“The next president must say on day one: We’re tearing down this arch; we’re razing Trump’s ballroom…Washington ceremonial architecture must be returned to the purpose for which it exists—to promote democracy, not the demented, bruised ego of one sick man.” newrepublic.com/post/209211/...

Trump lashes out at Pope Leo XIV, a fragile Lebanon–Israel ceasefire takes hold, and Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resign amid scandal. It's been quite a week.

And there it is.... Update in Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against his own I.R.S., in which he seeks taxpayer-funded damages for the prior release of his tax records Trump legal filing says he's in "discussions" with his own I.R.S. to "avoid protracted litigation"

my conspiracy theory is wall street is doing everything it can to keep everything from collapsing until dems take the house and senate so they can blame the implosion on them

Medical researchers say that cancer is typically caused by a complex combination of factors. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats says it's mostly caused by the radiation from offshore windmill farms. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

#BLM OTD 1863 Charlotte L. Brown, a Black woman in San Francisco refused to leave a whites-only streetcar. The conductor threw her off. She sued Omnibus Railroad & won. Then she got thrown off again, sued again & won again. This was 92 years before Rosa Parks. #BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory

Speed-bumps are a "no brainer" according to Doug Ford.

Caitlyn Jenner thought SHE was safe because at Mar-A-Lago, Nancy Mace doesn't patrol bathrooms and she can use the women's bathroom in peace. Enjoy what you voted for Caitlyn, you self-absorbed idiot!

The American gestapo abducted an 85 year-old widow. Was she one of the worst of the worst? No, her step-son, a retired Alabama state trooper, got ICE to put her in a detention center to deport her because he wanted all of his father's inheritance. Sounds like the son is the worst of the worst.

Thou shalt not commit blasphemy against Samuel L. Jackson’s monologue in Pulp Fiction, motherfucker.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. The tyrants are Netanyahu and Trump and their regimes.

It should be mandatory for every Republican in Congress & the admin to write out one week of groceries for a family of 4 - everything they need - then drive to a grocery store and put each item in a cart, then pay for those items with their own money, then get a full tank of gas.

I think the one thing I like about Bluesky vs. Threads is the relative lack of brands brandposting

HEADS-UP, IRELAND: A likely ICE flight has just landed at Shannon again, likely to refuel before delivering shackled migrants to god-knows-where. This is the same plane that sent migrants to Uganda — a country they had never been to before — on April 1. #spéirghorm

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BREAKING: Senate Republicans blocked my War Powers Resolution that would have ended Trump's unnecessary, unjustified war against Iran. These cowards have had four chances to stop this chaos in the Middle East. And they put Trump's ego before America. Every damn time.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people. The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work. Subscribe to support our journalism.

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office criminalized a 12-year-old rape survivor for “lying” and left her abuser free to assault her again. Ten years later, a federal judge has ruled she can sue over it.

Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context. wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...

Meanwhile in Portland: Protesters dump hundreds of dildos in the driveway of an ICE facility. 😂😂😂

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is calling for Medicare for all, at the expense of taxing billionaires and withholding funds for Iran. MORE: trib.al/QMp8A3E #news #rokhanna #medicare #education #healthcare

For the love of God, this is the White House! #cdnpoli

youtu.be/6gimTa9Ps68 #pattymurray #vought Patty Murray criticized Trump’s FY2027 budget, blasting deep domestic cuts to fund a massive defense increase. She pressed OMB Director Russ Vought on the scale of war funding and the taxpayer cost of Trump’s Iran conflict. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA🍎)

At this point, I think it's safe to say that he never really grew into the job as president. #ResignAlready

The House just failed to end the Iran war by a single vote (213-214). Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the lone Democrat to cross the aisle, providing the deciding margin to defeat the War Powers Resolution. Rep. Thomas Massie was the only Republican to vote in favor of the measure.

JUST IN: Aliya Rahman, the Minneapolis woman whose violent arrest by ICE agents in January was filmed and went viral, today filed a complaint against DHS over its agents' "brutal tactics and conduct." A first step for suing the federal govt, which she intends to do. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...

Tom Tiffany is the first candidate for governor, in Wisconsin history, that signed a lawsuit to throw out our votes. That's not "Wisconsin values" 🙄 captimes.com/opinion/colu... #Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WIGov

The sad reality is that we can’t believe anything the president tells us about the most serious issues facing both the country and the world because he’s a congenital liar.

Trump did it!✊🔥🤬

This village uses its solar income on free communal lunches, buses and other communal efforts.“If you divide money as individual income, people feel disconnected. People who didn’t know each other for years now get to know each other within days” I love everything about this.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY): We had record distributions in my county in Wyoming of Meals on Wheels, which is an indication that more and more people are turning to subsidized food opportunities. So I’m worried, and I admit that. But for now, I have patience.

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Why do we have lawmakers in Congress who are willing to hold fellow members of Congress accountable for sexual assault but not a President?

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One underrated but effective cyber hygiene habit is regularly reviewing and updating your privacy settings on all social media platforms. It helps protect your personal information from unwanted access! #CyberHygiene #SecurityTips

Musk just proved the article's thesis: algorithms decide what becomes real. When a platform normalizes slavery denial next to a Whopper ad, it's not a glitch. It's the selection function working exactly as designed.

"You're spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock. Somehow you think that's a better public health message than informing the public about the benefits of vaccines. Really? -- Rep. Linda Sanchez to RFK Jr

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Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich 
Well, today we're taxing the rich...

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

I would say “WTF is going on?” but it’s a question that seems to have lost all meaning in the modern age.

It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.

BERNIE: “The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Things are finally changing. Let's keep pushing and push harder. And let's also not miss the fact that it took a horrific genocide and a disastrous war for so many of our neighbors to start dealing with reality.

Like, for example, a Secretary of Defense citing a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction to promote wars of aggression.

MacFarlane: Are we to pretend we didn’t watch all that on television on January 6th? Did we not all see what happened at the Capitol? These vacating of convictions, these pardons, are communicating to the American people: do not believe your lying eyes