It's not hyperbole in the least to say Musk purchased a six-month shadow presidency for $280 million and used the power of that shadow presidency to 1. Steal the government’s data, 2. Permanently damage the state’s ability to regulate his businesses, and 3, kill non-white people.

3 dead in double murder suicide in Stanwood, Michigan. Mecosta County; TIME = when married couple and their son were found deceased inside home Deceased identified as 79 year old George Jedrey and 85 year old Betty Jedrey.

When DOGE arrived at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the operatives had no real background in nuclear issues. They boxed out experienced hands, forcing resignations and massive exodus of talent. Over 400 people have since left or been forced out. Our full story: https://propub.li/3OBQMwk

Read today’s daily overview: Ukraine won a major EU funding breakthrough and struck deep into Russia’s oil system again. On 23 April, the battlefield reached pipelines, refineries, sanctions rooms, and global shipping lanes.

he's saying this wiped-from-the-books part because someone behind-the-scenes who knows of whatever influence he had on the 2016 election told him "never let anyone know about this, or the 2016 election would be wiped from the books."

Look who's defunding the police www.reuters.com/world/trumps...

“Our laws spring from the Ten Commandments” Which ones are Texas classrooms supposed to enforce? No other gods? No graven images? Mandatory Sabbath observance? Graham is giving the game away: This isn’t about history. It’s about indoctrinating students in public schools.

"As is so often the case with commentary about the emergency docket, the Court’s defenders make arguments that sound outwardly reasonable, but that depend entirely on cherry-picking their examples and ignoring the counterexamples." Me on the barrage of commentary attacking the Times' #SCOTUS scoop:

$75 million: The amount Amazon spent to acquire and promote Melania $75 million: the cost of the 246-foot yacht Jeff Bezos bought to follow his 417-foot yacht You can find these and more numbers our AI overlords don’t want you to see in our latest:

wait … what? i mean … i have been donating to the SPLC and supporting their work for a while, and if they felt not telling donors about this was a useful use of funds, i would be all for it. where can i sign up for the class action of not feeling defrauded?

most of the credit for this goes to Photographer Andrew Harnik, who won the White House Correspondents' Association's Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists for this photo … … just thought i'd put my video spin on it.

Ukraine is not just fighting for survival. It is restoring faith in human courage. ㅤ Senator Whitehouse’s message was simple: Ukrainians are winning, and Ukraine can still make you proud to be human. ㅤ That is why this war matters far beyond borders. ㅤ Support link is in our Bio.

2 dead in shooting that involved an assault rifle and resulted in a standoff in Columbia, Kentucky.

and don't forget … the california redistricting was done only to balance the one in texas. no more seats added than what texas is trying to do.

beautifully said. i've been thinking about how to say exactly this for so long. trying to call "hypocrisy" never works because they don't care. and trying to form a political strategy around it seems like mostly wasted energy.

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2 wounded in shooting in Birmingham, Alabama.

1 dead and 1 injured in shooting in Houston, Texas.

April 19, 2026

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This is my daily thread on developments in Ukraine and its defence against the Russian invasion. Day 1516 of Putin's attempt to eradicate Ukrainian culture & anyone not willing to bow to its demands. I've written about Ukraine for 25 years, but only sonsecutively for 1,516 days!

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In Oct., @cato.org sued for records on surveillance law Section 702, but the DOJ and FBI missed a court deadline and recently released heavily redacted docs right before Congress is set to vote on the law's renewal.

EFF calls on the government of Kuwait to immediately release Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Alpacka Raft joined the Save the Forest Service movement.

You’re probably going to hear a lot about what the rich really pay in taxes today. This chart tells the real story.

VOUGHT: This president has campaigned and led for peace, and against endless wars BALINT: So it's peace through war? Is that where are right now? Peace through war?

Neguse: "Despite all of that, Speaker Johnson made the decision to gavel the House & send everyone home. Now we're back 2 weeks later & what has the majority decided is the most pressing issue to debate? Apparently it's a resolution commemorating a bill that the GOP passed last year. It's absurd."

This kind of confusion about when a significant event happened is extremely familiar to me, a child of a person who has been diagnosed with both vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

The Trump Administration is starting to admit that shadowy private credit might be in trouble. But they’re still trying to shove it into YOUR 401(k). Every day Trump and his cronies find another way to tell working people they couldn’t care less about them.

Why does the American tax system favor the wealthy? And how did it get this way? I chatted with Jon Stewart about this back in 2012. Sadly it's only gotten worse since then. We must keep up the fight to fix the system.

The war in Iran has made everything — even Stephen Miller’s war on immigrants — feel like a Strait of Hormuz situation. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/steven-millers-strait-of-hormuz

NEW: Is "Buy Now, Pay Later" too good to be true? It sounds like a sweet deal, but it carries alarming risks for consumers and our economy as a whole. Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra explains.

How does the US spend $800 billion a year on defense and yet after just six weeks of war with Iran, we're running out of missiles and munitions? For my latest @newyorker.com piece, I dove into the dysfunction of the US defense budget: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Hello again, prepare for another daily thread on all things Ukraine, and affecting the country. Day 1512 of defending the country against Russia's full invasion (4,437 since the start of the Crimea invasion) All the news in one handy thread, updated every minute I get!

thank you @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @propublica.org !!!

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" premieres tonight on PBS and online.

A new Ukraine thread at the start of a new week, and the week starts full of optimism - after all, whenever Putin is angry, the world's a slightly better place. It's Day 1510 of Russia's attempt to annihilate Ukraine. Let's see what's happening today...

1 dead and 1 injured in shooting in Duncanville, Texas.

Mass shooting: 4 wounded including 2 children in shooting in Rosemead, California.

April 12, 2026

2 wounded in shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

2 wounded in shooting in Columbus, Ohio.

2 wounded in shooting in Baltimore, Maryland.

2 wounded in shooting in La Grange, Kentucky.

2 wounded in shooting in Columbus, Ohio.

2 wounded in shooting in Florence, Colorado.

2 wounded in shooting in Stonecrest,Georgia.

1.5 million Russian casualties. Ukraine's losses — a fraction of that. Benjamin Patton — grandson of General George S. Patton Jr. — said it plainly: the tide is turning. Ukraine is strong with or without American support. And Ukraine needs the US far less than the US needs Ukraine.