Um… Gamblers Anonymous is gonna need more chairs and donuts. 😳

E.B. (heavy sigh) 😂

Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...

DON’T GET COCKY about those midterms, DEMOCRATS. Our biggest challenge won’t be winning these races. It will be making sure that the elections aren’t rigged by Trump, whose team keeps firing the people who won’t lie for him.

Excellent piece from @propublica.org

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

AnchorPappy

Is Trump spilling the beans about Dad, or is he confused?

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

He claimed bizarrely that the Hollywood director Rob Reiner, ...stabbed to death by his son, was killed “due to the anger he caused” by opposing Mr. Trump. When Robert Mueller died, Mr. Trump said, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

"Even before lashing out at Pope Leo on Sunday night, and then posting an image of himself as a Jesus-like figure before deleting it, Mr. Trump had shocked many with his outbursts at critics. He accuses those who anger him of sedition, a crime punishable by death."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

"In his 2nd term, Mr Trump seems even less restrained and more incoherent at times. He uses more profanity, speaks longer... makes comments rooted in fantasy rather than fact. He keeps saying that his father was born in Germany when in fact he was born in the Bronx."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of Infowars, said Mr. Trump “does babble and sounds like the brain’s not doing too hot.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

Former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (...) advocated using the 25th Amendment, telling CNN that threatening to destroy Iran’s civilization was “not tough rhetoric, it’s insanity.”

Candace Owens, the far-right podcaster, called him “a genocidal lunatic.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

John F. Kelly, his longest serving White House chief of staff in [Trump's] first term, even bought a book... called “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,” in an effort to understand his boss and came to the conclusion that he was mentally ill.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

Trump's mental state: NYT Gift Article

Ty Cobb, [Trump's former] White House lawyer... [said] the president is “a man who is clearly insane.”

A former White House press secretary for Mr. Trump wrote online last week that “he’s clearly not well.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

Trump, 2024:
312 of 538 electoral votes
A 2.3 million vote margin.

Donald Trump's popular vote share in the 2024 election is among the LOWEST in American history.

Bush Sr., 1988:
426 electoral votes
53.4% of popular vote
(7M margin)
Last to break the 400 barrier.
Nothing to sneeze at,
but not a landslide.

Obama, 2008:
350 of 538 electoral votes
A 10 million vote margin.
Did well. Made history.
Not a landslide.

Trump did NOT win by a landslide. Nixon, 1972: 520 of 538 EVs. 18 million vote margin. THAT is a landslide. Reagan, 1980 & 1984: 507 of 538 electoral votes (avg) Last to break the 500 barrier. Also arguably a landslide. Bush Sr., 1988: 426 electoral votes 53.4% of popular vote (7M margin) Last to break the 400 barrier. Nothing to sneeze at, but not a landslide. Obama, 2008: 350 of 538 electoral votes A 10 million vote margin. Did well. Made history. Not a landslide. Trump, 2024: 312 of 538 electoral votes A 2.3 million vote margin. Donald Trump's popular vote share in the 2024 election is among the lowest in American history.

Trump did NOT win by a landslide.

Nixon, 1972: 520 of 538 EVs.
18 million vote margin.
THAT is a landslide.

Reagan, 1980 & 1984:
507 of 538 electoral votes (avg)
Last to break the 500 barrier.
Also arguably a landslide.

Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much.

Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment.

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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled. All this is common knowledge...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

There’s no way these dbags ain’t cheating though

Dolly Madison stands at a lectern with notes

That time Dolly Madison held an impromptu press conference asking everyone to stop talking about her snack cakes.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

It took me 0.2 seconds to assume that’s her husband holding her purse. (Don’t tell me if I’m wrong, don’t wanna know.) Call me when the topiaries start moving. 😱

😂

headline: gen z doesn't want your full-time job. They want several part-time roles, and it's reshaping the entire workforce.

This is propaganda.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

That feeling you got when you saw Artemis II splash down safely? The exhilaration of wonder & awe & accomplishment? The goodness for goodness sake joy you felt? You can get that feeling here on earth . Go help your neighbors. Nurture something good.
Become joyful
Become beautiful
Become unstoppable

Mobster dementia
is more exciting than
Normie dementia

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I DEMAND A REFUND

It’s an honor just being nominated. 😂

Black holes, man. ALWAYS GOTTA BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION… 🙄

Virginia will raise its minimum wage to $15/hr by 2028.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger has now signed legislation to raise the wage.

Virginia will also extend worker training programs, end the minimum wage exemption for farmers, and help federal employees find work after DOGE cuts.