At 250 feet tall, Trump's arch would be the biggest such structure in the world. Asked last fall what this modern-day arch was meant to commemorate, Trump pointed to himself and replied, “Me.” @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

“By voting yes (on VA’s redistricting referendum), you can push back against the Republicans trying to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterms." - @barackobama.bsky.social Awesome to see President Obama leaning into this. Get it done VA.

The pope on Truth Social: “It’s ironic — the name of the site itself.”

In Maine, ICE brazenly called their operation “catch of the day.” The banal inhumanity of it all is overwhelming. The deaths, the injuries, the conditions in detention, the brazen disregard for people’s rights, including American citizens. And it’s still happening. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump Day 452: Hegseth quotes Pulp Fiction at prayer service; Trump ‘working to resolve tenth war’; orders investigation into disappearance 10 space and nuclear scientists; judge blocks above-ground construction ballroom; 10-day ceasefire Israel-Lebanon: reportersonline.eu/trump-day-45...

Republican governance on the eve of 250th birthday purple mountains majesty celebrations in a nutshell: as long as we're being hollowed out, a Chilean conglomerate should profit.

BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position? RUSS VOUGHT: Yes BOYLE: That's laughable!

Really getting tired of these faux Christians defaming my religion. Not only is Hegseth misquoting Bible passages to justify military aggression, he apparently has not read the New Testament at all. www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

Interesting - the basic premise of the article is that Trump is screwing up the messaging and that local US embassies could fix the problem if they were let off the leash by the White House. Nope. But this is symptomatic of the simplistic and very blinkered view of the world that led to this crisis.

This Day in Labor History: April 17, 1905. The evil, vile, terrible, no good Supreme Court outdoes itself by issuing Lochner v. New York, saying laws stopping employers from forcing workers to labor as long as they demand are unconstitutional. Let's talk about Neil Gorsuch's favorite case!!!

Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology. The queen of all vices: Pride. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Senator Wyden can’t say it plainly without losing his security clearance, but this raises the alarm that Kash & crew have decided they can illegally surveil Americans without a warrant.

The Senate voted 50-49 to repeal a ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, a significant step toward reviving a controversial project to mine a portion of the world’s largest undeveloped copper and nickel deposits.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

We can't afford healthcare, childcare or veterans' care because of Trump's war of choice, but we have money enough for a monument to his big f**king ego...?

This is the major NH TeeVee station, and parts of Maine get it too, meaning at least one of Platner's many disqualifications has broken containment into normie-land.

Trump rants his ballroom will feature "Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital & Medical Facilities,Top Secret Military Installations, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Drone Proof Ceilings, Military Grade Venting, & Bullet, Ballistic, & Blast Proof Glass" Dafuq kind of ballroom is this?

Judge Stearns orders a bond hearing for a high school senior in Massachusetts whose parents served as translators for the US military in Afghanistan. He was detained last week, despite having valid parole status through Oct. 2026, and has no criminal record, Stearns indicates.

Texas State Rep. James Talarico just announced his campaign for U.S. Senate raised more than $27 million in the first quarter of 2026 — the largest amount ever raised by a U.S. Senate candidate in the first quarter of an election year.

Can confirm

This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.

I called Trump to ask about having a man who says such things in charge of federal disaster response, Trump asked “what does teleport mean” and “was he kidding?” Adding, “It just sounds a little strange, but I know nothing about teleporting or him.” DHS/FEMA/Phillips didn't respond to inquiries.

Could liberal patriotism overcome authoritarian nationalism here as well? As Orbán showed the way for the authoritarian turn in American conservatism, could Magyar herald a revival of a vigorous and victorious patriotic liberalism? lnk.thebulwark.com/4cjAdwY

Is Trump the Antichrist? Let's examine the evidence: https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/is-trump-the-antichrist

Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”. This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.

So the questions will be: 1) How will the Senate Parliamentarian rule on how the SAVE Act is germane to the budget 2) Will John Thune accept or ignore the Parliamentarian's recommendation 3) If no on 2, why wouldn't Thune just blow up the filibuster and pass the SAVE act as normal process?

Crucial turning point when it is suddenly fossil fuel projects that are not bankable anymore

This is the correct outcome & so one wonders why Donald Trump is still president despite his orders-of-magnitude worse accumulation of predatory crimes.

“As a supreme court ruling looms, the US is dismantling Black voting power” electionlawblog.org?p=155403

Trump is not capable of making sound decisions on behalf of the United States. The media should cover his unfitness for office nonstop, while Congress must move swiftly to relieve him of his responsibilities. Anything less demonstrates a fundamental unserious attitude toward governing a superpower.

Again, no other president in history has been treated by the national political press with such deference and shrugs. It should be wall-to-wall front page, breaking news that the U.S. president is either deliberately attacking the Catholic Church while positioning himself as Jesus, or he is unwell.

Certain writers (*cough* NYT Opinion *cough*) overread the durability of illiberal nationalism and scoffed at pro-democracy appeals, but they only listened to each other, never allowing alternate opinions into their elite bubble. That left them unable to grasp everything from Hungary to Minneapolis.

"At some point if the ship doesn’t turn around, maybe it will start taking on water or listing badly or hit an iceberg, or perhaps the iceberg has been there all along and is named Donald Trump."

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

I can't be the only person wondering if tonight's lead story on "60 Minutes" – "Pope Leo statements on Iran war and mass deportations inspire American cardinals to speak out" – had something to do with Trump (a known viewer) going off about the Pope tonight www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-le...

This is what Times Square will look like when Congress or a cheeseburger finally does its job

You are not a journalist if you are in the same room with JD or Marco and you do not ask them about how they feel about Trump's unprecedented attack on Pope Leo and the administration's on-going war with the Vatican (Hegseth, Colby, JD before, etc.).

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

What would you do if you found out a stranger accessed a federal database then walked away with your Social Security number? Thanks to DOGE, that's no longer a hypothetical scenario.

Screed # 1, with Trump attempting to upend the global economy with a blockade.

We fought and lost a war in Iran so that both the Iranians and the Russians could make far more money from oil—the Iranians from tolls, the Russians from higher prices and the end of sanctions. That isn’t just strategic defeat; it’s self-destructive foolishness at a level unknown to military history

Today in “Every GOP accusation that Obama and Biden were being weak in their foreign policy bargaining with other countries was a confession”

JD Vance: we have not reached an agreement

Judge rules that HHS must face states' lawsuit over RFK Jr.'s agency overhaul, massive layoffs www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/j...

And Malaria, too. Perhaps the worst disease on the planet. www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/fda-put...

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

One of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war

There it is: A full year of days spent playing golf in just over five years as president. www.pbump.net/outofoffice

That's it. Trump surrenders because he's bored of losing and doesn't care anymore. Iran can keep its nuclear program. They can charge tolls. An utter and complete Iran victory

Fox News points out that Trump’s claim about all the Iranian leaders being dead is undermined by the fact his administration is negotiating with Iranian leaders right now