MADELEINE DEAN: Why did you lie to the New York Post about your relationship with Epstein? LUTNICK: The House Oversight Committee and I agreed-- DEAN: Reclaiming my time. I do not accept that answer. We are our own committee. You're dodging the question. The coverup continues.

The media response to fascism shouldn't be giggles, cocktails, and hors d'oeuvres. If you care about functional journalism and the truth, the response should be active, outward revulsion and hostility. You don't share a cocktail with fascism, you destroy it. Else there is no journalism.

attendance of this in-group circle jerk would likely be less of an issue if the corporate press hadn't been such an abject failure during America's descent into authoritarianism but such as it is it's just a gargantuan sundae of embarrassment, defended and attended by feckless clods

over at the newsletter I wrote about the White House Correspondents Association dinner, and the pitiful complicity of our broken brunchlord access press

Damn

WATCH — @pabloreports.bsky.social : “Who do you think Trump should fire next?” 🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “Is he out of women? Trump only seems to have the capability to fire female secretaries. If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct.”

PHIL WILLIAMS: “Lots of people are lying about the SPLC indictment.” www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/the-splc-i...

“They said we will separate your head from your shoulders” Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil spoke about threats from Israel before they ultimately just killed her, then bombed rescuers. The timeline of her murder: today.lorientlejour.com/article/1504...

The Epstein crisis is escalating. Reports say Ghislaine Maxwell may be seeking a pardon as lawmakers demand answers from the DOJ over missing files and unanswered subpoenas. This isn't going away.

I realize this is a feature not a bug for the right wing but Brand's MAGA pivot was so disgustingly predictable the second he faced the possibility of consequences for being a sexual predator every time someone goes right like that you can be sure allegations have either surfaced or are about to

Ex-federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner made an excellent point about the SPLC’s indictment. It’s so detailed that neo-Nazis and the Klan probably already know who the informants are. Most likely, Trump DOJ already put them in danger. www.allrisenews.com/p/splc-charg...

ICYMI – Trump campaigned on peace and said Kamala would get us into WW3. Then he attacked Iran and threatened them with mass destruction.🤔

I have legit lost my voice from doing an Alex Jones impression once an hour or so for the last three days. Nobody hates this man more than his own larynx.

please continue injecting this shit into my veins after literal decades of “suck it losers” preening from republicans every time they get called out for horribly gerrymandered bullshit the shoe is on the other foot and I simply cannot get enough you want to end this? unfuck your own districts too

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

absolute fucking clown shit

"As is so often the case with commentary about the emergency docket, the Court’s defenders make arguments that sound outwardly reasonable, but that depend entirely on cherry-picking their examples and ignoring the counterexamples." Me on the barrage of commentary attacking the Times' #SCOTUS scoop:

The Republican men who pretend to care about women’s sports standing in front of the actual athletes really sums their whole charade up perfectly

By the DOJ's own account, the SPLC's informant program was cheap and effective. For a fraction of their annual budget, SPLC penetrated the nation's worst hate groups and published their secrets with info from their turncoats. The DOJ's case assumes donors felt defrauded by this. buff.ly/cwTnYg6

The president's son, who was never involved in this industry before his father became president, should not be getting contracts from the Pentagon. This is absurd corruption that Republicans in congress will say nothing about and do no oversight. bsky.app/profile/atru...

This is expert trolling from Jamie Raskin. If Republicans are suddenly angry about losing in the gerrymandering wars, then they're welcome to join him and Dems in passing bans on gerrymandering in the next Congress, he tells me: newrepublic.com/article/2093...

Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract

I was shocked to learn in Tennessee that Nashville's single Democratic Congressman was gerrymandered out of a seat, leaving the city divided into several half-urban, half-rural constituencies and with no real representation at all. That was years ago, and I didn't hear any Republicans object.

ICYMI, new piece from me:

The Epstein Files mess is again menacing Trump Admin today Just filed ===> open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell would be a great way to convince the entire world that he is indeed a pedophile.

"The indictment is a grotesque attempt to recast white people as real victims of racism. In the DOJ’s telling, advocates who spent decades dismantling the Klan are its secret benefactors, 'enriching' themselves by secretly creating racism — something in such short supply it can only be generated."

Anyone who goes and pretends that Trump isn't currently waging a war on the free press should be ashamed of themselves and should find a new field. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

He is bankrupting our country, just like all his other ventures

AOC represents EVERY WOMAN in America right now who is sick and tired of misogyny & misinformation. She represents us and the rage we feel.

Despite all the criticism, the Jeff Bezos-led Washington Post is still tackling the big issues… 🙃 www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

James Comer is under fire after a memo revealed Republicans are shifting away from traditional hearings on the Epstein Files. Instead of formal proceedings, the committee is moving to “roundtables”—informal sessions with no authority. Witnesses are not even required to be under oath.

Dr. Vin Gupta warns a new American Lung Association report shows over half of U.S. children live with poor air quality. Nearly 150 million Americans are affected—and experts say it could get worse. Especially when we have a non-functioning EPA.

This is your periodic reminder that Democrats introduced legislation in 2021 to ban gerrymandering nationwide and every republican voted against it except two who were absent.

Sweet Jesus. The taxpayers just gifted $1.25M to this asshole. KBJ was right when she said the Oval Office would become the seat of criminality in America if Roberts granted Trump immunity.

JUST IN: Source says Trump admin agrees to pay $1.25M to energy consultant Carter Page over FISA surveillance of him during/after 2016 Trump campaign, which he briefly advised. Page's legal fight at #SCOTUS may continue v. ex-officials. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Looking forward to stopping by @colbertlateshow.bsky.social one last time. Tune in tonight!

A prolonged fossil fuel crunch just might, at this moment, be *the* exogenous shock necessary for a rapid global transition to clean energy adoption, but also it's going to be a brutally miserable experience for the world's poorest.

BREAKING: Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is OUT — effective immediately, according to the Pentagon.

BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated? RFK Jr: I don't know the exact number BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy RFK Jr: *death growls* BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?

May I have the strength to be as furious and as totally irrational as @bencollins.bsky.social forever Here he is, in conversation with a colleague and friend @lindseyadler.bsky.social at @flaminghydra.com, on the topic of buying INFOWARS flaminghydra.com/issue-548/

New: Kash Patel's FBI launched an unnecessary raid on the home of a former Capitol Police officer, based on Jan. 6 conspiracy theories from right-wing media outlet The Blaze.

The Trump administration is removing protections for over 59 million acres of the National Forest System, opening untouched land to logging.

Back in September, I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drones. Now that they are regularly and accurately striking Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, I think it's worth reading again, for those who missed it. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

NEW: Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) asks Justice Dept if/how Ghislaine Maxwell is pressing Trump Admin for a pardon

Don’t start none; won’t be none It’s Wednesday. There are 195 days until the midterm elections. DOJ goes KKK, Trump’s numbers hit the Dubya mark and V is for Victory (and Virginia).

Private credit is the bit of finance that’s not banks and not public bond markets, but is now big enough to matter for everyone else. Translation: a lot of business lending migrated somewhere less visible.

This is Fitz and June. Fitz just got here and thinks this place is pretty great. June was here first and thinks it's time to return Fitz. 13/10 for both (TT: muester)

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals AFFIRMS dismissal of rightwing lawsuit challenging election administration practices in several Arizona counties. Another big win for the ELG team and our clients! www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...