Millions of organized protesters didn't change Republicans' minds. They'll just claim it's all fake.

Wow, what a ride. I want that to be true, though.

CONDESCENDING DOG PARENT VOICE: “Who's a good boy?”

Ahh, socialism!!

House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan The House has approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies.

Congress worked late for once — to save a surveillance program that collects information from Americans without a warrant.

The answer, unfortunately, is yes.

Unsurprisingly, the Trump administration has threatened retaliation against any local government that prosecutes federal agents.

This is the way.

Justice Jackson chides Supreme Court conservatives over 'oblivious' pro-Trump emergency orders Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered an attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration.

JACKSON: “The president of the United States, though he may be harmed in an abstract way, he certainly isn’t harmed if what he wants to do is illegal.”

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.

April 2: guards cut all phone access in the housing units without warning. When detainees protested, CRS officers allegedly punched a man, threw another to the ground, kicked him in the head, and pinned him by the neck. A third detainee's wrist was broken. The entire cage was pepper-sprayed.

Couldn't agree more. I just don't care much for the 3D Peanuts.

Autocrats Don’t Fare Well Against Faith Leaders Pope Leo echoes Pope John Paul II

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She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since.

But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.

The “just war” doctrine is shaky ground and has been used to justify ostensibly unjust wars for hundreds of years.

Trump promised tax relief, but polling shows most Americans still think they're overpaying Tax refunds are up this season, but polling shows that most Americans still think their taxes are too high, according to recent polls.

Turns out, you can't hide taxes in tariffs.

Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights A federal judge must end his “intrusive” contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year...

Can someone explain this to me like I'm five? How does the Trump admin have a “clear and indisputable right” to the termination of contempt proceedings when that same admin ignored a judge's order in response to a violation of due process?

What? They couldn't even find a single person positively affected by the bill without staging the whole thing?

So wow. Such innovate.

No he didn't. His core base is not devout evangelicals.

This is the weirdest timeline that we're in.

I reported a comment on Facebook that celebrated “Power Plant and Bridge Day” as encouraging violence, but the comment apparently didn't violate the community standards.

So celebrating war crimes is not a violation of Meta's policies.

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I did a short hike this morning on the beautiful Glen Falls trailhead.

This is the way.

Similarly, my entire department found out LAST WEEK that a colleague who's been with the company for 8+ years pronounces his last name differently than anyone thought.

We're remote and no one uses his last name in meetings, so I guess it just never came up.

I agree. It's a loophole to circumvent the Constitution.

The president has 60 days without Congressional approval under the War Powers Act, but somehow I doubt that will matter.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council has reportedly claimed victory in the Iran War negotiations:

“Iran achieved historic victory by forcing criminal US to accept its 10-point plan. US has accepted Iran's control over Strait of Hormuz, enrichment right, removal of all sanctions…”

The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.

The king has spoken. Let it be so.