republicans will yowl and piss and moan and that to my mind is all the reason to do it

The indictment is arguing that by paying the informants, the SPLC was helping further extremist activity. But as Ryan notes below, the SPLC was sharing its intelligence with law enforcement. Is the Justice Dept suggesting that the FBI was using that intelligence to help these groups? Makes no sense

This video posted by Iran’s consulate in Hyderabad, which mocks Trump for his latest ceasefire extension, isn’t as sophisticated as the LEGO videos. But it still must drive Trump crazy! 🤣🤣

I’ll support any Dem that moves to kick Palantir off the public dole and out of doing business with the US.

Are we underestimating the economic costs and consequences of Trump’s Iran catastrophe? Rhetorical question. Answer:,Yes. And by a lot.

Investigating the Good Guys DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was "paying off" the Ku Klux Klan. The group's track record and common sense suggest otherwise.

A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

So the Justice Department admits in its own filings that the following groups are extremist groups. Can someone ask Patel and Blanche how aggressively DOJ/FBI are monitoring them, considering how dangerous they are? Are they screening gov employees for affiliations with these groups?

Nice job, Devin.

The founders would be appalled. But I would imagine Jesus would not be too happy about it either.

Malaysia’s Karex, which makes about a fifth of the world’s condoms, is raising the prices of prophylactics, lubricant jelly and catheters by up to 30% due to the effects of the Middle East war ft.trib.al/LycgbHM

Dead fan walking. Kash will have plenty of time to root on his hockey faves real soon I suspect.

QUICK! While the Hungarian guy is out, but before the Bulgarian guy comes in!

Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.

Is it a blockade or a block-ish.

Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read stories reported that dozens of ships have managed to circumvent the blockade since it began — despite Donald Trump declaring it a ‘tremendous success’. ft.trib.al/9C3Xw4h

YOU DID IT VIRGINIA!!!

LEAKED MEMOS show how Chief Justice Roberts pressured other justices to lean heavily in favor of the oil and gas industry to kneecap a major EPA climate-change regulation—even as the court’s liberal justices warned it was an unprecedented, unjustified expansion of the court’s powers. trib.al/RQMIP47

As our co-president @lisa-pubcitizen.bsky.social put it, "this is a craven attempt to silence dissent" by Trump's authoritarian administration.

We condemn this appalling move, and we stand in solidarity with the @splcenter.org

Screenshot of Ben Tribbett's tweet at 8:23 pm, calling it for YES

It's been pretty obvious for a while now, but still, great to see Ben Tribbett publicly call it - "THE YES VOTE HAS PREVAILED" :)

bluevirginia.us/2026/04/live...

We could have nice things and clean cheap energy too ... if we weren't governed by idiots.

For folks commenting on this tonight a reminder that "Yes" is on track to have a larger margin of victory than Trump's "landslide" win in 2024.

Kash Patel's lawsuit against legal commentator thrown out FBI Director Kash Patel got some bad news on Tuesday, as a federal judge threw out his lawsuit against legal commentator Frank Figliuzzi.Patel sued Figliuzzi, himself a former FBI official who has done legal commentary for MSNBC — since renamed to MS NOW — for claiming that Patel has "been visible a...

FBI Director Kash Patel got some bad news on Tuesday, as a federal judge threw out his lawsuit against legal commentator Frank Figliuzzi.

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NYT currently forecasting a "Yes" win in Virginia with 52%.

No one will ever trust us again. In time of crisis, we will have no one who to whom we can turn, no one who will stand by our side. Day-in and day-out this administration betrays our allies and enables our enemies. It is perverse and nauseating.

This is the kind of betrayal a nation carries out when its leaders don't believe in the concept of allies and that views promises as something for suckers.

It also makes our armed forces less safe. No nation will ever trust us again. Why should they? We stab our friends in the back.

Live Blog: Virginia Redistricting Amendment Referendum Results (4/21/26) - Blue Virginia UPDATE 7:38 pm: VoteHub says “We are getting a lot of fully reported counties outside of Northern Virginia and YES is running okay, about 2 points ahead of what we would expect in a tied race. But Lou...

All three major prediction/betting markets – Kalshi, Polymarket and PredictIt – right now have YES with a 98%-99% chance of winning. State Navigate has it at 81%. bluevirginia.us/2026/04/live...

Marching to theocracy.

Drive-by war crimes are the Trump-Hegseth signature style of "war-fighting."