BREAKING: Xavier Becerra Bolts Into First Place in IVN California Governor Poll Survey of 3,404 verified California voters shows Democrat in front. Second-choice data reveals where Yee's supporters are headed.

For everyone sweating bullets over the CA governor's race, there's a ray of hope after Betty Yee (D) dropped out today. Keep your fingers crossed.
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It is absurd that the #Portland city council basically voted to bailout Home Forward (our local public housing agency which is going bankrupt) without demanding the director who did this be fired.

Trump's lawyers say they're 'in discussions' to resolve his $10B suit against the IRS Attorneys for President Trump say they are "in discussions" with the DOJ to potentially resolve a $10 billion lawsuit that Trump and his company filed against the IRS.

Trump has sued the government—the government that he is currently in charge of—for $10B and his lawyers are working to settle the suit.

That $10B would be taxpayer money if paid out.

Brazen corruption.

Sen. John Fetterman receives no support for re-election from Pennsylvania House Democrats: report Sen. John Fetterman has received no support from Pennsylvania Democrats for his re-election bid.

Sen. John Fetterman receives no support for re-election from Pennsylvania House Democrats: report
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Trump is too deranged to continue in office Republicans can no longer deny the depth of the president’s cognitive decline and should act for the good of the party

"Among this president’s fellow leaders, there cannot be a friend or foe of the United States who would dare publicly acknowledge that the leader of the free world has lost his wits. Nor a single one who would privately deny it."

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Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspi...

According the AG Blanche, “The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence.” This is some whacked out far-right fantasy. Hard to imagine this theory will hold up in court, but the lives of paid informants who infiltrated hate groups will be at risk.
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Japan’s benchmark TOPIX index drops 0.9% to stand at 3,737.12.

RT @notlarrysabato:

As wildfires worsen, exposure to smoke may increase risk of several cancers As cigarette smoking decreases and fires rise in frequency, “wildfire smoke may emerge as an increasingly important driver of cancer burden in the United States,” a study author said.

Extended exposure to wildfire smoke may increase the risk of several types of cancer, according to a new study.

With cigarette smoking declining and fire frequency on the rise, wildfire smoke may emerge as a key driver of cancers in the United States.

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Blanche // Our Indictment alleges Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FUNDS to white supremacist & extremist groaps including: $ 1M + National Alliance affillate $300K+ Aryan Nations affilate $270K + "ente the Right" member $140K+ Elia National Alliance Chairman $73K + Farmer KKK members $19K+ pressient Efelon

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BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama.

"This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Here come the Fairfax County votes.

With the elimination of all human consumption of energy and water, sufficient resources exist to support continued data-center boom, AI-industry experts indicate.

"If the strait is opened tomorrow, we're not really going back to the previous energy world, we just can't. This is sort of like one of those the toothpaste can't be put in the bottle kind of moments."

Bloomberg's @tracyalloway.bsky.social on the long-term energy impact of the Iran war.

Drones and sex parties: Behind the rift in Indiana's protest movement He catapulted to leadership of Indiana's protest movement. Then came allegations of paranoia, 'cult-like' manipulation and planned drone attacks.

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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:

Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES

Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

Live updates: Trump says US is extending ceasefire while awaiting proposal from Iran President Donald Trump said the U.S. is extending its ceasefire with Iran as he waits for a "unified proposal" from the Islamic Republic, but the U.S. military will continue its blockade.

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The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially informed Pakistan that it will not attend talks with the United States tomorrow and that its decision is final.

Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Pakistan.

The possibility exists that the war could start again in just a matter of hours.

CIA officers killed in Mexico after nation's 'largest ever drug bust' The CIA officers, who have not been named, were killed in the crash on Sunday in the state of Chihuahua along with two Mexican officials.

Accounts of this incident are still sketchy and contradictory. Two CIA officers were killed in Mexico in a fiery car crash after meeting with Mexican authorities that busted one of the 'largest ever drug labs' in the nation, according to reports.

US imposes new Iran-related sanctions

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There’s a federal hearing on June 5 to see whether he can “do a ballroom” without Congress. 👀⚖️🏛️

New York Sues Coinbase, Gemini Over ‘Illegal’ Prediction Markets New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is suing two cryptocurrency exchanges operating prediction market platforms, alleging they skirt the state’s gambling laws.

Gemini and Coinbase's so-called prediction markets are just illegal gambling operations that expose young people to addictive platforms.

Gambling by another name is still gambling. I'm suing to stop these platforms from breaking the law.

Kevin Warsh’s father-in-law Ronald Lauder (billionaire) has been friends with Donald Trump since college
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In Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic, The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick are being represented by Davis Wright Tremaine partners Laura Handman (co-chair of the appellate practice) and Alison Schary and associate Meenakshi Krishnan.

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Interior’s Burgum accused of 'kneecapping’ wind and solar power in favor of oil, gas • Ohio Capital Journal Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil…

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable energy. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/21/r...