Trump's latest budget is the culmination of 40 years of increasing social control in America.
Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private contractors, like the drone manufacturers Trump's sons are now major investors in.
All of this is absurd.
The question of whether or not to expand the Court, then, is merely prudential.
And prudence, indeed, will dictate that we should do it:
The Trump administration just announced they are prosecuting civil rights groups for infiltrating and exposing the KKK and other white supremacist groups.
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The court said laws like this have been used to keep pregnant patients on life support against their wishes—prolonging suffering for both them and their families “simply because they are pregnant.”
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Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester: "The U.S. first became measles free over 25 years ago. We have maintained that status in every year since until you became secretary. Does the president know there is a historic measles surge occurring nationwide?"
RFK: "I'm sure he does."
The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility President Donald Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterm elections ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/20/r...
They not only won’t cancel; they’ve handed the entire event over to the fascists.
Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth are sitting at CBS’ table.
FCC’s Brendan Carr has actually been invited, while he’s trying to take away press freedoms.
BREAKING: The so called 'SAVE' Act has FAILED in the Senate and will not become law.
I wrote this piece on how in reality, this is the Voter Restriction Act to prevent women from voting. It is fascism and would have installed Trump as a permanent dictator. www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-save-a...
The U.S. military attacked another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people. This is the 52nd attack since September 25 and the death toll is now at least 180.
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The group, “Veterans Against Fascism”, was arrested after staging a protest inside the U.S. Capitol against Trump’s & Israel’s illegal war with Iran
Translation: If JD Vance (Peter Thiel) & MAGA are in control after 2028 they will try to *force* our children to serve in the military to implement their Manifest Destiny BS: “We should…seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force...” x.com/palantirtech...
NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump requires all Visa applicants social media accounts to be public for vetting purposes.
CNN’s Harry Enten: “To quote the great Happy Gilmore, voters say the ‘price is wrong.’ Trump's at all-time lows on inflation across polls (-42 pts net approval). With Indies, Trump was favored by 10 pts vs. Harris in 2024 on inflation. His net approval now is -60 pts. A 70 pt shift away from him!”
As Trump's war on Iran continues, reminder that his own son-in-law Jared Kushner — who is leading negotiations with Iran — stands to profit from lucrative contracts with its regional rivals.
War gives dictators like Trump (and his family) more power and more wealth.
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
US elites decided, like a school of fish, that climate concern is old, boring, "woke," square, not hip & popular any more. As usual, it was based almost entirely on internal elite dynamics. It had nothing to do with the actual public, which is more concerned than ever.
"A 2025 poll found that 63% of American Muslims reported experiencing religious discrimination, with many reporting at least one such incident every year since 2016." religionnews.com/2026/04/20/h...
Deep Water Horizon
Oilfield disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010
The same company with less safety measures goes deeper in more dangerous waters
Approved by 47
Anything to make money & endorse fossil fuels
“I wasn’t gonna give up on these families”
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.
“Reverse emails,” Jared Kushner corruption edition
He also holds no Senate-confirmed Cabinet or senior government position & employing family as White House advisers violates every norm ever, but this, too, has been erased from the headlines. After years of HUNTER BIDEN, it’s shameful.
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...
British law enforcement suspects that the Iranian government might be paying people in the UK to terrorize British Jews by attacking Jewish sites. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.
Trump continues to crater. New NBC poll has his approval down to 37-63, which is 26 points underwater.
Crucially, 50% disapprove *strongly.* Has any other president had half the country strongly disapproving?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
If you think the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford is the most powerful ship in the world, you are wrong. It's actually the German cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 (pictured), which successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend
ALAMO, Tex. — President Trump emerged Tuesday from six days out of public view defiant and unapologetic about his incitement of last week's mob attack on the Capitol and warned that his impeachment could lead to more violence. The president denied any culpability in the violent riot that killed a police officer and threatened the lives of Vice President Pence and members of Congress. He said his remarks encouraging throngs of supporters last Wednesday to march to the Capitol in a show of force to pressure and intimidate lawmakers to overturn the election results were “totally appropriate.” President Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Alamo, Tex., on Jan. 12, 2021. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) During a visit to a portion of newly constructed border wall here in the Rio Grande Valley, Trump warned against the effort in Congress to hold him accountable. “The impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger and division and pain, far greater than most people will ever understand, which is very dangerous for the U.S.A., especially at this very tender time,” Trump said.
Those talking abt WSJ post abt Trump might find this post fr Josh Dawsey, one of the first beginning to assess Trump's insane comments during January 6 (and also describing Trump trying to build stuff).
This is how dangerous insanity got managed Last Time.
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