The prospect of California Democrats getting shut out of the general election for governor has spurred an effort to eliminate the state’s “top-two” open primary approach.

Surprise! The GOP's budget package funding ICE + Trump's ballroom adds nearly $72 billion to the deficit, says CBO. And if you tack on interest, the price tags jumps to nearly $94 billion, says a nonpartisan watchdog group. www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-ba...

An outbreak of hantavirus is a sobering reminder that cruise ships can be the setting for infectious-disease nightmares, Katherine J. Wu reports:

It’s a fact. Republicans don’t care about us.

NEW: Ohio's Republican AG announces a deal with Nexstar to preserve the independent newsrooms of two formerly TEGNA-owned TV stations in Cleveland and Columbus until 2031. Dem AGs are suing to stop fully block the Nexstar (Denver's FOX31) acquisition of TEGNA (Denver's 9NEWS).

"Democrats have promised to retaliate, and they have every incentive to do so. If they do not, Republicans will obtain a meaningful structural advantage in the House" The GOP could "win the chamber in 2028 or 2030 even while losing [the popular vote] by a wide margin" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

Somehow there’s always money for war.. SMH 😑

Haha 🤣

The problem is not that Democrats and Republicans cannot come to agreement on issues. The problem is that Republicans have fully and irreparably embraced authoritarianism. Maintaining a liberal democracy with them is like sustaining a marriage with someone who always cheats on you.

Guys I really can't emphasize this enough: THEY'RE LOW-INFO VOTERS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT INFLATION. You're doing the xkcd thing! "Low-info voter" refers to someone who doesn't know which party is pro-life, not someone who interprets campaign rhetoric literally.

I literally laughed out loud.. 😂😂😂

Oh FFS..🙄 Can’t we get away from him. Thank god it’s a limited edition and only available in DC. Online renewal is still the original. Thank god.

I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/27/supreme-court-judges-alito-thomas

Some people in the MAHA movement are angry with the Trump administration's stance on environmental toxins — including its current support for the maker of the pesticide glyphosate. n.pr/4cOSpPn

If chaos were a crop, we’d have a record harvest.

My president

Good news and bad news from Argentina, the good news is they won’t be invading the Falklands. The bad news is, they are now eating donkey meat due to massive government failure.

All we feel is Apathy..😞 No one cares..

What an epic disaster.. 😑

Senate Democrats refused to back a resolution by Senator Bernie Sanders to block U.S. weapons sales to Israel. newrepublic.com/post/209101/...

The EU is sitting on €6.4 *billion* in grants for Hungary With a likely constitutional majority enabling Magyar to govern with a freehand, I suspect that money will flow quickly Ukraine's €90bn loan will also be approved Hungary will now move into the European mainstream

🇭🇺 Péter Magyar: Together we have replaced the Orbán regime, together we have liberated Hungary, we have taken back our homeland.

Sunday mamamephistopheles

Péter Magyar winning a super majority will allow him to comprehensively restore Hungarian democracy. Viktor Orbán had altered the Hungarian Constitution to weaken and politicise the judiciary, and remove checks and balances on power. Magyar has indicated that he wants to draft a new constitution.

Im shocked Orban didnt say the election was stolen.. 😂 apnews.com/article/hung...

Trump’s rambling about intercepting vessels, destroying mines, threatening to blow things “TO HELL,” and dragging other countries into it, but buried in this word salad is the main headline: THE U.S. IS GOING TO BLOCADE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IT’S GOING TO START SHORTLY

Apparently Swalwell’s behavior was an open secret in CA politics.

So it’s Israel, Argentina and Hungary first then?? Trump hates us.. 😑

President Donald Trump plans to spend more than $377 million renovating the White House executive residence in fiscal 2026 — and is estimating another $174 million on top of it for the next year, according to the White House’s fiscal 2027 budget request. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

#EpsteinFiles #Coverup #Trump #SexCrimes Trump sex parties w/ underage girls, cocaine & alcohol

Update from NYT: TWO U.S. military helicopters that were involved in the F-15 search and rescue efforts were struck by Iranian fire, but the service members are all safe www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...

Pam Bondi will spend the rest of her life in shame being investigated for the crimes she committed and the derelictions of duty she abided. open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

King Charles should meet with Epstein victims, US lawmaker says

👀❗Tale of a DUMB, compromised POTUS - he wants out of a disaster he created & owns: 1. Cut & Run: leave Strait closed, not his prob; meet his 6 wk "win" timeline. (is.gd/afR1YP) But: 2. Gulf allies: keep fighting, Trump, defeat Iran (is.gd/Oueltb). 👉🏼 What do your bosses Putin & Bibi want, Don?

“Trump is now involved in what Lincoln considered the ‘the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions…’ Our elected officials have an obligation not to sit by while a wannabe King plunges us deeper into an unwise and unconstitutional war.” www.thebulwark.com/p/wherefore-...

Iranian state media is more believable & more trustworthy than the President of the United States. Think about that. Just think about how fucked up, horrible, bad, & dangerous that is. But the people of the United States elected someone who lies as he breathes. So here we are.

Hegseth's broker at banking giant Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in its iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF. The investment discussed by Hegseth's broker ultimately did not go ahead. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/p...

As advertised.

George Conway predicts a blistering “accelerating tide” of MAGA defections as Trump’s approval craters to 33%, urging grace for converts like Scott McConnell.

“The gold statue in Trump’s new library (of himself) looks awfully familiar to a few others from around the world,” Newsom’s office wrote on X, alongside a series of photos of dictators. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Proof that they are all doing insider trading. Pete Hegseth was just stupid enough to get caught.

Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signed legislation Monday renaming Palm Beach International Airport after the Republican president, carving into law what will eventually be a massive — and costly — rebranding to honor Trump. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

The battle over who should regulate A.I. is turning into an epic clash between Mr. Trump and the states, as anxiety has soared over the technology’s potential effects on jobs, education, national security and child safety. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/t...

Well done everyone!! #nokings

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two women to be one-star generals, a highly unusual move that has prompted some officials to question whether the officers are being singled out because of their race or gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Trump then nonsensically claimed that he wanted to capture and reuse Iranian naval ships, but Pete Hegseth wanted to have fun shooting them down, even though ships don’t fly. 🙄 open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

ICE got $75 billion. TSA got nothing. Both live inside the same department. open.substack.com/pub/thehuman...

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done - The Atlantic apple.news/AGHSE4REvRE-...

We have returned to a period of risk, one rife with the sort of pressures that have led to major financial crises. This time, the risks are spread across industries, markets and nations. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/o...

With Congress paralyzed by terrified, spineless Republicans refusing to even look into the possibility that billionaire Trump, billionaire Kushner, billionaire Witkoff, and billionaires in the Middle East have thrown America into war just to enrich themselves. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...