The president of the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights group, said SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v Callais delivers “a devastating blow to what remains of the Voting Rights Act”. The ruling is "a license for corrupt politicians who want to rig the system by silencing entire communities."

The only way to read this is as analogous to ‘last days in the bunker under central Berlin’ Glueing coins to doors. Leaving a meeting to talk to a gardener. If the man has read Hegel, I’m a tin of tuna. (Line caught)

Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump begun thinking about himself less as a peer of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and more as an addition to Hegel’s immortal trifecta - men who redirected the course of humanity: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon Bonaparte. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

It's truly extraordinary that, 250 years after American independence, Americans are thanking the British king — a direct descendant of George III — for defending the values of the republic and the Declaration of Independence against American presidential tyranny.

A woman in Harlem, New York to King Charles: "Thank you for your speech to Congress. We needed that."

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court kneecapped the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the landmark civil rights law that restricted racial gerrymandering and racial discrimination in voting for sixty years. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

An actual king understands democracy better than Trump.

The new cover of the New Yorker: Spring Salutations by Tomer Hanuka

Hey @schumer.senate.gov and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social Fuck You. NY no longer requires your service. Ask your constituents if they want their tax dollars going to Israel in the form of weaponry. I’d bet the majority say no. You are JUST as bad as the GOP.

Here are the 7 senate democrats who voted to continue sending bombs to Netanyahu. Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) John Fetterman (PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jackie Rosen (NV) Chuck Schumer (NY)

"Easter Bunny on the Train" By German artist Michael Sowa (1996)

Hand painted Easter eggs by Uzbekistan-born Dinara Mirtalipova.

Whom to believe? 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...

The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.

"Trump, the only elephant in the world who walks around with his own china shop" 👏 😆😂 Hats off, as always, to French Senator Claude Malhuret.

A general with 36 years of service. Gone. By phone. Mid-war. No transition. The replacement's primary credential? A phone call on inauguration night. Trump called him "central casting." That's who's running your Army now. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

As we send a Black man and a woman around the moon for the first time, let’s remember the trailblazing Black woman Katherine Johnson, whose brilliant calculations were critical to the initial Apollo 11 mission. Her work spanned 33 years at NASA, including contributions to the Space Shuttle program.

Cartoon by Bill Bramhall

Watched "Nuremberg" on Netflix and recommend it. At one point, an interpreter of German descent is asked how his country was lost to fascism, and he said the people could have stopped it, but they didn't. The most important line from the movie.

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Hegseth purge of Black and women officers larger than previously reported "Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for MORE THAN A DOZEN Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Yes, Trump started a war and can’t figure how to get out of it. Gas prices are spiking, groceries cost a fortune, airline fares are rising, the Attorney General was just fired, the job market is wretched, the national debt is out of control, but the president is laser focused.

According to the Times:

#Artemis II - Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen “with that successful TLI, the crew feeling pretty good up here on our way to the moon, & we just wanted to communicate to everyone around the planet who’s worked to make Artemis possible, that we firmly felt the power of your perseverance.” 🚀🌕

Damn it. The canary died. We may very well be about to do the stupid thing and get a bunch of Army Rangers killed for no discernible benefit to Americans. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hegseth fired Army General Randy George & is seeking to replace him with “someone who will implement their specific vision for the Army” Very peculiar timing considering we’re mid-conflict, but if you had to venture a guess, it’s likely bc he refused to carry out an illegal order — subpoena time

The Army CoS typically serves a four-year term. George was nominated for the position by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2023, meaning he should've held the position until 2027. The current vice chief of staff who was formerly Hegseth's military aide, will be acting Army CoS.

Just a note that Noem and Bondi weren't fired for their evil actions. They were fired for not being evil enough.

The problem isn’t with Trump’s decision to oust Bondi — she was a cartoonish failure and a national embarrassment — but rather with his motivation. He fired his AG, not because she corrupted the Justice Department, but because she didn’t corrupt it enough. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Pam Bondi was willing to go this low to get Donald's giddy applause. And he *still* fired her. Well played, bish!

Our country has never been more divided, but Americans across the spectrum of backgrounds, regions, religions, ideologies, and all our other myriad differences just watched Artemis II launch and felt proud. That's pretty great. Thanks, NASA.

LIFTOFF OF ARTEMIS II Carrying the hopes and dreams of millions as four of humanity’s bravest ride a great pillar of fire destined for the Moon, carrying the pride of nations. 📷 Max Evans for NSF

Europe keeps a close eye on the #countdown to the #Artemis II launch too. At @esa.int's facilities in the Netherlands, teams from the European Service Module are already on console for the 10-day mission. All systems are GO from the Eagle room, Europe’s mission evaluation hub.

If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi... or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭

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Trump sat through 90 minutes of his own handpicked SCOTUS justices shredding his birthright citizenship case… then bolted. 🏃 Even his handpicked justices weren’t buying it. Ran straight to Truth Social to rant. Classic. #SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AmLFVk3dTRl6...

How humiliating. @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Easter week 2026

Rough day for Trump in the courts today: - Ballroom halted - Order to stop NPR/PBS funding blocked - No immunity for civil cases related to J6

So apparently white Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing. 🧊 🎣

He will try anything

“I’m always at your service”: leaked calls between the foreign ministers of Russia and Hungary. Recordings of conversations between Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó suggest the Hungarian minister was willing to advance Moscow’s interests within the EU.

Honestly cannot think of a time I knew less what was going to happen at court than I feel ahead of oral arguments on birthright citizenship tomorrow. The fact that this is getting a full hearing instead of a 9-0, per curiam, benchslap is already beyond disturbing.

Cartoon by Theo Moudakis for Toronto Star

Trump on when he'll leave Iran: "Within two weeks"

Even Poland