Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification.

BREAKING: A federal appeals court blocks a California law requiring federal agents to wear identification.

FACT! There are now 300+ rural hospitals across the USA at risk for closure because of the big beautiful bill.

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
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What to do when law enforcement demands ballots? Election officials are in the dark "This is a wake-up call, I think, for election officials and judges to make sure that they’re very well educated about the protections we have in law."

Election officials need to be prepared for the Riverside County 650k ballot seizure to repeat elsewhere, one election expert said.

“This is a wake-up call, I think, for election officials and judges to make sure that they're very well educated about the protections we have in law."

How the AI oligarchy devoured America

This story is a part of "Power Hungry," our latest package on the AI oligarchs who are upending communities over their plans for massive data centers across the country.

Check it out:

Geek tragedy Look upon the works of the AI oligarchs and despair.

$1.4 trillion: Amount OpenAI said it plans to invest in AI infrastructure over the next eight years.

$20 billion: The company’s reported revenues in 2025

This is the potential that has excited researchers about mRNA technology, at the exact same time that the very same technology has been targeted by HHS for huge cuts when applied to infectious diseases. 🧪

Trump schedules controversial drilling auction in Alaska wildlife refuge The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for the rights to drill in a controversial spot: a wildlife refuge in Alaska. The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for th…

It just never ends. The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Companies can bid for the right to drill in ANWR starting June 5.

Rep. Jamie Raskin moves to file an amicus brief in appeals over DOJ’s effort to vacate Jan. 6 convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders, also urging the court to appoint an independent amicus, warning no one is defending the jury verdicts.

(alongside images of the US, megaphones, Liam Conejo Ramos’ bunny hat, and signs that read “NO ICE WAREHOUSE,” “SHUTDOWN DETENTION CENTERS,” and “NOT HERE/NOT ANYWHERE”) NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION STOP ICE WAREHOUSE DETENTION APRIL 25, 2026

On April 25, join a local event in defense of immigrants in your community. As the regime buys up warehouses to convert into concentration camps, it’s critical that we come together to oppose the literal warehousing of people in our country: www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...

Scores of Forest Service plans could be upended after Boundary Waters mining vote • Stateline Congress’ move to allow mining in a national forest near a wilderness area may have broad ramifications across the country. The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overturn a mining ban in Minnesota’s Super...

Congress’ move to allow mining in a national forest near a wilderness area may have broad ramifications across the country.

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NEW: In the middle of the night, the House tried to pass a bill that would have given President Trump and Stephen Miller the power to spy on Americans without a warrant for years to come.

It failed due to pressure from the public — but they plan to vote again in just 2 weeks.

This is happening to tens of thousands of people. It is a disgrace. It is a parody of due process; after more than a decade, the government suddenly orders you to return to a court hearing in just days, thousands of miles from where you live. And it's tearing lives apart.

Many states don’t report losses from data center tax breaks, study says • Michigan Advance Though public scrutiny of data centers is growing, 14 states do not disclose how much revenue they lose to data center tax breaks.That’s according to a new report from Good Jobs First, a watchdog grou...

The lack of disclosure comes as other states record mounting losses in tax revenue to data center subsidies. Three states — Georgia, Virginia and Texas — report losing $1 billion or more per year to data center incentives, according to Good Jobs First.

Story by @stateline.org

Last year, I told New Yorkers: we would open city-owned grocery stores to take on the affordability crisis.

Today, we're delivering five stores in each borough — with the first opening next year.

Here's to healthy families, thriving communities, and promises kept.

Free buses from NYC. If you're coming from out of state, you'll need to cover your own travel — but come anyway!

#AllOutAlbany #StopHochul

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All out in Albany Stop Hochul's climate kill shot

We cannot let this shit happen this time. We're showing up to say no to Hochul's climate kill shot — and we need you there.

April 21.
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Hundreds of us.

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New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them alive A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that lobsters feel pain, with the crustaceans seemingly responding to electrical shocks with emotional distress.

New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them alive www.livescience.com/animals/new-...

What a great idea. Let’s make this happen!

An lime-green infographic with a giant "7x" in large, white letters. Below it, in smaller black text, it reads: "The combined wealth of the 19 richest US households is more than seven times that of the 95 million least-wealthy ones."

Happy Tax Day.

The bottom 95% of taxpayers will see tax INCREASES on average this year, driven primarily by expanded tariffs and expiration of health insurance credits.

Meanwhile, the richest 1% alone will receive $117 billion in tax CUTS in 2026.

Never forget who Trump governs for.

Rural Nebraska Dialysis Unit Closes Despite the State’s $219M in Rural Health Funding - KFF Health News A rural Nebraska dialysis unit that was hemorrhaging money closed, upending patients’ lives. That’s despite a federal rural health program that granted the state more than $200 million this year to im...

Patients’ lives were upended after a rural Nebraska hospital shuttered its dialysis unit. Some moved to be closer to care. One is living in a rental in another city on weekdays. Another drives more than four hours round-trip for care three times a week.

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These billionaires went to Trump’s inauguration. All of them
got tax breaks this year.

Fact.

The president has used a loophole in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to get away with mass warrantless surveillance of Americans — and this week Congress will vote on whether to expand this power.

Tell Congress to vote NO at 833-946-2258.