RFK Jr has been attacking Medicaid-funded caregiving all week. For @motherjones.com, I spoke to a parent on how these payments helps her family keep her disabled son at home. Her son is one of 155 kids in Oregon who has a parent who is a paid caregiver. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump: Spirit Airlines was going to merge with People Express (People Express ceased operations in 1987, 5 years before Spirit even existed)

Cronyism and Corruption: Palantir just signed a $300 million deal with US government to safeguard food supply, but we already had FDA to do that job share.newsbreak.com/i89ycew5

What kind of fool launches an all-out assault against alternative energy, then starts a war that shuts off 20% of the world's oil?

Here’s the latest news and analysis on the oil market.

Slow clap. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 www.wsls.com/sports/2026/...

Just like Trump Air he will bankrupt it. This is a horrible risk for taxpayers. A stupid move.

Amnesty International and dozens of U.S. civil and human rights groups issued a “ World Cup travel advisory” Thursday, warning tournament visitors of “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence” in the United States during President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

The Emerson College Polling/KRQE News 13 poll, released Wednesday, shows 40% of Democratic voters going for Haaland and 24% for Bregman, while 36% of voters remain undecided. Haaland has a 24-point lead among women and a 30-point advantage among voters with college degrees.

The Justice Department said medical marijuana will now be listed on Schedule III, similar to some common prescription painkillers. “These actions will enable more targeted, rigorous research into marijuana’s safety and efficacy,” acting attorney general Todd Blanche said. https://wapo.st/4mO2OiM

Thomas Massie says he represents half of MAGA. Trump wants him out. Now voters in Kentucky will decide

CBS reports my post-COVID heart failure and diabetes #medications that keep me alive are threatened by the blocked Strait of Hormuz. For every week the shipping is backlogged, it will take one and a half weeks to resolve the backlog. I am concerned about my lung drugs too. Trump incompetence kills.

Now that Virginians have greenlit a new redistricting plan, Democrats have potentially picked up 10 seats in Congress. But Republicans could add two to five more seats to their tally if the Florida legislature passes a new map this month.

I won’t be buying any device using a Musk made chip. He has not proven himself with the character to keep our data safe. He would easily sell it to nefarious actors for profit.

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline, a sign the program is working even as it faces long-term funding challenges.

While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would “never get out.” “I just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call. (Published Feb.)

The Trump administration took the unusual step this week of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity.

What Trump’s Bible stunt says about his complicated history with Christianity

An immigration officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into how he treated a protester who said the officer put her in a chokehold. https://to.pbs.org/4mNQOOi

Republicans love the military

PabloReports: What do you make of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan asking for all this money but then refusing to show up to the hearing today? Frost: That’s what happens when you have a lapdog as speaker.

NEW: A republican judge has blocked the redistricting effort in Virginia, invalidating yesterday's vote. But it's a pause, not a defeat. Read more here: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump always appoints questionable people. Former Secretary of the Navy John Phelan never served in the military but did fly at least twice in Epstein's plane. His successor, Hung Cao, claims to have been “blown up” in combat. But there is no Purple Heart or other evidence to support such claim.

NEW: In a party-line vote, North Carolina's GOP-led election board rejected a proposal that would have prepared election officials on how to handle ICE agents at the polls or attempts to seize ballots. Republicans on the board warned against overreacting to hypothetical scenarios.

Nice Timing for the White House Correspondents Dinner: F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

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So, the guy who thinks that witches have taken over California is now the acting Secretary of the Navy? Super.

MILITARY PURGE: Navy Secretary John Phelan has been FIRED, effective immediately. Hung Cao will take over as Acting Secretary. Prior reports raised questions about his claims of being “blown up” in combat, with his Navy record lacking a Purple Heart or Combat Action Ribbon.

Unidentified traders executed a highly suspicious $430-million bearish bet on crude oil roughly 15 minutes before Trump announced the indefinite U.S.-Iran ceasefire, oilprice.com reports. Traders placed 4,260 sell orders for Brent crude futures. Prices plunged from $100.91 to $96.83 within minutes.

BRUTAL NEW POLL Donald Trump is cratering. His approval with Republicans hits an unprecedented low.

ALSOBROOKS: I have the recording. I can play it RFK Jr: I do not believe that every Black kid should be re-parented on a wellness farm and I have never believed it ALSOBROOKS: Well you said it, sir, I have the video RFK Jr: I'd have to see the transcript

If RFK Jr. isn't fired, he ought to have the decency to resign.

Sarah Matthews on Kash Patel: "I know that there's gonna be a lot of people who push back on [the Atlantic] story because it's anonymously sourced…These sources have to be anonymous because their jobs are on the line…These people, they came forward to tell the truth."

Our new Secretary of the Navy. An extremist who will do anything Trump and Hegseth order especially if it’s illegal and a war crime.

“…(Cao) spoke extensively about how diversity and inclusion efforts were harming the military, and at one point said that military recruits should be willing to “rip out their own guts, eat them, and ask for seconds.” 🤔 www.navytimes.com/news/pentago...

#BREAKING - Secretary of the Navy out at Navy

A spontaneous shout-out to the Virginians! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 go.bsky.app/QDuZ4uh

FBI Rob Rogers cartoon. April 21, 2026

Microsoft to integrate Anthropic's Mythos into its security development program reut.rs/41SSTPl

Get ready for Trump Air. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Trying to intimidate journalists may work with the White House press corps, but real journalists know blood in the water when they smell it. Trump may as well fire Kash Patel before he’s in another drunken standoff with SWAT dragging him out of his office when the big stories break.

The President and his Administration have already failed twice in court trying to intimidate me, and he's still not letting up. Just more proof that he'll do anything it takes to silence those of us willing to call him out. I'm not backing down — ever.

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals AFFIRMS dismissal of rightwing lawsuit challenging election administration practices in several Arizona counties. Another big win for the ELG team and our clients! www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...

Most expensive vehicle to operate under trump:

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Leader Jeffries (D-NY) is correct MAGA Republicans are terrified of direct democracy. They draw maps in dark, smoke filled rooms in the dead of night never asking voters to weigh in. Democrats bring the referendum to the people and the voters in Virginia have now spoken. FAFO‼️

Trump Hegseth want to use nukes and kill hungry sailors. We need a functional Congress now.