Elon Musk's courtroom showdown with Sam Altman got underway Monday with the selection of jurors. The trial is to decide whether the co-founders of OpenAI betrayed a mission to build artificial intelligence for the good of humanity, not for money u.afp.com/SaxY

O U T R A G O U S‼️ WTF Was Kid Rock Doing on an Apache Helicopter With Pete Hegseth? A new report says the defense secretary and the musician took a joyride, using taxpayer money of course. newrepublic.com/post/209569/...

‘The Problem With Naftali Bennett’ By Dahlia Scheindlin 🎯 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... 🧵 Bennett is a Fascist‼️Beware ⚠️

Iran intensifies crackdown on Kurds amid rising executions www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

Democratic leadership and its donors refuse to change. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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KIMMEL: “You know how sometimes you wake up and the First Lady demands you be fired? We’ve all been there, right? — I agree hateful, violent rhetoric is something we should reject… a great place to start to dial that back would be to talk to your husband.”

Tonight! Michael will be joining @defiance.org on @maddow.bsky.social to talk about building a nationwide rapid response connector with our partner @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social. Sign up to tell ICE: Get The Facilities Out at gtfoice.org and tune in at 9:00 PM ET on MSNOW.

Too true.

Maddow: "Trump has mot been able to open a single one of these warehouse prison camps despite setting aside $38 billion to try to do it."

“Hell no.” - @aoc.bsky.social to @pabloreports.bsky.social on taxpayers paying for Trump’s $400,000,000 ballroom

Umm, thought it was all donations? Isn't that what they screamed about for forever? Are they now saying it's taxpayer funded? Where did all the donated funds go? When did congress approve this allocation of funds? Maybe I'm missing something...

YouGov checked - it ain't 90 percent. About 29 percent support building a new ballroom and 53 percent oppose it. Independents don't want this thing by an 18-59 margin. yougov.com/en-us/daily-...

Maybe! This👇 is certainly contrary to the mainstream view, BUT... The facts: the new map redistributes voters to create more districts with a majority of Republican voters, BUT fewer districts with a LARGE majority of GOP voters. With a 20% swing, Dems could now take ALL of Florida...

UPDATE: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 40,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We're continuing to track the increase in these cases:

Long a major progressive influence in New York politics, the Working Families Party has released its first national platform ever—and it has the likes of Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna on board. trib.al/rTv71dy Constituents "need to believe in you, and people are hungry for authentic leaders."

Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank village of Jalud, reportedly as residents were still inside. The attack comes amid wider violence in the occupied territories, with settlers attacking Palestinians and Israeli forces carrying out arrests.

Excuse me, but who launched airstrikes against who ⁉️ Never forget that the Strait of Hormuz was open to the free passage of all ships from all nations before Trump launched his unprovoked airstrikes ‼️

"By participating in the economic blackout, you can help demonstrate to America and to the World that the largest consumer class in the wealthiest nation on earth can coordinate on a national scale," writes Bryan Winter of @mass50501.bsky.social. #MayDay #Strike #NoKings

⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian oil storage tanks before flames from previous attacks extinguished. Ukrainian drones targeted oil storage tanks in Tuapse, Russia, before flames from previous strikes could be extinguished overnight on April 28, social media channels reported.

UN chief says US-Iran standoff in the Strait of Hormuz risks triggering a global food emergency. 

"Enemy from within." "Communists, Marxists, fascists, radical left thugs, vermin." "Garbage" Somalis, "low IQ people." "She's an evil, sick, crazy, b..." Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump?? Zeteo put together this Trump montage:

Cesar Sayoc, a Trump super fan & obsessive Fox viewer, sent pipe bombs in 2018 to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, & many other top Dems. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In the wake of the attacks, Trump said about his rhetoric: "Tone down, no. Could tone up."

Trumps call for Jimmy Kimmel to be sacked after Melania joke

Jeffries HAS TO GO! He isn't on our side. He's a bought and paid for collaborator.

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Human Rights for ALL ‼️ FREEDOM for ALL ‼️ EQUALITY for ALL ‼️

"The experience stunned Ms. Ross-Mahé, who previously supported President Trump... “I didn’t think these things existed,” she said of the immigration facilities she was held in. “I thought when we arrested them, we would treat them properly. It really shocked me.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

If there's nothing to hide, release everything. Until then, we keep talking. We won't forget.

As AI becomes more embedded in governance and security, its role in border enforcement and immigration control has grown rapidly. These technologies often reproduce and intensify racial discrimination, particularly through algorithmic bias. advox.globalvoices.org/2026/04/25/d...

Today's redistricting map proposal in Florida is a disgusting partisan manipulation by Ron DeSantis to suppress the will of the voters. We need to oppose these maps and win the battle for democracy.

To solve Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis: Recognise the crisis for what it is – a systemic governance and development failure; rebuild the foundations of state functionality; protect humanitarian space and funding

Early voting is underway for the May 19 Primary in Georgia and Case Norton is 100% FREE of AIPAC donations. If you live in #GA07, make sure to get to the polls and VOTE for our endorsed anti-AIPAC candidate!

"Some people have returned home... while many are still searching for a place where they can find stability." My recent article with @danielamohor.bsky.social on the fate of asylum seekers stranded in Mexico by Trump co-published with @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Gov. DeSantis' new congressional maps for Florida are a brazen power grab. This is a mid-cycle redraw pushed four months before a primary to lock in partisan advantage.

Romulus, Michigan -- "Hundreds of protesters marched about 1.5 miles from Romulus Middle School to the warehouse on Cogswell Road to protest the Trump Administration's plans to build an immigration detention center in a warehouse near Detroit Metro Airport..." www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

Salt Lake City, Utah -- "Protesters gathered outside the Governor’s Mansion, voicing their opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to create a mass ICE detention center at a warehouse southwest of Salt Lake City International Airport..." gephardtdaily.com/local/hundre...

Rochester, New York -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3Y...

Socorro, Texas -- www.ktsm.com/news/protest... www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUU...

📣 Tomorrow! Don't miss your chance to join us in #Montgomery for the #FairHousing Symposium. 📲 RSVP: https://bit.ly/4dZVDl9 This event brings together advocates & community members to center the need to defend fair housing protections & strengthen local organizing, enforcement & policy solutions 💪.

San Antonio, Texas -- www.kens5.com/video/news/c...

As Dems strategize how to respond to DeSantis' blatant power grab via a mid-cycle gerrymander, I recall my conversation with @erichovagim.bsky.social on why I decided to run with @demsocialists.bsky.social Milquetoast neoliberals will not overcome electioneering. Only progressive leadership can.

This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life: "AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced that the country will finance and support the production of several thousand medium-range strike UAVs for Ukraine. These drones are capable of hitting targets at distances ranging from 50 to 200 kilometers. The first deliveries are scheduled for the summer.

Interesting possibilities...

Hey murderous hypocrite Putin: The people of UKRAINE are ALSO bravely and heroically fighting for their sovereignty ‼️