Just canceled my Paramount subscription, gave them the following reason: Canceling because CBS canceled free speech by knuckling under the president who would be king.

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Yeah, it’s probably just a coincidence that Blanche represented Paul Manafort, Rudy Giuliani, Boris Epshteyn, Michael Cohen, and Donald Trump. He’s just a guy trying to do the right thing without regard to party, as long as you’re a Republican.

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1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0

Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!

@joshg_photos captures dolphins in bioluminescence waters off Venice Beach FL: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/natureisbe...

Fuck this. #fuck

Please call the White House to tell them you do NOT want your taxes to be used by Trump for a personal $1.8 billion slush for his friends. I just called them. These corrupt scumbags need to hear from We the People! WH comment line: 202-456-1111

. Are we ready to talk about the missing senator yet? .

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

MADDOW: “Williamson County still has a Confederate flag on their county seal — but they’ll have JUST the right size of a slice of Black voters in MEMPHIS to make sure they can never elect a member of Congress of their choosing again… this really is Jim Crow 2.0.”

10,000 losses. That's the Trump admin's track record as federal judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90% of cases, a POLITICO analysis revealed. 🔗 politi.co/4nuxJB5

TRUMP: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. Not even a little bit.” And there you have it, folks

Sean Duffy’s reality series is getting slammed for all of the obvious reasons, but don’t look past the fact that his show is being sponsored by companies his department oversees and regulates. In other words, it’s not just a political mess, it’s also an ethical one. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

I visited the Pentagon recently and remarked to my escort there were lots of bathrooms. He said it’s because the Pentagon’s in Virginia and when it was built Jim Crow laws were in effect - the separate bathrooms were for blacks. As we saw in Virginia today, the past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.

President Convicted Felon's minions announce a review that could remove the "endangered" status from Rice’s whales, which live only in the Gulf of Mexico, as the federal govt pushes offshore oil drilling news.wfsu.org/state-news/2...

Attention all men. More of this, please.

A key point made by analyst Danny Citrinowicz.

Sad thing is, I expect most Americans to not know about this.

"Clergy with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Monday withdrew $1 million from an account with Citizens Bank as it urged the institution to cut ties with two companies that finance and operate immigrant detention centers..." www.wgbh.org/news/politic...

Pete Buttigieg: “One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes actually take the office instead of the National Electoral College”

Trump’s war in Iran put Spirit out of business, and it’s likely going to make air travel prohibitively expensive. Gas is well over $4 a gallon, consumer confidence is in the toilet, and we have no plan to reverse any of it. Are we great again yet?

1. When was the last time you had to show your ID to walk into a restaurant? 2. If he means to purchase liquor, unlike the SAVE act, I don’t have to prove citizenship with a birth certificate or passport to do that. 3. Going to a restaurant isn’t a right.

Please help the Lakota youth defend Pe'Sla (near Mt. Rushmore) from graphite/oil extraction! This is a sacred site to them, like Mt. Rushmore was before the faces were carved into it. Prevent history from being destroyed! News channels won't cover it (May 2026)

I am guessing that “FOUR” did not sound as ominous as “MULTIPLE.” Four from across New Jersey.

Tonight LAPD officers arrested @westonrowland.bsky.social, an attorney involved in the L.A. Press Club lawsuit against the LAPD for violating press rights. @lataco.bsky.social

The damage is IRREVERSIBLE Trump just destroyed an ancient etching believed to be 1,000 years old in Arizona's Cabeza National Wildlife Refuge The etching in the sand is known as an intaglio (carved) THEY KNEW IT WAS THERE THEY DIDN'T CARE May Karma Strike hard This could have been saved

Exhibit 1 for his trial for violations of our First Amendment rights.

Let's all share this widely to help educate the DOJ.

IF HUNGARY CAN VOTE OUT A DICTATOR, THE US CAN TOO

Dystopian propaganda is messaging that disguises control as protection, distorts reality to favor authority, and uses emotion to bypass critical thinking. It makes force feel natural and helpful, harmful policies seem necessary or virtuous, and it turns dissenters into the aggressors.

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

The fastest way to de-escalate political tensions is for the President of the United States to stop calling half of the country "traitors" and "enemies of America." Agreed?

O'DONNELL: In his manifesto, he wrote that 'I'm no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, & traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.' TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from a sick person. You should be ashamed of yourself, reading that. You're a disgrace.

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The brother of the alleged WHCD shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, reportedly alerted the New London, Connecticut police about his manifesto. Was there yet another total security failure by Kash Patel and his FBI and/or the Secret Service?

“I knew it was risky to speak out, but my responsibility to Stripes and the First Amendment was paramount,” she said The troops, Ms. Smith said in the interview, “deserve to have the unfiltered news, not what the Defense Department wants them to hear.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/b...

Bette Midler dropped a revamped Woodie Guthrie protest song into All You Fascists (Bound to Lose) against Donald Trump and his MAGA cronies in Congress. This part where she sang about the Epstein files and said “you pervs are bound to lose” had me rolling. Bravo, Bette (and Barbara Hershey)! 🔥🔥🔥

More than two years since California raised the fast food minimum wage to $20 an hour, a new study reports NO JOB LOSS and MINIMAL COST INCREASES. Our commitment to both California workers and businesses powers the Golden State as the strongest economy in America.

The government has been fully or partially shut down for 25% of Trump's second term. That means millions of workers have gone months without pay, all while he keeps raising prices. Is this what putting "America First" looks like?

The President and his Administration have already failed twice in court trying to intimidate me, and he's still not letting up. Just more proof that he'll do anything it takes to silence those of us willing to call him out. I'm not backing down — ever.

The war is going REALLY well

Earth Day reminder that Trump’s EPA rolled back regulations governing clean air, water, wildlife, and toxic chemicals. He’s pushed to open public lands to drilling and mining. And he’s gutted clean energy programs while promoting dirty fossil fuels. He’s a danger to our planet and our health.

Uh oh-Federal #Judge just ruled #Trump NOT immune from his part in #Jan6. #Lawsuits of injured #police will move forward.

A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

What do Levi’s, Hanes, and Chewy have in common? California AG Rob Bonta just revealed evidence alleging that Amazon used its power to pressure them, and countless other brands, to inflate prices of listings on rival online marketplaces as part of wide-ranging price-fixing scheme.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job. One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution. Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?