This seems like a spectacularly bad idea for all involved.

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social encapsulates Pam Bondi's AG tenure: loyalty to Trump, not the law, as shown by her open hostility for Epstein's victims. Yet virtue has not triumphed because her replacement is likely to be an even more morally corrupt boot-licker. www.americaamerica.news/p/bye-bye-bo...

“After defeating Iran 37 times in a row, this brilliant no-strategy war they started has now been downgraded from ‘regime change’ to ‘Hey! Can anyone find our pilots? Please?’” Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X. "Absolute geniuses.” trib.al/UQKSHgE

NEW: The DOJ is claiming it can’t share details about when its criminal investigation into Fulton County began. But a social media post from the department’s Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon may have already shared a sequence that aligns with the theory Fulton County is arguing in court.

HEGSETH FLASHBACK: The two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian skies—uncontested airspace. I hope folks watching understand what uncontested airspace and complete control means...U.S. and Israeli air power every minute of every day until we decide it's over.

Getting pretty concerned about this second F-15 pilot. Hopefully they make it out safely, but it looks like Iranian forces are doing a pretty good job repelling search and rescue so far. Unclear if A-10 was shot down during CSAR, but one UH-60 was definitely damaged.

"Homeland Security Department pauses warehouse purchases as internal revolt, legal challenges, and political infighting cloud the program's future..." www.projectsaltbox.com/p/dhs-pauses...

Moulton: One thing that came out of the president's speech the other night, besides the fact that he's senile and falling asleep, is that there's no plan, there's no plan whatsoever…

Watch the full conversation here:

Prior to the 2010 Citizens United decision, billionaires accounted for less than a half a percent of electoral spending. In 2024, they accounted for 20% of electoral spending. Rob Weismann, the president of @publiccitizen.bsky.social, and I talked about this and more on Substack Live earlier today.

Iran shot down one of our jets. That was after Trump “obliterated” their air defense system. Gosh…I wonder how that happened.

A second U.S. Air Force combat aircraft crashed today in the Persian Gulf area, with the lone pilot safely rescued.The A‑10 Warthog went down near the Strait of Hormuz around the same time an F‑15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran, an incident in which one crew member was rescued and is missing.

300 habeas cases in which the govt has violated court orders. An interactive database, by @katherinepomps.bsky.social & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org of @lawfaremedia.org www.lawfaremedia.org/article/thre...

Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi...it must be uncertain days for Tulsi Gabbard as Trump empties his "leadership" team of his female sycophants.

“It’s a war. We’re in a war.” So much for the “excursion.”

The public deserves answers​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​: Witkoff co-founded WLF w/ Trump family & UAE put $2.5B in Now he’s negotiating directly with the UAE as special envoy & his ethics disclosure? Still uncertified — 7+ months after filing 🚩 - TN www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/04.03.26...

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is putting hospitals at risk of closing.

In suit seeking return of 2020 election records, Fulton County requested info from DOJ regarding the timing of events leading up to the search warrant. DOJ says that info is privileged. But Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet Dhillon previously discussed the timeline in a media interview:

I think it is AMAZING that a post about the symptoms of climate change (Rapid Snow Melt in the West) gets 570 likes/reposts, but a list of actions that EVERYONE can take gets just 30 likes/reposts. Seems people want to complain about the problem, but very few want to take personal responsibility.😞

🚨LATEST: The American F-15E pilot who was rescued after his plane was downed over Iran was recovered by two U.S. military helicopters. The search continues for the second crew member. The helicopter carrying the recovered pilot was hit by small arms fire, wounding crew members. It landed safely.

Nothing like Trump helping our enemies destroy us and Ukraine at the same time…

Sometimes it seems like US News & World Report changes the rules of their college rankings procedure so that Harvard stays at the top. But that's nothing compared to S&P changing the rules of entry into the S&P 500 Index to force 10s of millions of us to passively invest in Elon Musk.

