FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly took what's being called a "VIP snorkel" session at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor last summer, according to government emails obtained by the Associated Press. @amnanawaz.bsky.social has more, including the FBI's response to the AP report.

Louisiana GOP state Sen. Jay Morris’ racial slur today was directed at the executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party.

This is Spear. He is being forced to leave his grandma's house against his will. You know who would never do this to him? Grandma. 13/10 (TT: daddymaddy19)

this is a real quote from a real motion DOJ filed in the ballroom case, post-WHCD shooting: "The assassin understood what Defendants have been saying for months: The President lacks a secure space for large events" like guys PLS be serious! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Not satisfied with trying to suppress speech at home, the Trump administration is now targeting dissenters abroad who criticize the president's actions. We're going to court to put a stop to it.

Uniter SEIU’s Ball without Billionaires sucked the O2 out of “Temu Lex Luthor” Bezos’ #MetGala #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory 🎥 @thenewsmovement

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The Trump administration is demanding access to the health records of millions of federal workers including prescriptions, diagnoses, and doctor visits. The Office of Personnel Management has asked 65 insurance companies for detailed data on how federal employees use their health benefits.

A real photo of Kid Rock addressing service members at the Pentagon today. Nice summation of where things stand in the United States.

“A warm wet hole”😕 Yikes —Melissa Isaak, who Trump just hired to be an immigration judge👇🏽 She previously defended 1/6 insurrectionists & Roy Moore 😳

I've written and reported a lot on presidential security over the years, and wrote a quick analysis of what we know so far and some background about security at the Washington Hilton: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-quick-an...

JEWISH RUTGERS U STUDENT PROTESTS IDF SOLDIER: “When grandmother told me about the Holocaust and about ‘Never Again’. This is not ‘Never Again’. ‘Never Again’ means ‘Never Again’ for everybody.”

BRENNAN: The shooter had multiple weapons. You said he traveled from CA across the country by train. How did he do that? BLANCHE: This isn't about making laws more restrictive BRENNAN: I'm asking about crossing state lines w/firearms BLANCHE: I don't think that's something we should be focused on

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

I’m listening to seasoned reporters talk about how frightened they were during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night and imagining how much worse it is for America’s children. If there’s ever been a time to pass sensible gun control laws, it’s now.

Is Hung Cao more sane than the FEMA director who says he teleported to a Waffle House?

The Trump administration just announced the federal government will now execute people by firing squad. Acting AG Todd Blanche signed off on it this morning expanding federal execution protocols to include firing squads for the first time since the 19th century.

Congrats, Virginia! Thank you! Cheers!! 🍻

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

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One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

The comment to the female high school student was how hot she is. See any issue with that? Not if you're a republican. But if you're a person with of decency you understand how wrong it was. Leave Jesus out of this you damn hypocrites.

The USPS can't "run out of money," the sole question is the people in charge of the federal government believe delivering mail is worth funding the same way they already fund armed kidnapping gangs, concentration camps, and blowing up girls' schools.

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A documentary about the First Lady that costs Amazon $75,000,000 and barely makes a dent at the box office is not a smart investment on its own. But what if that same company secures a $580,000,000 Pentagon contract around the same time? Suddenly, the math starts to look different.

the pope is not woke. american conservative christianity has spent the last few decades mutating into an evil doppelgänger of itself such that any conservative christian leader who says things like “it’s wrong to incinerate schoolchildren” scans as a titan of superhuman moral fiber.

A big reason we are in this constitutional crisis is that Republicans like Kevin McCarthy refused to break with Trump after January 6th. McCarthy backed Trump during a visit to Mar-a-Lago just weeks after Jan. 6. This was after McCarthy publicly admitted that Trump was culpable for the attack.

This has been widely reported on since mid-March. The president himself suggested it would be ok with him a couple days ago. And then, yesterday, in a conversation with Jon Karl he said it was possible there could be a joint venture between the US and Iran.

BREAKING NEWS: a federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to turn over all their evidence on Renee Good’s murder.

Trump is done. He needs to be removed from office. He’s compromised, unwell, and unfit. Call your Republican reps and tell them it’s time. He’s an albatross. Cut him loose.

Alex Jones reacts to Trump attacking him, saying Trump is possessed by demonic forces and Melania contradicted him on Epstein with her surprise press statement: “It looks to me like she’s breaking with Trump because she knows the ship is sinking. He’s acting like he’s guilty.”

A Georgia race to watch: https://www.contrariannews.org/p/how-one-candidate-plans-to-bring

Trump's three angry Truth Social posts in the last hour suggest he may not be too happy about Melania's statement on Epstein. Melania doesn't bother defending her husband. And isn't her reminder that Epstein didn't act alone an encouragement to look again into what Donald was up to with his pal?

No, we did not threaten to lock up Pope Leo in a dungeon if he were to visit the US, insist Trump officials. People just misread that reference to the Avignon captivity. Note how their denial essentially confirms the whole story. www.ft.com/content/1e17...

Illinois has upheld our commitments. Trump must stop this political stunt and start releasing the funds, get the project moving again, and protect the Great Lakes.

How did we know it was going to play out like this?

bit.ly/4t7G2EU President Donald Trump promised to cut Americans’ electricity bills in half, but costs have increased. It’s becoming an aggravating issue for voters, even deep in Trump country where some fed-up West Virginians are paying more for power than mortgages.

HOW DO YOU HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING OVER A DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENT? HOW DO BOTH SIDES NOT AGREE TO TERMS WRITTEN ON THE SAME PIECE OF PAPER? I'M LOSING MY MIND.

“This is a trans-national effort, funded by Russian oil, to replace Western liberalism with a pro-Russian ideology... Orbán is not just the puppet that gives this packaged ideology a European face... he oversees the money laundering vehicles to fund the larger network” emptywheel.net/2026/04/07/p...

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This is the way

This not only violates all bounds of decorum but it violates every HIPAA regulation known to man. Talk about overreach. It's none of your fucking business #USDemocracy www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

We did something seemingly impossible in Washington and passed our fourth balanced budget. We invested in public safety, in education, and in making life more affordable for our people – and we did it without raising taxes or fees on our people.

A grassroots uprising that was met with violence. A peaceful Japanese garden built from the ground up. & more than 114 baseball teams in the 1st year. All ways the Manzanar community resisted the horrific realities of incarceration, & all legacies that echo in our moment. @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

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Unprecedented corruption

Automatic draft registration: streamlined, efficient. Automatic voter registration: creeping deep state tyranny.

April 8, 2026