ICYMI — Fox’s Maria Bartiromo congratulates Eric Trump for his company landing a $24 million Pentagon contract from a government run by his father. 🤔 Remind us what they said about Hunter Biden again? (From @atrupar.com )

The new acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, who is replacing John Pelan, is a theocratic loony who thinks California is infested with witches. The only thing the Trump administration shows *any* aptitude for is filling its job openings with unqualified kooks.

If RFK Jr. isn't fired, he ought to have the decency to resign.

In short, “no.”

Reporting on the gerrymandering vote is skewed. CA & VA put the redistricting question to a statewide vote. Red states-TX, OH, TN-did not. They cooked it up in GOP-controlled statehouses-talk about gerrymandering & stolen elections! Now get rid of the electoral college & mandate ranked choice voting

When @MarshaBlackburn talks about Trump cutting taxes, this is what she counts on us all being too dumb to understand

@hcrichardson.bsky.social cites Iranian officials saying they can't negotiate when the US side is incoherent, contradictory, and changes tack minute by minute. It's hard to argue with that assessment. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

Tennessee gerrymandered Nashville out of any representation in Congress by cracking the city into 3 House districts that only MAGA Republicans can win. States like Virginia countering Republican gerrymandering in Ohio, TN & TX are my only hope of a Congress where I’m (not) represented by Andy Ogles.

“How dare they play our game”

the Washington Post is a rightwing rag owned by a fascist billionaire.

GOP - *gerrymanders* DEMS - hey stop that no fair GOP - *gerrymanders even more* DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely* DEMS - *start gerrymandering* GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭

Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.

Indeed. Complaints about redistricting are invalid. Republicans did it everywhere and invalidated a Constitutional Amendment so they could do it on explicitly racial lines. There are two choices: use the same levers of power as Republicans do, or let them win. There is no "principled" opposition.

Want to know how the conditions under which we’re detaining people in ICE custody came to be? Here’s your answer: Trump officials lied.

I take it that’s a “yes.”

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein? KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

House Republicans stood up a whole-ass select committee focused on Democrats' alleged weaponization of federal institutions for partisan purposes, only for the GOP to take control of the executive branch and _expressly_ weaponize government for partisan purposes.

PSA: if competent attorneys refuse to be complicit, the authoritarian project will collapse under its own weight.

@madmax69.bsky.social 😂😂

Simple rule: the Senate should not confirm any appointee to any post who can’t say clearly who legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. Not just who was “installed”, but who won the vote and the electoral college.

From 1977-2024, the anti-abortion movement has committed: 11 murders 26 attempted murders 42 bombings 203 arsons 570 assaults 109 attempted bombings or arsons 100 acid attacks 668 anthrax or bioterrorism threats 4 kidnappings and the list goes on!

This is very good

Now Pete Hegseth & Kash Patel. Alcoholism is not a good qualification for high-level public service.

Does this mean that Tennessee residents who don’t support MAGA policies or plan to vote for Marsha Blackburn for governor will need to move to a state where the government won’t be actively hostile to them if she’s elected? Do Blackburn’s supporters want to drive her political opponents out of TN?

Remember how Andy Ogles didn’t show up for any of his Nashville constituents after the Covenant shooting? It’s a feature of Republican House members, not a bug.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

The Worst Justice Ever: Clarence Thomas open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

New euphemism for "pure, unadulterated horseshit" just dropped

"Hungary is the poorest nation in the EU. Hungary...is the most corrupt nation in the EU... This country is not an example of success — it's an example of failure." @rickstengel.bsky.social and @johnavlon.bsky.social on the absurdity of the American right holding up Hungary as a model.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

DOJ seeks to vacate insurrectionists’ convictions, while going after a former CIA Director: If Trump can make convictions disappear for allies while prosecuting critics, the damage isn’t just theoretical. Once that line is crossed, it doesn’t easily uncross itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

If they’re smart they run from Donald Trump. Especially if they’re girls.

Record profits are unpaid wages and unpaid taxes.

Hey, remember when that Fla RepubliCult Rep's ectopic pregnancy required an immediate abortion, and she died rather than compromise her Taliban principles? Nah, just kidding: she called RhondaSantis and he made sure rep Kat Cammack got her abortion and lived to prevent other women from healthcare.

Trillion dollar military, headed to $1.5 trillion. This is what a meal looks like on a naval ship. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Hypocrisy, thy name be GOP.

This entire thread is worth reading. It explains why John Eastman has been disbarred.

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Well, duh.

I’d like to see Pete Hegseth eat one of these meals for his dinner.

In West Nashville the Lentz Public Health Center is a great place to early vote.

Vought says multiple times in his defense, "We have not impounded anything." This is a lie. One of the huge takeaways from yesterday and today is the Vought is not capable of directly defending his actions while being bound to the truth. When pushed, he almost always lies or pivots.

Vought says "We're supposed to make sure money is well spent" in defense of ignoring the law. Says "we need to make sure the money is consistent with our agenda." Consistent with agenda is not one of the reasons a president is legally allowed to pause funds under section 1013 of the ICA.

John Eastman’s disbarment should just be a start. Bill Barr, Pam Bondi, Emil Bove & Todd Blanche should all face disbarment proceedings for using the Justice Department as Donald Trump’s personal law firm. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

Mark Kelly is pushing back on Trump's disgusting corruption and self-dealing 👇 Senator Mark Kelly said Congress controls federal spending, citing the Constitution, as he accused the Trump regime of moving $1.25 billion to a “Board of Peace” without authorization. #TrumpCrimeFamily

I’m not, either.