VIRGINIA TODAY IS ELECTION DAY TO VOTE YES to stop Trump/GOP! Virginia VOTE YES for fair maps so that Virginians’ voices are not drowned out by extremist MAGA Trump/Republicans! Fight fire with fire with YES to end Trump/GOP’s attempt to rig the election! For info iwillvote.com! #VoteYesVirginia

Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

If you’re in Virginia, for the sake of everything that matters to the rest of the civilized world, please get out today and vote yes on the constitutional amendment

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.”

Australia, Japan strike $10 billion frigate deal to boost security ties Australia will purchase 11 Japanese-built Mogami-class frigates, with the first delivery expected in 2029, officials from both countries announced.

Australia has reached an agreement, valued at up to $10 billion, to purchase 11 Japanese-built frigates, underscoring growing defense ties amid concerns about China's military expansion.

From Stars and Stripes' Seth Robson and Hana Kusumoto:

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years.

Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.”

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'A clear step change': European EV sales jump by over 50 per cent in March Over 224,000 battery EVs registered last month, as businesses and consumers respond to soaring oil prices

EVs won the war.

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

There’s no crying in baseball!!!! 😭

In voting rights win, Virginia agrees to stop mass voter purges near Election Day The dispute exposed a growing national tension between Republican-led efforts to aggressively purge voter rolls and federal protections designed to ensure eligible voters are not wrongly removed.

🚨BREAKING: A federal court Monday approved a settlement forcing Virginia to halt voter purges near elections — delivering a major win for voters by reinforcing federal protections against last-minute disenfranchisement.

The Team Behind the A.I. Lego-Style Videos That Lampoon Trump’s War in Iran A.I.-generated propaganda against the U.S.’s war in Iran, done in the style of Lego movies, has become inescapable online. Kyle Chayka tracked down the team making the videos.

The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign | The New Yorker share.google/mmBdPqvNp7uK...

Trump picked this fight. And make no mistake, it’s a national fight. Democrats could’ve turned a blind eye, or fight back.

They chose to fight back, and I’m here for it.

Thanks in advance, Virginia.
#VoteYesVirginia

Sen. Mark Warner's daughter dies of juvenile diabetes and other health issues at 36 The death of Madison Warner, 36, rendered lawmaker and wife "heartbroken beyond words."

The death of Madison Warner, 36, rendered lawmaker and wife "heartbroken beyond words."

It's official: The House has sworn in Democratic Rep. Analilia Mejia.

Newly released records detail police response to lawmaker attacks Authorities first identified Vance Boelter as a suspect within three hours of the start of the politically motivated rampage.

Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.

Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police

Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Bluesky Disrupted by Sophisticated DDoS Attack Bluesky reported service outages last week due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at its systems.

Explanation for the Bluesky outages

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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

Can we quit talking about a group of people who make up less than a third of voters, please? No one cares what they think. Amplify the other two-thirds.

TOMORROW Virginia can STOP TRUMP from rigging the November Midterms! #VoteYesVirginia for free and fair elections and STOP THE STEAL! 🇺🇸💙🌊

BREAKING: 86% of all people support the release of the Epstein files, per WaPo poll.

Make it make sense.

Baghdad Bob hitting the morning shows again to push out propaganda as WH internal polling shows gas prices will wipe out Republicans in the midterms.

🧵 Corporate sponsors of Trump's Freedom 250 include Deloitte, Mastercard, and United Airlines, among 15 companies.

Freedom 250, the Christian nationalist hijack of America's birthday, will present Rededicate 250 on May 17 on the National Mall to "rededicate this country as One Nation under God."

Trump has basically turned the presidency into a giant Bribe Delivery System.

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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

‘Dark Money’ Floods Virginia Redistricting Fight, With Millions Linked to Peter Thiel The results of Tuesday's referendum could reshape the midterms this November.

Peter Thiel, who thinks freedom & democracy are incompatible, and hates the social safety net & women voting, is trying to buy the outcome of VA’s redistricting vote to further his disgusting anti-democratic views.

Don’t let him!!!!! VOTE YES, Virginia, on 4/21, to stop Thiel.

Optimism is not a policy tool. If there’s no clear timeline for resolution, energy markets will price in uncertainty. And uncertainty is costly because firms can’t plan and households can’t budget.

A box of Triscuits was $6.50 today. Triscuits are now a luxury item.