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“Trump’s unfavorability ratings are stratospheric across the continent as of March surveys by YouGov: 78%unfavorable in France, 86% in Germany, 80% in Italy.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Even for Europe’s populist firebrands, Trump is going too far
The symbiosis between the president and European nationalists has reached a potential breaking point as he issues genocidal rhetoric and criticizes the pope.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/17/trump-european-populists-breaking-point/
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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“Midterm elections are typically rough for an incumbent president’s party. But this year threatens to be brutal.
politicalwire.com/2026/04/16/t...
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Trump Voters Have Had Enough
The Atlantic: “Midterm elections are typically rough for an incumbent president’s party. But this year threatens to be brutal. Trump’s approval is lower right now than it was at this point ahead of th...
https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/16/trump-voters-have-had-enough/
about 23 hours ago
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Minnesota Star Tribune
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A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
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ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.
https://bit.ly/4cOUzzu
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GIFT ARTICLE “The Trump administration doesn’t seem to have many rules, but one of them is that once the president picks a fight, his posse must show up to support him, no matter how ill-advised the conflict.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Pope James David Vance the First
The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pope-jd-vance-iran/686826/?gift=rCMD7TuuSyRdM798jURNbDb1QcxXtm5v3_emsUf8TWQ
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Bluesky
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We are experiencing some service interruptions and our team is working on the issue. You can find the latest updates at
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Marc Elias
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🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman — a key architect in President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election — delivering one of the most consequential professional penalties yet for an election denier.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Key Trump lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election permanently disbarred
Eastman has remained active in election denial circles, continuing to push conspiracy theories about voting and elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/key-trump-lawyer-who-tried-to-overturn-2020-election-permanently-disbarred/
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Robert Reich
2 days ago
A jury has ruled that Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly. A judge will determine whether or not to break the company up, in addition to other damages. This is a big deal. Remember that the Trump admin tried to settle the lawsuit with a slap on the wrist — but state AGs said no way.
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“The U.S. and Israel launched the war with the hope that killing top Iranian officials—starting with Mojtaba’s father, Ali Khamenei—
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Are the chickens finally coming home to roost?
politicalwire.com/2026/04/15/r...
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Republicans Say Trump Will Cost Them the Midterms
Few Republican lawmakers said anything publicly about President Trump’s startling social media post last week warning Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but privately, in a large text ...
https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/15/republicans-privately-say-trump-will-cost-them-the-midterms/
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A new Quinnipiac poll finds 38% of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 55% disapprove. Key takeaway: A stunning 65% say they blame Trump for higher gas prices, while 34% blame him not much (11%) or not at all (23%).
politicalwire.com/2026/04/15/t...
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Trump Overwhelmingly Blamed for High Gas Prices
A new Quinnipiac poll finds 38% of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 55% disapprove. Key takeaway: A stunning 65% say they blame Trump for higher gas
https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/15/trump-overwhelmingly-blamed-for-high-gas-prices/
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The Dunning Kruger effect as administration policy. "The lessons of this war are not hard to find. They are exactly the same as those that should have been learnt from other wars that went badly wrong."
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The causes and consequences of Trump’s defeat
The Islamabad negotiations were supposed to conclude the Iran War in such a way that the US and Israel would have something to show for the thousands of lives lost and ruined, the vast quantities of o...
https://substack.com/home/post/p-193581036
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Senator Ron Wyden
2 days ago
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The Bulwark
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"Magyar wasn't engaging in a policy debate... His framing was Viktor Orbán and Fidesz are a criminal organization and we need to dismantle this... he connected the impact of the criminal organization to these rural Hungarians' experience."
@ambpressman.bsky.social
on how Magyar beat Orbán.
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Roger Parloff
2 days ago
In fact, the very sentence Rao was referring to in Boasberg’s 11/28/25 order actually stresses the omitted point—that the majority of the en banc (full) appellate court saw no reason for Boasberg not to go forward—yet Rao just skips over it. ... 2/4
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Aaron Rupar
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VOUGHT: This president has campaigned and led for peace, and against endless wars BALINT: So it's peace through war? Is that where are right now? Peace through war?
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Angry
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Disgusting. This is why mass pardoning people for politics is never a good idea.
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GIFT ARTICLE: "On many recent nights, Donald Trump has been posting obsessively on his Truth Social site into the wee hours."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Latest Meltdown
Attacking the pope was only part of the president’s disturbing night on Truth Social.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-pope-post-truth-social/686802/?gift=rCMD7TuuSyRdM798jURNbOHKHJSL3mI8Q84EuUf7abo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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"I remember the Times publishing a front-page report in October 2024, about a month before Election Day, that highlighted a variety of situations in which the Republican 'seemed confused, forgetful, incoherent or disconnected from reality.'"
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump confronts a public conversation he hoped to avoid over his mental stability
One observer argued, “The American people must not look away ... They must pay attention to the president’s deterioration.”
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-confronts-a-public-conversation-he-hoped-to-avoid-over-his-mental-stability
3 days ago
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The French🥖Resistance ☀️🇺🇦☮️🌈💙
3 days ago
OMG YOU JUST KNOW THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED! “I thought I was a doctor.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m dying…
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Olivia Troye
3 days ago
I’ve seen the chaos inside the Trump Admin and how his plans hurt Virginia families. So, I won’t stay silent. Today, I launched my campaign for Congress. I’ll fight to undo the harm — but I can’t do it alone. Share if you’re with me.
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Ron Filipkowski
3 days ago
Huge turnout today for JD Vance and Erika Kirk.
