When a Trump voter finally sees the light and turns on Trump, it’s genuine. And we should embrace them. But when one of Trump’s media cheerleaders, like Megyn Kelly, turns on Trump, it’s not genuine. And we should call them out. My meltdown.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

A Strategic Defeat of Historic Proportions open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Some people are treating this like it’s a close legal question. It isn’t. The precedent here is unusually clear—and that will matter in court. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Joy Reid talks REMOVAL of Trump!! open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

Felon Trump’s deadline has come and gone, replaced by a fragile 2-week ceasefire, but will it hold? What are the consequences of threats of genocide? My conversation with Ret. Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social on this war & who can stop the bloodlust of Trump & Hegseth. youtu.be/ll3LhPbuMHY?...

Pamela Jo Bondi gets the boot and lobs lame excuses to run from her sworn deposition over the Epstein Files. I've got the latest details including why Bondi can’t legally hide from answering questions. youtu.be/Q2algGPajFE?...

All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..

Release all the Epstein files now!

THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social

We're living through the doom loop once again.

Cartoon by @danboriscreates.bsky.social. Stable Genius Crisis Manager.

🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”

Q: As of today, who controls the Strait of Hormuz? LEAVITT: We expect that the strait will be opened immediately Q: Who controls the strait right now? LEAVITT: *refuses to answer*

Congress is completely useless at this point.

He still needs to be removed from office. A war powers resolution will not suffice. He circumvented Congress to start the war. He circumvented them on tariffs and appropriations. Why anyone thinks he'd adhere to a Congressional war powers resolution is beyond me.

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Mayor Mamdani chats with New Yorkers while walking the six miles from City Hall to Gracie Mansion, fulfilling the promise he made in his inauguration speech to “be outside” as Mayor — “because this is a government of New York, by New York, and for New York.”

Voters in Waukesha, Wisconsin — a Republican-leaning Milwaukee suburb — just elected a Democrat as mayor, according to The Associated Press. Alicia Halvensleben, the Democratic president of the city's Common Council, defeated Scott Allen, a result that could signal a political shift in the suburbs.

"What we have learned is that local resistance works when it is persistent, scrappy, and deeply informed. This... fight has been built on facts, records, legal pressure, public health evidence, and relentless visibility..." blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/rachel-mad...

Citizens Bank annual shareholder meeting (April 23rd in Providence Rhode Island) to face protesters critical of the bank's financial ties to ICE: www.mobilize.us/southcountyr...

This slightly breaks my heart. An indication of how utterly perilous is the state of the wine business.

Coffee with Contrarians and Joyce Vance open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

NEW: Pamela Jo is trying to dodge having to answer questions under oath about the Epstein Files.

... they change reality to suit themselves in their own mind.' Although Trump 'lies because of his sociopathic tendencies,' telling falsehoods to fool others, Dodes argues, he also lies to himself, to protect himself from narcissistic injury.

Me in 2019: "Trump’s sociopathic tendencies are simply an extension of his extreme narcissism. Take the pathological lying. …. As Lance Dodes has put it, 'People like Donald Trump who have severe narcissistic disturbances can’t tolerate being criticized, so …

The Art of the Steal

"Trump’s latest climbdown won’t undo the damage from his murderous escalation. Ordinary Americans have seen with their own eyes that the president’s erratic behavior isn’t strategic. This is a crazy person, who did a crazy thing, & is likely to do many more crazy things soon." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Stick with me here, but what if we used baseball’s ABS system for presidents, so their bad decisions could be instantaneously overturned.

Last week’s monthly wildland fire outlook shows that the US wildfire season is already off to an above-normal start. UCS’s Rachel Cleetus breaks down the risks and impacts of climate change-driven heat across the country, pointing to the lack of policy response from the Trump administration.

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Some ask, “what’s the science value of Artemis II?” Most answers focus on learning about the moon or human health there. But the best answer, IMO, involves lunar astronomy, which is where Artemis could be a true game changer. www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

“So he’ll stop bombing Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz which was open before he started bombing Iran. Got it.” Representative Jim McGovern

One good use of the supposed two-week ceasefire is to get back to talking about the Epstein files

“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

Tennessee lawmakers approve state disaster fund to help fill federal aid gaps tennesseelookout.com/2026/04/08/t... Where are Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, along with the House GOP from TN? Why haven't they fought for disaster funds for TN? It's time to flip some TN seats in Congress!

"Trump’s war has been a defeat and a warning. Recovering from this defeat will be a long-term challenge. But the warning is this: thirty-three more months of an increasingly reckless and unhinged Trump in control of the executive branch poses too great a risk." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Trump’s utter disregard, from the get go, for the rule of law made this moment inevitable. Here’s what we need to be doing about it. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Big political news from Wisconsin:

Can we please get back to finding out what’s in the Epstein Files?

Convicted Felon Donald Trump’s cowardice is in a dead heat with his atrocious negotiation skills. The US is in a significantly worse position today than when this illegal war was launched by Trump on February 28th. He blinked. Plain and simple.

Trump's Defeat in Iran open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The Law of War open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Is Colorado’s conversion therapy ban doomed? SCOTUS expert @dahlialithwick.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and me to discuss the Court’s 8-1 decision on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider is out now: cafe.visitlink.me/HC6os6

How many more wake-up calls can the country, can Trump’s party ignore? How much more of this do we have to tolerate so MAGA can continue to worship its idol? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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“When advisers raised the possibility that Iran could shut down the Strait of Hormuz — a choke point for vast quantities of global oil and gas — Mr. Trump dismissed the possibility, assuming the regime would capitulate before it came to that.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...