"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought

Sen. Mike Crapo blocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren's last-ditch attempt to preserve the IRS's free Direct File program.

In the last election cycle, Crapo was the top GOP congressional recipient of campaign contributions from the corporate PAC of TurboTax's parent company.

Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill.

But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028.

The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent.

Funny how that works.

TRUMP: Do you think men should play in women's sports?

DOORDASH DRIVER: I really don't have an opinion on that. I'm here about no tax on tips.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his colleagues in other states are reportedly scrutinizing the merger and considering legal action TO BLOCK IT We are grateful for their leadership, and STAND READY TO SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS to preserve competition, protect jobs, and ensure a vibrant future for our industry, for American culture, and for our single most significant export. FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT BlockTheMerger.com/OpenLetter

SIGNED ABIGAIL DISNEY ADAM MCKAY ALAN CUMMING ALEX GIBNEY ALYSSA MILANO ANN TELNAES BEN STILLER BENJAMIN BRATT BERTRAND BONELLO BOOTS RILEY BRADLEY WHITFORD BRUCE COHEN BRYAN CRANSTON CATHERINE KEENER CHRISTALYN HAMPTON CYNTHIA NIXON DAMON LINDELOF DAN COGAN DANIEL KWAN DANIEL SCHEINERT DAVID BORENSTEIN DAVID CHASE DAVID FINCHER DAVIS GUGGENHEIM DENIS VILLENEUVE DON CHEADLE ED BEGLEY JR. ELLIOT PAGE EMMA THOMPSON FRANCES FISHER GEETA GANDHIR GLENN CLOSE FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT BlockTheMerger.com/OpenLetter

SIGNED HOWARD A ROMAN ILANA GLAZER INA FICHMAN JAMES LEBRECHT JAMES SCHAMUS JANE FONDA JASON BATEMAN JEFF REICHERT JOAN CHURCHILL JOAQUIN PHOENIX JOHN CUSACK JOHN LEGUIZAMO JON ELSE JOSH PENN JOSLYN BARNES JULIANNA MARGULIES JULIE GOLDMAN KATHY GRIFFIN KERI PUTNAM KRISTEN STEWART KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS LANE NEWMAN LAURA NIX LAURA POITRAS LILY GLADSTONE LIZ GARBUS MARGARET CHO MARISA TOMEl MARK DUPLASS MARK RUFFALO MARY STEENBURGEN MATT DILLON FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT BlockTheMerger.com/openletter

SIGNED MEREDITH SALENGER MIMI LEDER MISHA COLLINS NICHOLAS STOLLER NICK BROOMFIELD NOAH WYLE PATTI LUPONE PATTON OSWALT PIPER PERABO QUYEN TRAN RAMY YOUSSEF ROB DELANEY RORY KENNEDY ROSANNA ARQUETTE ROSARIO DAWSON ROSE BYRNE ROSIE O'DONNELL SANDRA HUELLER SARA DOSA SIGRID DYEKJAER SKYE FITZGERALD SMRITI MUNDHRA STEVEN BOGNAR SUSHMIT GHOSH TABITHA JACKSON TED DANSON TED HOPE TIA LESSIN TIFFANY HADDISH TIG NOTARO TIM DISNEY V (FKA EVE ENSLER) YORGOS LANTHIMOS YVETTE NICOLE BROWN FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT - BlockTheMerger.com/OpenLetter

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OPEN LETTER We oppose the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger #BlockTheMerger

AS FILMMAKERS, DOCUMENTARIANS, WRITERS, AND PROFESSIONALS across the movie and television industry, we write to express our UNEQUIVOCAL OPPOSITION to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT BlockTheMerger.com/OpenLetter

This transaction would further CONSOLIDATE AN ALREADY CONCENTRATED MEDIA LANDSCAPE reducing competition at a moment when our industries —and the audiences we serve can least afford it. FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT BlockTheMerger.com/OpenLetter

THE RESULT WILL BE FEWER OPPORTUNITIES for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs, AND LESS CHOICE FOR AUDIENCES in the United States and around the world. FULL LETTER AND 1000+ SIGNERS AT BlockTheMerger.com/OpenLetter

I signed this because… come on man. Details below @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov

I have to do that!

the new pope must announce SuperHell

DTF St. Louis is a real accomplishment. Hard to believe it's on TV, truly great

What a week to be JD Vance

JD Vance sucks

Me seeing the news from Hungary

Viktor Orbán has conceded his loss!!

Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:

HOLY SHIT>?!?!?!?!??!!

In his tirade against MAGA war critics, Trump blasted Alex Jones for calling Sandy Hook a hoax.

This seemed odd. So I went back and checked. At the time Trump hailed Jones as "amazing" and rebuffed demands that he denounce lies about the shooting.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2089...

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

This is catastrophic.

Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost “The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien

I Want To Be Here | By Lauren Betts No matter where I go from here, I know I’ve come a long way.

Lauren Betts is a real one. www.theplayerstribune.com/lauren-betts...

TRUMP: "I'm gonna fuckin' blow up all the fuckers! I wanna use all the bombs before I die! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Race war! Race war! Fuck Easter and fuck you, too!"

NEWS: "Trump promises to strengthen military in early morning Easter greeting."

2026 WGA Contract: Tentative Agreement REACHED. wgacontract.org

The WGA Negotiating Committee has unanimously approved a tentative agreement w the AMPTP for the 2026 MBA. This deal protects writers’ health plan & puts it on a sustainable path, builds on gains from 2023 & helps address free work challenges. Members will receive more info in coming days #WGAStrong

The reviews are in!

If the roles were reversed, and a Democratic president lied that the families of soldiers who were killed in a reckless needless war he launched had insisted he "finish the job" in their memories, Fox News would meltdown and Republicans would be howling for impeachment.

Trump uses the phrase "like no one has ever seen before" like no one has ever seen before

Go Ahead and Use AI. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You. A message of support for my fellow writers

By all means--continue.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/go-ahead-a...

Someone came up with this idea. Then that person’s boss okayed it. Then a whole bunch of other people began to put this into action.

Who the hell are these people? How thoroughly poisoned does an operation have to be to get to this point?

The whole thing about Democrats searching for a winning message for the midterms is infuriating because it is staring them in the face:

Rule of Law — People who do illegal shit should face consequences.

For insider trading. For illegal wars. For ignoring court orders. For being a pedophile.

"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS