6 days after Trump made 13 celebratory posts in a hour claiming that Iran surrendered to all his demands and the war is over, he’s back threatening to blow up power plants and bridges.

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Republicans are taking health care from millions. Lying about it is all they've got.

I know this is basic bitch politics, which feels weird in a time of fascism.

But if Trump is going to kill you, an American citizen, the most likely way he'll do it as of now is by taking your health insurance.

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

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Can America Learn from Hungary? A Saturday Prompt

Here’s what Hungary’s new prime minister promised after his landslide win, the kind of accountability Democrats must demand in America: We will pursue those who had “plundered, looted, betrayed, indebted and ruined” the country.

www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...

Live updates: Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Tehran reimposes restrictions Trump says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran.

Going great

Meta threw a party for a right-wing influencer who wants to “save the West” The celebration offers a cocktail-fueled look at the tech behemoth's rightward pivot.

"The decorations included an archway that read 'Seeking Truth to Save The West,' underneath the words 'Presented by Meta' and the company’s logo." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest For much of Monday, the agency didn't anticipate a tornado threat for Kansas City — then five hit that evening. Did a change in weather balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark?

"The Trump administration cut the agency deeply last year, leaving some forecasting offices short-staffed...

“You’re missing data from the Four Corners region, the northern Plains, part of the central Plains, and that’s where the storms were developing,” he said..."

www.nbcnews.com/weather/torn...

He’s so gone.

Winning any debate starts by setting the terms and one key way to do that is to pick for what you'll be attacked.

Welcome, Gov. Hochul, to sudden popularity boost.

You’re probably going to hear a lot about what the rich really pay in taxes today.

This chart tells the real story.

Very excited for the NYT and others to write about how young people aren't turning out for right wing events.

Classic Red Cross art, not familiar with this Jesus cross fellow

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I’m glad that he’s showing what (white) American Christianity is really about. The thirst for domination and power to the point of blasphemy. They’ve been calling him the chosen one, an avatar of God, because he allows them to hate marginalized people. He can do this because they won’t abandon him.

imagine arguing with your devout catholic grandma and shouting "the pope is WEAK on crime"

Wow!

A series of posts from journalist Mark Chadbourn reporting on the acceptance speech of Péter Magyar after Hungarian elections: Péter Magyar: "Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again." Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 24m Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired." •.. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 22m He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 21m Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions." ... Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 20m Magyar says he's starting work with the EU and NATO immediately. "The EU doesn't have to worry anymore."

From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.

Post from an Eastern European outlet Next TV on X “⚡️ Voter turnout in Hungary is breaking all records By midday, 66% of voters had already cast their ballots. This is significantly higher than in previous elections. There are long lines at polling stations. A large number of people are eager to vote.”

Let’s get there Hungary. 🙏🏻🇭🇺🙏🏻

"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

None of the former Presidents when asked to strike Iran by Netanyahu would until
He asked the mentally incompetent one. 🤪

#DementedDon
#BlueStormComin1
#SheShed

AFSCME members just delivered a win for working people. 👏

A federal judge blocked the plan to withhold $10 billion in child care funding from 5 states because AFSCME members and partners fought back. This funding keeps child care affordable and keeps child care workers on the job.

We've reached the point that they're using the Epstein files to cover up Iran

As SAVE America Act stalls, GOP states are quietly enacting their own proof of citizenship laws Read Democracy Docket's state-by-state breakdown here.

While the bill introduced March 17 remains stalled in the Senate, some state leaders have posted about, proposed and even enacted statewide proof of citizenship laws to vote.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I love Lebanese people, I loved my time in Beirut, I was reporting on Lebanon just last week—and I am fucking disgusted at how Vance & the US talk about Lebanon being bombed 100 times today like a “whoopsie, we didn’t read Iran’s 10 point plan!” Fuck you. These are people’s homes, children, lives.

😐

Wisconsin is showing that you can fight creeping authoritarianism by getting organized and consistently voting, year after year, in small races and big ones, to win back democracy by voting in people who actually support democratic process.

"Calm down. He won't be that bad."
"He won't go after political opponents."
"He won't try to overturn an election."
"He won't start a stupid, costly war."
"He won't purge the military."
"He won't use nukes." <--- We're currently here.