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...

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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...

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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.

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

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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"

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“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:
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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"

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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?
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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

Hundreds trying to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility met with rubber bullets, pepper spray | CNN About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into ...

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Basket of picked green beans in the middle of the field for workers are harvesting

"Adan" shared this photo from the Coachella CA where hes picking green beans. "I get paid 40 cents per pound. The work is exhausting - especially due to the excessive heat in the area. But this is how I support my family." #WeFeedYou

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Brussels pushes remote working to ease energy crisis European Commission also recommends heat pumps and public transport subsidies

The European Commission will encourage remote working and public transport subsidies to cut fossil fuel use, as countries grapple with the energy price shock from the war in the Middle East.

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Wow. To hear a Catholic priest make the connection from the Trump administration to “white Christian nationalism” is 🔥

But let’s not pretend this is new. Christianity was used to justify slavery, and now the right uses Christianity to justify racism.

I appreciate a priest saying it out loud.

Hey #Virginia! Husband and I voted YES, have you? I really want to actually have a representative who works for me not MAGA puppet Ben Cline plus we can block the fascist in the White House from stealing our democracy. This election this fall may be our last chance to save it.

I love #SaraLandry at #Coachella and she just used a rap in her mix with the R word! What in the world! Stop the ableism!

Next Sunday, the Italian state broadcaster RAI will air an interview with Amanda Ungaro, the ex-wife of Donald Trump’s special envoy Paolo Zampolli; the presenter of the investigative programme ‘Report’ has announced that it will be ‘very embarrassing’ for Trump. 🍿

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

These results demonstrate in stark terms how vital shots are and what’s at stake if policy changes interfere with Americans’ ability to vaccinate their kids.

Read our full investigation:

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades.

Until now.