Another woman OUT of the Trump cabinet.

Groups Sue Administration Over Approval Of Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Project In Gulf Five Gulf and environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

"BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster 16 years ago.

It will be deeper than Deepwater Horizon, and in riskier waters... drilling 6 miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mt. Everest"

www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/04/grou...

When Jeffrey Clark testifies tomorrow, I hope @schiff.senate.gov puts up this giant picture of him and asks "so what was going on here?"

Of note.

"We're fired up to get the guys back in the building...The turnout was great, and I appreciate that from our guys."

- Coach Reid on the onset of "Phase 1" of the voluntary offseason training program

Trump picked this fight. And make no mistake, it’s a national fight. Democrats could’ve turned a blind eye, or fight back.

They chose to fight back, and I’m here for it.

Thanks in advance, Virginia.
#VoteYesVirginia

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Our Executive Director @alaw202.bsky.social spoke with @courtacctability.bsky.social about Trump's plan to destroy an invaluable piece of Social Security's history — and how we can stop him.

#VoteYesVirginia
“It wasn’t going to be a fair fight nationally if you try steel seats in Texas, in N Carolina, and in Missouri…

What were we supposed to do, nothing? Just allow them to try to stack the deck…to steal seats? All we’re trying to do is…make the system as fair as it can possibly be.”

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

www.pennlive.com/news/2026/04...

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

It's April 20, 2026: Tensions rise as U.S.-Iran talks teeter, allies warn of economic fallout, midterm fears grip the White House, and Kash Patel files a $250M lawsuit against The Atlantic.

All this and more in today's recap.

Translation:

This deal is about to be exactly like the JCPOA, minus Obama’s signature

Strongly Disapprove Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · April 20 · 35m

TODAY: Alito and Thomas say they aren't retiring this year, the DOJ is demanding ballots in Detroit from the 2024 election, and Trump is in talks with himself to award himself $10B in taxpayer money. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

It’s important to remember that the goal of lawsuits like the one brought by Kash Patel against the Atlantic isn’t to win, it’s to cost the Atlantic as much money as possible only to drop the suit before discovery, and as red meat for the MAGA base by simply filing it.

Holy shit, it wasn’t your imagination.

Look at this poll.

New Gudelunas Strategies numbers show Xavier Becerra surging, the same momentum we’ve been seeing online.

Not a top-tier poll, but still, the direction is clear: Becerra is rising fast after Swalwell dropped out.

Keep the polls coming!

This was just sent out as a push alert on Trump’s social media app

Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

Oh. He marveled.

"Some of the president’s advisers were caught off guard that tanker traffic would grind to a halt so quickly after the bombing began...

"Trump has since marveled at the ease with which the strait was closed..."

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Last month, Trump's DOJ inexplicably dropped the prosecution in the largest ($20 billion!) Iran sanctions violations case ever:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/n...

Now one month later, they're bragging about how they're going to so so so sooooo prosecute Iran sanctions:

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Oil company founded by DOE chief Wright paid no US taxes last year Liberty Energy made $193 million last year and received more than $10 million back in tax benefits, according to a nonprofit analysis released on Tax Day.

"The company founded and formerly run by Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright recorded $193 million of income last year but paid no 2025 federal corporate income taxes, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS..."

www.eenews.net/articles/oil...

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

Damn. She doesn’t mince words 💥

“JD Vance telling our Pope to be very careful about speaking about theology. It’s a veiled threat. These guys are thugs and murderers.”

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes...

"She was in a state of physical shock...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

🚨 Trump claims a U.S. Navy destroyer intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman—and says U.S. forces “blew a hole in the engine room” after the crew refused orders—adding the vessel is now in U.S. custody.

If true, that’s a direct military strike despite a supposed ceasefire.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

"Top staffers were figures with connections to GOP politics who hadn’t worked in the arts, including one spouse of a Republican party leader whose longest professional experience was working as a marketing and events manager at a Toyota dealership in Ireland..."

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

"Secretary Kennedy’s unlawful declaration harmed children,” the Judge wrote.

“This case highlights a leader’s unserious regard for the rule of law...

“Unserious leaders are unsafe."

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

🙌🏻❤️💛

"Phase 1" of the Chiefs' offseason training program begins today! This portion of the program is limited to meetings, strength and conditioning, and physical rehab.

One step closer to football!

Jesse Watters has had an...um...interesting few days

A recommended coping mechanism during this whole Trump nightmare

Just take the absolute piss…