A new Republican state law restricts Pride flags, but the capital city is finding other ways to show it stands with LGBTQ+ residents.

I will never forgive these assholes for making me repeatedly agree with Rand Paul 🤦🏻‍♂️

With Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means. n.pr/41xl7iy

this is what i meant weeks ago when i said so much of the aggressive surge in migrant policing felt like a boundary test, where a period of highly visible violence would eventually recede in favor of less visible and more "professionalized" migrant policing at a level beyond its baseline pre-trump.

“California Republicans refused Sunday to endorse Donald Trump’s pick for governor here, a stark rebuke of the sitting president by the party’s rank-and-file in the nation’s most populous state…” www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Ossoff: "Trump apparently promised pardons for entire WH staff, which is what you do when you run it like a casino. Maybe the West Wing is too busy placing bets on the war to care, but American are getting hurt...in Trump’s America the well-connected get stock tips & everybody else makes sacrifices"

After sixteen years in power, Hungary's Trump- and Putin-aligned strongman has conceded defeat.

“I’ve congratulated the victorious party.” After 16 years as PM, Hungary’s Viktor Orban conceded defeat to opposition leader Peter Magyar and his Tisza party.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorganChase, the nation’s largest bank, has a financial stake in almost everything. Unlike many CEOs, he says it’s his job to speak out on many things.

If Melania *really* thought people were lying about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, she would have sued them for defamation to clear her name under oath, not deliver a lame speech full of lies for television.”

Sue someone Melania! We NEED the related discoveries to expose, as a certainty, that your husband raped little children. You can bring him down. Sue someone! ============================

This week, after DOJ civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon partied with Jan 6 organizers, she was met days later with a lawsuit asking for communications between her agency and election deniers. Meanwhile, blue states are "Trump-proofing" their elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is a good analogy.

Margaret Brennan ticks through Trump's ever-changing talking points about his strategy in Iran over the interruptions of Rep. Mike Turner, who is embarrassing himself on national TV again today

Eugene Ramirez says a thumbs-down and boos directed at the president prompted security to escort him out of his seat and hold him.

Orbán has long been one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies in the European Union and a central figure in the rise of far-right, anti-democratic movements across Europe. Vance was just in Budapest promoting him. A political shift in Hungary could ripple across the entire continent—and the world.

Whatever you say, Joel 🙄

Zohran Mamdani, along with some teen-agers from Bronx Science, takes stock of his first hundred days. www.newyorker.com/news/new-yor...

What we’re reading: @leedrutman.bsky.social’s piece gives us hope. He argues that by changing how the parties work, the coming era can be more than a rebound for our country — it can be a rebirth and renewal. Read how ⬇️

Democrats in Virginia desperately want permission from voters to gerrymander the state beyond recognition—but they also want Virginians to know how sorry they are to have to ask, @russellberman.bsky.social reports:

Imagine that

Oh boy, Harmeet Dhillon is not going to like this.👀 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.

Ukraine’s military is facing a growing problem of desertion. Soldiers cite fatigue caused by long deployments, anger at orders seen as suicide missions and forced mobilization. https://to.pbs.org/4mo4pvF

This is so well done. 👌

“Examining the various species of Trump stooges is of far more than academic interest, since such willing tools for authoritarians won’t disappear when Trump leaves or is forced from office.”

I watched that cringe-filled moment. On behalf of the people who share this rock with you, we’re sorry that HE had to be a part of any of your historic journey.

When he departs this mortal sphere, it will be an occasion of global jubilation, not unlike the passing of any of history’s previous monsters... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/yes-were-a...

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Unprecedented corruption

Our fuckin' president is using fuckin'! Fuckin' hell? ========= www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/u...

Even with the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, some warn the energy infrastructure in the Middle East will take months to recover, and prices may not drop as much as hoped. https://to.pbs.org/4vkR6Qx

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

You all have that “friend”. The one you don’t trust. The one who covets your stuff and is always asking to borrow money. The one constantly pulling you into their toxic drama and getting you in trouble. The one you should have walked away from years ago, but you feel bad coz they’d be all alone.

Mayor Mamdani chats with New Yorkers while walking the six miles from City Hall to Gracie Mansion, fulfilling the promise he made in his inauguration speech to “be outside” as Mayor — “because this is a government of New York, by New York, and for New York.”

THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:

Cartoonists are chronicling the madness of this moment in real time.

Thousands of Colorado students have taken over downtown Denver, shutting down streets and demanding ICE OUT. Massive energy, and a message echoing across the city that can't be ignored👏🏼👊🏼