Trump approval falls to 35% as rating on handling prices hits a record -46 Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds the president's overall job approval at a new low, Democrats leading by 7 on the generic ballot, and a majority says the Iran war is not worth the cost

Trump approval falls to 35% as rating on handling prices hits a record -46
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This Is The Message That Could Win Democrats The Midterms This shocked me, and if Democrats message it properly, it could win them the midterms

This Is The Message That Could Win Democrats The Midterms
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A new day with a warming trend. Why don't we warm people's hearts with a smile today?

JUST IN: Judge McElroy, a Trump appointee, continues DOJ’s unbroken losing streak in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. She calls it a “fishing expedition.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Rumeysa OZTURK — once detained by the Trump admin over a pro-Palestine op-ed — has opted to depart for Turkiye after completing her PhD studies at Tufts, ending her year-long legal battle.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

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A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UPDATE: The Trump administration is deporting "nonviolent medically impaired grandparents" to Laos over a 33-year-old drug conviction, a decision Judge Tana Lin says is "inhumane" and "cruel" — but says she is powerless to stop.

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These people have served their criminal sentences. The Trump administation has been re-detaining them and claiming to have restarted or reinvigorated deportation efforts, but courts have routinely found this to be predicated on "hope" rather than concrete progress. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

At issue are hundreds of cases in which people have been ordered deported — sometimes after serious criminal offenses ranging form murder to rape to drug trafficking, but whose home countries won't accept them, or who have won protections from torture/persecution. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Searing opinion from a federal judge on Long Island, who describes "police state"-like tactics by ICE to arrest peopleand draw up after-the-fact warrants.

He says DOJ is damaging its credibility with the courts by trying to shield ICE from scrutiny. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Hurson says DHS's planned conversion of a Maryland warehouse into an immigration detention facility ignored some basic environmental impacts — like how adding 100s of people to a place that currently has 4 toilets might impact the sewer system storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Analilia Mejia wins election to U.S. House in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District.

Péter Magyar, who defeated Hungary's autocratic leader Viktor Orbán, vowed to shut down the country's state broadcaster, accusing it of spreading "North Korean-style" propaganda.

House Judiciary Democrats are launching a new investigation into Trump son-in-law — and Iran ceasefire negotiator — Jared Kushner, citing his "glaring and incurable conflict of interest."

"To whom do your professional obligations and fiduciary duties belong?"

DOJ removes top prosecutor who questioned case against former CIA Director John Brennan Maria Medetis Long told her superiors there was not sufficient basis to charge Brennan, who played a key role in the finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump win.

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MS NOW confirms: The Trump DOJ has removed the lead prosecutor overseeing the investigation into John Brennan.

Maria Medetis Long told colleagues that she had recently told her superiors that there was not ample justification to bring criminal charges against Brennan.

Breaking: Iran has re-imposed restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz — accusing the U.S. of violating the deal to reopen it.

Iran says it will continue to block transit as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect.

House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia is demanding details from Oversight Republicans on how they're working to reschedule Pam Bondi's deposition on the Epstein files.

Garcia wants to know the precise steps taken to organize and any statements Bondi has given to James Comer.

DOJ demands Detroit-area 2024 ballots, escalating election scrutiny DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance. Democratic state officials call the request baseless.

Breaking WaPo:

The Trump Justice Department is now demanding all ballots from the 2024 election in the Detroit area — a highly unusual move that comes shortly after prosecutors seized 2020 ballots in Georgia and obtained 2020 election records in Arizona.

BREAKING: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned.

It's official: The House has sworn in Democratic Rep. Analilia Mejia.

House Judiciary Democrats are teasing an investigation into FBI Director Kash Patel and The Atlantic's reporting on his alleged intoxication.

New Movie Coming In The FALL,
With 2nd Feature Movie,Dumb And
Dumber To Follow........

55 yrs ago this week, 4/17/71, all 4 former Beatles had solo singles in the UK charts:

Paul McCartney: "Another Day,"
Ringo Starr: "It Don’t Come Easy"
John Lennon: "Power To The People"
George Harrison: "My Sweet Lord"

All 4 songs still sound great, 55 yrs later.
Play 'em loud.

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The John Fugelsang Podcast The John Fugelsang Podcast... a podcast about politics, religion and pop culture from the host of "Tell Me Everything" on SiriusXM Progress 127.

The John Fugelsang Podcast: Rewriting the Bible and the Constitution to Fit Your Narrative

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John Fugelsang@JohnFugelsang·Apr 16
They name-drop Jesus,but govern like Caesar.
This cruelty isn’t incidental;it’s their strategy.
Bc if u convince the scared voting majority that powerless minorities are the enemy,u never hve 2explain why amoral billionaires are running the gov't.

The Confederacy Finally Loses Its Tax Break Better late than never; but damn, was that late

Freedom isn’t free, and white supremacist treason worship shouldn’t be tax-deductible.

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Small Government, Now in Your Plumbing The GOP Toilet Police Have Entered the Chat

This isn’t public health and it’s not about clean water. This is state-sponsored humiliation.

And seriously? Go try to find any justification for this anywhere, in any chapter of any Bible. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/small-gove...

JD Vance is willing to attack a Pope he doesn't really follow...
...for a war he doesn't really support.