CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Thanks to my brilliant colleagues, a way to visualize and better understand the American situation. "The Trump Administration’s Use of State Power Against Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture" By Professor @bechamilton.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

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A phenomenal breakdown of the bias in how the NYT treats the Trump family’s corruption vs how it has treated Democrats in the past

Harry Litman ‪@harrylitman.bsky.social‬ CNN drops an exclusive report that the DOJ ethics officer told Blanche he needed to recuse from DOJ matters involving Trump.. . Rather than comply, they fired him. I'll be doing a fuller explanation on YouTube that should drop soon. youtube.com/@talkingfeds

MORE: Adani's lawyer went to Trump's DOJ and made a proposal: If prosecutors dropped the charges, Adani would be willing to invest $10 billion in the American economy and create 15,000 jobs.

Former private prison executive David Venturella is now acting ICE Director. As a favor, Venturella helped Jeffrey Epstein's friend Paolo Zampolli deport his ex-girlfriend amid a custody battle last year.

I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

Q: To African Americans concerned this is going to draw Black members of Congress off the map, what do you say? TRUMP: I think it's been a wonderful process. The Democrats have been cheating on elections for many years.

not subtle

Trump: "We have a man who is doing a great job. I knew it! Because he kept me out of jail for years. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. He kept me out of jail."

Pastor Robert Jeffress: "It looks like President Trump has a better understanding of what the Bible teaches than the Pope"

CBS News' Bari Weiss threatened to sue 60 Minutes reporter after axed story furor: report

yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state

But let's talk abt this for a minute. 1) Tom Homan accepts $50K re prison contracts. 2) DOJ kills investigation. 3) Trump puts Homan in a position not requiring confirmation. 4) After ousting Noem, Homan installs a figurehead. 5) And moves to put HIS GEO contracting guy in charge of ICE.

Q: Why focus on all these construction projects right now? Trump: It's such a stupid question that you ask. You can understand dirt maybe better than I can, but I don't allow it. This is one of the worst reporters. She's a horror show.

NEW: French prosecutors are seeking criminal charges against Elon Musk for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation, and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform's artificial intelligence system, Grok. apnews.com/article/fran...

In other words, Trump and Hegseth have been lying to the American people.

I get the sense that Republicans find this terribly inconvenient, but Jeffries borrowed the “maximum warfare” phrase from a Trump White House official. It appeared in an August 2025 NYT article (tinyurl.com/mrx24tdm) about Trump’s gerrymandering crusade.

Khanna: "Someone obviously got to Lutnick from the administration. In fact, he said he talked to people in the administration and that's why he's changed his tune. The question is why he's covering up."

At least 32,000 gallons of jet fuel has leaked from a military base into Maryland watersheds. The Defense Department refused to disclose the spill for at least 3 months.

The FBI has raided the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas. This comes weeks after she spearheaded a redistricting effort in Virginia, netting up to four new blue seats.

MS NOW Exclusive: The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation focusing on Atlantic magazine journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, who wrote that deeply unflattering account of Kash Patel's work habits. There is deep concern about this approach among some of the FBI agents.

I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims

Add lying under oath to his list of wrongdoings and crimes.

Rubio: "You've got friends who have been shot in the head because they're out protesting, and it's heartbreaking to him to see these people are abused in this way and have no measures to take against their own government as a result of it. This is a vicious regime."

Q: You said the blockade is still on. A blockade is an act of war. Are we still at war with Iran? Hassett: Uh... you know what, I don't know what the definition of war is

In case you’re wondering, this is a real post.

On left: State Department, April 21 : US-Iran armed conflict is "ongoing" and for months/years despite any lulls. On right: White House, May 1: US-Iran hostilities "terminated" as of April 7 ceasefire. (The first was said to justify going to war; the second to justify violating War Powers Act)

NEWS --> Dem can redraw anywhere from 10 to 22 additional House seats for the party in time for the 2028 elections if they aggressively redistrict in 7 key states, a new Fair Fight Action analysis finds. This would neutralize GOP's post-SCOTUS advantage. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2098...

KIMMEL: “It’s time to make yourself great again, with REZYNE… Ask your conscience if REZYNE is right for you.” Amazing stuff

The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—was only placed on three days of administrative leave and continues to work for the agency in another state. trib.al/C3bEEAM

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I talked to Jamie Raskin about his explosive exchange with CNN's Dana Bash. "The media should understand that the survival of the free press is at stake right now," he tells me. "There is only one party in America trying to censor and control the press.” New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2095...

This is so important. The shooter was outside the ballroom, one flight up. Nowhere near Trump.

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

Candid photograph of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after walking out of a press briefing by President Donald Trump at the White House, following a shooting incident during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington, D.C. 📸 REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Many of the politicians who were in that room running scared tonight have devoted much of their lives to ensuring gun violence and the fear of it is a part of every day life for the rest of us.

Happy Caturday. For Danny xx

The most corrupt president in history:

Revoking kids' visas because their parents criticized Elon Musk.

“Do you love that, Katie Miller? Was it hilarious when the girls school blew up? — Katie Miller and Lara Trump just laughing away about bombing videos from the war.” @jenpsaki.bsky.social rips the ghoulishness of katie miller & Lara Trump yucking it up over Trump’s obscene texts

"The indictment is a grotesque attempt to recast white people as real victims of racism. In the DOJ’s telling, advocates who spent decades dismantling the Klan are its secret benefactors, 'enriching' themselves by secretly creating racism — something in such short supply it can only be generated."

PabloReports: Donald Trump is complaining about the results in Virginia. He seems to be very distressed. AOC: I’m sooo sorry for his heartbreak at this moment, and I look forward to adding ten more Democratic colleagues in November.

Are the women back there somewhere? Yes, I think I see them.

In a nutshell. 😊

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed. We must get rid of Palantir altogether. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...