Every Senator complaining about this should be pushing to change Senate rules. A rules package that over-inflates the power of individual senators (filibusters, blue slips, UC requirements) over the will of the majority created this mess. rollcall.com/2026/04/22/s...
Eric Trump on his $24 million Pentagon contract for robots: "It's gonna change industry, military application, hospitality. The uses are unlimited and I think it's a very beautiful thing, but we must win that race."
Private credit is like plumbing behind the drywall — the water still flows, but you lose the gauges. You might not notice the slow leak until the ceiling stains appear. That's the trade-off worth understanding.
NEW: Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against Purdue for the harm they said its drugs caused.
Fewer than half of them will get any compensation under a new payout plan.
With @inquirer.com
New in PN: "Now, as part of the project to undo Reconstruction, the DOJ hopes to take out the SPLC using the very tools it used to defeat the KKK. And along the way, they can exculpate every bigot who ever swung a tiki torch. *Those boys weren’t bad, they were just stirred up by outside agitators!*"
It’s not a joke
FT: Trump’s top envoy suggested to swap Iran with Italy to FIFA president Infantino and Trump, arguing that Italy’s four World Cup titles in the tournament's history justify awarding it the slot.
www.ft.com/content/1ff3...
The Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts was the first public school in colonial North America. It opened 391 years ago today: Apr. 23, 1635.
Image: Boston Latin School.
The GOP lawmaker has missed about 50 roll call votes and colleagues have not heard from him, according to a report.
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
~As he recollected, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer thought this, quoting the Bhagavad Gita, after watching the first successful atomic explosion on Jul. 16, 1945.
Oppenheimer was born on this day 122 years ago: Apr. 22, 1904.
Image: Getty Images.
This seems important. They are not just saying they are self policing but they are bringing receipts. The fact that we’re learning about this from a private company instead of regulators should set off alarm bells.
Bloomberg: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the US might have to take action against Canada over its rejection of American wine and spirits.
Sen. Murray: Since Trump put his face on the National Park pass, has he visited a single one of our National Parks?
Burgum: Uh... To that, I'm not, uh, certain
This is insane, tinpot authoritarian shit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
Query successful Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian BREAKING: IRAN SAYS IT DOES NOT KNOW WHO IS CURRENTLY IN CHARGE OF THE UNITED STATES chris evans @notcapnamerica B!TCH WE DONT EITHER
We're NOT okay
RFK Jr: I terminated the COVID vaccines because it didn’t make any sense. COVID is gone.
Note: From July 2024 to June 2025 in the US, COVID19 caused up to 450,000 hospitalizations and 53,000 deaths.
COVID ain’t gone, shitbird.
Kash Patel and Todd Blanche to hold a “fireside chat” at Bitcoin Las Vegas
CHRIS WRIGHT: Wind and solar just disappear at peak demand time
BRITT: So what have you done to make sure we're driving down energy prices?
WRIGHT: We finally ended the 34 years of wind and solar subsidies
This Earth Day, let’s make some good trouble to save the U.S. Forest Service. SaveUSFS.org has been updated. Chaco and Hydro Flask are now supporting the movement. We’re currently targeting TEVA, Nalgene, Yeti, and more. Reach out to the brands you love and ask them to join us. #SaveUSFS
Dems just forced House Republicans to pull votes on a bill to weaken the Endangered Species Act, after their support buckled. Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌏🌎
NEW: Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) asks Justice Dept if/how Ghislaine Maxwell is pressing Trump Admin for a pardon
If you count Kevin Kiley (I-CA caucusing R) as a Republican vote, the death of Rep. Scott and the resignations of Reps. Swalwell, Gonzales, and Cherfilus-McCormick put the party breakdown in the House at 218-212, with 5 vacancies.
Next scheduled special elections are in August
The Trump administration is removing protections for over 59 million acres of the National Forest System, opening untouched land to logging.
This year, many of the judges who have taken part in those decisions will be on the ballot. One of the justices who struck down Wyoming’s ban is up for reelection this year; so are justices who sided with proponents of abortion rights in Kansas, Missouri, and New Mexico. Justices who upheld restrictions on abortion and reproductive rights are up in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas.
in ELEVEN states this year, justices who took part in upholding or striking down abortion bans are up for reelection.
details: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
Strategically timed retirements from the Supreme Court undermine the perception of justices’ impartiality. Congress should end the practice by establishing term limits for the justices. bit.ly/3HUt0YN
The Trump administration is planning to allow oil and gas drilling across the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain.
This landscape has been protected for over 4 decades.
I've seen a lot of references online to a "J. Edgar Boozer" and although I'm not saying anyone in particular deserves that appellation, I do think it would be the perfect name for someone serving as head of the Federal Bureau of Intoxication, if there were such a thing, which I'm not saying there is
The DOJ is going after yet another political opponent of President Trump as Pam Bondi continues to dodge her subpoena. Plus, voters in Virginia have approved redrawn Congressional maps, giving Democrats a boost in the midterms. Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill…👇
Even more Trump chaos at the Social Security Administration…
Several field offices across the county are currently closed to the public. And many more are critically understaffed "ghost offices".
This is what mismanagement of our Social Security looks like – and beneficiaries are paying the price.
I shit you not, Trump is posting about The Apprentice
