Whenever I see this picture, my eyes well up. Eugene Goodman, Capitol police officer, diverted a crowd of bloodthirsty rioters in the Capitol during the bloody J6 insurrection from the US Senate chambers. He is a great American hero. 🇺🇸 #ProudBlue #Pinks #EugeneGoodman #Capitol

Jack Smith, in compliance with a subpoena, is testifying before Congress today, but behind closed doors, at the insistence of Jim Jordan and his fellow “weaponization” propagandists. What are they afraid of? www.ms.now/opinion/jack...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

That was fast

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection. Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

"This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this" - Jimmy Kimmel

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Today it was confirmed that the president told the world's most infamous pedophile and child sex trafficker: "We have certain things in common." For any other president, it would be the biggest scandal of their lives, possibly career-ending. For Trump, it's just Monday.

The ‘antiwar’ president today tried to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War. Can’t make this stuff up.

Days in office: 1,671 Epstein clients arrested: 0

"Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child-rapist in history to receive well-wishes from a president of the United States." Lawrence O'Donnell

Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.

Thing I think about a lot How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?

Firing everyone who could tell you what you're doing is unethical or illegal does not make what you're doing ethical or legal.

If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge. Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden. This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy. It’s not America. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Sydney Jordan is choked up on CNN talking about her former colleague Melissa Hortman

We all know what we saw. Our friend, Senator Alex Padilla exercising his duty to this country while the Trump administration forced him to the ground, and put him in handcuffs. There’s no sugarcoating it—these are dangerous times and we WILL hold the admin accountable. @schatz.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: ActBlue is firing back at a House GOP investigation into its workings. The Dem online fundraising platform says the probe appears to be an unconstitutional abuse of power to help the White House.

That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.

The White House is pushing a rule change that could let Trump fire government economists if their numbers don’t match his political agenda. Experts are sounding the alarm. They say this could gut the credibility of the U.S. government’s economic data.

A viral post is spreading fear on all platforms, supposedly from Liz and Me, about a nonexistent bill—just like the far right used to do. We cannot become what we’re fighting. The truth still matters. We win by being better, not louder. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/dont-fight...

I miss the time in our county’s history so much. Were we perfect then? No, but at least we were on the right path.

Senator Murphy: the Republican budget cuts TRILLIONS in health care for the lower/middle class while cutting TRILLIONS in taxes for the rich

“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”

Trump golfed for 31 days of his first 100. Now, instead of funding disaster relief, the GOP directed $300M in FEMA funding to pay for Trump's golf security while communities destroyed by natural disasters are being denied aid. Again and again, he chooses himself over Americans.

The Republican Party has brought us the most corrupt administration in American history. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/p...

it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

apnews.com/article/cana... wins Canadian election, while Conservative leader loses his seat in Parliament

AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.

Members of the Congressional Labor Caucus wrote the letter after NPR reported that a whistleblower says DOGE may have removed sensitive labor data and compromised the security of computer systems.

Why isn’t Trump in prison then?

This — the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s arrest today of a sitting judge — against the backdrop that the President of the United States is, at this same moment, defying an April 10 Order of the Supreme Court of the United States

UPDATE: “[Judge] Dugan, 65, is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries at 10:30 a.m. April 25 on the second floor of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Milwaukee, according to two federal sources.” (ht @azcentral.com)

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

Can I be the one to send him the “Reduction In Force” email?

BREAKING: "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens stepping down from the show due to concerns about journalistic independence

Pope Francis led by example, centering his life and papacy on being a voice for the less fortunate. He inspired us all to better embody the teachings of Christ: love, compassion, and justice. Gwen and I are joining Catholics and Christians around the world in mourning his loss.