Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."

A 100-year-old woman died of hypothermia after being found outside her assisted living facility. A jury was asked whether the landlord — a publicly traded real estate company — deserved blame.

not the vicar of christ with another absolute banger of a post

This is the reason the stock market is completely disconnected from the real economy.

Ari Melber's show put together a supercut of an 8-minute Trump rant about snakes that raised concerns about his mental wellbeing

Today's Politics Chat with @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/vkWrULj...

BREAKING: 75% of Americans support releasing the Epstein files, even if it implicates their own party, according to PBS poll.

A woman named Lonna Drewes at a news conference just now accused Eric Swalwell of drugging her drink and sexually assaulting her. Here's part of her statement.

While climate justice may not seem like the most pressing concern amid a myriad of other crises, we cannot defeat authoritarianism without breaking the fossil fuel industry’s stranglehold on our government, writes IPS climate expert Basav Sen on @commondreams.org.

New in PN: Trump lost his war on Iran, bigly "The ability of the free press, much less regime propagandists, to grapple with the scale of the loss & its implications is very much in doubt. It’s worth, therefore, laying out the nature of the defeat, who's unwilling to describe it as such, & why."

Must read piece on this wild stat: More than 400 day cares in Oklahoma have gone out of business since November. Don't miss the parents sending their kid to live in a different state b/c they don't have care. It's past time for universal childcare! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

This week is Black Maternal Health Week — and Black women are still being ignored, dismissed, and disrespected, especially during pregnancy and childbirth. Over 80% of these deaths didn’t have to happen. This is your reminder to listen to Black women.

So let’s have universal health care and help people live in dignity.

With this settlement the US is worse off in every way than it was before the war; Iran is strengthened by the huge new tolls in the Straits of Hormuz, paid by the whole world. (1/14)

In other words, the war is one more reason to support opposition candidates, to organize, and to protest. May Day is the next big chance for Americans to do so. (14/14) indivisible.org/events/may-d...

I’m very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did. I’m disgusted by all of it. She found herself in one of those moments where she didn’t care what she lost if it helped one other person. The reality is the truth don’t care who tells it, but she told it. Love you @allysammarco.bsky.social

This flew under the radar: Trump's new acting AG Todd Blanche shut down major DOJ investigations into crypto companies, dealers, and exchanges as Pam Bondi's second-in-command — all while holding at least $159,000 in crypto assets himself. The fox is guarding the hen house.

Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

I think sometimes the reason why Trump contradicts himself so much each day is because he forgot what he said yesterday. The other times it’s because he lies so much he can’t keep the lies straight.

Wishing this fabulously competent—and joyful—crew a safe return to a planet that, frankly, doesn't deserve them.

Donald Trump is using foreign steel to build his gold-encrusted ballroom. It's a slap in the face to every American steelworker. "America First" was always just a slogan to Trump.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social is live on YouTube with her politics chat www.youtube.com/live/3Z3l_ea...

NEW: Iran-linked hackers are attacking US critical infrastructure around the country, according to a warning from federal agencies and confirmation from the company whose component is being exploited. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/iran-l...

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

Hey white America it’s OK to admit you made a mistake now let’s 25th amendment this asshole and get back to being a civilized society again

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.

So glad to see @atrupar.com highlighted in last night’s letter! He is a a strong link in the backbone of independent media. Super grateful for his work!

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

Quick. Get the obit ready.

😂💯

When the US admits that they killed any “military-aged men” who walked within 3km of a downed pilot they mean any boy lanky enough to be a teenager and any middle-aged man able to walk unaided with a cane got shot in the head for the crime of walking.

Oh dear. The New York Times clever headline about NATO is entirely based on them getting its name wrong 😐 The A doesn’t stand for America, dudes.

Such a beautiful city. Guides expressed frustration w/ Orban and fear that Trump would win the election when I visited in 2024. They thought Orban would fall if Kamala was elected. Hope the Hungarians get their country back.

April 5, 2026

April 5, 2026 At 8:03 this morning, Easter Sunday, President Donald J. Trump’s social media account posted: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy b*stards, or you’ll be living in Hell….

Pretty groundbreaking class action re:data center pollution in Oregon, even if Amazon is denying the allegations and saying it's settling to "avoid the burdens and expenses of litigation" (presumably also avoiding unflattering discovery).

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

FWIW, the only times in my life when I “teleported” into a location, it’s because I was blackout drunk — and I am told there was no teleporting involved. (This is also why I’m more than 15 years sober.)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the highest-ranking Army officer in the country in the middle of the U.S. war on Iran. Gen. Randy George, the Army’s chief of staff, joins more than a dozen high-ranking military officers who have been fired since Hegseth took over at the Pentagon.

Here we go with this mofo.

False. We are the only country stupid enough to elect a convicted rapist.

So inspiring

March 31, 2026

I think this is SUCH an important discussion, and she was so great. Reupping so people know this is out there. I raved to my husband about it all evening— she was fantastic.

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

Bruce Springsteen. #NoKings

March 26, 2026 In an interview with Reuters on Monday, Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, put in bald language the change in the world order instigated by President Donald J. Trump…. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-26-2...

Bernie Smells A Rat.......

High-pitched dog whistle for the racists in the back.