I love a good road trip, but this is brutally out of touch: a Trump Cabinet member making a documentary about himself while regular families can’t afford road trips anymore, because Trump and his war put gas prices through the roof.

Murray: “Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate?” Dahl: Yes Murray: “And the rate for someone making $1,000,000? “ Dahl: 2.2% Murray: “So, a 12.4% tax for people making less than $184,000, but 2.2% for a millionaire or .0002% for billionaires.”

Tennessee Republicans did it. The final vote is in. They just gutted the only Black-majority district to lock in more Republican power. Black voters shut out, representation erased. Call it what it is, a white supremacy power grab. And a shameful day for Tennessee, the birth place of the KKK.

EXCLUSIVE: In 2022, a Georgia grand jury investigated Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 election. It heard from more than 60 witnesses. For years, the full record of what those witnesses said under oath has remained hidden from public view. Until now. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

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A federal judge on dropped the controversial conspiracy charges lodged against the four remaining members of the “Broadview Six,” a group of protesters who were indicted over a demonstration during the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation push last year. l.smartnews.com/p-7GgdY7nO/f...

Grand Theft Oil Futures Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

St. Clair, who amassed more than a million followers on X now alleges that many of Trump's top online cheerleaders are "mercenaries of the attention economy" coordinating with administration officials for paid promotional deals. l.smartnews.com/p-7G3zjeXC/h...

Democratic state Representatives Gloria Johnson and Gabby Salinas were both told to leave the Judiciary Committee meeting as lawmakers discussed the GOP’s new congressional map, which would eliminate Democratic Memphis area district and give Republicans a 9–0 majority l.smartnews.com/p-7FOTl8yI/w...

Captain James Wilson was serving as the 94th Precinct executive officer, the second highest-ranking position said: "He's a temporary, he's expendable, he's temporary, who's Mamdani?" he says on video. "He's total nonsense... he's an embarrassment and total nonsense l.smartnews.com/p-7FRnX20M/c...

The journalist who is being sued by Kash Patel and reportedly being investigated by the FBI is out with a new story. Is there a Pulitzer for being a fearless badass? If so, she should win it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Don't forget: my old Yale Law classmate Clarence Thomas refused to recuse from Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's involvement in the plot. And he's taken at least 100 gifts worth over $2 million while serving, including from GOP donor Harlan Crow. He's a disgrace to the Court.

This is the 82-year-old state senator the FBI just raided because she successfully redistricted Virginia to match racist Republican redistricting efforts. They targeted her because she's ruthless and effective. They don't want anyone else to play within their new rules.

If Lutnick is not asked about this when he testifies in Congress today, it would be profound negligence. Here’s proof that he lied about his relationship with Epstein and had deeper financial ties with the sex criminal than he admitted. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How dare you point out that Sam Alito is a partisan hack! "Once again, the Supreme Court’s conservatives put their thumbs on the scale for Republicans. And once again, they’re very mad that people noticed."

A former model and real estate entrepreneur who publicly accused billionaire Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse has been reported missing in New York after family members lost contact with her nearly two weeks ago. l.smartnews.com/p-7FpXCTss/2...

🚨🚨 A new report from The New York Times reveals FDA officials blocked publication of taxpayer-funded studies showing COVID-19 and shingles vaccines are SAFE, with serious side effects extremely rare. Health experts are calling this an act of censorship. Calls for investigations are already growing.

RED FLAG: The Trump Justice Department has demanded the identities of every worker who staffed the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, according to court records. The demand targets employees of Fulton County elections as well as volunteer poll workers, who likely numbered in the thousands.

The Roberts-Alito court has ensured that Dred Scott and the Confederacy are reborn. l.smartnews.com/p-7F3UsXZu/2...

Trump’s escalation just backfired. Iran has now struck a major UAE oil port, along with hitting multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Now? No ships are moving. A critical oil hub is burning. And we are waiting to see if full hostilities resume.

“While the sycophants surrounding Trump may be paddling as hard as they can to justify… his reckless agenda, new polling shows that most Americans are not only not buying the lies, they are bloody tired of the damage he’s causing.” www.americaamerica.news/p/struggling...

