The Legislative Branch used to have the purse strings for American taxpayers' money. Now, the Executive Branch is the open wallet for Donald and his friends.

DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud over secret funding of extremist groups The Southern Poverty Law Center said it is "outraged" by what it called the "false allegations" by the Department of Justice.

A fascist administration openly allied with far-right extremist groups, targeting their enemies over bullshit.

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Elon Musk carga contra Pedro Sánchez por la regularización de inmigrantes: "Es culpable de alta traición" El multimillonario dueño de SpaceX ha vuelto a arremeter contra el presidente del Gobierno por la medida que permitirá regularizar a miles de inmigrantes en España.

Put it through a translator app if you need (I recommend Deepl), but Elon Musk is accusing Sánchez of TREASON.

Against what? Um, probably just white supremacists.

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F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

BREAKING NYT:

The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about Kash Patel using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Today I joined Senator Hirono, Senator Padilla, and student advocates to speak out against Trump’s plan to completely cut funding for these programs at hundreds of colleges and universities.

Comer Exposed for Plan to Effectively Kill Epstein Investigation A House Oversight Committee memo shows Representative James Comer plans to make big changes to the hearing process, including not requiring witnesses to swear in.

Comer Exposed for Plan to Effectively Kill Epstein Investigation

A House Oversight Committee memo shows Representative James Comer plans to make big changes to the hearing process, including not requiring witnesses to swear in.
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The statements echo Trump’s genocidal rhetoric toward Iran, including his threat to “blow up the rest of their Country” if negotiations falter. Legal experts have said that Trump’s threats, as well as his pledges to target civilian infrastructure, constitute threats to commit war crimes.

GOP Senator Suggests Trump Should “Finish” Iran With Nuclear Bomb The senator, Roger Marshall, said Trump has to “take everything into consideration” if ceasefire progress stalls.

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall suggested that Trump should nuke Iran in order to prevent the country from ever having nuclear weapons.“If Iran had a nuclear weapon, gasoline would be $10 a gallon, and for generations to come, Americans’ lives would be threatened.”

F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

Kash Patel had the FBI investigate a NYT reporter who wrote about his girlfriend's personal FBI SWAT team. That was too much even for the DOJ. How do you recover from this? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Its really weird when a local pastor of a megachurch dies but his social media account keeps posting as if he were still alive and writing content. Where those "words of wisdom and insight" really ever yours or were they your ghostwriters and staffers creating a brand?

Reading Palantir: Why the defense tech giant’s manifesto may signal panic inside the company The war tech firm is suffering from a lethal combo of stock price superinflation and midterms anxiety

Palantir must be destroyed.

My interview with @cydhayes.bsky.social of the @sf.gazetteer.co

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This is insane, tinpot authoritarian shit.

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Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson interviewed in 1991.
Kristofferson compares America's choreographed patriotism to Nazi Germany

Sen. Murray: Since Trump put his face on the National Park pass, has he visited a single one of our National Parks?

Burgum: Uh... To that, I'm not, uh, certain

Fortunately, there’s nothing happening in the world that requires his attention.

'Sugar daddy' sex scandal explodes inside Trump's counterterrorism HQ A top-level Trump counterterrorism official is under investigation amid claims she actively seeks out sugar daddies to maintain her exorbitant lifestyle, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.

Another sex scandal for the Trump cabinet. A DHS official says 29-yr-old Julia Varvaro, DHS Assistant Secretary for counterterrorism, has been placed on administrative leave and removed from her position while her relationships with numerous "sugar daddies" are investigated.

Balding white man. Washington/Clackamas, Who is controlling our elections? With Nobel Prize nominee world'renowned physicist Dr. Douglas Frank. Monday, May 4th, 6pm-8:30pm, Rock Creek Christian Center 21450 NW Rock Creek Blvd, Portland, OR 97229

The election denier grifter, Douglas Frank, will be speaking at the NAR-affiliated Christian Nationalist church, Rock Creek Christian Center out near Hillsboro. This is the church that is associated with NAR apostle Mark Tubbs and Derrick Peterson (former sheriff and PPS school board candidate).

"My office will immediately file an appeal," the statement by Jones read. "Virginia voters have spoken, and an activist judge should not have veto power over the People's vote."

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones posted a statement on X on Wednesday saying he plans to challenge the injunction handed down by the Tazewell County Circuit Court.

Virginia's voter-approved gerrymander already hit with court block The Virginia officials announced on Wednesday that a circuit court judge handed down an injunction to stop the redistricting that voters approved on Tuesday to open four seats for Democrats to win. Vi...

Virginia's voter-approved gerrymander already hit with court block

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F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

The FBI launched an investigation into a New York Times reporter for covering Kash Patel's country-singer girlfriend's use of FBI resources. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Republicans delay vote on bill gutting Endangered Species Act – on Earth Day The ESA passed 355-4 in the House of Representatives in 1973

Republicans delay vote on bill gutting Endangered Species Act – on Earth Day

Trump Open to UAE Bailout Despite Scrutiny Over Family’s UAE-Linked Crypto Deal Trump weighs UAE currency swap as Iran war disrupts Gulf markets and draws scrutiny over financial ties

As war with Iran disrupts oil shipments and damages infrastructure across the Gulf, the United States is weighing emergency financial support for the United Arab Emirates.
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DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Julia Varvaro, 28, is friendly with Paul Ingrassia. Varvaro is from Selden & Ingrassia from East Patchogue. Linkedin profile:

Nothing to worry about, just the Heritage Foundation publishing an article on how the Republican Congress can refuse to seat Democrats www.heritage.org/election-int...

'Sugar daddy' complaint forces suspension of Trump counterterrorism official Julia Varvaro, a top Trump counterterrorism official, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave after she was accused of soliciting funds from "sugar daddy" men.In a report on Wednesday, the ...

'Sugar daddy' complaint forces suspension of Trump counterterrorism official

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Tech billionaires want Christians to believe in AI For Peter Thiel and JD Vance allies, the tech right is framing AI as a moral—even divine—mission.

Tech Billionaires Want Christians to Believe in AI

For Peter Thiel and JD Vance allies, the tech right is framing AI as a moral—even divine—mission. via @kieraevebutler.bsky.social

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Burgum’s Bogus National Security Arguments Against Renewables Don’t Pass Muster - Public Citizen Congress did not establish the Interior Department as a national security agency, and we don't need an Interior Secretary who seems to delight in cosplaying....

Interior Secretary and oil industry ally Doug Burgum is on the Hill smearing clean energy projects as national security risks. It's nonsense.

David Arkush of @publiccitizen.bsky.social said it best: "Doug Burgum should focus on America’s interior, not our exterior—nor on kissing Trump’s posterior.

Upcoming protests target ICE and billionaires The May Day action will be a major tactical escalation for the resistance

NEW! Upcoming protests target ICE and billionaires; The May Day action will be a major tactical escalation for the resistance
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"That net +18 verdict puts Trump in the neighborhood of the numbers Richard Nixon saw at the peak of the Watergate scandal in August 1974"