What if we just cleared Congress of all the abusers and sex pests this week what is stopping us who cares what party they are in

BREAKING: Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales just announced he will file his "retirement from office" tomorrow.

Remarkable, must-read story about how @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social and @cheyennehunt.bsky.social brought down the despicable Eric Swalwell. This didn't happen overnight. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

And, there it is: Swalwell "plan[s] to resign from Congress."

One stands alone, a singular light, Two makes a pair, holding the night. But three is a circle, a sturdy bond, A silent promise, a shared beyond.

Opposing witnesses testifying at Congressional hearing

🌱Yellow rhododendron in bloom. Being lit from the late afternoon spring sunshine. Such a lovely day.

🌱Follow up to @heralyn.bsky.social ‘s post with tulips… I snuck out at golden hour and snapped these tulips sitting out front along the walk up to the front door.

🌱The white daffs along the front box hedge being back lit by the setting sun… makes the white luminous and the yellow trumpets glow.

The first bluebells, by Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who creates work inspired by and celebrating local wildlife #WomensArt

Reading in a Landscape,1896 by Finnish painter Ada Thilen #WomensArt #Sunday

Swalwell drops out of the race for California governor

1/ gift link 🎁 for this better late than never obit on an incredible journalism badass who died in 2010. My new hero www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

(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...

It’s not my hometown but Lizzie’s in Waltham, MA where I went to college has an ice cream flavor called “ Charles River Crunch” that is a dark chocolate ice cream with Heath bar crunch, and I would kill for a pint of it.

*** GIFT LINK *** Steve Dennis of Bloomberg on key races

2026 is starting to look very similar to 2006, when an unpopular war in the Middle East and a 2nd-term president with fading approval ratings helped Democrats win a surprising takeover of the Senate. W/quick look at key races: (GIFT LINK!) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

So not a full blockade of the strait as Trump's initial post suggested, but a blockade of vessels leaving Iranian ports.

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

went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted

what else can we get JD to do this weekend

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

👀 Oh. My. Gawd. Now we know why Melania gave that Epstein presser on Thursday. An interview with Amanda Ungaro is about to be released by El Pais on Sunday morning (and it’s after midnight right now in Spain). And on Monday, she will be on CNN.

Don’t miss the last line: “Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully ‘LOCKED AND LOADED,’ and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!”

I have studied this material pretty closely and sadly I think the framers in fact believed that impeachment and ignominy would be the consequences of these kinds of pardons, so they were willing to accept their legality. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

THREAD Adam's wife is one of the women who came forward with accusations against Rep. Swalwell.

I’m very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did. I’m disgusted by all of it. She found herself in one of those moments where she didn’t care what she lost if it helped one other person. The reality is the truth don’t care who tells it, but she told it. Love you @allysammarco.bsky.social

Florida winter #floridalife #photography #floral #tropical #flowers #art #artshare #nature

My bed rug quilt. The design is from an 18th century bed rug. Hand appliqué, hand quilted. It was really fun. Wish I could summon up the energy to do another one.

Last night I stayed up past my bedtime to practice needle painting because...well, because. Sometimes one simply has to do a thing because it can be done and your world needs a moment of beauty where you press pause on the awful things happening everywhere all at once and just breathe. #CraftSky

Beautiful blue glass beads from the Danish Bronze Age. Found by a farmer at Humlum in Denmark in 1885. Glass analysis published in 2015 shows the beads originated in Mesopotamia indicating far-reaching trade networks some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #Archaeology

I adore this beautiful embroidery thread bookmark made by @devanbarlow.bsky.social! 😍💖 Absolutely lovely! 🥰💜 #FandomMarket #ofmd

Pink sweet peas, 1927 by Georgia O'Keeffe #womensart

MacFarlane: If the first lady is trying to preemptively defuse a journalistic bomb that's coming on the Epstein files, I know a lot of good PR practitioners would say: you don't defuse a bomb by calling attention to the bomb

The next administration must take the lesson of this one; every single immigration judge hired under Trump 2.0 must be fired on day one.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, who argued the case in Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial, is briefing House Dems today on impeachment and 25th Amendment mechanics. He says he personally does NOT support pursuing impeachment at this time (fixing previous post that omitted the "not") time.com/article/2026...

"It's our job to steward it [the Constitution] and protect it. Let's remember that when we vote." The Senate floor speech of Ben Sasse on the evening of January 6, 2021, during the debates re challenges to the certification of the Electoral votes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6cn...

Ben Sasse is one of *only seven GOP senators* who voted to convict Trump in 2021. "I cannot go back on my word [to speak out when any president exceeds their powers], and Congress cannot lower our standards on such a grave matter, simply because it is apolitically convenient."

'If you won't let me have this, I'll go tell Supreme Court Daddy'

Judge Luttig: "The Presidential Records Act is not even arguably unconstitutional. The opinion to the contrary by the current Assistant Attorney General is a joke. There’s not a chance in the world that Judge Howell will uphold this opinion." substack.com/@judgeluttig...

We don’t deserve Leigh McGowan

One of my favourite photos 💕 Children at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena viewing Edgar Degas' 'Little Dancer' Photo via Red Tricycle

Wow Ceasefire agreement did include Lebanon. Trump: "agreed that included Lebanon." Mediators: "believed the ceasefire to include Lebanon." Pakistan announced it included Lebanon. "However, the US position shifted following a phone call between Netanyahu and Mr. Trump." CBS News:

Was she blinking in Morse Code?

JUST IN: Judge Murphy has postponed the termination of temporary protected status for Ethiopians living in the United States, saying the Trump administration violated the process for revoking it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Judge Friedman has rejected the Pentagon’s revised press policy, saying it flouted his earlier order and represents a bid by Hegseth and the Trump admin to “dictate” coverage, what he calls “the mark of an autocracy, not a democracy.” ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

A very “bizarre” day for the First Lady of the United States She re-inflames the Epstein crisis for the Administration Tonight’s edition of “Scott MacFarlane Reports” youtu.be/pO4f9Oog8PQ?...

If you've never seen "All the President's Men," do yourself a favor and watch it. It's fabulous.