CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

"An ICE takedown caught on camera left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled by agents. Once they figured out they had made a mistake, they dropped him off at a park, bloody and bruised..." www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d...

🔥 HAYES: “You get the pattern here, right? One after another… so there’s no Black members of Congress left in the states of the old Confederacy. They want a New Jim Crow, now they have a blessing from the Supreme Court.” #Tennessee #Memphis @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

“They hate you and they hate me” We noticed Republican Senator Adam Lowe turned off comments on this post attacking @tnsenatedems.bsky.social — in full cope mode to convince himself he’s not racist after stripping majority Black Memphis of representation. www.facebook.com/share/p/1bFM...

'To Hell With You, White Republican Christians, A Letter From a Former Pastor.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...

“It’s an absurd situation. They’re just straight-up lying about not knowing Memphis is majority Black… They know exactly what they’re doing.” Kanew on the racist lie at the core of the Republican push to strip Memphis of representation.

Trump's SCOTUS just weakened the Voting Rights Act, effectively undoing the work of MLK, John Lewis and so many others. The VRA has has guaranteed minority voters the right to elect the representatives of their choice for generations. Representation is power—that's what they want to take away.

The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.

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Motive?

The sooner the better. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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April 11, 2026

How about journalists who care about the First Amendment refuse to attend this dinner. Instead of be used as a prop by Trump, speak out. If legacy media wants to know why it is in such rapid decline and not trusted, empty gesture like this is why.

The Hungarian election is hugely important in its own right and a litmus test for the billionaire fascism that the American Right has imported. This would be a great briefing for reporters and all of us to have!

ICE agents came to a military base and grabbed the newlywed wife of a soldier who's about to deploy. The wife came to the U.S. as a toddler. She has no criminal record. None of this is how it used to work. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

The golden age of corporate profits (see also: corruption)

Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'. The wealth amassed by Orban's inner circle is fuelling the increasingly palpable frustration of a population grappling with sluggish growth, high inflation and worsening public services u.afp.com/SbRo

U.S. allies in Europe continue to refuse President Trump’s demands for help in the war with Iran. Listen to "The Daily."

No Kings. Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org #NoKings

The alarming fact is that we’re not even close to the bottom with this madman.

His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly.

Brendan Carr is threatening the media to cover the war the way the Trump regime wants. It’s one of the most anti-American messages ever posted by a government official. 1/

“Can you comment on the report 🇺🇸 bombed the girls school?” HEGSETH: “The command investigation will take as long as necessary.” 🤔 (Translation: we did it)

Saying that you -must- be grateful is what domestic abusers and Russian prison guards do. You must take the violence and say you like it. It is a mark of fascism.

You can have the best armed forces in the history of the world, but if you are an incompetent criminal without a plan, you can still lose a war, and rather quickly.

"This name change is not just about renaming, it's about restoring... We're going to go on offence, not just on defense. Maximum lethality, not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct," says the dipshit formerly known as the Secretary of Defense.

American democracy began in 1965. It will end in 2026 when the Roberts Court overturns the Voting Rights Act.

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

The American people now see Trump for who he is — a would-be dictator who does not care what Americans think or want, cares nothing about our Constitution or our laws, and sees himself as a kind of eighteenth-century king, with unlimited power to drag us into wars without the consent of the people.

My full statement on Trump’s attack on Iran.

Nailed it

In tonight's speech, the president did what he does best: celebrate himself. But if anyone was looking for leadership focused on easing their current economic pain, he made clear that they'll need to look elsewhere.

Nick Shirley: “30 voters registered at a California UPS store!” 🤔 Paul Mitchell: um, people live above it. Look up, bro. 🙃 As usual this dude’s *reporting* is full of holes

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"If there is justice in the world, the photograph of Bondi looking straight ahead as a row of women raises their hands behind her will haunt her for the rest of her career." www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal. More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.

Another great speech from Berit on Weds night. If you’re an American living abroad in Norway please join DAN and join the fight! ✊ www.democratsabroad.org/no

GEORGIA — @ossoff.senate.gov : “This is a SEISMIC event. This should have people across 🇺🇸 absolutely shook. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office… this is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

Tusen takk til Dagsavisen for covering @demsabroadnorway.bsky.social ‘s candlelight vigil to remember the victims of ICE last night. #AbolishICE #OsloRemembers

Tusen takk til NRK for covering the candlelight vigil last night honoring Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and others. @ericagibson.bsky.social explained why it’s important that we show up from so far away to support Americans. #AbolishICE

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

The NY Times concludes that the ICE agent who shot Renee Good was NOT hit by her car “the visual evidence shows no indication that..Jonathan Ross, had been run over..It also establishes-millisecond by millisecond-how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place”

Exactly one year ago I went to Copenhagen. I wrote about the fallout from Trump's first phone call with the Danish prime minister. Danes have been preparing for this crisis for a year. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Trump sent ICE to make America bow, but we kneel to #NoKings. Join us nationwide on January 20 to WALK OUT on fascism and demand #ICEOUTforGood: bit.ly/findawalkout

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand