Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

ZOHRAN MAMDANI: "It is sad that for too many Americans when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, they have to turn to a history book."

Filing taxes in the U.S. is tedious, hyper-complicated, and easy to make a costly error. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Many states have passed laws requiring universal lead screening — but not Nebraska. So in Omaha, where factories deposited 400 million pounds of the toxic metal, most kids haven’t been tested.

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

A judge questioned a proposed DOJ settlement that offers no compensation to victims but allocates millions to immigration enforcement. “Who in the settlement room said it would be a good idea to give $20 million to law enforcement?” the judge asked. With @texastribune.org

Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.

Two in one week, both from state AGs stepping in where the federal government was bought off.

We did an emergency pod on the Live Nation Ticketmaster verdict, going through the entire history of Live Nation, how the Justice Department tried to sabotage the case, & what it means for Live Nation and other large companies that state AGs stepped up and won. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/emergency-...

"There's only one majority in this country and that's the working class." —Zohran Mamdani

big news, the FAA has gotten rid of criminal penalties for flying drones near ICE vehicles

NEW: “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.” w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

You Do Not Hate Congress Enough

In February 2025 alone, the DOJ dropped nearly 11,000 cases — the most in a month since at least 2004. The previous high was just over 6,500 cases in September 2019, during Trump’s first administration.

Patton Oswalt is going to read the third book in the Talisman trilogy. OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE will be out in October. I'm totally stoked that he agreed to do it. Spoiler alert: There's a character in the book who's a stand-up comedian. His name is...Payton Orville. Coincidence? I think not.

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United. Harlan Crow's political contributions then went up 862%. Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit. But go on about how "progressivism" is a problem...

AP called the NJ-11 race for Analilia Mejia, if she was in the House today the war powers vote would have been a tie. If she's sworn in tomorrow and the House still hasn't figured out FISA she'll likely make it that much harder to reauthorize warrantless spying.

"I don't even know what that phrase means and I doubt that I said that... How I can I answer something that I didn't say... I'd like to hear the recording." Okay RFJ Jr. Here you go. Here's you caught lying on tape: www.youtube.com/shorts/ryyb_...

A DOJ press release accused Heather Morrow of assaulting an ICE agent. When video showed Morrow hadn't attacked anyone and was tackled by an officer, prosecutors dropped the felony charges but promptly filed a misdemeanor case against her. With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

1. New evidence shows Amazon compelling specific sellers to hike their prices on other shopping sites. This is from depositions in the California antitrust case obtained by The Guardian. Expect a lot more to come out at trial. This drives prices up & is why Amazon has an iron grip.

“Fifty percent of local election officials are either somewhat or very worried about political leaders interfering with their work.” As Trump tries to gain control of our elections, local officials are sounding the alarm over concerns of being targeted by politicians: https://politi.co/4ctCIwS

Family Watching Movie White-Knuckles It Through Unexpected Sex Scene https://theonion.com/family-watching-movie-white-knuckles-it-through-unexpec-1819574925/

BREAKING: In just the 16 months since Trump was reelected, the collective fortune of billionaires has grown by $1.96 trillion. More than half of that growth comes from just the top 15 billionaires, who alone grew their collective wealth by over $1 trillion.

TurboTax and H&R Block spent $7 million lobbying the Trump administration to kill Direct File. Both companies donated to Trump's 2024 campaign and inauguration committees.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs. Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026. This is what corporate greed looks like.

The 2019 ProPublica TurboTax investigation never gets old

“I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced something truly that bizarre and absurd as, like, seeing a law enforcement agent concoct a narrative to arrest me, to press charges against me." must read (and watch) new @propublica.org/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation & documentary from A.C. Thompson

Today, more than 80% of the Democratic caucus stood with the American people and voted to block U.S. military aid to Netanyahu and his horrific, illegal wars.

Chuck Schumer's two votes tonight in favor of bombs and bulldozers to Israel is yet another reason Senate Democrats must vote to remove him as leader post the midterms.

There is no justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth at the very top. It’s distorting our politics, rigging our markets and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

You Do Not Hate The IRS Enough www.kenklippenstein.com/p/you-do-not...

🚨YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP: IRS data show 164 taxpayers with an average unreported foreign account balance of $1.3 billion were identified for examination - but only 12 were audited. The agency didn't do more audits even after they discovered $39 million of taxes owed among the 12.

Feds echo NSPM-7 in response to Kimberly-Clark warehouse arsonist, saying he threatened "capitalism" and "our way of life" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigi-insp...

For Netanyahu, the war in Gaza was not enough. Iran was not enough. He is now waging a full-blown war of expansion in Lebanon. The time is long overdue for Congress to listen to the American people and end U.S. military aid to the extremist Israeli government.

Today is tax day. Remember this: Billionaire Pete Ricketts voted to give himself a MASSIVE tax cut by gutting our healthcare. Now, Nebraska rural hospitals are closing. While Ricketts’ and his donors count their cash Here’s a story about the consequences that stuck with me. 🧵

What do these companies have in common? -Block -Citigroup -Coinbase -CVS -Dominion Energy -Disney -Halliburton -Hasbro -HP -Kohl's -Live Nation -Palantir -Paypal -PG&E -Southwest Airlines -Tesla -United Airlines They all paid a lower effective income tax rate than you: zero.

Always follow the money.

Trump loves touting "no tax on tips," but ignores that his Department of Labor proposed a rule that would make it easier for corporations to misclassify workers. Millions of gig workers are wrongly labeled "independent contractors," and cut out of benefits and protections designated for employees.

Oh look David Ellison's Paramount is already retaliating against people for opposing his takeover of Warner. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

It took 20 years to lose in Afghanistan, about ten years to lose in Vietnam, and two and a half years to lose the War of 1812, but Trump managed to get utterly dog-walked in a mere six weeks.

John Deere has spent years blocking farmers from fixing their own equipment. They just settled a class action lawsuit for $99 million. This is a small win, but the battle is not over until we have national right-to-repair legislation with teeth.

Today I released an investigative piece on something most people don't think about until they really need it - ambulances. The price of ambulances has skyrocketed since 2012. Why? It's likely... private equity. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/code-red-w...

The $117 billion tax break Trump handed the 1% is more than federal spending on: -The Agriculture Department at $89.2 billion -The Education Department at $46.9 billion -The Labor Department at $22.7 billion -The Energy Department at $20 billion The rich are getting richer by robbing us.

Trump isn't just suing the IRS. He's waging a war on it. His regime has... -Shut down the IRS's Direct File program, a huge gift to the tax prep industry -Gutted IRS staff, leaving fewer employees to assist taxpayers -Deprioritized federal tax prosecutions, letting tax cheats off the hook

Today's the 100th day in office for Zohran Mamdani. We talked to him, a top deputy, his consumer protection head, his housing director, and more, and found that he's building momentum for bigger fights by proving that government works and getting New Yorkers to participate in it:

An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public. (Published Aug. 2025)

Franchise owners have become less like independent businessmen and more like a badly treated employee stripped of all their rights. Jarod Facundo reviews a new book on how franchisors put this legal regime in place. prospect.org/2026/04/10/a...

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.