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U.S.–Iran peace talks collapse as ceasefire nears expiration, JD Vance’s trip is suspended, and Trump signals imminent bombing, raising fears of that full blown war will break out yet again. Meanwhile, VA voters head to the polls on redistricting. Catch up on the top stories for April 21, 2026.

🚨🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Trump folds and says U.S. will delay potential attacks on Iran after request from Pakistani leaders, and says he is extending the ceasefire pending a “unified proposal” from Iranian leadership.

BREAKING: The YES vote will WIN Virginia’s redistricting referendum, allowing Democrats to redraw maps ahead of the midterms and potentially flip the state from 6–5 to 10–1 — a four-seat swing that could decide control of Congress.

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

Every Single Democrat Should Be Saying This YouTube video by Robert Reich

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House Republicans keep trying to change the name of their budget bill — but it won’t change... YouTube video by Rep. Joe Neguse

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Kash Patel, you in danger, gurl. The Atlantic just ripped you a new one for allegedly being a paranoid drunk, and now Trump may finally be eyeing your exit. Will he throw Kashep against the wall? My write-up in the replies.

Screenshot of a tweet by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) showing an exchange where a reporter asks Trump how much longer Americans will face high gas prices, Trump responds they're "not very high," is told prices are still $4 a gallon, and replies that's what ABC says but "the stock market is up" and "everything is doing really well." The embedded video shows Trump speaking on the White House lawn, with a breaking news chyron reading "Trump: Iran Cannot Have Nuclear Weapon."

He can't lie his way out of this one.

Caitlyn Jenner Slammed For Hypocrisy After Revealing That She Asked Trump To Fix Gender On Her Passport So She Can Travel Again

Well, she got what she voted for.

www.theguardian.com Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege #TheGuardian

The Atlantic released the following statement in response to Kash Patel's lawsuit over their article about his drunken behavior:

"We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit."

Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle: “It eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans, according to the CBO. You’re going to sit here with a straight face and say they’re all illegals, they’re all defrauding the system?”

White House Budget Director Russell Vought: “Yes.”

One Nation supporters will vote for sex offenders, con artists & clueless idiots just to have their racism validated.

“The U.S. has changed, and we must respond.” No hedging. No “our American friends.” Just a clean acknowledgement that the country on the other side of the border is not the country we thought we knew."

Mark Carney-Canada

Wakey, wakey

In a nutshell. 😊

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

1/3. And this is one more reason the war goes on in some form — people close to Trump are making money from it.
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3/3. It’s hard for Trump to end a war when Putin is making so much money from it.

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

A step away from asking the Russians to investigate their own influence operations in the US. The guiding principle of Trump policy is that Russian ops are good because they support him personally. The guiding principle of Russian policy is that Trump is good because he wrecks the US & helps Russia.

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms (🧵 1/3)
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‼️ Russia: “Lithuania and Latvia have announced they will not allow Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s plane to fly through their airspace en route to Moscow for Victory Day events.”

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“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”

– Frederick Douglass

This illustrates the need for broad and comprehensive reforms with money in politics. We need an international “No Dictators Day” before he steps up his attack on the nation he was supposed to govern, not humiliate. 😱🤬

This man is our nation’s enemy. He must be impeached. The world is watching.. 🤺🇺🇸

I've never seen someone look less confident saying what they are supposed to say.

Translation: Putin’s orders, we just work here 🤷🏼

Wild how Tapper just swallows their excuse without any follow up and completely fails to put it in the context of Trump doing literally everything Putin wants always.

A total failure. Americans who watch these shows come away further from the truth

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social — we’ll bet you $100 Trump never “gets back” to those Russian sanctions. How long are you gonna let this regime gaslight you on national TV?

“Somebody shorted the oil markets today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement that everything was going to be great. And if you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that’s happened at least 3x… a pattern.”

The most corrupt regime ever.