Please clap.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

brilliant -- Morning Joe put together clips of Pete Hegseth reciting a fake Bible quote from Pulp Fiction, along with the Samuel L. Jackson scene from the movie

I’ll make up a whopper you can’t refuse! Why do we love to believe cinema’s best lines were improvised? From The Godfather to Saltburn, the internet is awash with claims that actors are ditching the script and making it up as they go along. What’s behind our desire to invest in these behind-the-scenes ‘secrets’?

I’ll make up a whopper you can’t refuse! Why do we love to believe cinema’s best lines were improvised?

Crazy gaslighting from the most corrupt regime in history raiding the treasury right in front of our faces

lmao

HARDER: The Trump admin allows coal plants to emit twice as much mercury. How are these actions consistent w/your agenda to make kids healthy?

RFK Jr: I'm not familiar w/ what's happening at EPA, so I'd have to ask Zeldin

H: You made a career out of fighting mercury pollution

RFK Jr: Call Zeldin

Larry McMurtry's Tall Tales By questioning the myth of the cowboy, he offered a different kind of legend, one more suited to this country and its contradictions.

McMurtry devoted his whole career to doing just that, across dozens of novels, essay collections, memoirs, a biography, and over 30 screenplays to one subject: the West and its contradictions
https://bit.ly/4tlU6e4

It should be mandatory for every Republican in Congress & the admin to write out one week of groceries for a family of 4 - everything they need - then drive to a grocery store and put each item in a cart, then pay for those items with their own money, then get a full tank of gas.

VAN HOLLEN: When you were in the House, you said Biden needed to make clear that 'Putin is an absolute war criminal.' Do you stand by that?

WALTZ: Statements I made in Congress are very different than what I make now working for President Trump. I support President Trump is everything he is doing

Ari Melber's show put together a supercut of an 8-minute Trump rant about snakes that raised concerns about his mental wellbeing

Worth listening to the entire thing for a window into a worldview defined by "us versus them".

This piece is a good reminder for social media, about tolerance and civility (yes I know that is a bad word now).

Hegseth in rare form this morning…

Driscoll shuts down social media accounts after post celebrating Duckworth Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered that all social media accounts affiliated with an Army unit be shut down after a post celebrating Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) sparked mixed reactions online. S…

No first amendment rights for troops or military organizations now.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered that all social media accounts affiliated with an Army unit be shut down after a post celebrating Sen. Tammy Duckworth sparked mixed reactions online.

thehill.com/policy/defen...

Pure evil

America's right-wing in a single exchange. It's perfect.

Oh that is soooooo fucked up.

Trumps cuts continue to affect countless lives, these cuts are happening right before the wildfire season starts. Already we are seeing the effects of trumps gutting park services earlier this year.

Trump: "Powell is a bad chairman, and I was surprised when Biden extended him"

(Trump appointed Powell)

NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC.

Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.

We make our “grandpa’s having a bad one” jokes, but truly the man is not well.

U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran The deployment includes sailors and Marines due to arrive as the administration attempts to enforce a maritime blockade against the regime in Tehran.

Breaking WaPo:

The Pentagon is sending thousands of additional troops into the Middle East in the coming days.

The forces moving into the region include about 6,000 troops aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and several warships escorting it. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Incoherent lies.

This morning, Trump has nothing but grandpa moments... bsky.app/profile/atru...

Pure evil.

Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology

Best headline ever?
Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Trump to Maria today: “They misquoted me and said I expect oil to be higher… I think it will be down.”

Trump to Maria 2 days ago: “Oil might even be a little higher.”

Receipts👇🏽 🤥

image that Trump posted on Truth Social of Jesus hugging him with a deranged caption that concludes, "God might be playing his Trump card!"

Trump is posting fresh blasphemies this morning

Vance is proud of his amorality.