As Trump's war on Iran continues, reminder that his own son-in-law Jared Kushner — who is leading negotiations with Iran — stands to profit from lucrative contracts with its regional rivals. War gives dictators like Trump (and his family) more power and more wealth.

John Roberts' wife is not the only Supreme Court spouse to shake down people with business before the court to give bribes. Ginni Thomas has a "consulting firm" (AKA a PO Box for checks) to funnel money to Clarence. #Corruption

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

‘Israel never talked me into the war with Iran,’ Trump says https://aje.news/uzr5mk

What is one concrete, realistic step that should be taken now to protect the midterms? We reached out to non-partisan voting experts with this simple but urgent question. Here are their suggestions 👇

Both of them seem to have an affinity for a white powdery substance, too.

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Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past. Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic. emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

Illinois made history as the first state to outlaw book bans once and for all. Marginalizing people, ideas, or facts has no place in our state — and they have no place in a democracy. This National Library Week, we continue our commitment to free thought and free speech.

[Doᗡ™ 19-APR-2026] Other airlines are also doing this, especially overseas/international flights. Check frequently! - Make sure your flight has not been canceled - Bought a cheap ticket in advance? They are canceling those, so verify! All because of the BRAIN-DEAD TACO Idiocracy Regime.

“These countries are under enormous pressure to buy from the sons of the president so he will do what they want. This is going to be the first family of a president to make a lot of money off war — a war he didn’t get the consent of Congress for.”

The Trump family doesn’t want the Iran war to end. They’re making too much money from it.

They didn’t just try to steal an election. They’re building the machine to make sure they never lose one again. ProPublica: 75+ career officials out. Election deniers in. Every safeguard gutted. Before the midterms.

Epstein’s New Mexico ranch was never searched by federal investigators. Never. The state tried in 2019. DOJ asked them to stand down. Three weeks later, Epstein was dead and his federal charges were dismissed. Someone made that call. His name is Bill Barr.

On the right is someone NFL doctors say is 6’3, 230 lbs with 5% body fat On the left is someone White House doctors say is 6’3, 224 lbs with 4.8% body fat If the White House is THAT dishonest about something so clear, why should we believe anything they say about anything?

For the past decade, the Supreme Court has relied on a rushed and secretive system to make major rulings. A New York Times investigation brings to light the precise moment when that system began. Listen to “The Daily.”

Investigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement.

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The Venice Biennale is a competition among the world’s leading artists, and most countries rely on the expertise of museum directors and curators. But after the State Department overhauled the process for choosing this year’s artist, it gave control to a woman who previously owned a pet food store.

The WSJ reports military advisers deliberately kept Trump out of the Situation Room during the Iran rescue mission. They feared he would interfere. While they managed him by phone, Hegseth was outside calling himself “Secretary of War.” The blind leading the blind.

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Pay attention folks. This is how it's done. Trump sues his own DOJ, run by his private attorney, for $10 billion. Normally that would go through the courts with the DOJ arguing AGAINST giving Trump $10 billion. Instead, his DOJ will negotiate a settlement OUTSIDE of court. Literally inside dealing.

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Paul Krugman is launching a healthcare series. The preview is already a useful reminder: the ACA worked. Costs slowed. Millions got covered. The dire predictions failed. Now we’re about to watch the uninsured rate climb again. Deliberately. Worth following.

Joyce names it precisely. This isn’t dysfunction. It’s design. Reward the insurrectionists. Prosecute the critics. Same logic, opposite directions. Banana republic isn’t a metaphor anymore.

Don’t get too comfortable. When Jones, Owens, and Carlson break from Trump, they don’t go home. They go looking for something purer. More dangerous. Untethered from even Trump’s constraints. The movement doesn’t die when the man fails. It radicalizes around his betrayal.

Iran’s political officials aren’t making the decisions in the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is. Which means whoever Trump is negotiating with can’t deliver. Any “deal” is theater.

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day.

Germany just activated its largest ever solar installation — one farm, 1.5 million homes, zero carbon. The #CottbusSolarPark covers 3,500 hectares and produces 2.1 tw-hours annually, replacing two coal plants that operated on this same land until 2022. #SolarPower #ActOnClimate #Renewables

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.  In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Amazing! This is the line to get into Peter Buttigieg’s town hall in Tulsa tonight.

America's gun psychopathy continues: *128* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 3 people killed and 1 critically wounded, in Chicago, Ill.: abc7chicago.com/post/rickia-...