“Since the attempt on his life, Trump has show [sic] no interest in investigating what really happened. He never mentions it, it’s as if it never happened, except when he tells us, he took a bullet for us.” trib.al/eLlWpIg

Back when I was a prosecutor we used to call this — telling everyone you were probably going to lose — ”laying a mattress.”

Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a “lawsuit is being filed” over The Atlantic’s article alleging that the FBI director’s drinking has been “a recurring source of concern across the government.” Patel retweeted the post.

The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

How can this be if the strait is “open”????

Why bother with complicated forms of corruption when you can just sue your own government for $10 billion and then order your own AG to fork over the cash?

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HUNT: Just to come back to something you said, who in your party do you believe is 'cheering for Iran'? FETTERMAN: It's like, you are, you are making it seem like America is not the force of good in the world. Criticizing America. Criticizing Israel.

The problem for Jenner is that she’s being treated like every other trans woman by this regime. That’s what she does not like. www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

Four Democrats voted with the GOP on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens. If you’re represented by Gluesenkamp Perez, Golden, Gottheimer, or Suozzi, ask them why they’re siding with the Trump regime on government surveillance.

RFK Jr couldn't answer a question about CDC staff morale. Article states, "According to CDC Data Project,... directors of 20 out of 25 CDC centers have resigned or been forced from their jobs since Kennedy became health secretary." How do you think morale is with this level of turnover?

If they settle, I think it's an impeachable offense for both him and the AG.

Howard Lutnick thinks Trump’s billionaire giveaways are okay, but basic lifelines for hardworking Americans aren’t. Got it.

Breaking news: Tufts University graduate Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested by masked immigration agents last year, has returned to her home country of Turkey, citing the "state-imposed violence and hostility" she said she experienced in the United States. trib.al/7GKyEiz

Rep Harder to RFK Jr: “What I don’t understand is how you can spend your entire career talking about an issue, & the first minute that you get power to do something about it, you take off the mask & become an apologist for an administration that is increasing mercury more than any other in history”

RFK Jr. has met with tons of CEOs and billionaires — even Kid Rock. But he's the Secretary of Health. So I asked him if he's met with a single one of the 15 million people he and Trump are kicking off their health care. Sounds like he hasn’t. youtu.be/v3-g-NfyLEk

A senior Iranian official says vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz will still be required to pay tolls to the IRGC

I don't think RFK Jr. is an expert on sanity

Pretty extraordinary that the U.S. is experiencing its worst March drought on record, worse even than the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s. Drought is the most dangerous threat of climate change.

War in Iran is far from over. Airlines are running out of jet fuel. And the GOP is stumbling into an important midterm season. So, who is Donald Trump making time for on his busy schedule? The 297 people most invested in $TRUMP, his meme coin.

Trump has now made 13 posts over the last hour declaring victory in Iran.

One detainee "reportedly remained in ‘the box’ directly exposed to the sun and heat for hours, with no water.” One immigration activist says it gets even worse than *that.* The latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/we-forget-...

There's no reason to believe anything Trump has posted today.

“We just defeated [Speaker Mike] Johnson’s efforts to sneak through a 5-year FISA authorization tonight,” Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said. “Now, they will have to fight in daylight.” trib.al/Ugw87Rt

Wowwwwwwww

Grotesque: In a dispute over a will, two brothers including a retired Alabama state trooper now working at a federal courthouse, appear to have gotten their mother-in-law arrested by ICE. Using the state to remove disfavored family members is the sort of thing that happens in totalitarian regimes.

young pope leo looks like a ska scene regular who goes by Upbeat but no one knows his real name

Exactly one year ago today:

Joe Kent’s wife, Shannon, was killed during a military mission in Syria. Donald Trump believes he remarried too soon. Trump has cheated on every one of his wives, including the one he dumped on the side of the golf course.

Voting on spy powers at 2am will definitely help with trust in the government!

Trump’s judicial nominees refuse to admit that he lost the 2020 election. Instead, they recite canned responses to Senate Democrats. I highlight a particularly egregious nominee, Justin D. Smith, & explain why Trump is desperate to stack the federal bench. youtu.be/vdE4tHp45J4?...

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"The Trump administration cut the agency deeply last year, leaving some forecasting offices short-staffed... “You’re missing data from the Four Corners region, the northern Plains, part of the central Plains, and that’s where the storms were developing,” he said..." www.nbcnews.com/weather/torn...

This is what Hegseth doesn’t want the media to cover.

Read that again. This Louisiana bill forces homeless people to choose between jail and "treatment"—and if they can't pay for the latter, they will be forced to perform unpaid labor. The historical precedents are clear: convict leasing, Black Codes, debtor's prison.

Next week is 10 years since we lost Prince. Since then, the community of Prince scholars has come together regularly for academic symposia on his legacy and works; you can watch for free this weekend if you'd like to join us online or in person at NYU. Just register here! iwonderu.polishedsolid.com

Obama once said the word “arugula” and the media flipped out

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

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

“They absolutely impounded. He just lied to America,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, told TPM in response to Vought’s remarks. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/he-just...

damn, dark as shit

In case the weather service is no longer properly staffed, pass this on.

Alexa is there any history for what happens when a government stops feeding their military

US budget friendly Spirit Airlines may no longer exist soon. It is at risk of being liquidated as soon as this week, with jet fuel prices increasingly being the final nail in the coffin for the bankrupt airline. - Bloomberg

what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

Wearing a penis costume to a No Kings rally is a 1st Amendment right. Alabama’s efforts to prosecute were firmly rejected today. www.al.com/news/2026/04...

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., slammed the new tax law for terminating a free alternative for tax filing and putting taxpayers at the mercy of “tax software giants who overcharge for a service that ought to be free.”