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Stop one on the rehabilitation tour en route to running for president

What if Michael Wolff was advising Jeffrey Epstein on how to remove his sexual criminal history from the internet? That would be wild...
#EpsteinFiles

The kind of evisceration we all dream about!

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Using facial recognition tech, the Knicks surveilled a trans woman, tracking her every move out of fear she'd show up on MSG's tv broadcast

And they can do it to any "enemy" of Jim Dolan, who's built his own deep state. From @noahshachtman.bsky.social & me @wired.com www.wired.com/story/madiso...

Where's the "Pe-con Som" crowd at?

Alex Jones points out Lutnick’s family business is profiting billions off of the tariffs being overturned

As corporations that raised prices on consumers now take billions from taxpayers

Grifts everywhere— and we lose

HAHA he’s the judge who asked the Mueller team if they had investigated Mike Flynn for treason and called Flynn a traitor hahahahaha

JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta (Obama/DC) opens door to deposition of Trump in #Jan6 civil lawsuits. Discovery against Trump on merits of cases could begin in May. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Now that the Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to refund companies what they paid in tariffs, yet there are still tariffs in place, what's the plan? Consumers continue to fork money over to corporations who will later get another refund?

The Strange Death of Orbánism Franz Pokorny

Hungarian taxpayers paid American “post-liberal” Rod Dreher $105,000 last year to produce propaganda for Orban’s regime. www.jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/the-strang...

Hey Virginia! TOMORROW, April 21, 6am–7pm, we get our chance to protect our state from the power grabs already destroying Texas, Florida, ＆ North Carolina. This amendment keeps things fair ＆ democratic everyone. Same-day registration available at polls. Vote YES! #VoteYesVirginia

Cover of a video about "Strange Fruit." Many images illustrating the song show lynching more explicitly.

Originally titled “Bitter Fruit,” the poem confronts Southern racial violence and lynchings, which were common during that era. It juxtaposes the beauty of nature with the brutality inflicted on African Americans, contrasting the “scent of magnolias” with the horrific “smell of burning flesh.” /3

It's Time to Drag Pete Hegseth's Bigoted Pastor and Expose Trump's Failed Iran War Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth believes he's on a mission from God and supports an American Crusade. His pastor, Doug Wilson, demands Christian domination. Well, I would like to retort.

It's Time to Drag Pete Hegseth's Bigoted Pastor and Expose Trump's Failed Iran War

Pete Hegseth believes he's on a mission from God and supports an American Crusade. His pastor, Doug Wilson, demands Christian domination. Well, I would like to retort.

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According to reports, Corey Lewandowski took kickbacks to secure DHS contracts for paying contractors.

Fired Secretary Kristi Noem handed $220M in taxpayer funds to her allies for self-promotion. This is blatant corruption.

These partners in crime need to be fully investigated.

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

Al Gore:

“This is the most corrupt administration not only in American history, but more corrupt than I could ever have imagined a president would be able to get away with to the extent that he has. It’s shocking to me.”

Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift.

Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.

Trump administration begins refunding more than $166bn in tariffs Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffs

So you and I and everyone else are in effect now refunding American corporations for import tariffs, although we paid for most of them in the form of higher prices — which they won’t now lower because they have monopoly power to keep prices high.

The Art of the Deal.

Virginia: Vote YES Tomorrow Virginia's Redistricting Referendum and Why I'm Passionately In Support

Trump ordered Texas to redraw its maps mid-cycle — not because the census required it, but because they know they can't win a fair fight in 2026.

Virginia votes tomorrow. Matching the GOP isn't enough —
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We won’t stop until all the Epstein files are released. 50 percent of the files are still being withheld by the DOJ.

Release the files! 👇🏽

Hungary just showed the world what’s possible when independent journalists refuse to give up.

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The Mask is Off: Major Anti-Abortion Group Calls for Arrest of Abortion Patients Students for Life says it should be "an easy vote"

Remember when they said this couldn't happen? jessica.substack.com/p/the-mask-i...

🔥😬 “because they’re crooks. And everybody knows it.”

(From @ossoff.senate.gov @acyn.bsky.social )

Victoria Toensing @VicToensing Hubby being sworn in as Counsel to the Attorney General. 4:04 PM · Apr 20, 2026 · 6,199 Views Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney in Miami, swearing in a much shorter Joe DiGenova.

Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past.

Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

Kash Patel Blusters About Suing Over Devastating Story ‘Conspicuous Inebriation’ On Friday evening, The Atlantic published a devastating account of...

A ton of prime Morning Memo fodder today, starting with The Atlantic's devastating account of Kash Patel’s first year as FBI director. Most of the piece focuses on Patel’s alleged drinking on the job. The anecdotes were numerous … and astounding:

talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “The faithless president depicts himself as Christ while he plunges the nation into wars of choice… Remember — While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.”

Searing opinion from a federal judge on Long Island, who describes "police state"-like tactics by ICE to arrest peopleand draw up after-the-fact warrants.

He says DOJ is damaging its credibility with the courts by trying to shield ICE from scrutiny. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Insight: Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world’s richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.

Tesla reported owing $0 in US federal taxes for all but one of the past 20 years. A Reuters analysis reveals how a common corporate tactic known as profit shifting likely saved the company more than $400 million in US taxes.