COONS: Why is it a good idea to relieve sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil?
BESSENT: The $14 billion number is a DNC talking point
COONS: I am not the DNC. I'm the senator from Delaware
Dems just forced House Republicans to pull votes on a bill to weaken the Endangered Species Act, after their support buckled. Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌏🌎
Just out here bragging about how effective the war crimes are
This Earth Day, let’s make some good trouble to save the U.S. Forest Service. SaveUSFS.org has been updated. Chaco and Hydro Flask are now supporting the movement. We’re currently targeting TEVA, Nalgene, Yeti, and more. Reach out to the brands you love and ask them to join us. #SaveUSFS
SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Every single Republican voted against it.
For Taco Tuesday I wrote a long post which, buried w/in it, includes a description of 2 acute psychological dilemmas Trump is facing.
1) To win v Iran, Trump has to fight Putin
2) To make a deal, Trump has to admit Obama is smarter than him
Neither is tenable.
emptywheel.net/2026/04/21/t...
My hometown of Nashville -- a blue city which went about two-thirds for Harris-Walz in 2024 -- was gerrymandered by the TN GOP into three different districts all represented by Republicans now, so please get in line to complain about how unfair this all is, Virginia Republicans
Coffee, a small danish, and taking one problem on at a time. And ignoring others I can't do anything about at this moment. On a plus note, it is free lunch day during Staff Appreciation Week!
The DOJ indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that has spent more than half a century fighting the Klan, tracking hate, and defending civil rights. Let's be clear about what's happening. This administration is using the full weight of federal prosecution to target an organization whose mission is rooting out violent extremism. This is part and parcel of Trump's assault on free speech, on nonprofits, and on anyone who dares to disagree with him. First it was lawfare against political opponents. Then it was revoking the tax status of universities. Now it's a federal indictment against one of the most historic civil rights organizations in America. The SPLC has saved lives. It will not be silenced — and neither will we.
Great job Virginia and congratulations for standing up to a wanna be dictator and punching back!
Lets go!!!
WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?
KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
BREAKING: The YES vote will WIN Virginia’s redistricting referendum, allowing Democrats to redraw maps ahead of the midterms and potentially flip the state from 6–5 to 10–1 — a four-seat swing that could decide control of Congress.
Me too!
GOP - *gerrymanders*
DEMS - hey stop that no fair
GOP - *gerrymanders even more*
DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue
SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*
DEMS - *start gerrymandering*
GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭
Proud of my home state!
WAHOO WA! That is my state! Getting it done!
BALDWIN: Do you think NIH should fund less cancer research?
RFK Jr: No, they should fund more, & one of the few agencies that got a raise in the budget was NCI
B: That increase is less than $1m for an institute with a $7b budget. That's a .01% increase. It wouldn't even cover one additional grant
Did anyone ask him about all the toxic pesticides Trump is bringing back? How does that fit in with his MAHA scam?
In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.
249 years later, we have this idiot.
Spent Saturday with President Obama and New York's Cutest — turns out my first name is Mayor and I need to be doing more squats.
Here’s to building a City where families can thrive and every classroom is full of this much joy.
No one will ever trust us or help us again.
Probably just as well he's devastating the CIA. They can't do their jobs like this.
tRump's turning the Kennedy Center into his personal grift palace. Whistleblower exposes priceless African artifacts vanishing during his 'renovation'—now gutted and gone. Looting our cultural heritage for MAGA donors? Disgraceful.
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A dish of aspic: a jellied suspension of shredded meat and vegetables, garnished with a single sad sprig of parsley.
What's the worst food from *your* cuisine? None of that "oh, one region over they eat some awful shit." Remove the beam from your own eye.
And I'm calling dibs on aspic, so you can't pick that one. My mom threatened to make it for me the other day.
I loved hot Grape Nuts! made them not so crunchy but they taste great that way cooked with milk and a little brown sugar.
