A New Hampshire Republican. A German Holocaust denier. A suspicious bottle of baby oil. An NPR investigation reveals how the alarming rise of antisemitic conspiracy theories reached a state capitol.

Name your top 15 TV shows ever*, gut instincts only *where you’ll think of six more after you post your list. Fringe The Simpsons The Expanse Slow Horses Deadloch Derry Girls Lost Extras 30 Rock Game of Thrones Arrested Development Succession Andor Dark The Good Place

President Trump’s war in Iran is as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

Christian Nationalist company towns are popping up across the country. The rich people behind this movement somewhat resemble the Gilded Age moguls who built libraries, but they are even more ambitious in their vision for how the rest of us should live. opb.org/article/2026...

Great thread re origin story. #RCTID

Former Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini on #SAVETHECAPS “Football is love… and football clubs belongs to the fans that they love it and the communities they represent. .. Save the Caps!”

Seattle, Renton, Bellevue

Scavenging this Denver team for parts is going to be so much fun

Dystopian scenes in Vancouver today. A sequence of concurrent events that any storyteller would call "too on the nose." #SaveTheCaps

Anyway to the deepest pits with Garber and his bloody-handed ilk.

100% in line with all of these feelings. Feels like such a letdown.

Whitecaps fans protesting outside of FIFA Congress

"MLS commissioner Don Garber’s account replied to [premier of British Columbia] David Eby...: 'Liar liar pants on fire.'" This is great content, it really is. Article by @margaretfleming.bsky.social frontofficesports.com/vancouver-wh...

Nearly a quarter of women among the nation's top 1% of earners are first-generation Americans. About one-fifth experienced times in their childhoods when the main breadwinners in their homes were unemployed. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)

lol. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

one day we will abandon social media and return to the original purpose of the newspaper: talking shit in the form of submitted public letters

@lansingcommonfc.bsky.social Away jersey has so many cool homage eggs in it. Found the olive burger! #Forthe517

Did the WHCD perp actually fire any shots at anyone? It seems not. The Post analyzed the video. A security officer fired on Cole Allen four times. He missed each time. There is no evidence of Allen ever discharging a shot. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

Damn the Man. Save the Caps. jason-davis-soccer-eagle.ghost.io/save-the-cap...

FIFA is expected to introduce new rules that could see red cards issued to players who cover their mouths in situations of confrontation with an opponent at this summer’s World Cup. More from @dansheldon.bsky.social FREE TO READ: bit.ly/4dcxKG8

"Most students make one of two choices: Either they love Holden and go on to have passionate careers in fields like English or theater, or they realize they have good relationships with their mothers. These past few years, however, I’ve noticed a startling trend: ambivalence."

there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly

Heartland rock was born on the political left—so why was it quickly claimed by the right? Jack Hamilton on the genre’s misunderstood message:

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Oof. This sounds real bad.

1. More thoughts on the failed attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner. • The president told 60 Minutes that the Secret Service told him to get down. However, video evidence shows that Donald Trump fell.

“I will clutch my black cat to my chest as we watch Melancholia in bed seven times in a row.”

The video version of this is behind a paywall BUT the transcript is free for anyone to read. I went through the version that aired on CBS and the full 40 minutes that was included online and show exactly what was cut and what wasn’t. open.substack.com/pub/decoding...

Most Memorable Quotes in Presidential History:

A special committee of MLS owners met to discuss future of the Vancouver Whitecaps, including the possibility of relocation, sources tell @paultenorio.bsky.social & I Las Vegas the chief option discussed. MLS has had discussions w/ group looking to bring team to LV www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...

From February.

RAJ Sports and Gray Media just announced that on April 29 (day of Fire's first preseason game), Fox 12 Plus will be rebranded as Rose City Sports Network, an over-the-air women's sports channel that will show Fire and Thorns games plus original programming.

Libra: Don't go to the mirror world. Not even for a quick peek. Cause you're going to end up all like, "Ah what if THIS is the mirror world and I never left!" and it's just a drag. If you ARE in the mirror world, lay low for now. Things are not what they seem.

🔥 take: Thorns are a more purposeful, fluid team without Sophia in the XI #BAONPDX

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

Burke on ESPN “can’t understand” why Grant’s complaining about the foul right over top of a replay that clearly shows Wemby’s hook and hold. 🤦‍♂️

And not a single person was waving their towels on Friday, @trailblazers.bsky.social They are beer towels, at best. A complete waste of $.

One for @philippeauclair.bsky.social, among others: For Philly Jazz Month, meet the many jazz greats who have called Philadelphia home. www.inquirer.com/entertainmen... via @inquirer.com

Among the most odious and hypocritical Trump personas is St Donald the MAGA martyr.

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“John has always been an integral part of my life and my social media feed, but the time has come for me to choose ME. (Be the first to get your hands on I CHOOSE ME merch via the link in my bio.)”

For the “tone down the rhetoric” crowd, Trump literally posted Obama’s address and the next day a 1/6 guy armed to the teeth showed up casing the residence.