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.
Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The DOJ is just Trump’s retribution squad
12 in a row :(
New reporting shows the election denial movement isn’t on the outside looking in anymore—it’s now embedded in the machinery of government.
Over the past several years, billionaires + right-wing foundations poured tens of millions into building that infrastructure. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Tulsi is likely next?
I wonder where it could possibly have gone? It’s a real quandary.
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...
we've got computers
we're tapping phone lines
I know that that ain't allowed.
They aren't going to get them
When you’re desperate to keep your job….
Stephen Miller is so vile that he boomeranged immigration into a beloved public good
Very normal stuff.
"Aides kept the president out of the room as they got minute-by-minute updates because they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful...
"At one point Trump mused he should award himself the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor...
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““I know how to get the president’s attention,” Mr. Wilson said. “Make it a Trump National Golf Course in Syria.” Mohamad Al-Khayyat was already a step ahead. He said he had planned to propose a Trump-branded resort.” Just as the founders intended.
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I'd note that this man spent years shouting on LinkedIn that the climate crisis was a hoax.
NEW: Justice Dept demands Wayne County, Michigan turn over all ballots, ballot receipts & envelopes from 2024 election
"This request is as absurd as it is baseless,” said Michigan Atty General Dana Nessel
State says letter cites allegations that are “incorrect and not credible"
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil, after the US extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the war on Iran.
Baseball is the best!! So grateful to everyone involved at @MLBNetwork for having me for this segment on MLB Central!! 😭
This week’s? The incredible Trout-Judge superstar battle 💪
Hey, I think we found the judicial activism.
The president of the United States is bragging about being able to write his own signature.
After saying the sanctions waiver for Russia would not be extended, the administration extends it on Friday night. Outrageous and shameful. Putin continues to be a major winner from the Iran War.
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The delays in the Senate come as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is ramping up resources in Florida and Washington DC to develop the weaponization conspiracy case. The career prosecutor who was running the weaponization probe was sent back to her post this week in Miami, and former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova is set to start Monday as the new lead prosecutor on Russia collusion matters. DiGenova, a longtime vocal Trump supporter who also did legal work for the president, is a veteran and accomplished federal prosecutor who has worked as a U.S. Attorney in the nation's capital as well as an independent and special counsel in politically sensitive cases.
Propagandist John Solomon reports that Joe DiGenova will be added to DOJ's investigative team undermining RU investigation.
Propagandist John Solomon doesn't mention that he was implicated in funneling Russian disinformation with Joe DiGenova.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: On multiple occasions, Kash Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment” was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors.
ESPN Baseball Tonight Podcast April 17, 2026
Thanks @busterespn.bsky.social for having me on the pod today, talking all things MLB City Connect
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Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.
Trump just wrapped up a disastrous speech at a TPUSA event.
He started by lying about a supposed deal with Iran, claiming, “We have now secured the Strait of Hormuz. It is ours.” He also said the U.S. and Iran would be excavating nuclear sites together to collect “nuclear dust.” None of it is true.
Longest on-base streaks, Dodgers since 1900:
1954 Duke Snider: 58 games
2000 Shawn Green: 53
1900-01 Willie Keeler: 50
2025-26 Shohei Ohtani: 49 *active
1975-76 Ron Cey: 47
The party of deep concern about antisemitism continues to do a daily antisemitism
