MS NOW: The Trump admin has been making taxpayer payouts to people connected to Trump world: $1.25 million for Carter Page $1.25 million for Michael Flynn $5 million to the estate of Ashli Babbitt Lawyers for Trump and the IRS are in talks to settle Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Republicans want to give ICE and Border Patrol up to $140 billion more (on top of the $170 billion that the GOP pumped into these agencies last year) to fund their concentration camps and militarized deployments to US cities. Tell your representative to vote NO on the reconciliation legislation.

I genuinely think some people do not want to look this in the eye/think about it because it is so awful. We wrote what I thought was a pretty eye-opening story about all this and I was surprised by the lack of engagement tbh

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

The GOP passing a reconciliation bill is far from a done deal: Multiple senators have already expressed concern about this strategy. If you've got a GOP senator, demand that they invest in our communities instead of shoveling more money to Trump's secret police. Call the Senate at 202.224.3121.

Republicans loved gerrymandering as long as their opponents were committed to fair maps. Now that Dems are responding in kind, conservatives aren’t having as much fun. But the only thing worse than constitutional hardball is unilateral constitutional hardball. (🎁) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

“To say that President Trump is corrupt is to somehow understate the size, scope and magnitude of his corruption. It is as if you were to describe a modern thermonuclear device as a ‘bomb.’ That is true enough, but it is not quite the truth. It does not capture the nature of the thing in full.”

From @jamellebouie.net This is the one to read and *share* today, fam [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/o...

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A reminder while Republicans bitch about Dems finishing the redistricting fight they started: they have full control of gov’t— they can pass a law banning gerrymandering any time they want. They won’t. Republicans aren’t mad gerrymandering exists; they’re mad that they’re not the only ones using it.

As Trump's war on Iran continues, reminder that his own son-in-law Jared Kushner — who is leading negotiations with Iran — stands to profit from lucrative contracts with its regional rivals. War gives dictators like Trump (and his family) more power and more wealth.

Two nights ago, Russia sent nearly 700 drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian civilians. In the fifth year of the war, aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians have become even more intense and more frequent. Please join me in this campaign for air defense equipment. You can help protect lives.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging

The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!

“'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...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The reason the administration so often does not act coherently is because it cannot,” Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner write “The world faces something new and baffling and frightening in Mr. Trump’s second term: a psychotic state.”

Remove. Him. From. Office.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Automatic draft registration: streamlined, efficient. Automatic voter registration: creeping deep state tyranny.

BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office

“Democrats should not withdraw this growing demand for Trump’s removal” bc 1) “Trump chickening out does not obligate the rest of us to unsee what we all saw.” 2) “it’s correct to insist on a debate over Trump’s fitness for office in light of everything that’s happened in the past month.”

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

I've now seen several posts from Democratic US Senators and House Reps calling for Congress to return to DC, and my only reaction to seeing these is: Do it. Just get on a plane and go back to DC. The House is in Recess, not adjourned. There was a pro forma session today. Go. Lead by example.

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

There is something you can do about all of this — make your plans for May 1. This country needs a united show of power, energy, and hope. indivisible.org/events/may-d...

If you think a Trump electoral false flag terror incident is impossible, keep in mind that Vance arrives in Hungary tomorrow — right in the middle of Orbán’s electoral false flag terror operation, which Vance will presumably endorse. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Impeachment is not some special exception from normal politics where you shouldn't say it unless you already have the votes in hand. You go out and plainly advocate what you think should be done, and attack those who refuse to do it, just like on anything else.

May Day is our chance to hit them where it hurts . . . in the wallet. 5/1-IUSC is joining to show nothing moves without our labor or our dollars. Plan ahead for a full blackout: No work. No school. No shopping. Keep your money in your pocket.  #mayday #indivisible #MaydayStrong #indivisibleupstatesc

This photo is fake. Many people have pointed it out in the replies but the person running this account just keeps hiding the replies. Block this account.

"After No Kings, Indivisible, one of the lead organizers of the "No Kings" protest, is pivoting to building support for...May Day Strong. The May Day Strong coalition is calling for "No Work, No School, No Shopping" on May 1st." reporting by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/no-kings-org...

TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History. NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊ #NO_KINGS

I feel like a lot of ppl are missing the big picture here with ICE in airports. (1/3) The President is freely moving federal law enforcement officers—who have shown a willingness to engage in violent behavior with no meaningful accountability—around the country to solve his political problems.

I have a simple bill to pay TSA agents while we negotiate ICE reforms – and Senate Republicans have blocked EVERY attempt to pass it. I’m headed to the Senate floor soon to try yet again. Are Senate Republicans too scared of Donald Trump to do the right thing and let TSA agents get paychecks?

Here is what you need to know about the SAVE Act: 1. It started as a stunt to protect Mike Johnson's speakership. 2. It has evolved into a massive voter suppression bill. 3. It won't pass. 4. When it fails Trump will escalate. 5. We will fight and win. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Airport lines are long for ONE reason: Republicans are demanding federal funding for TSA be tethered to funding for ICE. That’s it. Forcing Democrats to choose between more brutality and murder in the streets or lines at the airport. I’m ok waiting in line to keep our streets safe from ICE.

Democrats have offered to pay the salaries — fully fund, no conditions — for TSA. It’s Republicans who keep blocking that.

Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

I've been struggling with how to express my dismay at the war coverage by our top newsrooms, and how it dances around the central fact that Trump is deranged and unfit to command. I finally wrote something. Please read it. presswatchers.org/2026/03/the-...

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When the walls close in, authoritarians lash out.

Exactly.

Trump is setting the stage to claim extraordinary powers to take over the 2026 elections — from banning mail-in voting to imposing new obstacles to voter registration. All of this will be justified on the grounds of national security. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

. Damn … was hoping against hope D’s were waiting for some single moment — pre-planned, because they knew it was coming — when they would all stand and walk out *en masse*. Stupid of me to expect anything approaching this sort of unity and solidarity (and political/comms wisdom) from them …