can these people not be embarrassed by themselves? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Here comes some rain - lower-deck fans are fleeing for cover

This is as chill as this cat has ever been. It's taken over three years for her to be this chill.

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

Roupp walked 17 batters that inning and only gave up one run. #SFGiants

Giants end a bases loaded no out inning with three runs! Holy Moly! #SFGiants #BeatLA