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Today in Politics, Bulletin 391. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

A federal judge has slammed the brakes on President Donald Trump's massive compensation fund for allies who believe they were wrongly targeted by President Joe Biden's government.

The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

Absolutely nothing is stopping John Cornyn, Tillis, Murkowski, & Paul from caucusing immediately with Democrats & giving them control of the Senate. The same is true of Thomas Massie & any 2 retiring GOP Reps in the House. It is a choice to continue caucusing with the authoritarian personality cult.

The Trumps…

"Whatever one thinks of America’s war in Afghanistan, our allies have earned their place among us. If it weren’t for them, more American combat veterans would be buried in Arlington." From the archives:

The most prolific “fake news” outlet in America - where more lies, disinformation, false announcements, and things that never happened are spread daily, is the social media account of the president of the United States.

This is not cool. Yes labor is important. But you can’t misrepresent. McDuffie allies are lying about his endorsements. Not a single labor union has endorsed McDuffie. Union members are united behind Janeese Lewis George for DC Mayor including our affiliate @wtu www.dclabor.org/news/develop...

That much evidence and still only one conviction.

We’re getting there.

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is building an “Amazon for Guns” and his son, Don Jr. stands to benefit. Under your noses, the Trump Administration is quietly reshaping gun regulations. The goal? Creating “Amazon for Guns”—a one stop shop to mail guns to your doorsteps. My exclusive report:

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Could we just have a NO TRUMP day? No news about him, no posts. Make him irrelevant.

Amazon is preparing a potential reboot of President Donald Trump's signature former show, "The Apprentice," hosted by his son, Donald Trump Jr., according to a new report.

Hey Media. Help me understand this. When you interview politicians about last night, ask them this : Attacker at WHCD = Domestic Terororist Attackers At Capital Hill on Jan 6 = "Heros"

The Trump admin wants to test drinking water for abortion and birth control pills -- a “backdoor attempt to strip access to reproductive health care,” says Sen. Ron Wyden.

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden. This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years. But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

"BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster 16 years ago. It will be deeper than Deepwater Horizon, and in riskier waters... drilling 6 miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mt. Everest" www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/04/grou...

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

Read our statement on today’s executive order limiting vote by mail. #orpol

Hi from the Best Coast! Our coverage, via @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social and @shaanthx.bsky.social in Portland and Robin Linares in Salem, will start close to noon Pacific time. If you’re out in another Oregon city and want to share photos/updates, get in touch with editor @jmshumway.bsky.social.

Why do Republicans currently control the White House, Senate, and House? Did Democrats forget to do the fraud in 2024? Decide it wasn't worth it this time?

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If there is one thing I’ve learned is that if a project is struggling, adding a bunch of new trainees always helps, especially if they’re being paid and you’re not, and they’re the reason you’re not being paid

The $191 billion ICE slush fund came at expense of Medicaid, food assistance, and support for veterans. Republicans chose warrantless searches and brutality over compassion for American families. Remember in November! #FundDHSFreezeICE

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

The government can legally scoop up and read Americans' emails and texts, track everywhere they go, and feed huge amounts of data into AI without court oversight. Next month, Congress will have a chance to rein it all in. I'm leading a bipartisan bill to restore real privacy.

I've been trying to get the Treasury's hidden Epstein files turned over since 2023. Last night I tried again to get them disclosed and Republicans blocked my bill to do so.

SCOOP: An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. This surveillance can happen through all sorts of apps, such as video games, news apps, weather trackers, and dating apps.

There’s a movement to draft Barron Trump, but I think a campaign such as this would be more effective if it impacted someone Donald Trump knew personally.

Updated:

There are nearly 2,000 events on the No Kings Day map in all 50 states (and 10 countries). March 28 will be the largest protest in American history. Find your local event or plan a protest in your area: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Busy days ahead for our new Fraud Czar, JD Vance.

Tonight, I’ll be watching the People’s State of the Union with MoveOn and ⁦‪MeidasTouch‬⁩ — standing up for healthcare, affordability and decency. How about you? ✋ #SOTU

Let’s get them to 6 million. Please repost…@meidastouch.com

This Tuesday evening, we're joining allies to share the stories of working families impacted by this administration's disastrous economic policies and its attacks on our rights. Tune in to the People's State of the Union MoveOn.org/Live @moveon.org @meidastouch.com

A Black farming leader erupted Sunday to correct a Trump "lie," all while exposing a purported "all-white" meeting held by the president.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

This is catching on. There’s nothing Trump hates more than being ignored.

The President is lying to the public: 1) For the past century, the federal government has been responsible for the Potomac Interceptor – not Maryland. The sewage pipe is on federal land. youtu.be/OKyIKHW8ONI

This country is of the people, by the people, and for the people. It’s not for Convicted Felon Donald Trump & his cronies to grift their way to even more wealth. Join me & @joyannreid.bsky.social as we lead the charge to boycott the SOTU & instead highlight real people impacted by this Regime.

This is an insane story start to finish. $65k a year "AI school" heavily surveils students, generates nonsensical questions that "does more harm than good," scrapes from competitors. Stores hours of video of children insecurely. Lots more: www.404media.co/students-are...

We just filed argument is the case to prevent ICE agents from engaging in unlawful and unconstitutional behavior in Oregon. #orpol

The way President Donald Trump's immigration forces treated an ex-Marine who was detained in Minneapolis horrified his lawyer, a new report revealed.

with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.