Election Live Updates: Virginia Passes New Map, Lifting Democrats’ Midterm Chances

Virginia is for FAFO 😉 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Devin Nunes Departs Trump Media After 4 Years as C.E.O.

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Federal judge calls RFK Jr. an “unsafe” leader in order protecting trans youth health care The broad ruling was designed to deflect future attacks on gender-affirming care for kids.

NEW: In a scathing ruling describing RFK Jr. as an “unserious” and “unsafe” leader, a federal judge in Oregon issued an order that will protect doctors and hospitals, and the transgender kids they treat.

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.

There has never been a more corrupt administration in our nation’s history and the most corrupt are ALWAYS REPUBLICANS. Trump, followed by Nixon. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy www.bbc.com/news/article...

BREAKING: TACO TUESDAY: Donald trump delays ethnic cleansing and war crimes again by extending the ceasefire indefinitely.

Portsmouth and Norfolk are now almost fully reported and YES is overperforming our vote goals by 7 points in the two counties.

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Nate Cohn on VA referendum:

"Most of the results so far come from heavily Republican areas; nothing has been reported at all from Fairfax County and Richmond, two of the state’s populous Democratic strongholds. Where the count is complete, 'Yes' has been running well enough to prevail."

A Pentagon intelligence agency assessment says Iran still has significant military capabilities U.S. intelligence is at odds with public declarations by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said the Iranian Air Force was “wiped out” and the Navy is “at the bottom of the...

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Richmond and Fairfax county are still zero percent reporting. Some of the bluest areas.

Approval of Trump on economy falls in new AP-NORC poll, as Iran war drives up prices The findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show a president who is struggling with unfulfilled promises to tame inflation and testing Americans’ patience with a con...

He’s tanking

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thehill.com DOJ investigating meatpacking companies after Trump price manipulation allegations

DOJ investigating meatpacking companies after Trump price manipulation allegations #TheHill

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BALDWIN: Do you think NIH should fund less cancer research?

RFK Jr: No, they should fund more, & one of the few agencies that got a raise in the budget was NCI

B: That increase is less than $1m for an institute with a $7b budget. That's a .01% increase. It wouldn't even cover one additional grant

An emerging contageous virus, like a flu virus, will easily spread in the confines of a military base or a military operation…unless the troops are vaccinated. So the brilliant leaders of HHS and DOD decide to stop protecting the troops by no longer requiring flu vaccination. In 1918, before

Tell Meta: Eyewear, Not Spywear Meta intends to add facial recognition technology to their glasses so anyone wearing the product can immediately and invisibly identify strangers. Tell Meta: Your glasses shouldn’t know our names. Demand privacy protections today.

Meta intends to add facial recognition technology to their glasses, enabling wearers to identify strangers and violate their privacy.

Tell Meta: Stop spying on us with your eyewear.

Ossoff: "You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner. The guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more while he conducts nuclear diplomacy on behalf of the country. It's obscene."

Texas gerrymandered their Congressional maps so Republicans can keep control of the House. Missouri and North Carolina followed

Unlike the GOP, Democrats are giving people a choice: Do you want more of Trump’s awful policies, or do you want a level playing field in Congress

#VoteYesVirginiaToday

After the war ends, NATO needs Ukraine.

Wow
I mean I don’t trust him but gotta give him some credit for apologizing.

this is so profoundly dishonorable

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

Don’t you dare call Trump TACO!

This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.

One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.

Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.

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What the gd hell.
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When Trump talked about ushering in a "new golden age," he was talking about a new golden age for his family's pocketbook.

"[Republicans] have overlooked [Trump's] mental disorders in the past— dismissed them. They've overlooked his depravity. They've overlooked the fact that he is an adjudicated sexual abuser. That he's a convicted criminal ... Because it served their purposes. It no longer serves their purposes."

TUR: It appears the president is more desperate in this moment. Do you agree?

LAWLER: Well, let's look back. Obama engaged in a 7-month conflict in Libya--

TUR: We don't need to go back to Obama. Let's stick w/ Trump

LAWLER: Excuse me, excuse me. Yes we do.

TUR: How does that make this war okay?

US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations | CNN Politics The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in t...

its so joever. www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

"Donnyland"

We have a narcissistic, needy toddler in the White House. And everyone in the world knows he responds best to shameless flattery. How embarrassing.