Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past. Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic. emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

Reminder that the guy then in charge of DC Office, Steve Jensen, says that Kash had a collection of whiskey bottles in his office. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Before WSJ published that article you may have read, I thought about how Trump really spends his days, bc it shows he's not really acting as President. The answer? Construction, cons, and corruption. & watching snuff films that make him believe DOD can do anything. emptywheel.net/2026/04/20/t...

Minorities & Immigrants suffering disproportionately under regime. Trump & MAGA politicians have erased black people from history in schools & museums, canceled promotions, cut funding to black businesses, rolling back historic civil rights policies, cutting funding for HBCU’s, & list goes on…

The new report on FBI Director Kash Patel cites more than TWO DOZEN sources describing his leadership as a “management failure” and national security risk. The White House and DOJ didn’t deny the allegations, but deflected. Patel was the only one who issued a direct rebuttal. That speaks volumes.

The reason Trump pressured Republican led states to redraw their election maps without voter approval is because he knows his policies are unpopular. He knows Republicans will lose without map rigging. Virginia can vote YES for fair maps to stop him tomorrow. #VoteYesVirginia

leaked software industry training manual (2026)

BREAKING: In a loss for Indiana voters, the 7th Circuit reinstated an Indiana law banning the use of student IDs for voting after a lower court blocked the measure last week. The new ruling means voters cannot use their student IDs to vote as litigation in the case continues.

As Trump's war on Iran continues, reminder that his own son-in-law Jared Kushner — who is leading negotiations with Iran — stands to profit from lucrative contracts with its regional rivals. War gives dictators like Trump (and his family) more power and more wealth.

well... THAT's pretty eye opening, actually, Mike, to just say it out loud like that. Did that sound different in your head?

Khanna to Maria Bartiromo: "Barack Obama was a great statesman who left America much safer. I wouldn't put Donald Trump in the same paragraph. Obama actually did his homework ... all Donald Trump did is listen to Netanyahu. That's his entire foreign policy."

I love my country. I do not love the administration trying to kill 250 years of democracy. Its my duty to be a good citizen. to show up and voice peaceful protest, to redress my elected representatives, to vote. THIS IS MY COUNTRY. I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON IT

We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime. Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings. Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks. With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree.

1/ Looks like the FBI director is trying to fight to hold onto his job by currying favor with the president after recent revelations about his personal conduct. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Russian social media influencers are speaking out against what Putin has done to Russia. They fear this is their last chance before they lose all internet freedom in Russia.

RFK was caught lying again. About wanting to re-parent black children. The US has the worst Health Secretary to go with the worst health care system... www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

TDG: Being Told The Mueller Report Was A Hoax Was The Hoax open.substack.com/pub/rachelan...

Of COURSE he's insider trading. He's a crook, he's ALWAYS been a crook, he's using the presidency to make billions. He ran to stay out of jail, to make money and to feel powerful, because that's what a narcissist like him gets off on. It was never about helping people.

Again, it's not just that it is targeting MI, but Harmeet is targeting Wayne (Detroit and Dearborn) and not Oakland or Antrim, where there were criminal shenanigans by Trumpsters in 2020 or Washtenaw, where a non-citizen did unwittingly vote in 2024 (but got prosecuted after the fact).

Iran Says Hormuz Strait Will Close Two Years for Renovations open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

The Harm from Hormuz open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

If you join the rtump family, you need to be happy to lie, commit fraud and leave your morality at home. The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal open.substack.com/pub/populari...

Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

What You Can Do NOW open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

As I argue in this piece, Trump has transformed the presidency into a giant Bribe Delivery System.

The Week Ahead open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 352. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

It looks like the world is being wise about the world cup. I am an American, it is NOT SAFE for anyone here. They give idiots a gun, authority, and no training. If I murder someone, I go to jail or worse. If ICE murders someone for no reason, they get praise from the president.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

In a nutshell. 😊

📌MEDIA: Stop calling Jared Kushner a "high-level negotiator." He's a damn thief operating in his repulsive family's best interests not ours.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

This "president" has said nothing-- NOTHING-- about eight kids killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana today. Ages range from 1 year to 14 years. Children. And they rate not a single comment. I detest that bucket of filth and the way he's lowered the bar for all. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Huh. Why would they ask for Wayne's ballots rather than the counties where Trump's people committed crimes in 2020? 🤔

One reason that we cannot have professional diplomats representing the interests of the United States is that it would disrupt a pattern of personal enrichment for the Presidents allies and families.

Except they still depict him as a functional actor here. If this were anyone else it'd be a 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 story about how the President can't or won't focus on the war he started, which narrative might force the GOP to do something about it.

Here's the key reason why putting Joe DiGenova in charge of the Russian investigation is so suspect. On the same day Mueller finished Joe was spewing FALSE conspiracy theories abt Ru and the Bidens, hoping to get paid by Lutsenko for doing so. emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

"So Todd Blanche is appointing a lawyer formerly paid by Russian allies to discredit the Russian investigation to declassify and release a load of intelligence... in the guise of criminalizing counterintelligence investigations."

Dear CNN, we do separate religion from our government. And as a major outlet, your job is to remind everyone exactly on that.

"Dear America" letters from people who work at the besieged US Department of Housing and Urban Development: dearamericaletters.org

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

Americans are suffering whether it’s the cost of food, housing, gas, or utilities. The President’s failure to address inflation, his tariffs, and his wars are driving the American people over an economic cliff—and it must stop! We need housing, health care and free childcare for all!

How interesting that 'the pope' of American apocalyptic white Christian nationalism never goes to church on Sunday morning but instead picks that time to tweet out genocidal threats to kill millions of people

Traders placed over $1 billion in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Trump Made A Deal With Billionaires. Communities Are Making Him Pay For It.

All to appease his dementia-ridden cult leader...

You can call it a hoax. You can call it a staged event. But mostly you can call it the workings of a sick, demented man.