Welcome to the “second as farce” edition of the Reichstag Fire.

"When so many officials gather in one place for official functions … the secretary of homeland security typically puts Secret Service in charge of coordinating all security through a formal designation known as a 'National Special Security Event.' "There was no such designation on Saturday night …"

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

This is a good time to re-read the decision in Carroll v. Trump.

Norah O'Donnell's "Oh, so you think he's referring to you?" to Donald Trump's "I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody" ranks with Dan Rather's "No, sir, Mr. President. Are you?" to Richard Nixon's "Are you running for something?" as the best reporter's retort of all time.

Has anyone asked Kash Patel why he thinks the would-be shooter at the WHCD was gonna spare only him

Thank you Donald Trump 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

🚨BREAKING: Virginia court REJECTS Republican lawsuit in challenging the legislature’s authority to alter the 2021 congressional map. A HUGE victory for our client the DCCC and the voters of Virginia. Another defeat for the GOP. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...

Absolutely terrible framing of this question. Heated rhetoric? Does she read Trump’s Truth Social posts?

BASH: You and your fellow Democrats have used some heated rhetoric against the president. Do you think twice about that when something like that happens? RASKIN: What rhetoric do you have in mind? BASH: That he's terrible for this country and so on and so forth

Trump is on a low IQ rant today which means he’s feeling insecure about his intelligence because it’s always projection with Trump

What is this just out of curiosity

Breaking news: The Trump administration provided a lower level of security for the White House correspondents’ dinner than it has for other gatherings of high-ranking officials, according to officials familiar with the plan.

I posted this on the other website, and many people got very upset. My response:

It should go without saying that, just because some bad people want to criminally do harm to other bad people, that does not mean that any of the bad people are not, in fact, bad people.

And then O’Donnell said, “Mr. President, Those were the shooter’s words. Do you think he was talking to you?” Yeah. Trump was thunderstruck! #Voices4Victory #DV1 #Pinks #SheShed #wtpBLUE

O'DONNELL: In his manifesto, he wrote that 'I'm no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, & traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.' TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from a sick person. You should be ashamed of yourself, reading that. You're a disgrace.

Left: Erika Kirk, "Europe has surrendered itself to third world criminals. Under Biden we on track for that ourselves, but President Trump came in and course corrected" Right: Erika Kirk, "I just want to go home" after a gunman fired shots at the White House Correspondents Dinner attended by Trump

Chornobyl liquidators saved Europe at the cost of their own lives. Today, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of Moldova Maia Sandu honored their sacrifice. Eternal memory to the heroes.

The tone of this article is really weird. The guy bought two guns, a shotgun eight months ago and a pistol two years ago, and they make it sound like an American buying two guns over two years is inherently suspicious or evidence he planned it for a long time. They also call it an “arsenal.”

Shots fired, the Secret Service rushes in, and they let Trump continue to sit there? And now they’re going to resume the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and Trump still plans to deliver a speech? I’m not saying this was staged to boost Trump’s tanking approval numbers, but it looks odd.

“It’s inconceivable to me that law enforcement would recommend the program continue.” Andy McCabe on CNN.

If they continue that WHCD and Felon Trump still speaks on that open stage after Secret Service shot and killed someone in the hotel lobby, there is something seriously wrong with these people.

Shooter is in a Schrödinger News Box where he is confirmed dead and in custody at same time.

GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. represents New Jersey’s most competitive district this November — but nobody, even his GOP colleagues, can say where he’s been for the past month. Kean’s team says he’s facing unspecified health issues. He hasn’t voted since March 5th and has missed almost 50 roll call votes.

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

AOC: In some ways, you kind of want this guy on a golf course more than you want him in the Oval Office. But that also calls into question the 25th Amendment, because if the determination is that Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room, then he's not fit to be president.

Donald says we would have won the Vietnam War if he'd been president. Maybe he should have just served.

As I have been saying for a while this is going to happen and we need to start talking about it and pushing for it. We have to MAKE it happen If we take the defeatist approach that some Dems take—that he'll just magically disappear, or that we can just wait until Jan. 2029, ... (1/3)

"[Impeachment] is how you hold executive officials to account. This is what the Framers gave us to deal with a president who is failing at his job, not just because he's incompetent—which he is, not just because he's crazy—because he is, but because fundamentally he's a criminal who defies the law."

I've seen a lot of references online to a "J. Edgar Boozer" and although I'm not saying anyone in particular deserves that appellation, I do think it would be the perfect name for someone serving as head of the Federal Bureau of Intoxication, if there were such a thing, which I'm not saying there is

FBI began investigating @nytimes.com reporter Elizabeth Williamson after she wrote about Patel using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with security and transportation. DOJ officials were concerned it was retaliation and found no legal basis to proceed. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

⚠️ It could take six months AFTER the Iran War ends to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz, per Pentagon. This timeline means the war’s economic impact could extend late into this year and beyond. Reporting by WaPo:

I get the funny feeling the Supreme Court is not eager to take up President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx...

BIPARTISAN FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS OFFICIALS CONDEMN RETALIATORY PROSECUTION OF SPLC @democracydefendersfund.org statement 👇🏼

Elizabeth Williamson once wrote about me, and I can attest she's a skilled, thorough, and honest reporter. If you're in the public eye, you should expect journalists to write about you—especially if you hold public office. Kash Patel is pure garbage, even when he's sober.

Does this mean Donald Trump sucks? Because it kinda looks like he sucks.

Exclusive: new research from the National Women’s Defense League and shared first with The 19th, has tracked 30 allegations of workplace sexual misconduct against members of Congress made since 2006 — a number the report’s authors say is likely 3-4x higher in reality 19thnews.org/2026/04/sexu...

The verdict of a prominent conservative website and magazine: "A 79-year-old man who has long dealt in chaos is now being consumed by that chaos. His episodes are becoming more frequent, his good days further apart. What he has lost is not a sense of decency or decorum—he never had those...

... but any remaining sense of self-control. "Everyone around him can see it. Yet, whether from ambition, cowardice, or weary acceptance, they keep looking for ways to rationalize his behavior. The tragedy is no longer Trump’s. It is now America’s."

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

@marcelias.bsky.social, the great Democratic legal fighter for democracy, on me: "We need more people like this guy in Congress…This guy's a fighter. And he's not just saying he's a fighter, he's got the receipts, because he has gone toe-to-toe with Donald Trump and the Republicans for years now...

"If you're looking for a Democrat who is going to fight Donald Trump and stand up for the Democratic Party, and from the fight wing of the Democratic Party, which I'm proudly from, you've gotta support this guy, George Conway."

On the pod, @gtconway.bsky.social lays out accountability agenda if Dems win House: *Impeach Trump and top officials *Criminal referrals to DOJ *25th Amendment commission *Fix Impoundment Act *Codify DOJ independence There's much more here. It's a good discussion: newrepublic.com/article/2091...