Jamie Raskin has filed briefs supporting his motions for the court to appoint an amici to contest vacating the convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Here's the Proud Boys version ... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We have a deal. theonion.com/at-long-last...

The new logo for Infowars has been revealed. The Onion has successfully landed a deal to take over Alex Jones' site after 17 months of legal issues. Tim Heidecker will serve as the site's creative director.

Satirical website The Onion plans to turn rightwing commentator Alex Jones’s misinformation site InfoWars into a parody of itself under a leasing agreement provisionally approved by a Texas court.

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

Bejebus, Texas. What the hell kind of people are you sending to Congress?

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

Jeffries on Kash Patel: "We have to stop putting all the blame on the people who nominated this incompetent, toxic, malignant individual. What about the people who confirmed him? It's extraordinary to me that Senate Republican confirmed people like Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Patel."

We know someone in the administration is making bets on the war, but is it possible they're trying to somehow beat the spread as well?

It seems to me that any government official who sues for defamation should be required to pay attorneys' fees x 3 plus costs if they drop the case, and x 5 if they lose.

Discovery ought to be fun in this case

As we all await Kash Patel's eleventy trillion dollar lawsuit against The Atlantic, let's spend a little time with his wonderweasel lawyer Jesse Binnall www.lawandchaospod.com/p/fbi-direct...

And this is why, Pope Leo's pushback against Trump aside, the Catholic church really isn't a friend to true democracy. www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/p...

This is exactly right. It’s not a dilemma though. It’s a line in the sand that will at once once collapse what remains of the rule of law and regulatory infrastructure designed to protect the public.

This is institutional vandalism of one of the prime drivers of economic growth in the state.

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

“The In-Your-Face Corruption and Arrogance of Justice Clarence Thomas.” www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/04/the-...

Police unions are now potent political forces at the local, state, and national levels, and their largely successful effort to immunize themselves from oversight is one of the great political coups in recent American history. @cjciaramella.bsky.social reviews a Hopkins professor's new book

Nothing says "We want to negotiate" more than attacking and seizing your opponent's cargo ship. Mr Peace Prize does it again.

I share Steve’s concerns. An observation: The Court’s immense power, such as it is, is contingent upon its at least plausibly appearing to do law. This may seem like an academic debate, but it’s literally over whether the Court is doing law or something else. That matters.

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People are urging participants in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to wear pro-1st Amendment pocket squares or take a bathroom break when “guest of honor” Trump speaks. I have a better idea: Cancel the damn dinner.

Weird how they never do this in areas where Trump won! DOJ Office of Civil Rights seem very focused on districts with a lot of Black voters.

Once again wishing that either the F in my last name wasn’t silent, or that Palantir was run by a different psychopath.

(Reuters) - European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.

"The Europeans are coming to understand two rather different things. The first is that the fate of Ukraine is crucial to their own fate. And second, more European states are seeing Ukraine as a new center of gravity for European defense and security." open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

This was stupid. Stupid. The place is already closing down by July. Stupid. www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/u...

This will kill the talks for good fortune.com/2026/04/19/t...

Guy is desperate to hold onto his job. All those great perks, including the Secret Service waking you up from a drunken stupor.

it's remarkable how crazy this video is, especially in light of what we just learned in that Atlantic article

Otherwise known as eliminating lawyers who are doing their job and not kneeling at the feet of King Trump.

He's promising genocide again, and Republicans are just going along with it. There are NO decent Republicans. None.

Going on Sunday morning talk shows to issue prebuttals for war crimes instead of going to church is a choice

I don’t remember where I heard this, but: the observation that Muppet Christmas Carol worked because Michael Caine knew he was not a muppet, and that Muppet Treasure Island worked because Tim Curry understood, deeply, that he was, springs to mind. Anyway. Happy Birthday, Tim.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon etc. spent decades trying to cast themselves as engineers, technicians, impartial, & responsible, and to skate beneath politics, and for good reason Here, Palantir just puts its cards on the table that any reasonable society ought to destroy them

This and the Palantir statement in white supremacy are very much connected.

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry. These points stand out:

This is both obscene and absurd www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/p...

Amanda Ungaro was 16 when she was flown to the US on an Epstein plane. She later became close to the Trumps On Apr. 8, she went on X to threaten legal action vs Melania “and your pedophile husband” On Apr. 9, Melania made that odd public statement about Epstein www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

You can read the whole thing, but if you don't have time: Kash Patel drinks way too much, is undisciplined and has terrible judgment, and Trump is probably going to fire him soon. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Joe Rogan is standing directly behind Trump in the Oval Office

think this is the EO where they make peptides derived from baby monkeys available over the counter at 7-11.

Says the man who sniffed cocaine from a toilet seat and cut a penis off a dead raccoon

Oh look! They let a few women in!

They're...they're applauding solely because he could sign his name. My god, I would die of embarrassment