For the record: The Washington Post is run by partisan hacks who think we won't remember that they took the *exact* opposite stance when it was Republicans pushing their own gerrymandering grab in Texas last year -- *without* putting it up for a vote.
Salt Lake City has almost twice as many registered Dems as Republicans. But for decades, the districts have been drawn to each take a slice of the city and suburbs.
Utah democrats have suffered for years without any representation in Congress despite controlling the state’s population center.
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
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
Graphic noting "Why Companies Are Quietly Cutting PTO in 2026." Many companies aren't making big announcements but instead making PTO less generous, less flexible, or harder to use. Image credit: Davron.
Because there is no federal statute requiring employers to pay for holiday, vacation or sick leave, companies generally have broad discretion to reduce or even eliminate these benefits. The only restrictions are state regulations, employees’ contractual rights and union agreements. /7
Dems have fought GOP to a draw so far in Trump’s redistricting war. The central part of Trump’s plan to rig midterms falling apart after new maps approved by voters in VA & CA. They didn’t count on Dems fighting back www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Unlike Texas, VA maps approved by voters
Unlike Texas, VA maps temporary
Unlike Texas, VA maps only drawn in response to other states
Unlike Texas, VA maps not racial gerrymander
The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...
Senator Jon Ossoff neatly breaks down political corruption in America — and how Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago mafia” has exploited it.
Every single Democrat should be saying this.
"Citizens United was the worst court decision in modern American history." - @ossoff.bsky.social
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, speaking to an audience. (Mike Stewart / Associated Press)
Jon Ossoff: "Draft Dodging Donald loves sending other people’s children to war—
While you pay more for everything, the First Family’s wealth is growing by billions of dollars — bc they’re crooks, & everybody knows it”
This is what caused Trump’s meltdown tonight.
Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).
Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.
And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.
Remember this.
As a lawyer and a citizen, I find this kind of behavior reprehensible, on all fronts by all parties.
Tesla reported owing $0 in US federal taxes for all but one of the past 20 years. A Reuters analysis reveals how a common corporate tactic known as profit shifting likely saved the company more than $400 million in US taxes.
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."
Trump’s top generals aren’t telling him about crucial operations because he’ll screw things up. Can’t let a guy with bone spurs anywhere near an important mission.
https://bit.ly/4vBxHuZ
The Trump team is starting the week off-message.
FBI Director Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic over reporting about his conduct.
But launching a personal lawsuit while leading the FBI raises serious questions and shows he is undisciplined and unfocused at a time of heightened security concerns.
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Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...
Remarkable SCOTUS reporting in the NYTimes, which pretty much confirms what observers have always assumed, but still astonishes. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
Rot is the perfect word to describe trump.
Also, if you have a BA in English but you wind up writing partisan propaganda that is based in the past, that does not make you a "historian"
We historians actually spend a good bit of time actually learning how to do this stuff, and it saves us from making these kinds of whoppers in our work.
When Politico pollsters asked if China or the U.S. was a more reliable partner, “57 percent of Canadians, 40 percent of Germans, and 42 percent of Britons said China — a sharp decline in America’s perceived trustworthiness.”
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
