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Trump's pick for Fed chair should be asked about his relationship with anti-democracy billionaire Peter Thiel before we let him anywhere near our Federal Reserve. Watch LP Senior Advisor Stuart Stevens on MSNOW.

Today in the Tulips. Michigan Avenue in its spring color palette peak on Wednesday. The tulips are planted by the non-profit, A Safe Haven Foundation. Help those you help you see beauty on the Mag Mile, donate what you can at bit.ly/4cdBWoG

Welcome to the Middle-Aged Restaurant. Please Stop Complaining Welcome to the Middle-Aged Restaurant, a place designed around a Gen-Xer’s current lifestyle or lack thereof. Our often-overlooked establishment offers you r...

"You won’t have to yell at your dining companions because we keep our speakers at an extremely low decibel level. Is that Sting singing? Nobody knows for sure. Of course, we’re always happy to ratchet up the sound on request, like when Jennifer starts bragging about her 401K."

Birds of a feather...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

ETCH

Happy Monday.
Today we're making a few updates/announcements.

First up: our nonprofit ETCH is alive on the web.
etch-humanity.org
ETCH: Ethical Technology and Computing for Humanity.

ETCH is not another AI nonprofit. It is a nonprofit that explicitly prioritizes people over AI.

As Much as I Appreciate the Trenchant Commentary on the American Healthcare System, I’m Here at The Pitt Because My Appendix Burst “The Pitt is severely underfunded, and if nurses are dealing painkillers just to make rent, that says something troubling about economic instability. It also...

"This might sound harsh, but I gotta be honest: It’s not my fault the guy in the next room doesn’t have insurance, and I’d really appreciate it if the doctors stopped giving me dirty looks because my coverage is good."

If Bostonians Loved Other Local Institutions the Way They Love Their Local Sports Franchises “Well it was the fucking Museum of Science, so how the fuck do you think it was? It was superlative. It was a testament to our region’s proud tradition of ra...

"Well, it was the fucking Museum of Science, so how the fuck do you think it was? It was superlative. It was a testament to our region’s proud tradition of rational inquiry."

BREAKING: Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law | Center for Climate Integrity Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Fossil Fuel Companies Immunity from Any Laws or Lawsuits Seeking to Hold them Accountable for their Role in the Climate Crisis

Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.

climateintegrity.org/news/view/br...

We Have Achieved Our Goal of Making Everything Worse Than It Was Before “Some people might argue that negotiating yourself out of a situation of your own making only to walk away with less than nothing is no cause for celebration...

"What’s the point in having elected leaders if they’re not going to start costly wars that nobody voted for? How else were we going to spend those billions of dollars we had lying around? Invest in public schools and healthcare? That's ridiculous."

Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police

Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.

Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

Saying "no man, you don't get to win this time" to evil people who have the power of the entire corrupt government behind them has to feel pretty fucking good

impeach trump
push for repeal of bbb
re-fund every program that trump defunded
subpoena every motherfucker
make it so those assholes can't make a single breath without 20 congressional committees investigating every atom

investigate everyone involved in DOGE

Please add Vought to this very fine list.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

Pay attention folks. This is how it's done. Trump sues his own DOJ, run by his private attorney, for $10 billion. Normally that would go through the courts with the DOJ arguing AGAINST giving Trump $10 billion.

Instead, his DOJ will negotiate a settlement OUTSIDE of court. Literally inside dealing.

A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing. At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.

Joseph Schwartz’s case is the latest in a string of health care fraud pardons by Trump.

The president also granted clemency to nursing home magnate Philip Esformes, convicted of a $1.3B scheme, and Judith Negron, convicted in a $200M fraud case.

I. Am. DEAD!!! Whoever is doing these videos is epically talented!!! Much better PR and Marketing than dotard and company!!!

Nothing says MAGA quite like seeing reports of Kash Patel being visibly drunk at the FBI and missing work briefings to sleep off his hangovers after going on drinking benders as well as using taxpayer dollars to fund his trips to UFC fights and golfing. I hate these immoral scumbags.

4 big takeaways from key federal election commission’s  annual meetings Democracy Docket was among the few outlets covering the gatherings.

I am proud that Democracy Docket was among the few news outlets covering these critical meetings.

Here are four big takeaways you need to know. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/4-b...

Pretty frustrating that the New York Times is crediting AP with uncovering the existence of Aadam’s archive when I reported on it 15 months prior. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Patel fired the FBI's Iran counterintelligence unit.
Then, we went to war with Iran.
He fired them because they'd worked on the Mar-a-Lago documents case.
Revenge. That's the whole answer.
Everyone's talking about the drinking.
Nobody's talking about this.
Until now ↓
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Regarding the rise of Polymarket and amount speculation and insider trading on public policy:

Never doubt that in any contest between democracy and capitalism, democracy will be kicked to the curb and spit on.

Steve Bannon pissed his pants on stage at the World Economic Forum, Kash Patel is missing, Pete Kegsbreth is quoting Pulp Fiction as the Bible, RFK, Jr. eats raccoon penis, and Trump keeps using war to milk the markets. No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves. Lock them all up.

Fisher-Price Is Pivoting to AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing “We at Fisher-Price have always believed in the power of imagination. In discovery. In the joy of a child pressing a button and hearing a satisfying sound. T...

"Effective immediately, Fisher-Price will exit the 'child development toy' vertical and re-emerge as Mattel·igence AI Defense Systems, a fully integrated autonomous weapons manufacturer focused on AI-enabled lethality solutions for the modern battlefield. Our stock is up 4000%."