Two things can be true:
Congress should pass uniform, national legislation reining in partisan gerrymandering; and
Until that happens, or every state adopts an independent redistricting commission, neither party is going to (or, frankly, should) unilaterally disarm.
Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...
Texas Republicans started the mid-decade redistricting fight and Virginia Democrats finished it.
The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.
Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.
I asked X, Paramount, ABC, and Meta where their donations to Trump's Presidential Library went. None of them could give a clear answer.
Tens of MILLIONS of dollars are missing.
Why should Americans trust that this money isn’t going straight into Donald Trump’s pockets?
![Our Afghan allies provided critical support to U.S. forces for over 20 years, but the Trump-Vance Administration has turned its back on them and their families, shutting down key resettlement programs. The idea that we’re now in talks to send as many as 1,100 Afghans, whom we have already evacuated, to the DRC—a country with severe political instability, violence, and a massive refugee and humanitarian crisis—is insane. [1/2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gyl2gdob6lyckqwi5dwaehef/bafkreic677r4s3t47cwrptr5qw2wezcyjb6e5g7a4whbr24evslwthyyre)
Our Afghan allies provided critical support to U.S. forces for over 20 years, but the Trump-Vance Administration has turned its back on them and their families, shutting down key resettlement programs. The idea that we’re now in talks to send as many as 1,100 Afghans, whom we have already evacuated, to the DRC—a country with severe political instability, violence, and a massive refugee and humanitarian crisis—is insane. [1/2]
![We told these Afghans that we would help ensure their safety after they helped us. We have an obligation to follow through on our promise because it’s the right thing to do, and because going back on our word will only make it harder for us to build the kinds of partnerships we may need to advance our national security in the future. [2/2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gyl2gdob6lyckqwi5dwaehef/bafkreid4yljlmytfjzeoas32yboogmvtiivj52mrctcxzykuoz5acy5yte)
We told these Afghans that we would help ensure their safety after they helped us. We have an obligation to follow through on our promise because it’s the right thing to do, and because going back on our word will only make it harder for us to build the kinds of partnerships we may need to advance our national security in the future. [2/2]
My statement on reports that the Trump-Vance Administration may send Afghans, including those who served with the U.S. military and more than 400 children, to the Congo:
Last year, the flu vaccine saved 12,000 lives and prevented over 100,000 hospitalizations according to the CDC.
While we are glad that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick is resigning from Congress, accountability cannot be selective. The serious allegations against Cory Mills, which describe a disturbing pattern of predatory and abusive behavior, demand the same level of urgency and action.
24 hours (and lots of ad hominem attacks against me) later, I just thought I'd post this again.
Big News! Our new disclosure bill authored by @senmcnerney.bsky.social, #SB900 the Print Ads DISCLOSE Act, passed its first committee vote, 5-0!
SB 900 will make it much easier to see the top funders on political mailers, billboards, and other print ads.
After federal agents began eating at Juan Hernandez’s restaurant, immigrant customers stayed away. Sales went down 40%.
He says he felt angry: “They are looking for us, and then they come to eat here.”
With @mlk50.com
NEW: The California Senate Elections Committee today unanimously approved my campaign finance reform legislation, SB 900.
Big thanks to @caclean.org and the California State Outdoor Advertising Association for sponsoring SB 900.
Martin Heinrich D-N.M.
“I can tell you, as somebody who has been a natural resources trustee, who has had to negotiate with copper companies in my own state, that this type of copper mining has never been done without polluting the water. Never, not once,” he said in a floor speech before the vote.
Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...
"Few approve of how Donald Trump is handling the cost of living" – Overall: 33-67 – Immigration: 40-59 – Iran: 32-67 – Economy: 30-70 – Cost of living: 23(!)-76 "The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,596 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.4 percentage points."
There's no other way to say it: This AP-NORC poll is atrocious for Trump.
– Overall: 33-67
– Immigration: 40-59
– Iran: 32-67
– Economy: 30-70
– Cost of living: 23(!)-76
37% of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the economy, 47% disapprove on cost of living.
apnorc.org/projects/few...
BREAKING: TACO TUESDAY: Donald trump delays ethnic cleansing and war crimes again by extending the ceasefire indefinitely.
While you’re paying for this Administration’s unauthorized war and watching your costs skyrocket, the Trump family is expanding its business empire and pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars.
Jared Kushner, Don Jr., and Eric. All cashing in on this presidency in real time.
On the pod, @gtconway.bsky.social lays out accountability agenda if Dems win House:
*Impeach Trump and top officials
*Criminal referrals to DOJ
*25th Amendment commission
*Fix Impoundment Act
*Codify DOJ independence
There's much more here. It's a good discussion:
newrepublic.com/article/2091...
We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it.
He’s just burning your tax money.
As Jon Ossoff said in his speech last night the issue isn't whether insider trading is happening, it is whether the war is happening to allow this self-enrichment to happen, and that what is good for America is no longer a major concern of the Trump regime.
Maine boasts the highest percentage of forest land in the US and understands that sustainable forestry is central to protecting our precious land and water resources and economic prosperity. It’s vital therefore that Sen Collins stop the Trump Admin from ravaging our US Forest Service #MEpolitics
I've never seen someone look less confident saying what they are supposed to say.
I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.
WE Pay for
Finnish Pres Alexander Stubb has some wise words for Washington:
STEFANIK: President Trump didn't call for genocide, Jake. You are putting those words in his mouth
TAPPER: 'Your entire civilization will die'?
STEFANIK: It's the terrorist regime, Jake. He's targeting the terrorist regime
TAPPER: You're changing his words!
Have been wondering when candidates would start talking about this. One of the biggest corruption scandals is U.S. history playing out in real time.
WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/
