D.C. police sought to arrest Rep. Cory Mills after assault call, records show A woman called 911 to report that the Florida congressman had assaulted her, then recanted the story after appearing to talk to Mills, body-camera footage shows.

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In the middle of a war, during a Naval blockade, Hegseth just fired the Secretary of the Navy - effective immediately.

No Work, No School, No Shopping: May Day Training Call · Indivisible This May Day, we’re calling for a day of No Work, No School, No Shopping. We're flexing our economic power as workers, students, and everyday people to send a clear message to Trump: we will not do...

At this time tomorrow, we’re hosting a May Day training that will cover what “No Work, No School, No Shopping” means and the many ways you can tap into the day of economic disruption on May 1. We will also dig into the strategy behind economic noncooperation and why we’re taking action now.

Creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.) The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”

The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”

"Virginia’s exercise in counter-gerrymandering was a contribution to making the liberties of America safer against the gates of a Trumpist Republican party. The Founders, including Elbridge Thomas Gerry, would be pleased and proud." lnk.thebulwark.com/4eDbB4V

Why can’t we rely on Canada, did our government do something that alienated them

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

For the first time since ProPublica reported on preventable deaths of pregnant women under Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s medical board has disciplined doctors in those cases.

Here are the questions Raskin wants Patel to answer: tinyurl.com/528pdfs3

So, the guy who thinks that witches have taken over California is now the acting Secretary of the Navy? Super.

Republican bet on his own election loss Texas GOP congressional candidate Zeke Enriquez bet on the outcome of his own election on Kalshi, the prediction market said in a press release Wednesday, marking the latest sign of the industry’s newfound prevalence in the state’s politics.Enriquez, who finished 11th in the Republican primary for T...

Texas GOP congressional candidate Zeke Enriquez bet on the outcome of his own election on Kalshi, the prediction market said in a press release Wednesday, marking the latest sign of the industry's newfound prevalence in the state's politics.

Because of Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill:
- 28,802 Washingtonians have already lost their SNAP benefits.
- 430,000 Washingtonians will lose their lifesaving Medicaid coverage.

Enough is enough. Democrats are fighting back to protect Washingtonians’ health care and food assistance.

So now Pete Hegseth has fired the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Army, both in the middle of a war, both with no public or known explanation? Seems fine.

Workers lose $240 million during ICE surge, survey estimates Workers in the Twin Cities lost an estimated $244 million in wages during the ICE surge while businesses lost $610 million in revenue.

Minnesota workers lost an estimated $240 million during the ICE surge that prevented many from working & shopping.

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Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspi...

1. The central claim in the indictment of SPLC is a lie.

The DOJ/FBI accuse SPLC of lying to donors about seeking to “dismantle” extremist groups while secretly funding them. But the funds were used to infiltrate & help law enforcement dismantle these groups. Kash Patel knows this is the truth…

Over at Elon Musk’s X, MAGA is going wild blaming the SPLC for the “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in 2017 - based on this absurd indictment. Millions of people have an InfoWars mindset - including influential billionaires. MAGA loves to blame the “left” for their own side’s extremism.

Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ex-n...

Judge bars certification of Virginia redistricting results; state AG promises appeal | CNN Politics A congressional map approved by Virginia voters that aims to help Democrats net four US House seats in November’s midterms faces another legal hurdle just one day after its passage. Tazewell County Ci...

Trump isn't leaving peacefully or legally.

All the signs are there.

Here's another.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/p...

Workers at a Defense Department office in Rome suddenly find themselves without union representation More than 700 workers at the DFAS facility at the former Griffiss Air Base in Rome had their union representation taken away after an executive order from President Trump.

700 defense contracts in upstate New York stripped of their union rights by Trump

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Top Trump Terror Official Suspended Over Sugar Baby Allegations The 29-year-old is under investigation after a report claimed she had a profile on Seeking.com.

Uh... this sounds like a pretty big national security breach, no?

Taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a succession of rich men who have not undergone security-clearance checks would seem to be a major issue for someone who works in a NatSec role.

How 2 fringe groups and a friendly judge helped pull off Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure Emails obtained by CalMatters trace the development of a years-long case that ultimately led to the unprecedented seizure of 650,000 ballots.

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That’s our money. Money that we paid into the treasury.

A prolonged fossil fuel crunch just might, at this moment, be *the* exogenous shock necessary for a rapid global transition to clean energy adoption, but also it's going to be a brutally miserable experience for the world's poorest.

Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.

Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress

less than a week ago the president told the world the strait of hormuz had been reopened and would never close again in the history of the planet

Court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear some form of ID Trump administration had filed suit against the 2025 law, arguing it would threaten officers’ safety

'zero accountability is a threat to the American people'...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risks

massively over-funded for decades - zero fiscal accountability - needs more funding...🤦🏻‍♀️
'Americans fleeced' (screwed) 😈☠️
Never forget

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Pentagon announces US navy secretary is leaving ‘effective immediately’ and replaced with deputy – live Amid Iran blockade, John C Phelan has been immediately replaced with undersecretary Hung Cao, says Pentagon on social media with no explanation

'only the best people...' 😟

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Trump keeps lying about inflation as his economy fails As economic conditions continue to erode under his presidency, Donald Trump is grasping for straws and pushing new lies about inflation.

Trump says inflation dropped because he won the election.

The timeline disagrees.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

RFK Jr. Refuses To Say If He Takes ‘Any Responsibility’ for Measles Crisis The HHS secretary instead blamed immigrants, Mennonites and other countries for the measles outbreak in the U.S., not his own vaccine disinformation.

The HHS secretary instead blamed immigrants, Mennonites and other countries for the measles outbreak in the U.S., not his own vaccine disinformation.

Former congressman Devin Nunes departs as CEO of Trump media company The onetime lawmaker is leaving Trump Media & Technology, which operates the social media platform Truth Social.

In 2021, Trump Media (Truth Social) told investors that by 2026 they could have 81 million users and $3.6 billion in revenue.

Instead:

2023: lost $58m

2024: lost $400m

2025: lost $712m

Who knows maybe this will be the year they turn it around! lololol

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