Popesplaining

one of the best NYT headlines ever. We have newly baptized JD Vance telling the "infallible" Pope how to do the religion part of his job I'm as lapsed as a Catholic can be (don't tell my mother) but even i know that is not how it works

The serious signs are still coming... 🧾 Banks deepen links with private credit amid crisis fears is.gd/b8iI8k 🧾 Fed asks about US banks' exposure to private credit firms, Bloomberg reports is.gd/Kv0kW4 🧾 Banks Tally $100 Billion of Private-Credit Loans as Calm Urged is.gd/3yGAtd

2/2 @propublica.org’s examination "reveals new details on how the president has unleashed his loyalists to transform elections." One of the few guardrails left are judges that have tossed out his EOs that attempt to nationalize elections, but we must safeguard voting access and ballots.

1/2 🚨 @propublica.org investigation sounds the alarm — after his 2020 loss, Trump began pressuring state & local officials to overturn the results...but the guardrails held. His lesson learned? Since Rs are set to lose in the midterms, remove those guardrails... 🧾 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Here is their summary: 1. Erika Kirk didn’t show! 2. It started with a guy selling his loan shark business 3. Then TPUGA leader 4. Then Georgia Lieutenant General 5. Then JD Vance 6 Finally, despite long line, only 5-6 questions

One of my students is at the TPUGA event with JD Vance and Erica Kirk. They say it is only 1/8 full! 😂

😆 You know it's bad when r/conservative mocks Trump over his "Dr. Red Cross Jesus Trump" explanation for his post... 🌐 www.reddit.com/r/Conservati...

Q: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? TRUMP: I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross. Only the fake news could come up with that one.

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

Trump is not capable of making sound decisions on behalf of the United States. The media should cover his unfitness for office nonstop, while Congress must move swiftly to relieve him of his responsibilities. Anything less demonstrates a fundamental unserious attitude toward governing a superpower.

Again, no other president in history has been treated by the national political press with such deference and shrugs. It should be wall-to-wall front page, breaking news that the U.S. president is either deliberately attacking the Catholic Church while positioning himself as Jesus, or he is unwell.

Tonight, President Trump posted a long statement describing the Pope as "weak," "terrible" and "hurting the Catholic Church." He followed it less than an hour later by posting an image of himself as Jesus Christ.

I want to talk about the CA Governor's race for a moment. We can all agree that Swalwell should obviously drop out. But that doesn't mean Becerra deserves the votes of progressives in California. Here's why. 🧵

When JD Vance made the news for his diplomatic incident with the Vatican this week, I knew the perfect person to give us the analysis and scoop. Thankfully, Ashley Hildebrand, an expert on the intersection of politics and American Catholicism, was game. www.altrightdelete.news/p/jd-and-the...

>killed the pope >killed Orban’s political future >killed the prospects of a peace deal with Iran

Keep the faith.

Greta Thunberg is right.

(Bloomberg) - The UK will not take part in the proposed US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, setting up yet another point of contention between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the conflict in Iran. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@patrioticmillionaires.org’s Erica Payne joins me with an exciting update on new legislation introduced in Congress: the Equal Tax Act & the Working Americans’ Tax Cut Act. Both pursue economic stability & prosperity with the millionaire class carrying its tax weight. youtu.be/nRc0QPwHhsk?...

It is kinda darkly funny how transparently obvious it was that Vance was trying to set himself up as a great statesman and the moment he stepped into the arena for real he shit himself and went home.

We have entered the “you can’t kill me if I commit suicide” phase of American Decline

Trump seems to be going with the strategy of “Iran’s not closing the Strait of Hormuz. I’M closing the Strait of Hormuz!” It remains painfully obvious how utterly desperate and lost Trump is as he flails wildly about, unable to control the absolute catastrophe he created for no reason whatsoever.

1/2 👀 Melania opened up a HUGE can of worms for her hubby. Her #Epstein denial speech has roused the ire of the detained by ICE, then deported ex-wife of Paolo Zampolli, the "modeling agent" now-Trump official. Amanda Ungaro's dropping the dime on Melania & #TheEpsteinClass... 🧾 is.gd/A7ZpUA

Nixon was a crook who lost the Vietnam war. Reagan sabotaged peace deals and was corrupt. @rokhanna.bsky.social remains the same idiot who thought DOGE was a good idea. Just gtfoh.

Reminder of something ppl may not understand: Reporting on sexual assault and harassment IS. NOT. EASY. You have to nail down many facts historical and present, from many different sources. You have to run down leads and talk to people who may agree to come forward, but change their mind. 1/

All you fascists bound to lose.

What I, others are experiencing here today is a very familiar pattern in Dem circles: Blaming the messenger. You don't get to care abt assault, harassment, other harms just bc they are perpetrated by UR political enemy. And if that's how you roll, as I've said to others today, examine your values.

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭

“I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life. ... It is frightening in there... It is disgusting.” - @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines” while fighting back tears. Shocking reporting: azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

SEIU CA has suspended our campaign activities and expenditures following extremely troubling allegations of sexual misconduct by Eric Swalwell. Our leaders will be meeting and will proceed on next steps through the democratic process laid out in our bylaws.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today. One for the history books www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Child care that ends at 3 p.m. doesn't work for many working families. So we're changing it. This fall, our 2-K program will pilot year-round care for 2-year-olds, with a full 10-hour day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Because truly "universal" child care matches the reality of working people's lives.

🚨 "I'm ready to testify in Congress to say who introduced the First Lady, & I'm ready to even bring another 50 witnesses to say they were present that night." 🤣🤣🤣 Paolo Zampolli: come on down! You've just been selected to attend a hearing under oath to talk about #TheEpsteinClass! 🧾 is.gd/9HkLGk

Gallego is out

Amazon wants all the control of an employer without any of the responsibility. It’s time to pass the Delivery Protection Act to say goodbye to Amazon’s union busting loopholes.

I'm so shocked. Said no one ever.

Huge win for @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations apnews.com/article/new-...

It's been nearly five hours since the president of the United States posted a graphic snuff video of a man beating a woman to death with a hammer and there's no mention of it on the New York Times, Washington Post or CNN websites.

Dear G!  How are you?  Nice story about J. E. in New York mag, you look great on the picture. I know you are very busy flying all over the world. How was Palm Beach? I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY. Have a great time! Love, Melania

‼️ NEW Trump tells MS NOW he didn’t know anything about Melania’s statement beforehand

I am not sure why Melania Trump decided to make a statement about Jeffrey Epstein seemingly out of nowhere today, but if the idea was to put the ongoing coverup in the rearview mirror it will backfire spectacularly

Whatever it is they're gonna preemptively Streisand-Effect the shit out of it. Fun. 🍿

Pennsylvania needs to tax this man directly and vigorously—look at the web, untangle it and go! cc @joshshapiropa.bsky.social

Draft-age men: Whiskey Pete wants you in the Selective Service system ASAP, so you'll get automatically registered using "fed data sources." Eliminates the crime of failure to register if Trump's Thiel/Palantir Skynet sees (and registers) all. 🧾 thehill.com/policy/defen...

JUST IN: Liberals have won a decisive victory for the Wisconsin supreme court race tonight. Chris Taylor will join the supreme court, flipping a conservative-held seat. This expands liberals' majority on the court to 5-2. Why it matters: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-su...

BERMAN: Do you think Congress should have a vote if the United States is going to make a whole civilization die? MIKE LAWLER: John, you are parsing here BERMAN: I was quoting

Now Ron Wyden:

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

There it is—Dated Brent (i.e., spot) crude hits $144.46/bbl, a new all-time high.