The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act. Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology. The queen of all vices: Pride. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Oh man

Bluesky is looking for a design research contractor big plus if you know Bluesky well who's the best design researcher you know? nominate them (or yourself)

PSA: Your sneaking suspicions about the crossword are, for the one and only time in your whole life, correct!

Some respectful hope here...

Kamala Harris!!!

So many women were coming out of getting their pictures taken with Kamala Harris tonight wiping tears from their eyes. The white men who run journalism and report on elections simply do not understand what Kamala Harris means to millions of women.

"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” -Margaret Atwood #WomenArePeople #StopKillingUs

"pope should stay out of politics." brother you need to stay out of a size medium

"Data centers — gigawatt-sucking, pollution-spewing slop houses of mediocrity — are ravaging the environment, consuming all the water and electricity and supercharging utility bills." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

“The issue is that the administration as a whole lacks a consistent attachment to reality and the ability to organize its thinking coherently. Mr. Trump’s grandiosity, impulsivity, inconsistency and outright breaks with reality have become state policy.”

NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.

HEY LADY! YOU CALL HIM DR JESUS!

ICE DETENTION FOR PROFIT 🚨Respect and thanks to Representatives Yassamin Ansari, Greg Stanton, and Adelita Grijalva for their unannounced visit to an ICE detention center with disgusting conditions, that tried to pull a fast one. People need to be prosecuted for this. 1/2

If you think the Pope is a radical leftist, wait till you meet his boss.

the two remaining podium pups did some work today! I introduced the leash to them and started conditioning them to it. For today they just dragged the leash to experience some light pressure! 1/3

Say "weak on crime" again. I dare you.

Purple and yellow pansies 💛💜 #ECK #bloomscrolling #photography #flowers

"If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like 'boy, I hope he is qualified.'" Charlie Kirk Shameful

wow I can’t believe that sending the most unlikable man alive to lead very sensitive political negotiations didn’t work

The Dream Team failed. Total shock. We sent two of our most mediocre real estate developers and a fraud. Who could’ve guessed this outcome?

NEW: Statement from Swalwell's senior staffers: "We stand with our former colleague and the other women that have come forward. We believe you should stand with them, too."

Of all of the post-splashdown photos from the Artemis II mission, this is my favorite. It captures the best of who we are, the best of who we can be. (More here: www.nasa.gov/gallery/arte...)

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛

This looks amazing! I would 100% apply if I weren't too senior. Apply to work with the fine folks at @projectdrawdown.bsky.social! 🧪🌊

Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope.

We elected you to Congress to be a check on executive power, not a spectator. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to protect a man who threatens democracy, threatens war, and threatens the future. Stop hiding behind voters. Stop punting responsibility. DO YOUR JOBS.👇

The only persons who can say and it be true, “I love you from the moon and back.”

Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:

Beautiful story of a man bonding with a robin.

CBS News has a bombshell interview with a U.S. soldier who survived the deadly attack in Kuwait on the first day of the way -- he says Pete Hegseth is lying about the attack and that the base "was unprepared to provide any defense for itself." www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...

Hegseth must go. Trump really has no choice. Trump and Hegseth has lost their war on Iran. Trump always needs a fall guy and Hegseth is it.

For a ceasefire deal to be viable, it must cover the full scope of this regional conflict, including Lebanon. The U.S. negotiators should help prevent further loss of civilian life by sitting down with all parties, be transparent about the deal and how to bring the war to a reasonable end.

Joseph Stalin famously asked, "How many divisions has the Pope?" during a 1944 or 1945 discussion with Winston Churchill, likely at the Tehran or Potsdam Conference. @christopherjhale.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

I don’t mean to be a spoiler of good times but you should not party with the president if he fairly regularly threatens to jail or potentially bankrupt you if you don’t write the news how he thinks you should Like, skip the dinner and just go to the after parties if u really wanna party

The US is experiencing yet another strategic loss in a war because it continues to engage in wars with profoundly distorted strategies. The US has the most powerful military in the world, but it also has civilian leaders who repeatedly prove incapable of understanding its opponents’ perspectives.

Thank you, @kim.senate.gov .

I love these 🏳️‍🌈 flagpoles!!

WIRED is doing more hiring! Come be a staff editor and work across our newsroom and with our international editions. Great, dynamic gig, moving quickly so don’t hold off on applying:

You're not supposed to want ignorance & illiteracy in your President. You're not supposed to admire racism & bigotry in the highest office. You're not supposed to worship incompetence & corruption in the Oval Office. But this is exactly what the Republican Party brings to our country and the world.

I will never dine with Donald Trump. You will never see me attend a fancy event with him sitting on the dais. I choose instead to fight him in court. In 2020, I started Democracy Docket to be a media outlet that shares my values. If you agree, subscribe now: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Erratic. Can’t finish sentences. Often confused. Illogical train of thought. Word finding difficulties. Developing and worsening gradually over time. The President is exhibiting all the signs of dementia.

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

Forget about the attire. No one with an ounce of self respect should show up.

Just the cover itself makes it worth getting.