I just finished writing my reflections on tonight's big win in Virginia. I've been fighting this fight for ten years, including three cases in SCOTUS. Tonight we won a big one at the ballot box. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

MAGAs lie when they claim they just want "legal immigration." No—they want to ban all non-white immigration. Trump is planning to force Afghans who risked their lives to aid US forces against the Taliban to either live under the Taliban where they'll be executed, or go to the Congo. Beyond absurd.

The victory in Virginia tonight reminds us that the people will defend democracy. Virginians who care about fairness didn’t just win an election – they have stopped Trump’s attempt to steal the 2026 midterms. A message to the White House: We will fight everywhere. And win.

Trump just issued a last-minute warning to Virginians that if they vote YES on the redistricting referendum tomorrow, he will lose power: “If the Democrats get additional seats, they’re going to be making changes at the federal level.”

Republicans are finding out how Americans really feel about their authoritarian tactics. It’s a good day.

Going after the ppl who are going after hate groups seems kinda Faschy #SPLC

Going after the people going after Hate Groups is pretty fucking #fascist, don’t ya think?? #SPLC

The Justice Dept’s theory of the case— that the group that single-handedly disassembled the Ku Klux Klan defrauded its donors by concealing that it was using paid informant to do that work and more— has about as much merit as the now-dismissed charges against Jim Comey.

Did Kash Patel read his own lawsuit? When asked why he was locked out of his computer — as The Atlantic reported and Patel *admitted* in his lawsuit — Patel denied it happened: "I was never locked out of my systems," he just claimed. What his lawsuit says: buff.ly/JTRuZKf

Warsh claimed that the Wall Street Journal had bad sources. Their source was Donald Trump himself. Either Trump lied to the Journal or Warsh just committed perjury.

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Not the worst part of this, but telling detail, if true. "Once the men were on the patrol boat, the US personnel boarded the fishing boat and stole the crew’s food and the beer, Palacios said." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I am begging every Senate Democrat to vote against confirmation of this clown. Take a stand. Don't try to triangulate. This is an easy call.

Omg lollllllll

This guy gets it www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

#NameHim #MeToo www.namehim.io

Ka$h is suing the Atlantic over the allegations that he's a reckless, incompetent, 🍸🥃hound, which he denies, while giving the original claims a Streisand effect 🚀 ride.

Lovely. This is definitely a good sign.

Imagine if this guy showed up at your front door and said, “I’m here to collect all of your personal information and while I’m doing that I’m going to clear up some misconceptions about the Nazis.”

"And now, it does seem that even our allies are looking at going forward in the future without America. And that's a place that hasn't existed within living memory of the United States." @rickstengel.bsky.social and @johnavlon.bsky.social discuss America's self-inflicted drift into isolation.

One could liken this to Kissinger's "madman" theory of statecraft, except with an actual madman.

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

DOJ seeks to vacate insurrectionists’ convictions, while going after a former CIA Director: If Trump can make convictions disappear for allies while prosecuting critics, the damage isn’t just theoretical. Once that line is crossed, it doesn’t easily uncross itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

These agents "don't know how to operate in these situations,” said former DOJ attorney Christy Lopez. Their behavior “is on par with the worst protest policing and just law enforcement that I've seen from any department, even in their worst days." With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

Cultivating #Courage to Defeat #Fascism:

What it looks like when Leaders aren’t Predators and Sociopaths.

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad

So-called problem of ideological diversity of faculty at elite universities is 100% fault of Republicans completely rejecting science & education, thus having few qualified & interested to be faculty at elite universities. Media & Political Elite blaming elite universities of bias is insane.

CHRIS MURPHY: What does it mean to 'end a civilization'? MIKE WALTZ: It was some tough talk. They clearly got the message MURPHY: I guess it's an open question as to whether we should try to pursue our aims by threatening another nation with mass civilian casualties

The old media regime dominated by TV and newspapers has perished, and the social media "revolution" has demonstrated its inability to fill the void left behind...now is the time for serious folks to be imagining the shape of what might come next.

Banality of evil.

IMPORTANT: Under federal law, it's very hard, at times near-impossible, to sue federal law enforcement officers for civil rights violations. But legal theorists have said for decades that there is a possible way to sue under state law instead. This is a VERY big test case.

Two Trump appointees on the D.C. Circuit panel blocked Boasberg from even INVESTIGATING contempt of court related to the March 2025 flights to El Salvador. The dissent: "Without the contempt power, the rule of law is an illusion, a theory that stands upon shifting sands." Opinions buff.ly/4kr3ALC

The very conservative Rod Drehrer, who attended the Catholic baptism of JD Vance: “Not saying Trump is the Antichrist. But he’s radiating the spirit of Antichrist, no question.”

Irony. Dead. Etc.

(Also: It looks like he’s trying to raise Jeffery #Epstein from the Dead.) #Creepy #JesusTrump

So JD Vance was given two high-profile tasks for the Trump administration -- boost Orban's chances at re-election in Hungary and help strike a settlement in Iran -- and he appears to have failed horribly at both. I'm sure the NYT will be all over that.

Four women “One member of Swalwell’s staff said they quit immediately after receiving CNN’s detailed list of questions about the allegations.” www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/u...

wtf, CNN?!?

Zampolli, the dude who allegedly introduced Melania to Trump in 1998.

Trump is done. He needs to be removed from office. He’s compromised, unwell, and unfit. Call your Republican reps and tell them it’s time. He’s an albatross. Cut him loose.

"It was not clear why she chose to speak out now. ... "She turned on her stiletto heels and stalked out as the dazed reporters started shouting after her: 'Why now!? Why now!?'"

I was pleased to learn that Melania agrees

Trump wasn't given a heads-up about Melania's public announcement on Epstein. Trump distracted the nation for 6 weeks w/ a disastrous, unwinnable war in Iran. MAGA is breaking over it & failed promises. So, Melania decides to bring it back in focus by distancing herself from Epstein. Love it.

I mean that makes sense the jet is already set to “evil”

Donald Trump is unfit to serve as the leader of the free world. That's why I have cosponsored H. Res. 939 Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office.

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

It’s not fair to the citizens of this country to be forced to go through this nonsense. #Impeach the #Motherfucker already. #25thAmendment