Ben Wikler had a long-term, successful plan to flip the court, but what really set the fire under WI Dem activists was the court nearly throwing out enough ballots to steal the state from Biden. One GOP swing vote prevented that.

Medical supplies are stuck in Dubai, as clinics around the world face shortages. www.npr.org/2026/04/06/n...

Remarkable: The public has rejected *all* the major pillars of America First Trumpism. Majorities oppose: *deportations *tariffs *war with Iran *threats to Canada and Greenland ...while NATO, vaccines, and foreign aid remain broadly popular. Some thoughts on that: newrepublic.com/article/2080...

The largely immigrant workforce at JBS's flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions. Reporting by Ted Genoways for FERN and Mother Jones. Photography by Maryanne Andrei. thefern.org/2026/02/thes...

Pope Leo has received Gareth Gore in a private audience today; Gore has done significant investigative reporting regarding the corruption and scandal surrounding Opus Dei. His book “Opus” exposes “the Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church.”

Weird chart. What happened in 2025 in the US? Did political leadership change and then start systematically dismantling education, science, health care, and government, levying arbitrary tariffs, randomly attacking major US cities, and destroying the economy? Just asking.

Suzie Wiles needs some help thinking of ideas to lower gas prices. Any suggestions? How about: • Don't bomb Iran. • Restore fuel economy standards. • Offer rebates to people who want an EV but can't yet afford one.

The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:

Despite what Trump said in his SOTU address, our economy isn’t “roaring” — it’s straining working-class families already struggling to make ends meet. More from my colleague @sagewarner.bsky.social in @msmagazine.com: tinyurl.com/3semhehv

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028. He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

So were his grandparents on his father’s side.

Let’s talk about corruption

When I heard this, I drafted a skeet about it, then thought "naaah, there's no way his speechwriters would allow him to contradict himself within one sentence." But they really and truly did.

trump says we're gonna simultaneously make houses more affordable and also keep their prices high

just gonna re-up this here

President Trump and his family have made over $2 billion from selling the presidency mostly from his three primary crypto ventures. We're tracking in realtime. TrumpsTakeCounter.org

Trump seems nervous about Gov. Spanberger delivering Dems' SOTU response tonight. WH is accusing her of supporting "soft-on-crime policies," saying she "undermines law enforcement at every turn." Then why did Virginia’s largest police organization unanimously endorse her last year for Governor?

Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela. Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Susan Collins voted for Trump's tax bill, making life even more unaffordable for Mainers—this mom is calling her out.

“.. With the vacancy-to-unemployed ratio now below 1.0, bargaining power is again shifting back to capital and away from workers. .. This is a marked contrast with an overall economy that is running hot.” @elerianm.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/298a...

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

Today's Jobs Report reveals blue-collar industries are struggling in Trump's economy. Additionally, working-class people made up less than a quarter of total job growth in Trump's first year. Check out the latest analysis from @saraestep.bsky.social and me ⇣ www.americanprogress.org/article/work...

Karoline Leavitt's old congressional committee: still deep in debt with dozens of creditors. New details from @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/karoli...

2016 Tom Barrack—now US Ambassador to Turkey—was senior advisor on Trump campaign (& later chair of inaugural). 8-28-16 he texted Epstein, who asked him when he’d be in NYC. Epstein told him to download Signal. Next day Barrack met w Epstein, Ehud Barak, & Russian ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin /1

There are 1400 mentions of DOGE founder Elon Musk in the Epstein files.

My phenomenal colleague @citizenwillis.bsky.social is hiring. Will is one of the absolute best in the business for doing good stuff with data. Looking for a relatively recent grad. Someone who feels comfortable digging into things and playing with tons of info — and is committed to the cause.

“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com

@chicago.suntimes.com put up a tracker of charges related to Midway Blitz in chicago 15/32 dismissed already, pretty much half chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...

Tuesday morning: New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.” Tuesday evening: CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

DARVO: Denial: No. I don't think about her. Attack: I think she's a fraud. Reverse Victim and Offender: She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

I've always been a domestic politics guy, but it's clear our situation isn't unique. I don't know how to escape the cycle of popular frustration -> fascist -> ineffective opposition -> new fascist, but this sure seems like the global challenge for humanity that our generation gets to try to solve.

I assume that firing a weapon while trying to video a scene with a cellphone is against protocol.

The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.

BREAKING: A federal judge rules John Sarcone, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, has been serving unlawfully for months. The decision makes him the fifth Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney deemed illegitimate by the federal courts during the president’s second term.

I was reporting another story about the construction industry when I came across a startling dataset: the industry has the second highest suicide rate and the highest rate of drug overdoses. I wanted to know why. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/r...

I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.

one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

A whale went on Polymarket a few days ago & earned $400,000 correctly predicting Maduro's capture. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions. This is a great report.

Congestion pricing is a heckuva street safety strategy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I am going to Latin America on a small travel grant, but need $3,000 more for coverage of unions fighting back against Trump. I've covered unions in Latin America for 20 years & feel workers abroad need to hear their stories. Donate & fightback! paydayreport.com/send-a-labor...

NEW from me: Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham. Take that, elites! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

They just laid off 100 staffers from CBS News. This is so gross and everyone involved should feel bad.

I know we have bigger first to fry but this sucks so fucking bad. Location: Midtown Hotel Boston

5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found. WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county. Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al. (Gift link.)

Trump is holding clean water for 50K Coloradans hostage demanding Tina Peters be released from prison after she was jailed for tampering with voting machines in 2020 election. The bill he vetoed passed via voice vote and was sponsored by Lauren Boebert. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...

Former NATO commander Michel Yakovleff ⬇️

YouGov/Economist Trump weekly job approval for 2025.