Moving the U.S. Forest Service headquarters to Utah will only allow Trump to dismantle public land protections (Opinion)

Trump’s plans to dismantle the Forest Service aims to close regional offices and shutter dozens of the agency’s research centers as we face what some say will be a horrific wildfire season, Tracy Stone-Manning writes.

yiu are really cranking some good tunes tonight

Election Live Updates: Virginia Passes New Map, Lifting Democrats’ Midterm Chances

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

#Virginia
#NrwMapsWin

Bravo Virginia, thank you

Prosecutor drops BAD NEWS on Kash Patel YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j5P...

She never should have been confirmed to begin with

Trump Threatens Companies That Seek Tariff Refunds They’re Owed The president is sending a clear message to corporations as tariff refunds become available.

Trump Threatens Companies That Seek Tariff Refunds They’re Owed newrepublic.com/post/209324/... via @newrepublic.com

great tune

Hell I would much prefer Kashyap passed out drunk and incapacitated than at the helm

In reversal, Justice Department withdraws subpoenas in John Brennan investigation, AP sources say The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury.

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#DOJBacksOff

Hmm, wonder why?

US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.

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#Government
#MassSurveillance

Ghost Murmur: The Heartbeat-Tracking Tech That Has Experts Questioning the Laws of Physics Ghost Murmur is a reported CIA tool for detecting heartbeats, but scientists say known physics limits such detection to extremely short distances, casting doubt on the claims.

www.military.com/feature/2026...

#GhostMurmur
#HeartbeatTrackingTech

House Republican on Patel reported alcohol use: ‘As long as it doesn’t affect his job … I’m cool’ Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) defended FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday following a report in The Atlantic alleging Patel has engaged in excessive alcohol use and other behaviors that have alarmed c…

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#KashyapPatel
#GOPCoolWithAlcoholUse

Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress | CNN Politics Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is resigning from the US House of Representatives, she announced in a statement.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

#DemResigns
#Congress

A criminal sentence for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma clears the way for completing its settlement A judge is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the U.S. government.

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#PurduePharma
#OxycontinLawsuit

Scoop: Top U.S. cyber agency doesn't have access to Anthropic's powerful hacking model CISA is not on the list of more than 40 organizations with access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview.

www.axios.com/2026/04/21/c...

#CISA
#Mythos

Rep. Nancy Mace introduces measure to expel fellow Republican Cory Mills from Congress Mills, who is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee in connection with allegations including sexual and financial misconduct, has denied wrongdoing.

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#GOPCoryMills
#Congress
#NancyMace

USS Boxer crew helps with Guam’s cleanup from Super Typhoon Sinlaku Nearly 100 Sailors and Marines from the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, including the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, helped in a massive cleanup of Guam’s popular Ypao Beach Park in

www.guampdn.com/news/uss-box...

#GuamCleanup
#Typhoon

Mejia sworn in, filling Sherrill’s seat and further narrowing GOP House majority Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) was officially sworn in to represent the Garden State’s 11th Congressional District on Monday, further narrowing the GOP majority in the lower chamber. Mejia, a top aid…

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#NjDemMejia
#Swornin

Rare Survivors of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped and Tortured Them As airstrikes and reports of torture under Ecuador’s U.S.-backed military regime continue to mount, fishermen tell Drop Site News they were blindfolded and held hostage for eight days.

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#BoatStrikes
#Survivors

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now WIRED tracked down some of the most prominent figures of last year’s DOGE invasion. Here's where they are now—in government and beyond.

www.wired.com/story/where-...

#WhereAreTheDOGEBoys

SAVE Act Fails, Millions of Voters Retain Their Right to Vote for Now MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) applauds the U.S. Senate’s rejection of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a sweeping anti-voter legislation pushed ...

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#SaveAct
#FailsInSenate

Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

www.wired.com/story/govern...

#XtianNationalistsGoneWild

I bet the do unto others as you would have done onto you isn't getting passed around, I am befuddled why trump doesn't like it, after all it is the Golden Rule

Spent all those bucks in sports and entertainment trying to perfume his shitty reputation

Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to “Break the Forest Service,” Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands across 43 states, the ...

“The intent here is obvious. It’s to hollow out this agency and hand it to the resource extraction industry and prepare it for, potentially, the eventual transfer of our public lands to states.”

Inside war-hit Sudan's only functioning hospital curing tropical diseases Sudan's health ministry says 37 percent of country's health facilities are out of service as war enters its fourth year.

Sudan’s health ministry says 37 percent of country’s health facilities are out of service as war enters its fourth year.

Five takeaways from our investigation into Rep. Cory Mills From stolen valor to a restraining order, here’s what we found.

Cory Mills, who served in the Army from 1999 to 2003, spent a few months of that time in Iraq. Adam Ehrhardt, a medic who once served directly under Mills, told Mother Jones:

“I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire.”

North Carolina admits noncitizens on its rolls aren’t a widespread problem — as it gives voter data to DHS The board further acknowledged that many cases involving noncitizens ending up on voter rolls stem from confusion or misunderstanding, not intentional wrongdoing.

A day after the state election board greenlit sharing voter data with DHS, North Carolina election officials said they don’t have evidence that noncitizens on the rolls is a widespread problem.

The board also acknowledged that many of such cases stem from confusion, not intentional wrongdoing.

Palantir Goes Mask-Off For Fascism. It Won’t End Well.

Earlier this month, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment. Just ask our enemies!!!" — notably including the stock ticker, because why not just…

A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades.

Until now.

Mexico's Sheinbaum demands explanation after U.S. officials die assisting in Chihuahua operation Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations after four U.S. and Mexican officials died in an accident over the weekend, adding she was unaware of collaboration between the U.S. and the local government in northern Chihuahua. https://to.pbs.org/3OiMzO1