Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

Absolute betrayal of every Afghan who risked their lives (and their families) working with US forces.

So great to see you again and talk with you the other night!

We have to stay focused on what is in front of us.

We must win the midterms. But we must also have a vision for when we are in power to address childcare, housing, and health care and make life more affordable.

And Ezra Klein said that Democrats need to reach out to the man who said all these awful things while Klein himself never sees nor reaches out to the Black voters who are the base of the Democratic Party.

Opinion | Democrats need to take more risks. This one isn’t worth it. Hasan Piker is political poison for Democrats.

"The internet personality has described Orthodox Jews as 'inbred,' said 'America deserved 9/11,' asserted 'Hamas a thousand times better' than Israel and called the collapse of the Soviet Union 'one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.'"

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Sheahan, the former Deputy Director of ICE, is running to represent the district in Ohio where I’m from. This former top leader of ICE is a graduate of Ohio State University, the school that also produced authoritarians JD Vance & Jim Jordan. Note how Meyer says she reflects what OSU is.

The Ohio Republican Party Has Built a Laboratory of Autocracy In the heavily gerrymandered Buckeye State, the GOP-controlled legislature rules without fear of voters, and it’s hard at work dismantling democracy.

As @rooster.info would say, “Yes. Well.”

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Tucker Carlson apologizes for supporting the Trump administration:

"You and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now... I'm sorry for misleading people."

It’s great that Jim Jordan has a whole committee dedicated to investigating the weaponization of government against political opponents. He’ll be sure to look into this, right? Right?! Or is he going to look the other way like he’s accused of doing in the OSU showers?

Warsh claimed that the Wall Street Journal had bad sources. Their source was Donald Trump himself. Either Trump lied to the Journal or Warsh just committed perjury.

I'm not linking to Mark Cuban's statement on @kamalaharris.com. I'm not surprised because I expect in a competitive Democratic primary, he's more of an Andrew Yang supporter. The question is will he support the eventual Democratic nominee, who's not likely to be his choice in the primary.

Kamala Harris torches own party members invested in holding on to their 'title,' admits, 'I am exhausted' Kamala Harris said Sunday that she is exhausted by Democrats focused on preserving their titles instead of getting things done, calling for party accountability.

It's a Fox News article on @kamalaharris.com, but an interesting one. She calls out members of Congress who are obsessed with their titles & entourages & says that the voices of the true leaders in communities need to be the party's priority.
www.foxnews.com/media/kamala...

Does David Brooks Know the Secrets of Lasting Love? I Went to Yale to Find Out The former New York Times columnist knows it’s easy to make fun of him—but judging from the crowd that gathered to hear him explain love at Yale on Monday, at least some students are listening.

Data point about a billion on the Ivy League schools are messed up and should stop talking about the rest of American higher ed...if you're at Yale, you could hear David Brooks, the guy who had an affair with his research assistant, talk on "How to Fall in Love With Someone.” Sick.

Kamala Harris on Instagram: "We have to stay focused on what is in front of us. We must win the midterms. But we must also have a vision for when we are in power to address childcare, housing, and he... 3,352 likes, 121 comments - kamalaharris on April 21, 2026: "We have to stay focused on what is in front of us. We must win the midterms. But we must also have a vision for when we are in power to ad...

The woman who should be our president right now. The woman who can be our next president.

Note how she says "democrat political base". Blatantly a Republican or a bot.

Trump is farming out ceasefire negotiations to his business partner and son in law while American lives are on the line.

Marty Glickman and Lessons from the 1936 Olympics and Beyond

Today's brand new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social brings us a remembrance of athlete and radio broadcaster Marty Glickman (1917 - 2001) as history notes the 90th anniversary of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany.

@deaconmike.bsky.social explains here:

Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt is the 17th Reported ICE Detention Death of 2026 Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a 27-year-old man from Cuba, died on April 12, one day after the 16th death of the year. The pace of detention deaths holds at an average of 1 every 6 days.

“Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, a 27-year-old man from Cuba, died on April 12, one day after the 16th death of the year. The pace of detention deaths holds at an average of 1 every 6 days.” austinkocher.substack.com/p/aled-damie...

Trump's job approval rating is 32% in the new American Research Group poll. Trump's base, white evangelicals, comprises 13% of the population. Assuming ARG has them at that % & Trump's approval w/ them is 70-75%, his approval among the 87% of Americans who aren't white evangelicals is about 26%.

For weeks, Trump has been saying his illegal war with Iran will end “pretty soon”.

It’s been nearly TWO MONTHS and there’s no end in sight.

Pope Leo: 'Pope Francis was a devoted shepherd who touched so many hearts' - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV remembers Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his passing, saying that the late Pope

Pope Leo XIV remembers Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his passing, saying that the late Pope "remained a disciple of the Lord, faithful to his Baptism and to his consecration in episcopal ministry, until the end." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

"the weaponization work." Holy crap.

5 Charts Showing Impact of New Grad Loan Caps The new limits on how much graduate students can borrow will affect states and institutions differently, and new research shows how.

In a blow for the white leftists who didn't vote for @kamalaharris.com because they thought the Biden-Harris administration didn't cancel enough of their student debt, the Trump-Vance administration is imposing new grad loan caps. All predictable to anyone who knows anything about politics.

Not good news for Cory Mills :)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigns before House can sanction her in ethics investigation.

Robert P. George, the conservative activist academic at Princeton who is the man behind all these conservative centers on campuses is perhaps the least self-aware academic in America.

Yay!

"Despite our rhetorical commitment to 'critical thinking,' we typically present one side of an issue — the left-wing side, almost always — and call it a day."

let me stop you right there; who's "we"

It's not a streaming series but one of the things I find most helpful during these trying authoritarian times is mellow 1970s singer-songwriters. Also show tunes.

Trump's at 32% in a poll from a highly-respected pollster. Some higher ed administrators and state legislators: let's do Trump's bidding even though the constituents for higher ed have rejected him, by creating right-wing indoctrination centers on campuses!