Trump: "I watched this low IQ, Hakeem Jeffries. He's a totally low IQ person."

‪Putting points on the board?‬

‪Hate, lies, sexual assault, misogyny, pedophilia, nepotism, fascism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, murder cover-ups, genocide, treason, fear mongering, vengeance & complete destruction of our democracy.‬

‪That’s all they have. ‬
‪That’s the Republican platform.‬

"I'm doing a ballroom now" -- Trump is now ranting about his ballroom on CNBC

No Wrongful Execution for Tony Carruthers Tony Carruthers was convicted without physical evidence, based solely on testimony from informants. Now, Tony is scheduled for execution on May 21st by Tennessee after being forced to represent himself at trial. Join us in calling for fingerprint and DNA testing before a possibly innocent man is put to death.

One month from today, Tennessee might execute an innocent man. The state refuses to conduct basic DNA and fingerprint tests that could show that Tony Carruthers did not commit the crime.

Tell Tennessee to make sure they got the right person before taking this irreversible action.

Gee, I wonder why they had to pre-record Trump’s segment of ‘America Reads the Bible’? Could it possibly be his lifelong lack of reading skills?

Trump's Freedom 250 lineup of corporate sponsors was shuffled today.

Mastercard is now batting leadoff for sponsors of Freedom 250 | Rededicate 250, the White House-backed Christian nationalist hijack of America's birthday.

Companies remain the same, but list was previously in alphabetical order.

Bosnian Serbs Wield Islamophobia to Gain Support for Secession In U.S. and Israel meetings, Bosnian Serb leaders used anti-Muslim rhetoric to gain support for their ethno-nationalist separatist project.

Russian-backed Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, ousted from office last year, has nevertheless extended his hostile campaign against #Bosnia’s Muslim community.

Ben Gerstein outlines the rhetoric, including in recent meetings in the U.S. and Israel:
www.justsecurity.org/136681/bosni...

Vivek Ramaswamy may have stake in company receiving more than $830 million from Ohio • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has investments with a venture capital firm that has backed every one of the defense company Anduril's funding rounds. Anduril is receiving more…

Ohio GOP governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has investments with a venture capital firm that's backed every one of the defense company Anduril's funding rounds. Anduril is receiving more than $830 million in state incentives to build a production facility. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/21/v...

Next time you’re in line at the Genius Bar ponder this sentence from DJT:

“When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to “kiss my ass.” 🍏

This should be the official portrait in the Whitehouse!

This is fun

Ms. Sherman, who went on to become deputy secretary of state in the Biden administration, would go into these negotiations with a large posse. She often had the C.I.A.’s top Iran expert in the room, or nearby. So was the energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, an expert in nuclear weapons design. Proposals floated by the Iranians would be sent back to the U.S. national laboratories, where weapons are designed and tested, for expert analysis of whether the agreements being discussed would keep Iran at least a year away from a bomb. But Mr. Trump’s negotiating team travels light, with no entourage of experts and few briefings. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the president’s son-in-law and the special envoy, learned their negotiating skills in New York real estate and say a deal is a deal. They say they have immersed themselves in the details of the Iran program, and know it well.

I think David Sanger is one of the most dangerous sanewashers of Trump's instability & this column ignores extent to which Iran War is a global negotiation & Trump is increasingly less likely to be the decided. But Trump reads him these two ¶¶ say quite a bit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

Oh God…

Trump on Iran:

Young people hate today's job market. You can't blame it all on AI Their bad vibes are backed up by hard evidence.

⚠️ For 70 years, a bachelor's degree was the most reliable on-ramp to a stable career.

That's no longer true. And that's before AI hits entry-level work at scale.

Trump 'tried to access nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief' Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson claims that during an emergency White House meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to access the nuclear codes but was allegedly blocked by General Dan Caine

Trump 'tried to use nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief'

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.

www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim. For me it began with a phone call from Tim at the beginning of my First Term. He had a fairly large problem that only I, as President, could fix. Most people would have paid millions of dollars to a consultant, who I probably would not have known, but who would say that he knew me well. The fees would be paid but the job would not have gotten done. When I got the call I said, wow, it’s Tim Apple (Cook!) calling, how big is that? I was very impressed with myself to have the head of Apple calling to “kiss my ass.” Anyway, he explained his problem, a tough one it was, I felt he was right and got it taken care of, quickly and effectively. That was the beginning of a long and very nice relationship. During my five years as President, Tim would call me, but never too much, and I would help him where I could. Years latter, after 3 or 4 BIG HELPS, I started to say to people, anyone who would listen, that this guy is an amazing manager and leader. He makes these calls to me, I help him out (but not always, because he will, on occasion, be too aggressive in his ask!), and he gets the job done, QUICKLY, without a dime being given to those very expensive (millions of dollars!) consultants around town who sometimes get it done, and sometimes don’t. Anyway, Tim Cook had an AMAZING career, almost incomparable, and will go on and continue to do great work for Apple, and whatever else he chooses to work on. Quite simply, Tim Cook is an incredible guy!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump has posted about Tim Cook. It is slightly unhinged. Somehow Cook retiring is all about Trump.

Day 53 of Operation Epic Failure. Still an Epic Failure. Republicans still haven’t told us what victory in Operation Epic Failure looks like. No goals. No strategy. Just Market Manipulation by the Ultra wealthy and corrupt elites.

U.S. Depression Rate Remains Elevated The percentage of U.S. adults who report currently having or being treated for depression is 19.1%, among the highest measures in Gallup's trend.

About 1 in 5 US adults reports currently having or being treated for depression news.gallup.com/poll/708221/...

Homeland Security klogo: More Third World Violence: ICE Requests Texas Not Release Illegal Alien Who Murdered His Co-Worker with a Sledgehammer Release Date: April 20, 2026 If you import the third world, you become the third world WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer requesting local authorities not release Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who is charged with murdering his co-worker to death with a sledgehammer.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is using official press releases to message that Westerners (they mean white people) are superior to people from the Global South (they mean non-white people). This is a dangerous, backwards position for our government to take.

/also, "murdered .. to death"?

Anti-Islam agitator and Tommy Robinson ally banned from the UK

Anti-Islam agitator Valentina Gomez has been blocked from entering the UK by the Home Secretary

Dismantling Voice of America was one of the most devastating things I’ve witnessed. VOA wasn’t propaganda, it was proof that free press could criticize its own leaders and still survive. And now we’re throwing away one of our greatest tools of freedom.

From @caolanrob.bsky.social

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

Jill Filipovic: "Modern contraception is nothing short of a medical miracle — one that has saved the lives of millions of women and babies worldwide. Not satisfied with the end of legal abortion in America, the anti-abortion movement seems poised to end the era of affordable contraception."

With the leak to the NYT of their internal notes to each other, I hope the conservative justices on SCOTUS are currently *very* paranoid about talking to each other. Because at least one of them is (or has staff who is) indiscreet and disloyal.

Keep looking over your shoulders, fascists!

🚨 Just announced: Christian nationalist Mike Johnson to speak at Trump’s Freedom 250 Rededicate event on May 17:

“rededicating our country as One Nation under God.”

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Q&A: Bennie Thompson on his recent visit to the Adams County ICE facility • Ohio Capital Journal Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Mukta Joshi, an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today, is a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examinin...

Q&A: Bennie Thompson on his recent visit to the Adams County ICE facility ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/20/r...