Dems' should just say "talk to the hand" on this stuff. It is a given that the GOP will wail and whine about Dem. hypocrisy when they fight back.They either call them weak or hypocrites no matter what they do and there's nothing to be done about it except to make valid arguments and plow ahead.

An Elon Musk tweet RTing a Mario Nawfal Tweet. Nawfal may have IDed someone identified in the SPLC indictment, Paul Mullet, who matches the description of someone who was paid. He sais, "The SPLC paid $70,000 to the leader of the American Nazi Party A former KKK member and Aryan Nations Director. The same man [splc] had listed as an extremist on their own website."

I'm working on a post on how SPLC indictment works legally b4 I do one abt how it works as content (to feed the trolls).

But just a hint of how it IS feeding trolls, see how zillionaire who 1) replatformed Nazis & 2) allowed them to monetize on Xitter pretends to be horrified abt paying Nazis.

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America


SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

The President calls every black person he doesn’t like “low IQ” and the media believes it absolutely critical we draw no conclusions from that

Lot of people on the right crying about the Virginia redistricting vote.

We told you this would happen while you were celebrating the illegal off-cycle seat grab in Texas.

Stop playing stupid games if you don’t want to win stupid prizes.

If Republicans are really upset about gerrymandering, then they can join Dems in doing something to end it on both sides.

Rep Jamie Raskin tells me he'd be "delighted" to work with Rs on future bills (epic trolling here):

newrepublic.com/article/2093...

News accounts are straining to portray the Virginia move as a betrayal of Dems' principled opposition to gerrymandering.

It's pure bullshit. Dems passed a 2021 bill ending it for *both sides.* The Dem position is that Trump/Rs don't get to play by their own rules:

newrepublic.com/article/2093...

Here, I made this for my newsletter a few months back. Feel free to share with any Cabinet members you know.

The new FBI

The record is undisputed that, when the presidential campaign entered full swing, Plaintiff was by President Trump’s side. She was with him in Miami, Minnesota, Nashville, and Iowa, where it was so cold that her hands were “freezing” and President Trump “grabbed [her] hand” to warm it up. Loomer Depo. Tr. at 174:9–11, 181:4–17 & 184:17–185:20. At 2:53am on July 19, 2024, after the last day of the Republican Convention, Plaintiff tweeted a video of President Trump in which he sees her in the crowd, points to her and, in response to her yelling “I love you, I love you,” blows her a kiss. She goes on to yell, “You’re amazing, I love you, I love you.” In the week leading up to the Episode, President Trump invited Plaintiff to accompany him on his private jet five to six times, including to the presidential debate and to a 9/11 memorial event the next day. See Loomer Depo. Tr. at 173:7–15 & 174:17–18.

Two paragraphs from the order dismissing Laura Loomer's defamation lawsuit against Bill Maher, finding 1) it was a joke 2) even if it wasn't, there's no evidence of malice 3) she presented no evidence she was harmed.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I just don’t know who to trust when it comes to my child’s health: their pediatrician or these garishly-bronzed, elderly pedophiles who can’t do basic math

Just out here bragging about how effective the war crimes are

As the conservatives freak out over VA, a reminder:

BEFORE the 2022 midterms, federal courts found that multiple once-covered-by-the-VRA states likely illegally diluted Black votes. But because of Purcell, these illegal maps were used that fall.

So miss me with the pearl clutching.

Imagine being so stupid that you think the fact that it takes longer to count the votes in places where there are a lot of votes than it does to count the votes in places where there are *not* a lot of votes is somehow a conspiracy.

Ben Franklin, on why you should get your kids vaccinated:

“In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation.

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding - emptywheel The global catastrophe Trump created in Iran may provide an opportunity to disrupt his authoritarian trajectory.

This is an important post by @emptywheel.bsky.social. Please share widely.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/21/t...

Exclusive: US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks, sources say By David Jeans April 22, 202611:03 AM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago A damaged U.S. E-3 radar aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in this picture obtained from social media released on March 29, 2026. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Turns out Ukraine not only had some cards, but the US has decided to use them.

😜

www.reuters.com/business/aer...

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding - emptywheel The global catastrophe Trump created in Iran may provide an opportunity to disrupt his authoritarian trajectory.

For Taco Tuesday I wrote a long post which, buried w/in it, includes a description of 2 acute psychological dilemmas Trump is facing.

1) To win v Iran, Trump has to fight Putin
2) To make a deal, Trump has to admit Obama is smarter than him

Neither is tenable.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/21/t...

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.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

bessent's bullshit here feels close to criminal

Sources say that if Kash Patel cannot stop binge drinking and spending taxpayer dollars on his personal travel, Donald Trump is prepared to fire the highest ranking woman at the FBI.

Stay right to the end to hear how @theonion.com thinks Democrats would exploit a split among Republican pedophiles

I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals

Yeah because April ends with an L

My hometown of Nashville -- a blue city which went about two-thirds for Harris-Walz in 2024 -- was gerrymandered by the TN GOP into three different districts all represented by Republicans now, so please get in line to complain about how unfair this all is, Virginia Republicans

I know she was trying to make a point here, but she should've stopped to note that, no, there is no "different way of calculating percentages" from the one that we all use in the real world and RFK Jr saying it's valid because the cult leader says so is just laughably stupid

The Trump administration, from top to bottom, is filled with spiteful malicious bullies who insist that they're innocent aggrieved victims.

Here's the definitive answer to the debate over "who started it": Republicans.

Before Trump pushed TX to gerrymander last year, the GOP had drawn 42% of all districts, versus just 14% for Dems (the rest were by neutral parties).

The maps below from @stephenwolf.bsky.social make this explicit.

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself.

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