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US FDA approves Merck's pill combo to treat HIV infection The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ​Merck's once-daily, oral, combination regimen for HIV infections, the drugmaker ‌said on Tuesday, giving patients another treatment option to manage the condition.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's once-daily, oral, combination regimen for HIV infections, the drugmaker said on Tuesday, giving patients another treatment option to manage the condition.

While you’re paying for this Administration’s unauthorized war and watching your costs skyrocket, the Trump family is expanding its business empire and pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Jared Kushner, Don Jr., and Eric. All cashing in on this presidency in real time.

US warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks U.S. airports could face a new wave of long security lines as early as May after ​the nation's homeland security chief said on Tuesday that he will run ‌out of money to pay for 50,000 workers due to a partial government shutdown.

U.S. airports could face a new wave of long security lines as early as May after the nation's homeland security chief said on Tuesday that he will run out of money to pay for 50,000 workers due to a partial government shutdown.

Why Trump Will Be Removed From Office Sooner Than You Think George Conway, the former GOPer turned Trump critic who’s running for Congress as a Democrat, lays out his case that Republicans will have no choice but to remove the president before his term ends.

On the pod, @gtconway.bsky.social lays out accountability agenda if Dems win House:

*Impeach Trump and top officials
*Criminal referrals to DOJ
*25th Amendment commission
*Fix Impoundment Act
*Codify DOJ independence

There's much more here. It's a good discussion:
newrepublic.com/article/2091...

I asked X, Paramount, ABC, and Meta where their donations to Trump's Presidential Library went. None of them could give a clear answer.

Tens of MILLIONS of dollars are missing.

Why should Americans trust that this money isn’t going straight into Donald Trump’s pockets?

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.

Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Our Afghan allies provided critical support to U.S. forces for over 20 years, but the Trump-Vance Administration has turned its back on them and their families, shutting down key resettlement programs. The idea that we’re now in talks to send as many as 1,100 Afghans, whom we have already evacuated, to the DRC—a country with severe political instability, violence, and a massive refugee and humanitarian crisis—is insane. [1/2]

We told these Afghans that we would help ensure their safety after they helped us. We have an obligation to follow through on our promise because it’s the right thing to do, and because going back on our word will only make it harder for us to build the kinds of partnerships we may need to advance our national security in the future. [2/2]

My statement on reports that the Trump-Vance Administration may send Afghans, including those who served with the U.S. military and more than 400 children, to the Congo:

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Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

Like me, you may think you understand the horror of measles and the murder being committed by RFK & co. Read this, if you can handle it--my eyes are tearing up for this splendid child lost--and learn just how much more terrible and heartbreaking it is. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Endgame The world’s richest man is accruing more power than ever before.

Someone must stop the thieving and corruption, or America will be lost

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Prominent Civil Rights Group Says It Is Under Federal Investigation

No end to the horror of this admin.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

America’s Real ‘Secretary of War’ How public health became an endless battle

" Anything that his administration hopes to do may now be put in terms of martial conflict: Under Kennedy, policy making and saber rattling go hand in hand."
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/... via @theatlantic.com

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Coming After Birth Control Access in a Terrifying New Way

The Trump Administration Is Coming After Birth Control Access in a Terrifying New Way www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/o...

Opinion | A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing.

A French corporation was recently found criminally liable for enabling terrorism. “The court in Paris has just ruled that cynicism and an exclusive focus on profits can constitute a crime.” [nytimes.com]

Opinion | You Can’t Defend a Nation When Soldiers Don’t Have Child Care

The child care system that was a shining model for America is being hollowed out by Trump’s stupidity .
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/o...

A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

The Aides Keeping the President in the Dark Donald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

During a national-security crisis, top advisers decided the commander in chief’s presence was a liability. This incident is only the latest example of how Trump’s aides have been trying to keep him in the dark and build a protective bubble around him.

Another Trump Cabinet Member Departs in Scandal Lori Chavez-DeRemer was supposed to take the GOP in a more worker-friendly direction. Instead she joins a group of dismissed administration officials.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

READ THIS!!

Justice Roberts cultivated a reputation for care & caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. …the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer to stop Obama’s plan to address the climate crisis.”

The Inside Story of 5 Days That Remade the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

An Extra-Embarrassing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Why is Donald Trump breaking bread with the “enemy of the people”?

Maybe the best solution is to all get drunk

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

Hey what's going on America? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Superpower Suicide The geopolitics of our moment

“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda.
snyder.substack.com/p/superpower...

U.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.

Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump.

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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...

Seems like Trump’s only path. He walks away. Pretends he won. Tries to change the subject.

Congressional insider trading & dark money were already blights on our flailing democracy. Letting government
officials “bet” on policy outcomes or worse, warfare, is a recipe for disaster.

Thank you for standing up against prediction market corruption, Governor Pritzker

"Few approve of how Donald Trump is handling the cost of living" – Overall: 33-67 – Immigration: 40-59 – Iran: 32-67 – Economy: 30-70 – Cost of living: 23(!)-76 "The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,596 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.4 percentage points."

There's no other way to say it: This AP-NORC poll is atrocious for Trump.

– Overall: 33-67
– Immigration: 40-59
– Iran: 32-67
– Economy: 30-70
– Cost of living: 23(!)-76

37% of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the economy, 47% disapprove on cost of living.

apnorc.org/projects/few...

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...

It is almost like the Trump administration has no idea what it is doing, beyond enriching itself of course…

www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially informed Pakistan that it will not attend talks with the United States tomorrow and that its decision is final.

Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Pakistan.

The possibility exists that the war could start again in just a matter of hours.