My recent conversation w @hcrichardson.bsky.social has more views than many of the videos on Bari Weiss's The Fress Press. I am independent, with no support, a janky setup, & started my channel recently. Can someone give me $150 million, please? youtube.com/watch?v=3nTVzhv5jkI&feature=youtu.be

Why did China stop buying US soybeans, Kevin?

Trust in The Washington Post among Republicans has increased since 2019 — but so has trust in the Times. Both are still well underwater, as is CBS News. The issue is the environment, not the coverage. www.pbump.net/o/you-cant-g...

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Another tragic accident.

Texas received over a billion dollars for “migrant aid” while busing people to Chicago and violating human rights over and over again. Now they’re getting $12 billion in the big beautiful bill to recomp for “expenses” like building a border wall— Illinois should sue.

Judge Immergut has now granted a second Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), against the deployment of ANY National Guard (50 states + DC) to Oregon. This will also be appealed, like yesterday's. The facts on the ground continue to matter to these ongoing legal proceedings. 1/3

It's not just about James Comey. Or Jimmy Kimmel. It’s about freedom in America. Donald Trump is working to bend ever part of our nation to his will. And if Republicans don’t start to stand up for our democracy, there will be little of it left in four years.

Same. #AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

It is no surprise that over 70% of Americans—including 6 in 10 Republicans—support extending the health care tax credits.   Congressional Republicans’ refusal to extend these vital tax credits will cause the premiums of millions of Americans to more than double.

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized. We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon. She issued that order

If all 2.7 million residents of Chicago came out onto the street, ICE and the National Guard would run. Do it!

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Sen. Booker: "The president himself has said it's the president's responsibility to bring the parties together and get a budget passed...And the president hasn't done that."

The news media needs to start using experts on authoritarianism and pre-WWII history as pundits on stories about the current administration. This is not a joke - just a boring good idea. The rapid shift to fascism needs to be put in context by people who know, not podcasters and politicians.

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Let’s talk about the people in Mike Johnson's district who'll have to pay $16,000 more a year for health care if he gets his way. Just so the richest people on earth can get tax breaks.

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The Trump administration sent 300 federalized personnel from the California National Guard to Portland, Oregon, Gov. Gavin Newsom said and the White House confirmed today.

COMING UP: Judge Immergut has set a hearing for 10 pm ET tonight (!) on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment by calling up the federalized California national guard.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "ICE are raging through the streets of Chicago trying to intimidate everyday ordinary citizens trying to go to school and work. That's not what America is about. It's shameful that the president has instigated this."

Meanwhile in Russia: State Duma member Andrey Lugovoy urges Russia to undermine America and Europe by buying journalists and politicians, interfering in elections, infiltrating the opposing parties and amplifying divisions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgK...

I hope you'll take a moment for these beautiful parting words from the incomparable Jane Goodall. (And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)

If ICE or the military is occupying your city, at the very least, do not cooperate. Do not serve them in restaurants! Close hotel doors to them! Do not let them use your restrooms! Make them as uncomfortable and unwelcome as possible. RE: Chicago, Portland, Memphis, New York, Washington D.C.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

It's time to believe your eyes.

Excuse me but Trump *texted* his answers to an "interview" with Jake Tapper? If Biden had done this, they would have been calling the pallbearer and Jake would have been getting a book advance to write the obituary.

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."

Christian nationalist fascism: when they lower masked Gestapo goons from helicopters in the night to smash apartment windows, terrorize residents, and zip-tie and kidnap children for not being white looking enough— and then violate the 1st Amendment by reciting scripture from a government account.

"Oh, and I almost forgot: Let's push Congress to move with some alacrity to pass the discharge petition and finally RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!" --Deputy Attorney General Moose

A frog just defeated ICE. Somewhere Pepe is crying.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable." President John F Kennedy

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities. Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement. It’s illegal and un-American.

JD Vance is blaming Democrats for Trump’s government shutdown. That’s BS. What he didn’t tell you? Senate Republicans voted against our bill to reopen the government and prevent a health care crisis FOUR TIMES. The truth: They’d rather keep it shut than lower health care costs.

JUST IN: California and Oregon are suing the Trump administration in an effort to stop him sending hundreds of National Guard troops from the Golden State to Portland, per an amended lawsuit filed today.

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

A fat guy being calm and collected will always defeat a jock.

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Speaking Spanish isn’t “un-American.” It’s as American as the Super Bowl itself. If you’re mad about hearing it, maybe ask yourself why.

Chicago has experienced a chaotic — and violent — weekend of clashes between federal law enforcement and protesters, prompting President Trump to call up 300 National Guard members in Illinois.

April 7, 2025 Firing of NSA chief raises concerns about Laura Loomer's influence General Timothy D. Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist. @mpolymer1.bsky.social

Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."