@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump, who failed to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence, now seeks Iran deal he ripped up www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEki...

More than 5.83 million Haitians are expected to face acute levels of hunger from March to June, representing more than half the country's population, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the leading international authority on hunger crises. https://to.pbs.org/4cLW69z

Home care workers with SEIU Healthcare Illinois and state legislators gathered in front of the Illinois Capitol Building in Springfield to rally in support of a bill that would raise wages for home care workers serving seniors through the state’s Community Care Program.

Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot 5 times by federal agent, to testify at Washington hearing @tinasfon.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk has returned to Türkiye after completing her Ph.D. program in child study and human development. Last year, her life was disrupted when ICE targeted her unlawfully with detention and deportation in retaliation for an op-ed she co-wrote in support of Palestinian human rights.

"You can smirk, sir, but..." You gotta see this one. Bravo!

Officials in more than a dozen states debated or floated redistricting proposals. The immediate focus is on two states — Florida and Virginia. https://to.pbs.org/41EbVZC

Changing times: "A stunning 40 Senate Democrats voted late Wednesday to block a U.S. weapons sale to Israel." Finally Some Dems are listening to the base. Add to that Netanyahu deserves to be in prison for his war crimes!! punchbowl.news/article/wash...

A step in the right direction. By investing in shelter units, we place more homeless individuals in a safe, protected environment. Adding housing availability will give Washingtonians more accessibility to resources and services to move their lives forward economically, socially, and physically.

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.

Learning how to practice mindfulness is what saved me from the terrible anxiety I had lived with since I was a teenager. I had tried everything: medication,worry beads, prayer. None of them helped. Mindfulness was the key for me. If you have anxiety, I am confident it can help you too.

FOOD ALERT: Federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis Calls Out ‘Unfair’ Surveillance Pricing vocm.com/2026/04/15/f...

Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono names the people who have been pardoned by Donald Trump after they have donated to support his campaign and PACs in the Senate hearing on fraud. "I call it corruption." 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Texas State Rep. James Talarico just announced his campaign for U.S. Senate raised more than $27 million in the first quarter of 2026 — the largest amount ever raised by a U.S. Senate candidate in the first quarter of an election year.

Hawaii Senate passed resolutions calling on Congress to federally legalise ‘marijuana’, support states to clear conviction records & facilitate banking for the industry. The legal recreational industry could generate >$1 billion in sales by its fifth year. www.marijuanamoment.net/hawaii-senat...

Nine more Chicago cops have been fired or are expected to be fired for obtaining fraudulent PPP loans during the pandemic, the city's inspector general says in its latest quarterly report. cwbchicago.com/2026/04/9-ch...

Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States. Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay. Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.

AOC: Whether it’s people in the Epstein files still roaming free, or the president, a known rapist, continuing to occupy the White House, all of this has contributed to the normalization and the idea that incidents of harassment shouldn’t matter. And I think today was an important turning point

Masks won’t protect the murderers. There will be a reckoning. #RadioFreeAmerica www.tspr.org/npr-news/202...

Historian here 💯some of the unhinged attacks on Mary Todd Lincoln by historians like Michael Burlingame border on misogyny and completely misrepresent the historical record. She was a favorite among radicals like Charles Sumner and black abolitionists. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

Poster for the British release of "Fahrenheit 451" featuring Julie Christie, #BOTD.

Personally, I don't think trump ever legitimately won an election.

Look at Maria Bartiromo’s face.

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department moves to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in major Jan. 6 cases.

NEW: Citing potential tax avoidance and “serious risks to public safety,” the Marijuana Enforcement Division warned Colorado companies about selling illegal chemically converted hemp as marijuana. w/ @denvergazette.com

Washington state is penalizing a Seattle-based vehicle battery manufacturer for exposing workers to lead levels more than four times the safety limit. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/seatt...

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

One person was killed and six others were wounded in a shooting at a New Jersey Chick-fil-A on Saturday. Police say the person who was killed was the intended target — but employees and other bystanders were caught in the crossfire.

Lawmakers in DC: hear us roar! 📢 Nurse leaders took the fight to #AbolishICE to the streets of our nation’s capital today — because our patients and communities deserve care, not terror!

No infantry needed. Ukrainian robots, for the first time, capture a Russian position: Ukrainian defenders managed to take control of an enemy position using drones & ground robotic systems. Infantry did not take part in the operation, states Zelenskyy: RBC UA News newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/no-infa...

One of my favorite dark humor movies of all time is SERIAL MOM. Great cast, especially Kathleen Turner’s performance, and fantastic filmmaking from John Waters. It was released on this day 32 years ago. #Filmsky #Moviesky #Horrorsky 🩸 🎥

The decision by governing body World Aquatics marks a major shift in how a key sport treats Russia ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and prompted condemnation by Ukraine. https://to.pbs.org/41yb3Wt

BREAKING: China Defies The US Announced Blockade On The Strait Of Hormuz “We expect others not to interfere in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, and has opened it to us”

NEW: We released a report showing that our country's current approach to traffic safety has failed to reduce roadway deaths while imposing harsh financial and human costs. Using traffic stops as a policing tool is ineffective for public safety, and excessive stops threaten our civil liberties.

Former U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton And Sheryl Sandberg Join Forces To End Child Marriage

@barackobama.bsky.social please speak up about Trump's insanity.

NEW: We’re joined by 75 organizations in calling on Meta to cancel plans to install facial recognition technology on their “smart” glasses. This tech would allow anyone who wears the glasses to identify and spy on those around them. Meta must stop this all-out assault on our privacy and safety.

Breaking: ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota county investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping and false imprisonment.

‘Ladyhawke’ was released on this day 41 years ago! (April 12, 1985) Directed by Richard Donner. Screenplay by Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas, Tom Mankiewicz, & David Peoples. Starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood, Alfred Molina, & more. #OTD #OnThisDay

ICYMI: this past Saturday there was a "dildo day of action" outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, IL. Latest by @domguan.bsky.social for @unraveledpress.com:

There’s already a date onboard for a general strike May 1st, National Strike No work, no school, no shopping www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

Mark Ruffalo, Glenn Close, Ben Stiller, Jane Fonda, John Cusack, Kristen Stewart, JJ Abrams, Katie Phang, John Leguizamo, and over a thousand actors, writers, directors, journalists, producers, composers, and Hollywood executives have signed a letter against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger: 🧵

A very powerful story about how the lingering effects of childhood trauma can affect someone which also gives tips on how to move past it. We are the products if our life experiences but we do not have to stay stuck there forever like a hostage. It's is possible... www.huffpost.com/entry/crypto...

24-year prison sentence for randomly, violently attacking two library workers and a 77-year-old library patron with a metal bookend. The same guy randomly kicked a 4-year-old in the face aboard a Brown Line train at Belmont in 2021. cwbchicago.com/2026/04/man-...

30 people were shot across Chicago this weekend. That’s a 50% increase from the same weekend last year, according to @w_h_thompson. cwbchicago.com/2026/04/30-p...

Do you need to break through 2+ years before the election though? Does the nominee need to be clear *before* the primary?

PAUL NEWMAN and JOANNE WOODWARD at their Beverly Hills home in 1965 with their 6 children (Scott, Susan and Stephanie from Newman’s first marriage and Elinor, Melissa and Claire)

Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond).

May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.