My mom had a prognosis of 2 months when her pancreatic cancer was diagnosed. She fought like hell to live 4 1/2 months of our agony because she didn’t want to leave us. This vaccine feels like hope yet RFK Jr wants to stop it. Elections matter. 💜

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: RFK Jr. lied to Congress when he denied saying ‘every Black kid’ should be ‘re-parented’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr_u...

Rachel Maddow just played this video of Jon Ossoff talking about Trump crime family grifter Jared Kushner. Ossoff is Maddow's guest tonight. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"

DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states.

DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand.

My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases.

DOJ is now 0-5.

My firm is 5-0.

Lesson: When we fight we win.

Virginia! Bring a friend to
to the polls tomorrow, April 21, 6am-7pm.

Vote YES to stop gerrymandering and protect Virginia’s elections.

Same-day registration means you can register AND vote in one trip. Spread the word! #VoteYesVirginia

Federal audit reveals mail delays, failures at Lynchburg processing center A new federal audit is raising serious questions about mail service in central Virginia, pointing to significant operational failures at the U.S. Postal Service’s Lynchburg processing center.

Trump destroyed our mail system in Virginia.

www.wsls.com/news/local/2...

Gov. Spanberger appoints four new members to Virginia Tech Board of Visitors On Monday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced four new appointees to Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors.

Great to see new blood on the board! Elections matter, Virginia! Vote YES tomorrow 4/21/2026!

www.wsls.com/news/local/2...

No doubt 😡

Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties "They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...

With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media | CNN Politics As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/p...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary | CNN Politics Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will step down from the Trump administration to take a job in the private sector, according to a statement posted Monday by White House communications director Stev...

www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/p...

Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker's hardware leader Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a nearly 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an...

www.wsls.com/business/202...

Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

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

Former FBI Deputy Director Responds to Kash Patel's Alleged Drinking Problem Patel denies the allegations and has filed a lawsuit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick

TODAY: Kash Patel just filed his defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic. I spoke with former Deputy Director of the FBI Andy McCabe about the article. Patel denies the allegations. You can watch here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/former-fbi...

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Damn. This again.

Gifted article.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

#usDemocracy
#voices4victory
#dv1

Officers respond to mass shooting at a NC park, police say Police are responding to a mass shooting at a park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

www.wdbj7.com/2026/04/20/o...

‘Heartbroken beyond words’: Sen. Warner, wife remember daughter U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and his wife, Lisa Collis, say their daughter has died.

www.12onyourside.com/2026/04/20/h...

Man kills 8 children and shoots his wife and another woman in Shreveport, Louisiana Officials and relatives say a man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana.

AGAIN, the most dangerous time for women is when it's over with men. Men who are led by emotion and violence. Transcends race. We have a violent man problem.

"Elkins and his wife were in the process of separating and had been due in court Monday"

apnews.com/article/shre...

“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social

No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC

Two seats! a 16 week discussion & exploration of our cultural relationship to death and dying

Two "pay-what-you-can" seats open in this workshop -

starts tomorrow!

can't wait to watch the testimony of the federal agents who had to shake him awake...

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.”

#Epstein, Not going away....

#Iran

#EpsteinFiles

Complaint – #1 in PATEL v. The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01329) – CourtListener.com COMPLAINT against Sarah Fitzpatrick, The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12369316) filed by KASHYAP P. PATEL. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons, # 3 S...

FLASH: Kash Patel files $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic

Patel claims "Defendants published the Article w/ actual malice, despite being expressly warned, hours before publication, that the central allegations were categorically false"

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Harm from Hormuz Why we should still fear a global slump from Trump’s Iran debacle

@pkrugman.bsky.social: “In my view, a full-on global recession is more likely than not if the Strait remains closed for, say, another three months, which seems all too possible.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Justice Department demands Michigan county turn over 2024 ballots Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel dismissed the latest election inquiry from the Trump administration as “absurd” and “baseless.”

Now DOJ is demanding 2024 ballots from Michigan without a proper legal basis. Is it just a coincidence that it’s targeting swing states like Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona in the lead-up to the 2026 election?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Now Trump Reportedly Wants Nation's Highest Military Honor... For Himself The president has been talking about giving himself the Medal of Honor, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The president has been talking about giving himself the Medal of Honor, according to the Wall Street Journal.

#USDemocracy #Pinks