I mean…the level of total dumbfuckery we are enduring boggles the mind. Every good faith aspect of federal law enforcement is dead. DOJ is about revenge and chicanery and nothing else. EVERYONE with access to power is abusing it. The corporations, the oligarchs, the data thieves, the polluters

Indeed. And the early contours of this complicated, nuanced and sector-appropriate policy look something like Biden’s AI Executive Order…

Very interesting podcast about resistance to American Nazi groups post WWII, & all the parallels between then & now, including implications for the SPLC. The resistance groups ran into apathy to their cause from the feds in those days, as the feds believed the /1 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

“Fuck that. I’d rather waterboard myself than put on a tuxedo and be used as a prop in a fascist game show host’s ritual of self-love and smug hostility.”

WE NEED TO KEEP CALLING THIS OUT BECAUSE IT MATTERS: California is the 4th largest economy on Earth, and the most populous state in the country. This isn’t a place for amateurs. Becerra has the experience for a state this big, this complex, and this consequential. 🧵

WATCH — @tedlieu.bsky.social : “Trump and his family have made over $9 Billion in his presidency.”

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I talk a lot about Elon Musk as someone who left, at minimum, hundreds of thousands of children to die. It is by far his most significant legacy, even if you give him some credit for innovation with Starlink, etc.

I genuinely think some people do not want to look this in the eye/think about it because it is so awful. We wrote what I thought was a pretty eye-opening story about all this and I was surprised by the lack of engagement tbh

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

A “former Palantir executive recently confirmed what many have long suspected. In a public stmt, the whistleblower said it plainly: Palantir intended to take over the US government, & many of his former colleagues are now installed inside the federal apparatus. He called it an occupied nation.” 1/

Eric Trump went on FOX to brag about winning ANOTHER multimillion-dollar contract from the Trump administration. I've been sounding the alarm and pushing for answers. Is the Pentagon just a cash machine for Trump’s kids now? This looks like corruption in plain sight.

Happy week, everyone!

"From a legal standpoint, this indictment is crap. From a political standpoint, it’s an effort to avenge the KKK and enshrine white supremacy in America. Both should be dismissed with prejudice." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The administration’s public prayers and religious memes are meaningless when that administration discards historic Christian teaching and reviles Christian leaders — all to support a brutal, dishonest man, a man who can’t articulate a legitimate basis for the war he launched on his own command."

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"The coolest thing about solar energy is that you don't need to invade another country to get it. Solar power is democratic, abundant, and borderless. No pipelines. No tankers. No resource wars. Just the sun shining on everyone. #SolarRevolution #EnergyIndependence

“Russia can sustain extremely high levels of casualties and losses in human lives. They don’t care about people’s lives,” a Ukrainian officer told me. However, “it is painful for them to lose money.”

How much Americans have shelled out to Elon Musk through government contracts: $38 billion. How much Elon Musk made last year: $200+ billion How much Tesla paid in federal taxes last year: $0. Oligarchy is real. The system is rigged.

I think it’s good politics to speak loudly and clearly about the climate crisis. Time to end the climate hushing billmckibben.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...

Twitter uses algorithms that ensure that 90% of the most visible accounts will be on the far right politically. Here's why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

The acting head of the CDC has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

You'd think it'd be hard to summarize the Trump admin's entire view of women in one iPhone picture. But that is one challenge this White House is actually able to rise to and meet:

“To say that President Trump is corrupt is to somehow understate the size, scope and magnitude of his corruption. It is as if you were to describe a modern thermonuclear device as a ‘bomb.’ That is true enough, but it is not quite the truth. It does not capture the nature of the thing in full.”

This story is heartbreaking.

Trump pardons allies who boost his crypto coin. Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating. Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business. The list goes on. We must not become numb to this corruption.

CHRIS WRIGHT: Energy prices are still well lower than they were in middle of the Biden adminis-- CANTWELL: I want to stop you right there. There is nobody in the Northwest who thinks that. Not when they wake up & airline flights are being canceled because of high fuel costs. No one thinks it's okay

In 2002 a 17 year old from Londrina, Brazil boarded Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet in Paris and was trafficked to New York. Around 30 girls were on that flight. Ghislaine Maxwell prowled the cabin. Some girls sat on Epstein’s lap. The teenager was Amanda Ungaro. www.yacnews.com/amanda-ungar...

Do not stop talking about the Epstein files!

Some progressives & Democrats need to stop justifying refusing to vote or 3rd party voting by saying Biden "didn't do anything." He did a whole damn lot. Facts matter. And so does a young liberal SCOTUS justice who will protect civil rights for decades. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fa...

John Roberts' wife is not the only Supreme Court spouse to shake down people with business before the court to give bribes. Ginni Thomas has a "consulting firm" (AKA a PO Box for checks) to funnel money to Clarence. #Corruption

Ramaswamy crossed a line you can’t uncross. Vile. www.wvxu.org/politics/202...

"Ukraine has a theory of victory that looks plausible, while Russia’s is crumbling. There is a path to Ukraine achieving overwhelming drone dominance...Russia bet that meat waves would overwhelm Ukraine while the US and Hungary blocked Western support, and failed." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

This should be the official portrait in the Whitehouse!

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2

To understand why the USA is where it is today, all you need to do is see that Trump cannot tolerate even the mildest, insightful criticism from the Pope, but Trump will allow Putin to humiliate him deeply and constantly, while still craving Putin’s approval.

It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.

Flight Records — SDNY Internal Email (EFTA00016732) An AUSA at the Southern District of New York sent an internal email to colleagues stating: "The flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than 1/4

Have been wondering when candidates would start talking about this. One of the biggest corruption scandals is U.S. history playing out in real time.

I've had some friends suggest that there was plausible deniability for people who used to work at Palantir who thought at the time it was just another tech company. I always found that hard to believe as it was always creepy and cultish. But after this... anyone still working there...

Plus all the ones they kidnapped. Russia needs to be quarantined until they're ready to join the human race again.

Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible. USAID cuts killed at least 750,000 to date.: deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children. Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

House Judiciary Dems' report revealed that Trump's cryptocurrency policies were used to funnel billions to Trump & his family. He also dismantled anti-corruption/financial integrity safeguards & pardoned corporate cronies to build his crypto wealth.

Can’t tell you how many high level DC insiders have said to me in past two days they don’t believe anything WH says unless it is confirmed by Iran. And the smart ones want confirmation by Iranian actions not just words. Trump credibility even among GOPers is zero. Less than that.

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room. The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction. The Health guy collects raccoon dicks. It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

Imagine winning your asylum case…only for the regime to keep you locked up for 11 more months and try to deport you to a country you’ve never been to. One judge just ended that nightmare in four hours. That’s the energy running through this entire edition.

He can't help it if he's lucky

Listen to this story from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, breaking the it down like no other. Trump is extracting money from families’ budgets and pumping it to his fossil fuel donors. Thank you Senator 👏👏👏

"Mann and Hotez seek to explain how we arrived at a moment in which anti-science disinformation has become, in their words, 'orchestrated,' and credible scientists are recast as public enemies." Wendy Wagner reviews "Science Under Siege" by Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez.