Oh, honey . . . if Democrats could *really* rig elections, why aren't they in power in the White House, Senate, House, and Supreme Court right now? You're such a simple thing.

The Aides Keeping the President in the Dark Donald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order.

Donald Trump’s aides have kept him in the dark on important conversations—and “the ramifications for democratic accountability are serious,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:

Nothing like a huge conflict of interest by Trump as he continues his criminal enterprise as president. 💙🇺🇸💙

No money for Americans’ health care, food, or energy prices.

But billions after billions for Trump’s reckless war of choice.

I hope the monkey wasn't given the flu or anything.

This is loser behavior.

“Republican cheating gets a lot harder when Democrats seriously fight back against it with hardball of their own…Democrats must prepare now for some epic hardball in future years, because it’ll be needed to achieve post-Trump accountability and to Trump-proof the system against more abuses.”

How Corruption Got Legalized in America (and What We Can Do About It) YouTube video by Robert Reich

For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy our political system — and it may get a whole lot worse.

@davidsirota.com reveals the full story of how we got here, and what we can do to get out of it.

youtu.be/AeO41h4fHb4?...

A chart of gentle reality checks. Each reality has an image like a bee or snail decreasing flowers and a star a butterfly a dragonfly and start

Thursday reminders.....

Pick one for you!

#proudblue #pinks

LUTNICK: The manufacturing is going to start in two or three years when these factories come online

DeLAURO: You can't even tell us about how many manufacturing jobs we've lost, so I don't know about what we're seeing in the future

UPDATE: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into Israel’s killing of Amal Khalil.

She said they threatened to “separate her head from her shoulders” before they killed her.

cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-...

Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization

Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

Donald Trump wants our security apparatus focused on POLITICS rather than national security.

Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.

Inside Palantir, people are finally waking up to the fact that they might actually be the bad guys

Great reporting once again from @makenakelly.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/palant...

Warner Bros. shareholders have approved an $81 billion Paramount merger.

What does that mean?

It’s a very scary time for the media. CNN may fall under the control of associates of the White House.

States’ attorneys general are suing to block the deal.

#ProudBlue #Paramount #WarnerBros

QUICK! While the Hungarian guy is out, but before the Bulgarian guy comes in!

Greg Nut-Lick is on the ropes as he dodges and ducks each question from Rep. Madeline Dean is very interesting to watch. Greg has been extremely smug and smiling throughout Trump's presidency and thinks he's above the law is extremely annoying as a disabled veteran and unpaid resistor! 💙🇺🇸💙

MADELEINE DEAN: Why did you lie to the New York Post about your relationship with Epstein?

LUTNICK: The House Oversight Committee and I agreed--

DEAN: Reclaiming my time. I do not accept that answer. We are our own committee. You're dodging the question. The coverup continues.

MADELEINE DEAN: Beyond Adfin, what other financial ties do you have with Jeffrey Epstein?

LUTNICK: As I said, I'm gonna answe---


DEAN: You're the Commerce Secretary. We have a right to ask this question and get it answered

Hope isn’t blind optimism — it arises in the face of uncertainty. If you look at our history, we’ve gone through some rough patches. But we tend to come out on the other side of them stronger than before.

Posting any kind of reference to a TV show you were on literally decades ago is so lame. WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES!

WATCH — @pabloreports.bsky.social : “Who do you think Trump should fire next?”

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “Is he out of women? Trump only seems to have the capability to fire female secretaries. If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct.”

The worst about Trump's presidency is the fact his loyal sycophants in Congress are incapable of holding him accountable for his actions is very puzzling. Treating the potus like a little kid is ending democracy for a spoiled pampered privileged Nepo-baby wannabe Alpha male president and sucks! 💙🇺🇸💙

Republicans in April 2026:

Why is GDP growth poor: Biden

Why is the debt exploding: Biden

Why is inflation up: Biden

Why is gas so high? Biden

Why are we at war with Iran: Obama

Why are groceries high? Biden

Why are you talking about a $1.5T military budget: Biden

The midterm gerrymandering war and the Iran war alike show Trump's inability to imagine that the people he's picking fights with have any agency, any ability to respond.

He loves his "you don't have the cards" metaphor but he's amazingly terrible at actually thinking about whether they do.

Lets be clear ... Here is the problem with RFK jrs thinking .. Math & Science are specific disciplines that require critical thought & objective facts -Obviously both RFK jr. & Trump can not grasp this concept, & both deny & reject it, this is known as magic thinking & has little basis in reality

Recyclops is Dead! I am ClimaTerrifier! The Terrifying Truth About Climate Change

Worth watching as a now former recycler! 💙🇺🇸💙

www.climaterrifier.org

Recyclops is Dead! I am ClimaTerrifier! The Terrifying Truth About Climate Change

They lied about everything. Happy Earth Day. Big Oil has betrayed us.

www.climaterrifier.org

THE RED SCARE NEW "MAMDANI LAW WOULD DENATURALIZE AND DEPORT ANY US CITIZEN WHO SUPPORTS SOCIALISM SOURCE: ROY.HOUSE.GOV @AWKWORDISTHIS

A new “Mamdani” law would deport any US *citizen* considered to be supporting socialism

The “Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists” Act — acronym “Mamdani” — specifically targets (not extremists but) the Democratic Socialists of America

roy.house.gov

It Is Time for Ruthless Aggression The national battle over gerrymandering should be just the first step. Next up: expanding SCOTUS.

It's kind of like how Bush abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system. And what we're saving is even more important than that.