I didn't get to protest because there was a wedding today. Here's me looking cute but also thinking we don't need a fucking king.

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics. The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

fun fact: if you can’t beat 33-year old “Zohran Mamdani” on first-round primary votes Donald Trump is going to eat you alive. these people have been wrong about everything and it’s brought our country to the brink of ruin. time for someone else to lead the fight

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

So the conservative justices who had a meltdown over their "privacy" being violated by Dobbs protests in front of their homes are cool with Musk's Doge minions rampaging through the personal data of EVERY American. Cool. Cool. Double standard. So awesome.

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

It isn’t corruption for government officials to receive gifts worth hundreds of millions if you can’t point to a favor they did before receiving the gift is an incredible take. An incredibly bad one.

The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

“.. Carney didn’t need to shout. .. He lined up the free world—Japan, the EU, Canada in lockstep—and showed Trump the cliff’s edge. .. “.. Little triggers and strategies you get when the world’s most respected economist is your PM.” @deanblundell.bsky.social 🇨🇦 open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...

We should, however, panic when taking all the data points in together.

If he were any further behind the news cycle, he'd be posting about his outrage over the Brooklyn Dodgers moving to L.A.

The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand. You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.

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Yes. I do not want to ever 'move on' again. Every time we turn the cheek, overlook the criminality, absolve the sins, they come back worse. I want punishment. Deterrence. Retribution. Err on the side of excess, not lenity. Anything less is asking them to come back worse yet again.

Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary

I feel like this is getting lost. Marco Rubio has the power to ensure that data/evidence of potential Russian war crimes on abducted Ukrainian children gets to Europol. Instead, he is preventing this. Why? He won't say. Let's not let this one drop. newrepublic.com/article/1930...

Join the 10K+ people who have signed my petition demanding Chuck Schumer steps down from leadership. Sign here: chuckchuckschumer.com

*states directly into camera*

When I said I was worried about Tyranny I meant the government doing mild health insurance reform. I have no problem with them illegally snatching and disappearing people

From a buddy in finance: "So the dollar is down against the euro 4% since we gave away American exceptionalism & we now know the cost of soft power is $3.3 trillion and counting. "Meanwhile the German DAX hit an all time high. We really showed them!"

"Republicans may choose to ignore their constituents out of fear of what they face, but Democrats are here to listen."

Sharing these numbers because I wasn't aware of them myself. In the US: * 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who get measles are hospitalized * 1 in 20 children with measles get pneumonia * 1 to 3 in 1000 die If you're not immune, close contact with an infected person gives you measles 90% of the time

And you might consider posting your messages and tagging @cfpb_tipline to help inspire others to do the same.

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

I just called Governor Hochul's office and read this aloud along with demanding she remove Adams. 1-518-474-8390 #NYC

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

Republican lawyers and judges are rapidly moving this idea from “off the wall” to “on the wall.” We ignore or dismiss this at our own peril.

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall. tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned. The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.

Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”

This purge is bone-chilling and unprecedented. It’s straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook. Inspectors General are a vital, independent check on misconduct and abuse within the executive branch. Trump is ousting them so he can break the law with zero oversight. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

This is happening to thousands of people fighting for their lives because in real life, government does a lot of good and important shit.

Democrats: introduce articles of impeachment tomorrow. Ignore the pollsters and strategists who will tell you not to for the same braindead reasons they always tell you not to stick your necks out. Just do what’s right, it couldn’t be easier to explain.