Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Republicans Are Tearing Down Public Land Policy. We Can Build It Back Stronger We're already doing it.

A must read!

Commonwealth Court rules the state constitution includes a fundamental right to abortion • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Susan Frietsche, of the Women’s Law Project, said the Medicaid coverage exclusion was the single largest barrier to abortion access in Pa.

This is a wonderful decision for Pennsylvania! And calling abortion a fundamental right is a satisfying slap in the face to the extremists on the Supreme Court.

Isn’t each month 10 days long?

Pierre Poilievre is picking a fight he can't win The Conservative Party of Canada is apparently spoiling for a fight over who is more trusted on economics with the only prime minister to ever serve as governor of two different central banks. Good lu...

Pierre Poilievre keeps trying to challenge Mark Carney on his economic credentials.

Of all the dumb fights Pierre Poilievre has picked over the course of his career, this might be the dumbest one yet. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/o...

UAE said it doesn’t want the U.S. help anymore, just their weapons.
The Times has an article and a paywall.

PP lies again

There are no grocery taxes.

The government doesn't control grocery prices.

Bob Rae: "I wouldn't talk about Mark Carney and Howard Lutnick in the same sentence if I were you. Mr. Carney's tone was respectful. And it was intelligent. I'll let Howard Lutnick’s comments stand for themselves."

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Ben McKenzie: "Last year, a crypto company estimated that $154B of illicit activity was financed via cryptocurrency. And to give you an example of how deep the corruption goes, the biggest stablecoin company by far is Tether. And their broker is Cantor Fitzgerald Howard Lutnick's Firm.

On California farms, workers say threats to deport them are on the rise — Los Angeles Times Farmworkers described instances in which bosses threatened to call ICE on them, sometimes because they complained about workplace violations.

On California farms, workers say threats to deport them are on the rise
Farmworkers described instances in which bosses threatened to call ICE on them, sometimes because they complained about workplace violations.
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🔥 “I’m so glad people are finally waking up to your cruelty — and to the idiocy of your star disciple Pete Hegseth.”

@wajahatali.bsky.social eviscerates Hegseth’s pastor Doug Wilson (with @timmiller.bsky.social & piers in the front row)

This is a war based on lies

It’s always about cruelty.

#nokings
#LoveMyGov
#itsthefuckingguns
#midterms26
#DumpElectoralCollege
#ReleaseALLTheFilesNOW
#25thAmmendmentNOW
#EndTheIranWarNOW

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We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime.

Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings.

Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks.

With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree.

📌By suing The Atlantic, blackout drunk, Kash Patel, has triggered 3 things:

1) Made good and damn sure millions more read the story.
2) Made good and damn sure discovery in this meritless case is even more damning and saucy.
3) Made good and damn sure he will be back in the private sector shortly.

I’ve seen this news story before but usually not on such a large scale. The man will kill his family and then himself to avoid his wife divorcing him and taking the children. A sane person is not supposed to understand.

I think that the term is “willfully ignorant.”

The May 1 general strike is in only 10 days

There's been zero mainstream media coverage in the last week, about something that will take Herculean levels of planning

Did "No Kings" make its first goof? Should I write a column about this?

LOL.

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians — CTV News In a direct address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reframed Canada's long-standing relationship with the United States as a 'weakness' that must be urgently corrected under the shadow o...

PM Carney: “The U.S. has changed we must respond.”

Our biggest strength became our biggest risk.

Time to stop relying on a neighbour acting like a rival.

Canada builds: new allies, new markets, new strategy. 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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"My son always texts to say he's on his way home. So I open the door, letting his 17 year old cat, and 16 year old doggo know that he's on his way. This is them waiting for him. Though it was adorable, and wanted to share." ❤️

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In a nutshell. 😊

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

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.

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