This is your periodic reminder that Democrats introduced legislation in 2021 to ban gerrymandering nationwide and every republican voted against it except two who were absent.

"We are not on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. We are in the middle of it." Senator Chris Murphy just went to Spain to join a global movement of 100 countries organizing against Trump’s brand of fascism. Read his urgent warning: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-in-f...

Turning into a huge story and deservedly so as it cuts straight to the quick of what RFK & Co. claim to be doing at the CDC/HHS

CDC won’t publish report showing COVID shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The acting head of the CDC has canceled publication of a study showing the Covid vaccine sharply cut hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.

Sen. Warren calls out Trump for trying to tear down the Fed's independence — claiming he's doing so because "he wants the Fed to use monetary policies to artificially juice the economy in the short term" before the midterms.

She says Fed pick Kevin Warsh "is uniquely ill-suited for the job."

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“Don’t you ever give up. Don’t you ever give up on you. Don’t you ever give up on your dreams.

If it is meant for you, it will not miss you.”
~ Sheryl Lee Ralph

Your dreams didn’t pass you by.

Keep going.

#SheShed

Hegseth sneered about the military's logistical experts, and now he's got ships stuck with sailors almost starving on them.

But he's still sure the dismissive attitude about the flu won't come back to bite him.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

“right where you left me” by Taylor Swift has reached 500 MILLION streams on Spotify.

It’s her 67th song to achieve this.

Concentration camps. If objective is to close camps, voters must view them as vile & without any merit. Many voters believe "detention facilities" are necessary for law/safety. Plus they fit legal definition of concentration camps (which is NOT same as extermination camps.)

@SecWar: The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately. 21 Apr 26

Washington ordered smallpox inoculations for the Continental Army beginning in 1777.

Hegseth, therefore, is taking a mid-18th century, pre-Industrial Age approach to medicine and warfare.

ELIZABETH WARREN: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?

KEVIN WARSH: Uhm, we try to keep politics if I'm confirmed out of the Federal Reserve

WARREN: I'm just asking a factual question

WARSH: I believe this body certified the election

WARREN: That's not the question I'm asking

Horrible humans
Think of what could be done for humanity and our planet with that wealth...

Excited to share some good news for Illinois families — we’ve reached over 100,000 children in our state receiving books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Let’s keep reading.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

How Amazon’s AI Algorithms Raise the Prices You Pay Amazon can steer market-wide prices without ever colluding—exposing a gap in antitrust law that the FTC is now fighting to close.

1. Amazon has built powerful pricing algorithms that have learned how to steer prices upward — not just on Amazon, but across the web. I have a new piece on how these algorithms work, and how they help sustain Amazon’s monopoly.

The Onion has successfully bought InfoWars. Happy 4/20. 😂

Senators demand OPM withdraw plan to access feds’ medical records More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers warned that a little-scrutinized proposal to collect claims-level data related to the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits progra...

The Trump admin wants access to the personal medical records of millions of federal workers, including their medical visits, prescriptions, and treatment histories.

This is just wrong.

I'm urging them to reserve course on this dangerous decision, which puts Americans’ privacy at risk.

MS STW Senate GE Benchmark Assessment Apr 12, 2026 Jun 22, 2025 Definitely vote to re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 16% 16% Probably vote to re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 17% 22% Total Vote to Re-elect Cindy HydeSmith 33% 38% Probably vote for someone else 13% 12% Definitely vote for someone else 40% 34% Total Vote for Someone Else 53% 46% [VOL] Undecided 14% 16% Democrat Scott Colom 36% 35% Lean Colom 3% 3% Total Colom 39% 38% Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 39% 48% Lean Hyde-Smith 3% 3% Total Hyde-Smith 42% 51% Independent Ty Pinkins 3% N/A Lean Pinkins 3% N/A Total Pinkins 6% N/A [VOL] Undecided 14% 11% Democrat Scott Colom 40% Lean Colom 3% Total Colom 44% Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith 43% Lean Hyde-Smith 4% Total Hyde-Smith 47% [VOL] Undecided 9%

A new poll of Mississippi's U.S. Senate race from Impact Research has Democrat Scott Colom trailing incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 3 points.

With leaners added, she's ahead 47%-44%.

Trump won Mississippi by 61%-38% in 2024.
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Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT): "Jeffrey Clark was indicted in Georgia, pushed out of DOJ for his unethical conduct, and the D.C. bar has recommended he lose his law license. The best they’ve got is a conspiracy theorist…it’s a joke.”

Canadian doctors obeying a U.S. executive order that doesn’t even apply to Canada is deeply offensive to both trans people and to Canadian legal sovereignty.

The Atlantic responds to Kash Patel's $250 million lawsuit:

"We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit."

Read the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers (Gift Article) Read 16 pages of internal deliberations from the Supreme Court that the New York Times has obtained, bringing the origins of the court’s “shadow docket” into the light.

The most striking bits of the Shadow Docket docs:

Lots of hand wringing over costs to power plants, not even a mention of the benefits of cutting CO₂ pollution.

Yes, the 5:4 SCOTUS majority doing the fossil industry's bidding, and not even trying to hide it

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Someone really ought to write a book about the significance of #SCOTUS doing so many major things through unsigned and unexplained rulings, and how so much of it really is a recent phenomenon.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

Corrupt "Supreme Court"
💰 Chief Justice John Roberts’ Wife Made $10 Million+ From Top Law Firms www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

Those leopards have full bellies

To my small town neighbors all across America, your president thinks the term "corner store" is odd and unusual👇. You'll recall that the lying New York Billionaire also thinks the term 'groceries' is hilariously antiquated. He's really 'in touch' with America. Not. 🤡