Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

At least 88 large U.S. corporations avoided federal income taxes in 2025 thanks to Trump, who believes lower corporate taxes mean more jobs and higher wages. The problem is, job growth and wages are barely moving, because trickle-down economics doesn’t work.

From Axios Des Moines' newsletter today:

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

I mean there’s absolutely no occasions in history when an Army‘s ability to fight has been destroyed by an outbreak of infectious disease. Oh no siree, Absolutely none….

Most prison labor is done by incarcerated people. But we receive little preparation for jobs inside or jobs after release.

the glass ceiling on evil has been broken! #girlpower

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

Fans are begging the New York Yankees: Stop the ‘incessant’ stadium sounds

what the fuck

Deere still sponsoring.

Would be interested to know where?! I saw golf ball at most.

NWS Alert> Potential Tornado Over Wapsipinicon Golf Course or Near Independence Moving E At 35 MPH. Large Hail. Weather Spotters Reported A Funnel Cloud. This Possible Tornado will Be Near Independence, Winthrop, Wapsipinicon Golf Cours... #iawx Details

The Trump administration fired four Justice Department prosecutors involved in cases against anti-abortion activists, the latest wave of terminations of employees involved in cases criticized by conservatives or because they were perceived as insufficiently loyal to President Trump’s agenda.

Hail in Waterloo, Iowa, 4-14-26 #iawx

Truth is, Orbán is just the latest in long list of authoritarians to be defeated by anti-corruption politics. A Democratic landslide is possible if they can credibly take up the anti-corruption mantle. But that can’t happen if voters see them as corrupt and beholden to wealthy donors.

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

WaPo website replaced search with AI and it's going great

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

It took 20 years to lose in Afghanistan, about ten years to lose in Vietnam, and two and a half years to lose the War of 1812, but Trump managed to get utterly dog-walked in a mere six weeks.

"The first endocrinologist I approached wouldn’t see me for a year. The second wouldn’t see me at all; he was refusing all new patients," writes Neil Steinberg of an increasingly common challenge for Americans: getting timely access to health care.

Just a friendly reminder that your desire to have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder is valid. Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

Yesterday, our members in New York, D.C., Chicago and across the country walked out to demand a fair contract. We deserve job security. We deserve to know AI won’t be used to replace us. We know that @propublica.org can and must do better.

BREAKING: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says negotiations with the US cannot begin until two key conditions are met: the implementation of a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of frozen Iranian assets. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/5tofl7

Wow 🥺 The Iranian national soccer team players with tiny backpacks as tribute to honor the children and teachers killed at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran ❤️‍🩹

"sex doesn't belong in YA books" Listen, I learned more about birth control, menstruation, and how to get and give consent to different acts from Tamora Pierce books than I did from my school. There's a huge difference between smut and showing teens what healthy sexuality is.

Two proposals—one in California, one in Congress—could finally tax the ultra-rich. Conor Lynch writes, the alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.

Not to go full Rob Sand, but you literally have an elected official for exactly this job and went out of your way to kneecap his office doing it effectively

Iran claims responsibility for downing two US warplanes, as search under way for missing crewmember.

Letter writer from Decorah doing a better job than most mainstream journalists.

Get Geno outta here. Embarrassing to do this down 14 points.

With alt text, too good not to be accessible by all.

Amazon lost their appeal to the union election at JFK8 in Staten Island after dragging it out for over nearly 4 years. A bargaining order was issued yesterday

Hegseth's military purges are what I call "ethics cleansing." He's getting rid of people who might not support his war crimes agenda and might think twice if he orders American troops to attack the American people.

Bye-bye Bondi

"Her success as a king was so bold and audaciously innovative that it simply had to be erased from history, lest it inspire other women." www.npr.org/sections/the...

On #FarmWorkersDay the UFW continues to focus on the men and women farm workers who put food on our table every single day. Their fight is not just a history lesson. It is a present day struggle for justice supported by people all over the nation. 1/

We all showed up in the streets and gathered in community yesterday to show how disgusted we are with this admin. With over 8 million protestors and 3,000 events across the country, No Kings was a success but that doesn't mean the work is over.

No Kings in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Alaska!

No Kings Waterloo Iowa

BREAKING: Steve Bannon just confessed what ICE is really doing in the airports - Training for election season.

Sbux turnaround “really hinges on this barista-customer connection, increasing in-store efficiency, reducing drink order complexities & improving partner support,” Patel said. “These are all things that actually the union baristas are asking for as well.” 🤷 www.restaurantdive.com/news/starbuc...