Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has proclaimed April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month. The proclamation does not mention racism or slavery—just the importance of gaining "insight from our mistakes and successes." Historian Kevin M. Levin describes it as a sign of "a cause in retreat."

The apparent theory here--SPLC was defrauding donors by paying right-wing extremist org informants, and also took completely legal steps for obscuring the money trail for very obvious reasons on this totally legal thing to do--is ludicrous even by the notoriously malleable standard for wire fraud.

Trump media company replaces CEO, ex-congressman Nunes after stock plunge that wiped out billions https://www.europesays.com/people/37062/ NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter…

New from me: RFK Jr., who has spent decades pushing disinformation about the safety of vaccines, insanely insisted to Congress today he's played no role in fueling the resurgence of measles in the U.S. "I've never been anti-vaccine." www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-me...

Full SPLC Indictment. TLDR: Ludicrous theory of the case on the "fraud" part. DOJ desperately wants to get its hands on the civil rights group's money. www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...

This is monstrous. Just profoundly shameful behavior by our government. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.

Moms for Liberty Buncombe County and the Asheville Tea Party are promoting an anti-trans “Exposing Gender Ideology” event next weekend. The Tea Party group advertised it alongside their raffle for a Ruger 380 pistol.

The Center for Renewing America, the national conservative think-tank founded by current OMB director Russ Vought, is whining about Amazon choosing to stop selling the white nationalist mass-murder inspiring anti-immigrant novel, The Camp of the Saints.

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

The avowed election denier and leading MAGA conspiracy theorist was sorely rebuked by Michigan's attorney general.

“i am chained to the desk reading insipid slop,” Nick Fuentes on the comments his own fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to read out Really great work here from @drewharwell.com and @jeremybmerrill.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

By a 6–3 vote, and with no opinion, the Supreme Court throws out a lower court decision denying qualified immunity who killed an unarmed, mentally ill man by using "bodyweight force" to restrain him. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Buckle up, the Big Lie Machine is about to be turned up to 11.

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry. These points stand out:

idk I just think there’s more options than just the neo-Nazi and the group that invites groypers to their events (but DIFFERENTLY like to debate them!!) and is led by a guy whose own kid is a groyper lmao

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

Alleged white supremacist pleads guilty in fire at social justice center that trained civil rights icons www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

NEW: Emails obtained by @wired.com show how a small conservative group was instrumental in FCC chair Brendan Carr's actions against Jimmy Kimmel. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA: www.wired.com/story/the-fc...

Trump Cornered on His Disaster Response Chief’s Waffle House Teleporting Story www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Nevada to Missouri is a pretty big delivery radius. No wonder she was making so much in tips!

You know I knew that Door Dash woman looked familiar

The U.S. just killed five more people in its latest boat strikes. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings is almost 170 civilians. And more deaths are on the horizon. Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning theintercept.com/2026/03/23/t...

This is Patrick A. Kopke-Hales (AKA @better4pat and "Greater Oregon") speaking on the Proud Boy-owned stage. Patrick is extremely transphobic, xenophobic, and Islamophobic. He was running for Oregon governor as a Republican but withdrew and now endorses Ed Diehl.

And now the EPA is on the block this week Lordy...

When I was researching the jbs, in one of the archives, there was a flyer: No government Should Come Between a Man and His Dentist. I swear every time I see anti fluoride stuff I say that line in my head.

How RFK’s War on Fluoride Is Taking Over the Dentist’s Office talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-rfk...

The two are just the latest in the election administration community to go on-record about the dangers of Trump’s latest voting executive order but also to assuage concerns about its legal viability. talkingpointsmemo.com/the-franchis...

Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.

This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.

The banality of evil.

During the anti-ICE school walkouts in January, a group of students in Chandler were targeted by an armed agitator. Turns out it was Phoenix PD Sergeant Dusten Mullen. He admitted his plan was to try to get purposely assaulted so the teenager protesters would all get arrested (it didn’t work).

From Catherine Belton, on why Vance is going to Budapest www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Operation Save Orbán: Trump deploys Vance to Hungary

ICE agents shot a Venezuelan immigrant and then lied profusely about almost every aspect of what had happened. Newly released video outs their lies.

RFK Jr. launches midterm travel push to shore up ‘MAHA’ support www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

NEW: In 2021, Kristen Clarke became the first Black woman to serve as the Department of Justice’s civil rights chief. Five years later, she says the department has “fully retreated from the mission.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

WA DOL shared data with Border Patrol for Eastern WA civil immigration enforcement in apparent state violation. Spokane father Arnoldo Tiul Caal, later found to have been unlawfully detained, had driver’s license data searched by Border Patrol days before his detainment, records show:

Salisbury University group to host talk by ‘godfather of the alt-right’ Jared Taylor www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

We first unmasked (or not—Donahue never actually covers his face) two CBP agents in November at great personal risk as two reporters who have been repeatedly targeted by the feds, including with assaults and arrest. Since then, more and more outlets have felt comfortable naming agents:

No, Native American Citizenship Does Not Support Limits on Birthright Citizenship www.lawfaremedia.org/article/no--...

Leading anti-vaxxer, Sherri Tenpenny, owes nearly $700,000 in federal taxes, a district court ruled yesterday. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/t...

umm...

Breaking: President Trump Signs New Executive Order on Elections: It is Underwhelming Compared to What Was Threatened. It’s Key Part is Likely Unconstitutional: Directing the Post Office to Reject Mail Ballots Except from Those on Federally Approved Voter Lists electionlawblog.org?p=155187

Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship An argument heading to the Supreme Court is built in part on a post-Civil War campaign that scholars say was steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

FOIA offices are being decimated across federal agencies, leaving the government unable to fulfill public records requests. Don’t let this blatant attack on transparency fly under the radar. Tell your representatives to safeguard FOIA.

A couple of snaps from #NoKings #Tacoma in Wright Park. Good turnout!