The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act in its Callais ruling. They won’t stop until they’ve brought us back to the 1800’s, y’all. FIGHT BACK. P.S. — We can still flip the House in November. And we will. That’s the first step towards fixing this. Then we expand the court.

Bill Ferguson claimed one reason he opposed redrawing Maryland's congressional map is because he thought doing so might *undermine* Black representation. If he's serious, then given what SCOTUS just did, MD now *must* redraw its map.

AOC on how Democrats should respond to SCOTUS weakening VRA: “And so if Republicans are going to redraw North Carolina, if they're going to redraw Texas, if they're going to redraw and gerrymander every one of their states, then unfortunately, we have to provide balance to that”

🧵 The SCOTUS majority continues to gut the Voting Rights Act and vital protections for our democracy and fair representation.

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Gorsuch sits in a stolen seat. Kavanaugh is a drunk rapist whose debts were mysteriously paid off. Thomas takes bribes. Alito is QAnon in a robe. Barrett lied about Roe in her confirmation. Roberts leads the most corrupt Court in modern history. SCOTUS is illegitimate — and so are its rulings.

‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges

Reform, as usual, representing the ordinary people, the left behind.

❗️Russians have released footage of the flight of "Shaheds" over Dnipro

I’m not sure why we still have a monarch. It seems like a medieval anachronism to me; a demonstration of inherited status and the the pinnacle of an entrenched aristocracy. And I’m really not sure why our monarch has gone to the US to stand next to another man with too much power, land and money.

We should be saying thank you to Ukraine.

BREAKING: Two Democratic Reps. are introducing a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25/hr and eliminate subminimum wages. Reps. Delia Ramirez and Analilia Mejia are introducing the bill, saying it's unacceptable that the minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.

I like Spain.

' #JDVance has questioned whether the #Pentagon has understated what appears to be the drastic depletion of US missile stockpiles.' 'a dramatic drawdown in reserves is potentially dire: US forces would need these same stockpiles' to defend its own interests. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

"Enemy from within." "Communists, Marxists, fascists, radical left thugs, vermin." "Garbage" Somalis, "low IQ people." "She's an evil, sick, crazy, b..." Republicans want the left to tone down the rhetoric. Erm, have they listened to Donald Trump?? Zeteo put together this Trump montage:

'The Nord superyacht, is thought to be worth over $500m according to specialist newspaper The SuperYacht Times. It's not officially registered to [sanctioned Alexey] #Mordashov, but was listed under a #Russian firm owned by Mordashov's wife in 2022' #IranWar #Hormuz www.newsweek.com/russian-supe...

“If you don’t think $400M of TAXPAYER money is a good investment to create a secure facility at the White House…” -Lindsey Graham We warned you that the taxpayers were going to pay for his ballroom.

A video of a helicopter on fire has been shared online with claims that it shows a US Black Hawk helicopter shot down by Iran. But this isn’t true - the clip is actually from Syria in 2020.

'By breaking free from #OPEC ’s rigid quotas, the #UAE gains flexibility to increase its oil production. Its independence allows the country to redirect capital to its export routes ...investing heavily in overland pipelines to bypass the Strait of #Hormuz' #IranWar www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Trump: "Iran has just informed us they are in a 'State of Collapse.' They want us to 'Open the Hormuz Strait,' as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!). Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

McSweeney: "We procured two strong candidate for [the PM]: One was Mandelson and the other was George Osborne." Christ above. What did the weak candidates look like.

Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

(cartoon Bill Day)

The 1st Amendment wasn't written so we'd feel free wishing each other a happy birthday. It was written so we'd feel free saying sharp and difficult things, such as stating plainly that the president of the United States is a convicted felon who is trying to destroy American democracy.

No president has ever critiqued “the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church so directly and so personally” as Trump, Peter Wehner argues. “But beyond that, this conflict has a dramatic, even archetypal, quality to it.”

Didn't Melania's husband mock the Pope, post blasphemous content, threaten genocide, ridicule and threaten the press, and engage in an illegal, unwinnable war with Iran -- all of that in the past month? Very offensive, divisive, and hateful.

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The Republican debate among candidates vying to face Jon Ossoff in Georgia devolved into Rep. Buddy Carter and Rep. Mike Collins exchanging accusations about who is the most ethically compromised

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Ukraine always expresses its gratitude and always remembers well who and how supported us after the start of this war. But it is also important for all partners not to forget that Ukraine is defending not only itself in this war, and especially for Europe.

50 years later… it’s back. A special production. Get tickets here—> www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/david_e...

"Why the f*ck is the guy from 'The OC' doing a tougher interview on Sam Bankman-Fried than CNBC?" @mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks @benmckenzie.bsky.social about interviewing crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, from Ben's new documentary 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money'. zeteo.com/p/ben-mckenz...

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

Yes, I was suspended for the "serious" violation of making a joke.

'One change that is very much front of mind for a lot of older people ... is Rachel Reeves’s “inheritance tax raid” on unspent pension money that takes effect in just under a year’s time.' #UKTax #InheritanceTax #Pensions www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...

The stable genius also has a problem with women.

If he did he’d have public opinion firmly on his side. Nowadays, even a majority of Daily Mail readers can see that leaving the EU was a catastrophe ✏️ Denis MacShane

Sadiq Khan tells me Keir Starmer was wrong to brand the Green Party as extremists and says the Prime Minister needs to do much more to win back voters from Zack Polanski's party, as Labour faces heavy defeats in next month's local elections bylinetimes.com/2026/04/24/i...

🇺🇸👀 Trump’s new “gold card” visa ($1 million for U.S. residency) has so far been approved for just one person, — Howard Lutnick.

🔥 The hell in Tuapse continues after the visit of sanctions UAVs.

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

It is preposterous and honestly rather shameful for Starmer to act so upset over the Mandelson affair. He is basically attacking Robbins for doing precisely what he wanted him to do inews.co.uk/opinion/unbe...

'Defense Minister Israel Katz stated last month that "all houses in villages near the Lebanese border will be demolished according to the model of #Rafah and Beit Hanoun in #Gaza."' #Lebanon #Israel #IDF #BenjaminNetanyahu www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

The number of deaths in #Israel is growing but not mushrooming as in #Lebanon, the West Bank or Gaza: Trump is trying to obstruct Iran’s impeding ships’ passage in the straits of Hormuz; if talks are unproductive the ME faces a war is attrition. #TrumpWorld #Hormuz www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLU6...

Newly Resurfaced Recording: Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon in 1971 Racist Call www.instagram.com/reel/DXNQ6f5...

Hegseth: "A note to the media. I just can't help but notice the endless stream of garbage, the relentlessly negative coverage you cannot resist peddling despite historic & important success of this effort. Sometimes it's hard to figure out what side some of you are on. It's incredibly unpatriotic"

"Vance wasn’t really interested in arguing with his spiritual father; he was instructing him" from @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Hegseth: "Our press are just like these Pharisees. Your politically motivated animus for President Trump nearly completely blinds you from the brilliance of our American warriors."

“Guess Who's Afraid of Going to Jail?” Trump officials fret that Dems will try to prosecute them, even if they get pardons. Plus, most Senate Dems vote to oppose arms sales to Israel, and a pro-Palestine PAC endorses El-Sayed in Michigan. First Draft: