Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ex-n...

It's all just overtly blatant.

With their grifting there are NO COINCIDENCES.

You can’t talk about the unhoused in California without talking about access to mental health services, not just housing costs. Both matter.

Ronald Reagan dismantled the mental health system.

There seems to be a dispute on this.

Georgia's women's tennis team is the new Waldo and whatnot.

HUGE WIN! H.R. 1897 the bill that would have gutted Endangered Species Act protections for threatened and endangered species has been pulled from today’s House floor vote. Your calls and pressure worked. Thank you for speaking up.

They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files.

Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas.

You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

Washington is pretending to look busy with phony investigations—but don't let them distract you from the cover-up.

The Epstein files remain hidden, and Pam Bondi still hasn’t appeared for questioning.

No hearings. No deposition date. No answers.

#StandwithCanada 🍁

YES the collab we all needed! @flavorflav.bsky.social @brucespringsteen.net

Fuck ron johnson

AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

www.billboard.com/pro/aeg-owne...

Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.

👇👇👇 emphasis on the idiot part

Wisconsin governor rejects bill to join Trump’s private school voucher program The program was part of the

I have spent decades of my life watching the impacts that draining public funds from public schools to fund private voucher school programs has had on kids and schools in Wisconsin.

Public funds should go to public schools. Simple as that.

www.courthousenews.com/wisconsin-go...

Damn. 😕🇺🇸

Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

Nearly 80 students forced into 400+ push-ups at school, many diagnosed with permanent kidney damage, lawsuit says A dozen families in Texas filed a lawsuit against a charter school after nearly 20 students suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in February.

WTF !!
Each coach should be in jail. Before being sent to jail, the parents of all of the kids should be allowed 5 minutes with the coaches. www.ksla.com/2026/04/17/n...

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U.S. invests in project to remove rare earth minerals despite differences with South Africa The U.S. has committed a $50 million investment in the Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project despite U.S.-South Africa relations plummeting to their lowest point in decades.

Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the center of an exploratory U.S.-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elements from industrial mining waste. https://to.pbs.org/4cIbfaW

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.

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

📢 We've reached *3000* documented authoritarian-like actions of Trump's second term since Jan 2025...

the two most recent are classic suppression of the press & using the justice system to attack political enemies

www.trumpactiontracker.info

This Lego video for drunk FBI Director Kash Patel is fantastic.

🔥

noticing a theme

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz over U.S. blockade and fires on ships The developments come after the United States said it would continue its blockade. Meanwhile, Pakistani mediators are working to organize new negotiations between the countries.

The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. https://to.pbs.org/4mMT5t1

Things you’d NEVER see Donald Trump do, #628:

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama are at a child care center in the Bronx reading a children’s book to preschoolers. 📘

In the history of fake events, Trump’s assassination stunt has no equal. It was so fake that even the staff at the National Enquirer said, “Oh, c’mon now, what a load of shit.”

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say One attorney wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke a detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone.”

www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Keystone Kash Hires Lawyer Tied to ‘Black Nazi’ After Boozing Report The FBI director has hired a lawyer known for a scrapped lawsuit against CNN.

The FBI director has hired a lawyer known for several unsuccessful MAGA-aligned lawsuits.