I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

WaPo website replaced search with AI and it's going great

Defund the Police is a good slogan, actually.

We murdered two more people in boats today

"A corrections officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said he heard the eventual weapon would likely be placed on a stand and “operated by a computer to release a firing pattern.” “It’s kind of like Call of Duty,” the officer added."

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

People get sooooo mad whenever anyone [INCLUDING THOSE OF US WHO ARE GEN X] talk about how reactionary white Gen X is in particular... they usually yell about how much they hate the concept of generations, lol.

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A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1

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I am tired of these fucking Ghibelline-ass comments

That’s not the official excuse, dipshit. He said he was a doctor, not joking about being Jesus.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

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Hey quick question can we please stop erasing that Black and Brown Jews exist? Thanks.

The same scenes that occurred in Gaza, are being perpetrated in Lebanon by the most moral army in the world: a drone deliberately killing a wounded civilian. In fact they are the most criminal army in the world.

U.S. Reaches Trade Deal With Pedotopia

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Good riddance.

Thank you for covering the exhibition!! Please read and importantly, please stop by the exhibition: www.thewarehousenyc.com

Same goes for every "genius" academic or scholar.

I would rather get my hands whacked with a hammer than watch this

Using the r-word is just bad. Democrats should have higher standards for themselves than Trump when it comes to using a slur that MANY disabled people find offensive. Looking at you, Graham Platner. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Eric Swalwell is reportedly resigning from Congress. Shoutout to everyone who spoke out and stood up.

Y'all need to get the fuck off Substack.

I wrote about how Eric Swalwell supporters tried to reframe the sexual violence allegations against him as a MAGA hoax, how some folks fell for it, and how this kind of rhetoric actually mirrors Trump's line of defense against his own accusers. For @spitfirenews.com spitfirenews.com/p/eric-swalw...

Wild that Altman is being sued by his sister for repeated sexual abuse and that doesn’t come up in basically every conversation about him. I get that it’s alleged but if that shit was happening to someone else I feel like that would come up, particularly if that person had a history of lying a lot.

"I'd like to gavel in today's board meeting of the American Medical Association...."

Amazing story this. In this village of 1,700 people, there is a football team, founded in 2007 and now in the Hungarian top flight, which has received €370 million of state support and had a stadium built for it which has hosted international matches.

One of the Republican candidates for governor is also a sheriff and he is straight-up engaging in voter suppression. This tactic is definitely one the GOP will be trying to replicate elsewhere, leveraging state and local connections.

I remember telling an economist working on healthcare costs about the required monthly visits for stimulant medications. The horrified jaw drop was so satisfying. Too many decisions are made in isolation.

I’m a survivor of sexual assault. This month is Sexual Assault Awareness month. I’m appalled that the PPH published this Op-Ed and I’m disgusted that people think this way. He can keep those voters, I don’t want them. If you are a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Call RAINN anytime.

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You have GOT to be kidding me How many fucking times does this man need to be outed as acting like a Nazi before people realize HE IS A NAZI

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

The Prospect has learned that the Congressional Black Caucus will support a clean reauthorization of a warrantless spying program that expires in a week, despite its past use to surveil Black Lives Matter activists. @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social and Dan Boguslaw report. prospect.org/2026/04/13/c...

iranian embassy social media continues with the bangers sound ON 🔊

Praise be

This is quite a statement from DHS that aims to gaslight America into believing our government is not, in fact, operating concentration camps right under our noses. Even ICE's own data clearly demonstrates just how overcrowded this facility has been ALL YEAR.

So once again a man started a wildly successful harassment campaign against a female celebrity who didn’t actually do anything and the internet swallowed it full throated, and the whole thing is revealed to be concocted horseshit he can’t muster anything more than “sorry that happened I guess”

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

“People already hate the police.” No, they don’t. They love the police. They can’t imagine life without the police. They’re giving as much money to the police as they can.

He thought this one was a picture of him as an astronaut

the US Navy is "urgently hiring" morticians

Masked gunman who menaced students at anti-ICE school protest was a cop boingboing.net/2026/04/13/m...

An absolutely baffling time to be an historian of apocalyptic thought. Like my man is just straight up doing Antichrist stuff and I am meant to be normal???