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

But I was promised 50% off energy prices within a year…

NEW: I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X. Sebastian Gorka accused our reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery.” Here’s how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the US counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.

The day before SCOTUS eviscerated what remained of the Voting Rights Act, the six Republican justices celebrated by attending Trump’s state dinner for King Charles — in what is almost certainly the first state dinner ever with a strictly partisan guest list.

David Sacks, Donald Trump’s former crypto and AI czar, has held only one consistent principle throughout his career: a ruthless devotion to self-interest, George Packer writes. How did the investor and his allies in Silicon Valley capture Washington?

Goddamn, Aziz Ansari took belt to ass last night on Kash Patel. I’m not even kidding when I say this might be the actual tipping point in Trump firing him.

Exactly 6 months til midterm elections. New Washington post poll shows Trump numbers plunging to new depths On all issues

A few words on legacy media. Conference on World Affairs University of Colorado Boulder April 15th, 2026

NEWS: MAGA influencer Craig Long has been arrested in a human trafficking and prostitution sting in Florida, along with Ryan Yates, a Trump supporter who pleaded guilty in Feb 2024 for his involvement in January 6. Long posted this photo with Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. just a few weeks ago.

The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't. This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop. I have no intention of letting this stand.

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Organizers are calling for “no school, no work, no shopping” with walkouts, marches, block parties and other gatherings planned into the evening. l.smartnews.com/p-7DIBVdq8/l...

In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

The Senate inched forward with its plans to confirm US attorney nominees who have no prosecutorial experience and who have fueled lies about the 2020 presidential election being stolen, raising concerns that they’ve been tapped to go after Trump’s political enemies. l.smartnews.com/p-7DyKj2DK/e...

Trumpy Fox News host Jesse Watters had to be escorted away from Queen Camilla after breaching protocol with a joke about gun violence before a grand state dinner at the White House. l.smartnews.com/p-7DkSYH4c/C...

REP. ADAM SMITH: We roll out red carpet for Putin, we belittle and insult President Zelenskyy in White House — he has no cards, right? Well, year after that, it looks like Zelenskyy had couple of cards to play because Ukraine is actually winning against Russia.

Whitehouse filets Zeldin: "You even set up a special polluter email address that give polluters a drive-up window for exemptions from the Clean Air Act"

🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

CROW: Does Mr. Parlatore represent foreign governments or persons in his private law practice? HEGSETH: I don't know CROW: You don't know? Somebody who is sitting in your meetings as a special adviser -- you don't know?

Sen. Mark Kelly tells Scott MacFarlane that Pete Hegseth is a uniquely unqualified individual: In our country’s history, we have not had a less qualified secretary of defense…

Guess DOJ has to indict Bezos next

AOC reads to Zeldin internal emails she obtained from the EPA about a meeting he had with the Bayer CEO on glyphosate, and asks him, "Do you understand the conflict of interest that is before the American people right now?"

"Enemy from within." "Communists, Marxists, fascists, radical left thugs, vermin." "Garbage" Somalis, "low IQ people." "She's an evil, sick, crazy, b..." Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump?? Zeteo put together this Trump montage:

The Trump DOJ lied about the SPLC's role in Charlottesville. Using informant-provided info, the SPLC handed the FBI a 45-page "Event Alert," including names, photos, associates and criminal histories of the rallygoers—and their "weapons of choice," per a new filing. Background buff.ly/AwMBRNa

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights organization, has asked a federal court to silence acting Attorney General Todd Blanche after he allegedly made false statements on Fox News. l.smartnews.com/p-7CCyaFGg/k...

BREAKING: A Manhattan judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, the former federal prosecutor who accused the Trump admin of firing her last year for political reasons, may proceed with her lawsuit in federal court — over the government's objection.

AOC says we shouldn’t be using taxpayer money to build Trump’s ornate castle/ballroom while people are struggling to pay for healthcare and rent.

🚨BREAKING: A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...