Ground beef is up 20% under Trump. Remember all the paranoid Fox hit pieces that said Biden wanted to ”take away” your hamburgers? #maddow

#Maddow

Reality Check Break

This was such an early and corrupt unconstitutional executive order. Jared is the Nepo Negotiator and Chief Grifter. Follow his money.
#Maddow
@ossoff.bsky.social rocks

Maddow: "Do we think our servicemen and women are in good hands? Do we think that there is care being taken in terms of what they're risking their lives for?"

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

There’s so much to say about the remarkable reporting from Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak—and I’ll say a lot of it in Monday’s newsletter.

But the most striking thing about all of it is the role & behavior of Chief Justice Roberts. “Calling balls and strikes” this ain’t:

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

DeRemer is out. Who’s next? Patel? Lutnick? Wright?

Plenty of criticism on the right of the #SCOTUS leaker and the Times’s reporting, but has anyone actually responded to the argument that Roberts’s assessment of “irreparable harm” and his refusal to balance the equities is completely inconsistent with his subsequent behavior in all the Trump cases?

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

I hope the takeover of InfoWars by @theonion.com and @timheidecker.bsky.social that resulted from the bankruptcy brought on by Alex Jones’ evil attacks on the victims of Sandy Hook brings you as much joy as it does me.

Seems to me like Trump is desperately begging Iran to sign a replica of the Obama JCPOA he tore up. All for the low low price of thousands dead, global instability, high energy prices, and a toll on ships through the once-free strait of Hormuz.

A few thoughts about tariff refunds: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

Ohio's public universities are eliminating nearly 90 degree programs as a result of Senate Bill 1 • Ohio Capital Journal Nearly 90 degree programs have been identified to be cut at Ohio’s public universities since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law a year ago.

If you think legislation that targets “low enrollment degrees” only impacts the humanities please look at this list. Degrees in chemistry, math, physics, political science, data analytics, psychology and economics are being eliminated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/16/o...

Why is the world supposed to look to America as the truthful and moral leaders of the world.
When the leader is a criminal, pedophile rapist.
It won’t even prosecute anyone in the Epstein Files.
It literally hides the pedophiles and exposes the victims in those files.

That's because the tacky fools at Mar-a-Largo *pay* for that poorly-plated over-the-top slop.

Donald doesn't care about people; he only cares about money.

The happiness of the mother who has just had her puppies.

White House budget director Vought declines to tell senators cost of Iran war Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, declined to give senators an estimate of the cost of the military operations against Iran when pressed on the issue duri…

What unfolded in that hearing isn’t just about one official dodging a number it’s about how modern government often hides inside procedure.

When a budget director says he can’t give senators even a rough cost of a war, it sounds like evasion.

More outstanding work by The Great Jessica Tarlov.

The Scapegoat Scam Hungarians stopped falling for an authoritarian’s trick.

Hungarians stopped falling for an authoritarian’s trick.
Hungarians decided that a major source of their problems was Orbán himself. Maybe someday Americans will come to a similar realization about Orbán’s great admirer, Donald Trump.
By Adam Serwer

‘Who the Hell Wrote That?’ Trump Stops Mid-Speech To Say He Doesn’t Know What a ‘Corner Store’ Is President Donald Trump paused his prepared remarks on Thursday to confess he had "never heard" the term "corner store" before.

Trump Stops Mid-Speech To Say He Doesn’t Know What a ‘Corner Store’ Is, slamming speechwriter: ‘Who the Hell Wrote That?!’ Trump is really a Man of the people 🤣 www.mediaite.com/media/tv/who...

"I'm a Christian. And Donald Trump does something to trash the teachings of my faith every day. But this latest thing, well, I just might object to. That's how strongly I feel about my faith."

Trump keeps posting that America was once the laughingstock of the world, but now that he is president, it's never been more respected.

As an Aussie, I can 100% confirm that Donald Trump is a laughingstock here.

Lady Power
Thank you!
Now let's implement it for better human health

Cookies, deodorant, socks. Iran war puts military packages in limbo Thousands of boxes sent to service members in Middle East are stuck in limbo. The Postal Service has indefinitely suspended delivery amid Iran war.

Lousy tasting food is one thing. Not having enough food is another. The regime is disgraceful in how they are treating our service members. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Trump being booed at public events does not get enough media coverage.

Fox even edits the audio so boos are not broadcast.

This is NOT journalism.

The Daily Beans The Daily Beans is a women-owned and operated progressive news podcast for your morning commute brought to you by the Webby award-winning host of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and comedian/fund-ra...

TODAY: Pirro's prosecutors are kicked off the Fed Reserve site, mass civil rights violations at the Everglades concentration camp, and Chinook salmon are hatching in the Upper Klamath River for the first time in a century. News with swearing: the-daily-beans.simplecast.com

Why are we still talking about this? There’s nothing new