Previously on "Holy S%&T What Now?" The House GOP jammed Project 2025 wish list into ONE bill Now it's got $500 B cuts to MediCARE Flip these seats AZ-2 AZ-8 CA-3 CA-22 CA-40 CO-4 CO-5 FL-4 FL-7 FL-13 FL-15 MI-4 MI-10 MO-2 MT-1 NC-11 NJ-7 NY-1 NY-17 OH-7 OH-15 PA-1 TX-15 VA-1 VA-5 WA-4 WI-1 WI-8

No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss

“You shouldn't be within a thousand miles of the directorship of the IRS.”

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

JUST IN: Attorneys for Burmese and Vietnamese migrants accuse the Trump administration deporting them to South Sudan in violation of a court order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

.@abrahamhamadeh @senrubengallego @SenMarkKelly Medicaid and SNAP are lifelines! People with disabilities rely on these programs to get food, health care, and services to live a healthy life. #ProtectMedicaid and SNAP and save lives!

Rep. LaMonica McIver being charged by Trump’s DOJ for “assaulting” a cop is particularly scary because it was all on camera with many witnesses and the administration feels comfortable enough to straight up lie with impunity and target a sitting congresswoman

Anyone need a password break? Please enjoy Lucille Ball and Betty White in 1981 throw a masterclass on how to play.

Dr. Hayden is a trailblazer with unimpeachable qualifications. She led the Library of Congress for nearly a decade with integrity, expertise & a deep commitment to accessibility. Trump unjustifiably firing her undermines the integrity of one of our most trusted & celebrated public institutions.

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NEW: See the dramatic moment when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, was arrested Friday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on trespassing charges.

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

Democrats are doing everything they can think of to get the word out about how Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which we've all paid into. Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms! People need to know these details. www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...

This is a moral moment in America. Sitting on the Capitol steps with Leader Hakeem Jeffries this morning to discuss what’s at stake with Trump’s budget and affirm the need for collective action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Who did this? 😂

Meuser’s sloppy cleanup excuse for blaming Shapiro for his own family almost being murdered was brutally fact-checked last night by local news as false: the Trump cuts are real and PA food banks and hungry kids and families are paying the price

Autism is NOT an epidemic. It's a condition that's always existed... we just know more about it now than ever before.

These two posts: * “We need to treat antifa and BLM like terrorist organizations,” said Joe Kent, Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism efforts. * Trump to Bukele (president of El Salvador): “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It’s not big enough.” 1/

Jewish student on Mohsen Mahdawi:

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Congress is on a 2-week recess. Abe Hamadeh is supposed to be back in CD-8, listening to constituents, but he refuses to hold any public events. We’ll be at his office every Monday at 9am to remind him: We have concerns. And we deserve to be heard. Sign up to join us at mobilize.us/s/pstqzj

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

As recession fears mount...what should you do with your personal finances? Nothing? Everything? Some things? We'll discuss with a pair of experts on Studio 2. Live at Noon on WHYY-FM and You Tube: youtube.com/live/Ajt2uBO...

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

Kristi Noem doesn’t know how to hold a gun or run the Department of Homeland Security

Here's the webpage put up by the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for people to notify her office if they're havig problems dealing with Social Security. Every state AG's office could do this. Might help. www.azag.gov/socialsecurity

don’t need RFK to ban all our drugs if we simply cannot afford to import them

RELEASED 55 YEARS AGO O-o-h Child (1970) Five Stairsteps

I love seeing the protests yesterday. I loved the signs. I love the solidarity. But if so many people feel this way about Trump, how did he win the election? Either we didn't actually vote, or he didn't actually win. Either way, it means our current system needs a real overhaul. Keep going!

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE. Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

Another fun day rallying at Rep. Abe Hamadeh's office for a town hall as the tow truck lurks behind us to tow our vehicles. We were explicitly told today that the property owner will have us arrested if we step foot on the property. @azindivisible.bsky.social @nwvindivisible.bsky.social

Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.

just profoundly disturbed by the kidnapping and disappearing of people right off the streets of this country. hard to think about much else—and there’s so much else.

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

At First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, a therapist was fielding 10 calls a week from parents of teens who needed mental health help. Now the church is part of a national pilot intervention and study to address suicide risk among Black teens.

Finally YouTube has a @bluesky share

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

According to a leaked internal memo, Trump and Musk are now set to introduce a destructive, DOGE-driven plan for Social Security. The Social Security Administration is preparing to add what Trump and Musk are framing as an “anti-fraud” step to claims for earned benefits. Elon Musk calls Social…

New in PN: Trump defies court orders to dump Venezuelans in Salvadoran slave jail "At bottom, this is a dispute about whether the president can define reality by executive fiat and force the legal system to treat his fantastical pronouncements as fact."

I had to compose myself before posting—because this breaks a part of my soul. If you’re a contractor with a segregation policy, say it loud—so non-white dollars don’t fund your business. It won’t go how you think. And if anyone uncovers businesses doing this, put them on blast. #NAACP #BlackSky

SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada. Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:

It looks like Hamadeh went to a GOP meeting last night rather than joining constituents who've been imploring him for a real town hall for weeks.

Looks like we are deporting innocent men to the Salvadoran gulag for having tattoos in Spanish that say things like "strong like my mom" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order