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Woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says she hasn’t seen her son since ICE detainment | CNN Bruna Ferreira had rushed out of her Massachusetts home, shoelaces untied, and was driving to pick up her 11-year-old son from school when she was approached by unmarked vehicles and a “swarm of peopl...

On Leavitt's brother's baby mama (like Ungaro, also a Brazilian).

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This is the third high profile alleged case of this:

Karolyin Leavitt's brother's baby mama
Amanda Ungaro (baby mama to Paolo Zampolli
And this

Leavitt's brother's effort to deport his son's mother thus far has failed AFAIK.

This is amazing.

The thread as a shareable webpage: skywriter.blue/@jennycohn.bsky.social/3...

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding - emptywheel The global catastrophe Trump created in Iran may provide an opportunity to disrupt his authoritarian trajectory.

This is a long think piece, but I argue that Trump's Iran catastrophe may disrupt his efforts to consolidate his authoritarianism, but even more, may provide cause to go after his Tech bro donors and data centers.

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding

emptywheel.net/2026/04/21/t...

I also describe the twin acute psychological dilemmas Trump is facing, which may be why he's crashing:

1) To actually win the Iran war he has to turn on Putin.
2) Any deal will require conceding Obama was superior to him.

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: Virginia votes, PA says Medicaid abortion bans are unconstitutional, The Onion takes over Infowars, and a vaccine for pancreatic cancer shows lasting results. News with swearing! the-daily-beans.simplecast.com

A dozen red states want to help defend Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order Democratic plaintiffs argue that the executive order would unduly restrict mail voting access and insert federal agencies into election administration — a role the Constitution explicitly reserves for...

🚨BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from a dozen states moved to help the White House defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for?

The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.

While DC journos all rush to WHCD, @philinvestigates.com just keeps reporting on the far right in TN.

Be like Phil!

Vance’s Trip to Islamabad on Hold as U.S. Says Iran Failed to Respond to Its Terms

The Vance Embarrassment Tour continues. So weird that Iran is unwilling to sit down with a country that started wholesale bombing them the last time they sat down together. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

#1 in United States v. Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. (M.D. Ala., 2:26-cr-00139) – CourtListener.com INDICTMENT as to Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. (1) Count(s) 1-6, 7-10, 11. (Forfeiture Allegations) (MLF) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

In general, Trump DOJ's effort to weaponize DOJ founders on the incompetence of MAGAt lawyers (as Chad Mizelle was quoted as confessing). But this SPLC indictment? Shit. Evil genius.

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For those who want the actual definition.

Inflation is the rate at which prices for goods and services rise, reducing purchasing power. As of March 2026, the U.S. annual inflation rate accelerated to 3.3%, driven by higher energy costs.

NatCon is the Thiel-backed conference that has helped propel both Christian Nationalism & JD Vance’s political ascension. Its Statement of Principles—signed by (among others) Peter Thiel—was co-authored by John O’Sullivan, founder of the Danube Institute in Hungary. 1/

April 20, 2026 Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was so unstable and angry after learning on April 3 that Iranians had shot down an American jet that...

April 20, 2026

James Orr - Edmund Burke Foundation James Orr is the UK Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation and an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He was previously a McDonald...

11/ James Orr is the UK chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, which organizes NatCon, the Thiel-backed conference that helped propel JD Vance’s political ascension. burke.foundation/people/james...

Characterizing something as “fascism” is now grounds for suspension on X??? So much for their supposed love of “free speech”.

12/ I’ve posted about NatCon many times due to its close links to Thiel, Vance, and Christian Nationalism. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

16/ Yoram Hazony is chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation which organizes NatCon. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

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Any Democratic Lego for President!

#FuckingLEGOFascists #LEGONazis
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The more you know about these psychos, the more disturbing their ability to fuck up these agencies and potentially kill us all.

So far Trump has only fired women, replacing them with white men.

#RaccoonDicks #HolyWars #TrumpsDEI
#resist #bluecrew #EpsteinClass #FuckYouTrump #Fascists #ChickenHawk

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain

But sometimes it is so right on the nose.

Iran Ceasefire Won't Fix the Economy What happens after the shooting stops? The uncomfortable answer is that a ceasefire with Iran may calm the headlines, but it does not erase the economic damage already done. In this clip, Justin…

Whatever happens with the ceasefire, it's worth remembering that even if the war ends, the damage remains. The broader economic consequences are large, and persistent, and affect all of us.

A group of non-celebrity, active resisters, likely to follow back.

One day in the fight for democracy The Trump administration badly wants these records from all 50 states and has sued 30 states that refused its demands. My law firm is fighting the DOJ in all of them.

Days like Friday are a testament not only to the lawyers I work with but also to our clients. The voters who are standing up and the institutions that are fighting back play no small role in protecting democracy. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/one-...

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) is Formed *On this date in 1950, the 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed. This unit was a Ranger light infantry company of the United States Army active during the Korean War. As a small special o...

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🧵 The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company was the only all‑Black Ranger unit in U.S. history. They fought two battles at once: the enemy in Korea — and racism in their own Army. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory

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FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy FBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.”

We all need to watch this carefully. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...