Congressman Robert Garcia on Kash Patel.

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes... "She was in a state of physical shock... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

When even the European fascists think you’ve gone too far & that you’re a deranged menace

🇺🇦📞🇫🇮 Zelensky: Thank you to President Stubb for meaningful conversation. We discussed the situation on the front and the challenges of the war in Iran and our opportunities to strengthen security. We also talked about the state of diplomatic work with America and work with European institutions.

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 US far-right are determined to interfere and influence European and Irish elections. Here’s James Geoghegan and John Dallon, who portrayed themselves as ordinary farmers / contractors, hobnobbing with Kevin Posobiec, an American far-right influencer.

Nothing is FREE! Trump pushed 50% steel tariffs to protect US jobs — now his $400M White House ballroom may be built with European steel finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...

Palantir published a manifesto that is nothing else than the idea of technocratic fascism. Karp is truly insane. European countries MUST stop business with Palantir asap!

Ok, so Mills is a no go! Wake up and hear us Schumer! No funding to Israel's war criminal.

Fact for today: There are still almost 200 coal power plants still operating in the US. There are less than 8 in Canada and none in the most industrial and populous province, Ontario. If companies really believe in reducing climate impacts, they can choose countries that produce cleaner energy.

Senate Dems say a 27-year-old died in ICE custody on Sun. Just one day prior, a 47-year-old Mexican national also died. Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has blasted “serious deficiencies in ICE detention centers,” calling them “incompatible w/human rights standards and the protection of life.”

Lindsey Graham: “We’re going to hit Iran harder than that tequila hit me last night.”

Israel must have some real dirt on US politicians to be getting this from us. It's almost as if they have all the Epstein files and are blackmailing them.

🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: “They call us terrorists, but the real terrorists are themselves. They kill anyone, anywhere, whenever they want, and then speak about human rights. Shame on them!”

Every Country Needs to do this…. ⚠️BREAKING: Italy, the 3rd largest arms exporter to Israel, suspends defense agreement with Israel days after Beirut massacre

So fucking creepy🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

🇺🇦🇮🇹 Ukraine and Italy will work out the details of the Drone Deal between the countries, — Zelensky Meloni stated the need to increase pressure on Russia and increase support for Ukraine. She emphasized that the EU and the G7 should move towards new sanctions against Russia.

Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle: “It eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans, according to the CBO. You’re going to sit here with a straight face and say they’re all illegals, they’re all defrauding the system?” White House Budget Director Russell Vought: “Yes.”

Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono lists the overt political corruption and fraud by Donald Trump, his family, and his administration. Go Mazie! 🔥

Not insignificant legal footnote: When @replamonica.bsky.social used Jan6er cop assailants as her comparators, DOJ argued DOJ had no discretion with those: Trump pardoned them. Well now Todd Blanche has exercised discretion to expunge the record against Dom Pezzola, convicted of assaulting cops.

The politics in Hungary may have changed, but the politics in the US are the same. Todd Blanche is telling us we should be happy that Trump is directing DOJ to go after his political opponents. We cannot give up but we must fight for democracy every single day. And if we do we can win!

From my photo archive: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, residents clashed with supporters of the old Confederate-themed state flag on August 20, 2017, eight days after the white supremacist terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia. 👤 Photo by Ashton Pittman 📷 Rolleicord IV 🎞️ Kodak Portra 400

Listen, if Gallego is releasing his texts, I want the texts of Republican Senators and Members who hung out socially with Trump and Gonzales and other Republicans accused of predatory sexual behavior. Let's have full transparency across the board. Clean House, baby!

Illness is not a moral failure. Medical debt is not a sign of poor character. But choosing war over healthcare — cutting Medicaid while Americans go broke getting sick? That IS a failure. A moral one. #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar

Mexico gets universal healthcare, but the US? Still waiting.... #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Republicans call themselves pro life while cutting health care for children, seniors, the disabled, and working families. If your politics strip medicine from the sick, your politics are not pro life. #HealthCareNotTrumpsWar

Viktor Orbán has conceded his loss!!

No one wants ICE prison camps or AI data centers in their communities. Because they monopolize resources for inherently evil reasons. It’s time to start listening to the people. No one wants this shit. #maddow

The AzMirror! support your local press y’all! #Maddow azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

Maddow: "Amid all of this insanity it may be a good time to remember that this kind of desperation from the White House and from the president is palpably driven by fear."

One night before the elections the great people of Hungary are on the streets, rejecting the malicious influence coming from Russia, Serbia and certain people from the USA. The crowds are huge across the country. They can write history tomorrow. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💙😎💙

Melania HOTUS can try and lie all she wants to about Epstein but a lot of us have been waiting a decade for her to tell us about how she gained her citizenship besides blowing the orange monster. She's less Einstein Visa and more Epstein Visa.

Dear GOP, attacking Swalwell doesn't distract anyone from the fact that you stand behind a known adjudicated rapist who is also identified as a rapist in the Epstein files.

It really needs to be vocalized how the death threats have been standard operating procedure in DUMP's world for decades. And it's exactly why Katie Johnson dropped her double-rape court case a week before the 2016 election.

CNN’s Harry Enten: “The America people really don't care for Melania Trump. She's at her lowest net approval ever (-12 points). She's the most unpopular first lady at this point in either term 2 or a presidency. And despite a strong open, her documentary was a bomb.”

Credit where credit is due: Congressional Democrats showed up during recess - they came back early - to introduce a war powers resolution. Republicans blocked it.