Commentary: Why now? Because that's how trauma works. Get over it Why are Eric Swalwell's accusers coming forward only now, just weeks before the California gubernatorial primary? That's the kind of question predators want us to keep asking.

“Every time a woman comes forward with her story of sexual assault, this is the first question she faces. OK, maybe the second — after some variation of ‘Are you a lying slut?’”

Column by @anitachabria.bsky.social

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Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’

The more Trump lashes out in his trademark deranged way, the more seats the GOP are sure lose in the midterms. I almost feel sorry for Republicans in heavily Catholic districts. Almost.

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Finally, some truth from Trump on Truth Social.

The Wall Street Journal has “one of the worst and most inaccurate ‘Editorial Boards’ in the World,” the president wrote.

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First I hear of this! Great news and thanks to @sleavenworth.bsky.social for helping edit this important project.

California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.

Congrats to @lajourno.bsky.social for winning a Best of the West prize for his investigation of mistreatment of child farmworkers in California, in collaboration with @latimes.com & Capital & Main. bestofthewestcontest.org/2026-contest...

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Trump asks Congress for $152 million to start rebuilding Alcatraz prison The president's new budget requests funding from Congress to convert the historic site into a working "state-of-the-art" prison.

Trump wants Congress to fund the rebuilding of Alcatraz prison, which Nancy Pelosi called “a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars.”

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Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional The DOJ concluded that a law requiring presidential records preservation is unconstitutional, setting the path to potentially upend decades-old legal precedent.

Trump’s SOJ minions are trying to claim that a 48-year-old transparency law doesn’t pass constitutional muster. How many cases do they hope to lose?

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April 1 is supposed to be peak snow in California. Forget that this year An extremely warm March melted most of the snow in California's Sierra Nevada. The early melt fits a long-term pattern as greenhouse gases push temperatures higher.

“This particular year is as clear an indication of the influence of climate change as anything we’ve seen.”

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Hegseth exonerates helicopter crews over Kid Rock flyby, nullifying Army probe “No punishment. No investigation,” the Pentagon chief wrote on social media hours after military officials announced they had grounded the pilots involved.

“Carry on, Patriots,” Hegseth said to military pilots who apparently used their choppers to intimidate No Kings protesters and salute pro-Trumper Kid Rock.

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Opinion | A blow against free speech in California In defense of personal and parental responsibility on social media.

And of course the Jeff Bezos-owned @washingtonpost.com comes to the defense of big tech companies found legally culpable for harming children with their algorithms.

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So glad to see @lajourno.bsky.social honored for his investigation of child farmworkers in California, which I helped edit. www.latimes.com/california/s...

1st Place in the national SABEW contest for government reporting. Here's what the judges said:

Trump Visits Elvis’s Graceland Estate

After starting a Middle East war and sparking an energy crisis, Trump finds time to stop by Elvis' mansion.

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Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism

A big victory for press freedoms, BUT

“multiple large news outlets declined to risk joining the litigation.”

Cowards.

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Statue removed during a city’s racial reckoning to be displayed in D.C. In 2020, Wilmington, Delaware, removed a statue of Caesar Rodney, a founding father who enslaved more than 200 people. Now there are plans to install it in D.C.

The National Park Service plans to install the statue of the enslaver in Freedom Plaza, a federal park in downtown DC that was renamed to honor MLK in 1988.

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Trump divulges congressman’s terminal illness, says doctors said he could be ‘dead by June’ Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Florida), who is not seeking reelection, had not previously publicly disclosed that he is battling a terminal illness.

Trump, speaking about a terminally ill House Republican.

“Number one, it was bad because I liked him. Number two, it was bad because I needed his vote,” Trump said.

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Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

Trump administration has a database of ways to scrub national parks of “partisan ideology” & descriptions that “disparage” Americans. In other words, less history of slavery and genocide of the first Americans.

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The USA men’s hockey team utterly failed to meet the cultural moment The United States men's hockey team soured their golden Olympic ending with an embarrassing locker room moment involving Donald Trump.

"Given the NHL reportedly has the second-highest percentage of right-leaning athletes out of the five major sports leagues in the United States, it shouldn't come as a surprise."

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Hegseth invited Christian nationalist Doug Wilson to preach at Pentagon The self-described “paleo-Confederate” has argued that wives should submit to their husbands, women should be denied the vote and Christian enslavers were on “firm scriptural ground.”

Wilson has argued that wives should submit to their husbands, women should be denied the vote and Christian enslavers were on “firm scriptural ground.”

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Days after laying off many of the great climate change reporters I once worked with, the Washington Post published an editorial applauding Trump for ripping up the federal government’s authority to regulate climate pollution. Important column by @sammyroth.bsky.social

Opinion | Bondi’s Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein’s Victims

Under the guise of transparency, Bondi and the Justice Department have managed to expose victims to further humiliation while shielding the powerful behind a wall of redactions.

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Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

So many of these cases have been weak, but Bondi has apparently decided that she’d rather fail in court than push back against Trump’s desire for revenge.

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Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter, while turning Iceland into “one giant glacier.”

Last @washingtonpost.com story by @chicoharlan.bsky.social - one of the most talented journalists I've had a chance to work with. Here, once again, he takes you on an unexpected journey.

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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Organizers hand out more than 25,000 “ICE OUT” towels at Super Bowl for halftime protest A group of activists handed out more than 25,000 towels with the words “ICE OUT” to Super Bowl attendees on Sunday, hoping they will display throughout the game.

“Art has always been a way to confront hate wherever it appears.”

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Kid Rock backlash erupts as ‘I like ’em underage’ lyric resurfaces before Super Bowl An old Kid Rock song and past TV comments have resurfaced ahead of Super Bowl LX, drawing renewed scrutiny as the musician prepares to headline Turning Point USA’s alternative halftime show.

Kid Rock’s track includes the line, “Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage/ See, some say that’s statutory/ But I say it’s mandatory.”

So glad that Turning Point USA is endorsing these family values!

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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”

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Judge Scolds Bondi for Publishing Photos of Protesters on Social Media

Pam Bondi, lthe top justice official in the US, posted photos of defendants prior to them getting a hearing.

Lisa Lopez, their lawyer, said the posting was dangerous to her clients.

“They don’t get the same courtesy,” Ms. Lopez said, “as masked agents.”

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What Bezos is doing at @thewashingtonpost.bsky.social is so stupid, painful, and unnecessary.

Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional

Making Polio Great Again.

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Feds arrest fugitive Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug lord in Mexico Authorities claim Ryan Wedding's alleged drug organization imported approximately 60 metric tons of cocaine a year into Los Angeles via semi-trucks from Mexico.

Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi shared the news on X, calling it “a direct result of President Trump’s law-and-order leadership.” Under the president, she said, “criminals have no safe harbor.”

Unless they are Honduran government drug lords.

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