Insane. When will the madness stop?

Has Iranian state TV paid a $787 million settlement for spreading lies about an election?

Two points about the downed F-15 crew in Iran: 1. Hegseth threatened “no quarter” against Iran, making the situation worse for those downed fliers. 2. Media speculation that the fliers could be used as “hostages” is sloppy language. They'd be prisoners of war taken during combat. Not "hostages."

Full read from Bloomberg Gov: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-g...

Trump is getting ready to privatize TSA, a move ripped from a page of the Project 2025 playbook. He is taking advantage of your recent 'pain' in airports and offering a 'solution' to the self-inflicted problems.

A staple of American popular culture, trophy wives were once common in the real world, too. Yet our analysis finds that these match-ups are disappearing

LOSS: A Colorado court ruled that election denier Tina Peters — who was sentenced to prison for her role in a 2021 voting system breach — should be resentenced. The ruling follows mounting pressure from Trump who has called for her release and even granted her a legally meaningless “pardon.”

Just 4 days to go in Wisconsin. —281K ppl have voted. (BIG drop: Compares to 544K at same time in 2025.) —31.2% of ballots cast so far are in Dane & Milwaukee. (30.8% at same time in 2025.) —18.7% are in conservative WOW counties. (19.3% at same time in 2025.)

Something interesting is happening here. This is *just Republicans* souring on the economy. civiqs.com/results/econ...

Corporate America should be aware that making any deal with Trump right now will only hurt business in the long term. We need more companies to stand up to this administration and defend democracy and free enterprise.

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The media in Iran is also reporting that a Black Hawk helicopter involved in the search and rescue for the missing pilot(s?) was also shot down. 😬

Hey, folks! Today is publication day for "The American Revolution at 250: Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding!" Honored to be included with this cohort.

Trump admin proposed a 23% cut in NASA's budget, right as its new Moon mission kicks off. Science programs would be hit especially hard -- almost cut in half. spacenews.com/white-house-...

In Nebraska, unlike most states, the governor can fill vacancies in the legislature. So if state Sen. John Cavanaugh wins the Dem primary in NE02 & then flips the seat, the GOP governor would fill his legislative seat. That could give GOP the supermajority to change electoral vote rules (& more):

Earlier this week I wrote an important piece on antisemitism in Tennessee. In response, I received a disturbing note from a long-time reader, upset that I spoke up for Jewish Americans. Today, I share my response to his bigotry, dismantling his email piece by piece. Class is in session.

Doge somehow over looked the biggest waste in our govt. while cutting out what was good and helpful to people. 👇🖕

A mad man is running the United States into the ground 😭😭😭

"Now that Randy George, along with other senior officers Hegseth has fired or pushed to resign, are about to be civilians, maybe they can step forward and tell their fellow citizens what on earth is going on in Hegseth’s Pentagon."

Trump’s unnecessary war in Iran has benefitted Russia. Who is he helping really making great again??? Not the U.S.

There’s currently a frantic search taking place for two US pilots who were shot down in Iran, and this idiot is talking about taking the oil.

Trump purposely avoided the draft, Trump’s sons never served, Trump calls those who were captured “suckers and losers”. Trump has ZERO right to use our military forces for his unnecessary war on Iran‼️

NEW: New polling reveals a slim majority of Virginians favor Democrats’ redistricting plan that aims to win the party up to four more seats in Congress and counter GOP gerrymanders in other states. Early voting is ongoing, with election day coming up April 21.

ROSENBERG, on jobs data: “.. If there was a blemish, it was that the workweek sagged -0.3% to 34.2 hours. .. in a holistic sense, .. payrolls actually declined by -284k: Tack on the revisions, and it is really -353k. .. Sorry, but we are not gullible enough to be a buyer of this report ..”

Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

What utter BS! 🤮🤮🤮

Abuse and corruption leads Trump to giving a pardon - cause he favors this behavior www.propublica.org/article/jose...