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Adam Rifkin 🐼
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“A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Epstein and Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by Post and Courier thru public records... she claimed Trump forced her to commit a sex act on him sometime around 1984.”
@postandcourier.bsky.social
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Thierry St-Laurent Dion
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Here's a new study! Study of a female Cooper's Hawk with bic pen
#art
#birds
#nature
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Dan🔭🚀🔬☮️🕊️
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NA monarchs in 🇲🇽Mexico🇲🇽, they travel thousands of miles to this breeding ground.
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Aaron Rupar
3 days ago
CNN put together a montage of Chris Wright saying last month that "there's a very good chance" gas prices will be back below $3 a gallon by the summer, followed by a clip of him saying yesterday that "by the summer is an aggressive timeframe now"
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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"What happened in Hungary is that Magyar, who's now going to be the prime minister, went out in the country and basically explained how the corruption and criminality affected people in their everyday lives. And that's what's happening here."
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Wildlife
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Rose Robin (Petroica rosea): 11cm (4.3in). This is a small passerine bird native to Australia. The male has a distinctive reddish-pink breast. Its upperparts are dark grey with white frons, and its tail black with white tips. Lovely photo taken by Neil McLeod in Australia.
#robin
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Eloise Powers
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- Grey-headed Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus ichthyaetus) is found in South East Asia. - Photo courtesy of Tan Tze Siong. What a shot!!!
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Jan Rosenow
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Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Aaron Rupar
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KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌
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Good morning, Bluesky! Gonna be one o' them days. Kitsap Peninsula, Washington 📸Jon Oleyar
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
3 days ago
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!
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TheCatMan
3 days ago
Not feeling good about giving my hard earned money to the oligarchs, to fund illegal & unnecessary "wars,"or fund any of this admin's crooked schemes. Not at all 'good.'
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Kevin M. Kruse
3 days ago
I'm sure it's not a problem that one of the key figures in the federal government's disaster relief agency is clinically insane.
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Ali khaliq
4 days ago
David Attenborough fans Baby stingrays look like stuffed ravoilis.
www.facebook.com/100049475271...
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Tim Scott commissioned a poll for Senate Republicans that shows 92% of swing voters are worried about the high cost of living. Good luck with that, guys.
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“Tehran must surely have assumed its oil exports would be halted during a war with the US, especially if it closed the Strait of Hormuz. But seven weeks into the war, and despite having closed the waterway, Iran has enjoyed a windfall instead of economic pain.”
politicalwire.com/2026/04/14/i...
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Iran Enjoyed an Oil Windfall as It Was Being Bombed
Bloomberg: “Tehran must surely have assumed its oil exports would be halted during a war with the US, especially if it closed the Strait of Hormuz. But seven weeks into the war, and despite having
https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/14/iran-enjoyed-an-oil-windfall-as-it-was-being-bombed/
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Robert Reich
4 days ago
Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill. But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028. The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent. Funny how that works.
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Jas 🪶🐻🦉🇺🇸🇨🇦
3 days ago
E l e v a t e “You get tested the most when it’s time to elevate. When you feel like falling back into your old patterns; Remember why you started. Remember where you’re headed. Think of how great it will be to get there and keep going. Your future self will be proud.”
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Joe Walsh
3 days ago
💯 this.👇
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Kevin M. Kruse
3 days ago
I need
@kenjennings.bsky.social
to set up a special MAGA Jeopardy! where every answer is just a different day from 2020 and they have to guess who the president was on that date
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"Pope Leo just became the most effective counter-messenger to Trump among young Americans — and he didn't try to be. He quoted the Beatitudes. He said he has no fear. He didn't trade insults."
substack.com/@dellavolpe
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John Della Volpe | Substack
Pollster | Author FIGHT: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear & Passion to Save America | @SocialSphere | @HarvardIOP | @MSNow Contributor | Bylines: NYT, WaPo
https://substack.com/@dellavolpe
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“It isn’t just that Trump has a core of messianic supporters, who recognize no lines between church and state. Now it’s clear that while Trump has fed off their fervor, he has never really understood who they are, what they believe, and where their red lines are drawn.”
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Column | Trump’s Christ-like image is filled with sloppy symbolism
Why the AI-generated meme — which the president posted on his social media platform, then removed — is offensive even to nonbelievers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/04/13/trump-jesus-meme-meaning/
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“Like a famous Trump portrait by artist Julian Raven, it flatters the president in ways that conform to his well-known insecurities, filling in his thinning hair.”
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Kyle Cheney
3 days ago
JUST IN: A bitterly divided appeals court panel has, for a second time, blocked Judge Boasberg's effort to pursue potential criminal contempt against Kristi Noem and other DHS officials for their handling of rushed deportations to El Salvador last year.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate among all racial groups in the U.S. During Black Maternal Health Week, let us refocus on how we can provide resources and rights that help Black mothers thrive before, during, and after pregnancy. We must pass the
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Matt Steinglass
5 days ago
Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com
3 days ago
JUST IN: US PPI inflation rises to 4%, its highest since February 2023. Meanwhile, the Strait of Hormuz supply shock is estimated to cause oil demand to contract by 80,000 barrels per day — the largest drop since COVID. Are you ready for what's next?
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Chris Meder
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Glad to see the Australian government on board. Massive milestone today with Bowen acknowledging EV growth is already offsetting the oil crisis. Increasing reserves while demand falls makes no sense. Now for a solar carport mandate! Charge baby charge. ☀️⚡
#Bettrification
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