A reminder during #NationalLibraryWeek, libraries are our best and last defense against the fascist monopoly on knowledge and information

5/ Ronald Lauder is mentioned over 900 times in Epstein Files. 🚩 Kevin Warsh LEON BLACK Epstein helped coordinate a legal vehicle in 2014, named "Friends Ventures," which allowed Ronald Lauder and Leon Black to share ownership of a $25 million painting, Ja-Was? - Bild by Kurt Schwitters.

It’s interesting that they need an act of Congress to stop the Iran strikes, but they didn’t need one to start

When formerly incarcerated people are able to obtain work, it tends to be a low-paying position, keeping them well below the poverty line. “The No. 1 contributor to recidivism is poverty,” says a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.

Trump proposes cut to Hawaiian Home Lands funding, arguing that Native Hawaiians should not get money under a federal Native American Housing law because he considers them a racial group and not a tribal nation. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/04/20/t...

happy 4/20

Pete Hegseth, when he was an Army National Guard major, was one of 12 Guard members removed from duty at President Joe Biden's inauguration in January 2021 following vetting by the FBI and military officials. Those were all the credentials he needed for Trump to appoint him Defense Secretary.

Swinney turns down White House invite. Good 👍.

Also this is a reminder of the Labor Secretary that resigned in Trump 1.0: Secretary Acosta for his role in the #Epstein sweetheart deal with all the secret co-defendants. 👀⚖️👇🏾 www.npr.org/2019/07/12/7....

The Japanese Triple Crown Begins! It’s time for the Satsuki Sho!

We provide immense subsidies to rural areas through redistribution and industrial policy, which all of the white rural areas resist kicking and screaming because wind and solar is a Chinese plot to trans their kids who don't talk to them.

Kash Patel. "See you in court, bring your checkbook." Said the man who fired the Iran counterintelligence team days before an Iran war. Priorities, folks. Priorities.

To be fair if I were Kash Patel I would also drink an enormous amount

Trump has straight up lied about the Strait of Hormuz being open half a dozen times at this point. the fact that media outlets are still reporting each alleged reopening as if it can be trusted is a dereliction of their journalistic duty

Comically muscular jester is a perfect username btw

1/9 of 1/3 of the government has the expressly stated understanding that his job is to literally make the lives of 5/8 of the country miserable. you don't have to tolerate this

It's not betting when there's no risk involved. It's corruption. Betting involves risk; corruption involves being in Trump's or Hegseth's inner circle in order to know for certain what is planned and when.

The peace we had was short but dumb.

“For large bodies of armed troops among us; for protecting them from punishment for any murders they should commit”

Iran's IRGC informs all vessels and their owners to follow the news only from the official IRGC Navy, and the statements of the US President on the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf have no credibility.-Iranian Press TV

First day as an infrastructure engineer at Bluesky. They let me put a piece of bologna in the CD drive and nothing bad has happened so far

Drew Magary has perfected his blondie recipe:

Fuck those fucking fucks to hell.

War haiku It's open it's closed It's open it's closed again The president's mouth

Breaking: As we feared, Republicans just voted 50-49 to hand the Boundary Waters to a foreign mining company that will pollute its headwaters and ship the minerals to China. Now it goes to Trump's desk, who has financial ties to the billionaire behind the deal.

I am a hard NO on FISA reauthorization.

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.

🚨FISA VOTE TONIGHT! 🚨 While you are sleeping, Republicans plan to jam a bill through the House tonight allowing the Admin to spy and collect data for the next FIVE YEARS. No warrants REQUIRED. No real assurances a shady AG, FBI, or DNI director will follow the law. I am a NO!

I made a site a while back that’s just a map of live webcams. It’s pretty sparse in places, I’m piggybacking off a service that’s for the US and Europe, but there are some in Tanzania that are pretty zen when it’s light out dr.eamer.dev/webcams

what does 'rate limit exceeded' mean?

Vaccination rates for measles and polio in kindergarten children, by Red vs Blue states. Anti-vax rhetoric is endangering children. RFK Jr’s “MAHA” is endangering our future generations.

Everything I’ve learned about RFK Jr. has been against my will

Listening to the CBP assholes on C-Span - we know Lyon's claim that people are held in 'safe and humane conditions' is a lie. He claims they've arrested 1500 child traffickers, but how many were ICE and CBP agents, hmm?

After refusing to pay TSA workers for months, Trump wants to thank TSA screeners by firing 7,500 of them. It’s right there in his budget request. Watch the TSA budget hearing to see what Trump has planned for airport security: youtu.be/qsa9m1vMglA

Actually, he may not know the answer since USDA eliminated the Food Insecurity Survey in September 2025. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Van Hollen talks about how the tax cuts in OB3 disproportionately went to the rich Vought says, "that's just current policy parts. the new ones were for the working class" which is an insane admission? Acknowledges TCJA was for the rich? But even looking at just new stuff, it helped the rich most

Trump's Budget Director Russ Vought just REFUSED to tell me how much of YOUR taxpayer dollars Trump has already spent on his war of choice with Iran. That's outrageous. It's literally his job to know, and the American people deserve answers!

Alright, fine, I’ll do it. I’ll be governor of California.

AT&T and Verizon are facing fines "for selling customers’ data to a third party offering a location-finding service to law enforcement officials." In return they are challenging the FCC's authority to fine them. This is an attempt to dodge oversight, not a battle over procedures. #Pinks

Heparin, a drug used for heart attack treatments in hospitals is running out. Covid has increased our risk of heart disease. 2 things that are true right now.

what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...

April 16 is National Librarian Day in the US. To celebrate this day, we offer fifteen books and one film for those who love libraries and the people who make them places for everyone: the librarians. worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/booklis...

Do u think that orange 🐈 is named #TACO? 😂 🐾 TIME TO IMPEACH 🍑 #FELONTRUMP

If you want to know where @becerraforca.bsky.social stands on issues, this conversation is a great guide. It's wonky, in depth. laist.com/news/politic...

Our privacy expert Don Bell is on Capitol Hill talking to lawmakers about the vital importance of protecting YOUR privacy. If you want to make your voice heard, call your member of Congress now: (202) 224-3121

stayed home from work today becuz I didn't wanna buy gas

I think that award goes to Clavicular overdosing live on stream or this gem of a story from yesterday. www.irishstar.com/culture/ente...

I can't understand how negotiations with Iran could possibly have failed with such a stellar lineup of Americans🙄 They're not even trying, folks.

Mark Tramo the neurologist #EpsteinFiles