My response at a candidates' forum last week to an opponent's suggestion that we can't impeach and remove Donald Trump but somehow instead can and should pass wonderful legislation (which I support!) that will keep him from abusing his power and wrecking our democracy ….

Four decades on, Chernobyl remains too dangerous for humans. But the wildlife has moved back in. https://to.pbs.org/48Ge7DM

Serious question: If you’re a Democrat or liberal, but your spouse is MAGA … how do you actually make your marriage work? I’m genuinely curious — I don’t think I could do it.

A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in domestic-related shootings at two different homes early Sunday in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, police in Shreveport said. https://to.pbs.org/4sP7Cpv

"Trump Administration officials declined to explain the reason for the reversal..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

NEW: This week we were at the US Election Assistance Commission convening in Chicago where we revealed that Trump is blocking experts from a key federal committee on voting machine standards. We also unearthed a troubling federal proposal to create a massive system for sharing state voter data.

The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the past year, with leaders easing hiring requirements and accelerating recruitment. https://to.pbs.org/4sN6CSB

“Women are sick and tired of having to apologize” for what Congressmen are doing to staff My weekend edition of “Scott MacFarlane Reports” from Capitol x.com/MacFarlaneNe...

Things you’d NEVER see Donald Trump do, #628: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama are at a child care center in the Bronx reading a children’s book to preschoolers. 📘

Ha! Chronically drunk FBI Director Kash Patel is NOT going to like this new LEGO video. Of course, that assumes he sobers up enough to watch it. 🍺🍸🥃

Israel's attacks on the ambulances have drawn condemnation, including from the United Nations' human rights office, which said it was "shocked" and warned that intentionally targeting medics constituted a war crime. https://to.pbs.org/4dQHW89

Amazing! This is the line to get into Peter Buttigieg’s town hall in Tulsa tonight.

noticing a theme

Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a child care center where they read to preschoolers and led a singalong. https://to.pbs.org/41DySw7

GOP Rep. Cory Mills avoided an arrest for an assault after one of Donald Trump's staunch allies in the Department of Justice intervened, according to a new report.

These agents "don't know how to operate in these situations,” said former DOJ attorney Christy Lopez. Their behavior “is on par with the worst protest policing and just law enforcement that I've seen from any department, even in their worst days." With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

Trump abruptly kicked the press out of the Oval Office during a bizarre appearance with Joe Rogan—right as reporters pressed him on Iran. This comes as Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, turned ships back, and even fired on some vessels, while calling Trump’s claims about negotiations “false.”

Schiff: What more will happen? You know, really, the sky’s the limit. We have to anticipate they could create some provocation at a polling place to create a pretext to call on the military or to seize ballot boxes. And we’re going to be prepared for whatever they throw our way…

Scott MacFarlane, after leaving CBS, has one of the hottest new indie news Substacks around. He joins us tonight to give us a peek at his new world—and how he manages to cover all the news, all the time. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

He addressed the press and labeled the information as false. It is imperative to address this dishonesty appropriately, as such behavior is unacceptable.

It's tax day. The average American paid around 14% in federal income tax this year. The true tax rate of the 25 wealthiest Americans averaged just 3.4%. We need a tax code that works for working people, not billionaires.

An exciting day: I’m testifying today in a Senate hearing about the possible merger between Paramount & Warner Bros. This kind of power consolidation is a danger to freedom of speech and media independence so it must be fully vetted. Hope you’ll tune in and watch: www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T...

Seems like they could’ve had this at a coffee shop

"What happened in Hungary is that Magyar, who's now going to be the prime minister, went out in the country and basically explained how the corruption and criminality affected people in their everyday lives. And that's what's happening here."

NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.

AOC: Whether it’s people in the Epstein files still roaming free, or the president, a known rapist, continuing to occupy the White House, all of this has contributed to the normalization and the idea that incidents of harassment shouldn’t matter. And I think today was an important turning point

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) have officially resigned

When law enforcement officers *create* a problem so dangerous that average citizens feel compelled to intervene in order to serve and protect their community, then the law enforcement officers have moved from a position of enforcing laws to violating them. Fuck ICE.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like. This is the stuff I truly miss.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 (I'm NOT deleting my post below 👇)

Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.

It bears saying: We need to be skeptics when DOJ lets word get out that it’s conducting a criminal investigation, especially when the suspect is on Trump’s list of enemies. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor.”

FELON we will get the EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES Whether you like it or not!!!

I would rather that my tax dollars NOT go to supporting a foreign dictator and Putin ally. -- Sigh.

Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope.

Watters: Are you happy that there is a ceasefire? Where do you stand? Jessica: I stand in reality that there is no ceasefire.

How Much Humiliation Can JD Vance Take? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

This is a no-brainer.

imagine if i happened to be a trillionaire and bought twitter and 80% of the stuff on the site was just about big pants. you couldn't escape it. just an endless deluge of big pants propaganda

The emperor has no clothes. Time for the #25thAmendment. Congress and the Cabinet must act.

What if, and hear me out, someone released the Epstein files?

The fact that this went out and Congress hasn’t immediately convened for an emergency session show just how much trouble we’re in.

A lot more chatter about the 25th amendment than some expected on this Easter Sunday … youtube.com/shorts/-cA-Z...

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