OpenAI’s circular deals with other Big Tech giants, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, are helping inflate the stock market. But the company has recently missed its own targets for revenue and new users. If the AI bubble bursts, OpenAI won’t be stuck holding the bag — you will. Watch.

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Peggy and I both had dental appointments today. Indeed, it was a "Toothy Two-fer Tuesday". I'll show myself out.

The Kennedy Center belongs to the American people Not Trump He wants to rename it, close it & nearly demolish it to feed his ego The arts have a central part of democracy—& this admin is corrupting both Today we make that case in federal court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social & WLG - TN

Hold on. I was told pretty fucking clearly that 60 Minutes editing an interview was the worst crime in history.

This should be a much bigger story. American farmers are getting crushed, and Washington is making it worse. 60% of U.S. farmers cannot afford the fertilizer they need for this year’s growing season.

the voters, in fact, did have a say in the gerrymandering in Florida: they voted for a Fair Districts amendment that would prohibit exactly this kind of map the Florida Supreme Court, however, has determined that this is irrelevant and the will of the voters should be explicitly ignored

Preservationists are pressing ahead with their lawsuit against President Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom, declining a request by the Department of Justice to withdraw the complaint following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965

Thank you, @lastweektonight.com. youtu.be/Ykvf3MunGf8

I don’t usually make a big deal about getting quoted in social media. But when it’s Heather Cox Richardson, it is kinda a big deal. substack.com/home/post/p-...

🚨BREAKING: A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Since Trump is out here denying he is a rapist, a reminder that a judge said he absolutely was one

This puts the security debate in better perspective. I know this space really well. The guy wasn’t anywhere near the ballroom. He was basically trying to rush the security perimeter and failed. It’s a big complex with lots of different event happening at the same time.

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

What Corporate media refuses to note is that a gunman getting into a venue where the President and VP are sitting on the dais is a MASSIVE security failure by the Trump regime. But if they report it was a Trump failure then Trump takes away their access.

So Trump’s Big Bribery Ballroom is needed because it's the *only* place safe enough to hold events involving POTUS? That's going to severely limit Trump's rallies, fundraising and other off-campus events, will it not? fortune.com/2026/04/26/t...

Iran's foreign minister has left Islamabad without meeting US envoys, Pakistan officials confirm.

As we watch fake diplomats try fake diplomacy in the pursuit of a fake deal, a reminder about what happened with North Korea in Trump 1.0.

They will use Spirit for ICE flights. Watch.

Four-byline alert: 🚨 abcnews.com/US/doj-expec...

You know how dogs sometimes eat their own vomit?

The European Union on Thursday approved a $106-billion loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for two years, ending months of political deadlock. n.pr/4vOA1P6

Block The Merger Update: Over four thousand industry members have signed the open letter opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger. Join the signatories calling on regulators to act. (The link to add your name is included in the document link.) blockthemerger.com/openletter

Block The Merger Update: Over four thousand industry members have signed the open letter opposing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger. Join the signatories calling on regulators to act. (The link to add your name is included in the document link.) blockthemerger.com/openletter

@thepoliticsbar.bsky.social @silversmith1.bsky.social @jodyhamilton.bsky.social I swear, RFK Jr's breathing is more ragged and labored than Darth Vader's at the end of Return of the Jedi. youtu.be/kQ0Xow5vn-w

Today is an important anniversary. 73 years ago, on April 23, 1951, in Farmville, VA, Barbara Johns led a walkout of her segregated high school to protest the unfair and deplorable conditions of her school. What?! You don’t know who Barbara Johns was? This will stop your doomscrolling. 1/

The failson, who was implicated in Daddy's Foundation fraud and Trump Org bank fraud, who invoked 5A rather than explain whether he traded dirt on Hillary for sanctions relief, and who was accused by Justin Sun of fraud just ... yesterday wants to lecture you about perfect vehicles for fraud.

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

Aptera in Earth Day green. 💚

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

In both the first and second Trump administrations, the number of times a president has asked the Supreme Court to take “emergency” action has increased dramatically. Learn more: bit.ly/4cybln3

NOT A DONE DEAL WBD shareholders just rubber-stamped Paramount megadeal—but even THAT showed stress: they rejected Zaslav's $886M golden parachute The real gatekeepers now? State AGs & @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov & other state AG's are already investigating This merger has a long road ahead

To my senators @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov I ask, what can be done to halt the viral spread of Palantir throughout our federal government?

Billionaire Tom Steyer just said on stage “Me paying more taxes is not the answer!” Run this on loop.

While we're talking percentages, let's talk about the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. NASA is currently 0.36% of US federal spending. www.planetary.org/space-policy... The proposed budget cuts NASA science by 47%. NASA science is already on a shoestring, and that string is about to break

BREAKING: A Virginia judge just temporarily halted the implementation of the state's new voter-approved redistricting measure. Election officials cannot move forward now unless the ruling is overturned by a higher court. Virginia's AG has vowed to appeal the ruling.

800 Americans died from Covid in March, per WHO.

Happy Earth Day from @aptera.us. youtu.be/vRSCCwWKUnM

What do Levi’s, Hanes, and Chewy have in common? California AG Rob Bonta just revealed evidence alleging that Amazon used its power to pressure them, and countless other brands, to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme.

NEW: President Trump is hosting an exclusive event at Mar-a-Lago for top holders of his memecoin on Saturday—the second such event in less than a year. He's selling access to the presidency, raising national security risks and LOTS of questions. We break it down:

Nah, man, it’s a lie. Just say it. The Fed is no more responsible for the threat to its independence than universities are responsible for the decline in public trust. It’s all abuser logic & the common thread is the far right authoritarian party doing an authoritarianism.

Reminder: all the people whining in Virginia tonight did not care when the map looked like this back in 2010

A planet worth protecting. Happy Earth Day

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act. Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

Decision Desk HQ projects the VA Congressional Redistricting Referendum will Pass. While No currently has the lead, based on the location and size of the remaining vote, Yes will take the lead as soon as the remaining counties report. #DecisionMade: 8:25 PM EDT

Trumpy billionaire David Ellison is waiting for regulatory approval in his pursuit of a $110B deal for Paramount to purchase Warner Bros. And he's throwing a swanky invite-only gala to honor Trump. Join the hundreds who will be protesting this blatant conflict of interest. ⬇️

Warsh claimed that the Wall Street Journal had bad sources. Their source was Donald Trump himself. Either Trump lied to the Journal or Warsh just committed perjury.