"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.

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Voters did this. Not partisan politicians like in Texas.

AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

www.billboard.com/pro/aeg-owne...

Fraud concerns as 500 blank ballots from recent elections found near Renton dumpster A box containing roughly 500 ballots from recent elections was discovered near a dumpster behind a Renton strip mall.

Interesting.
Story claims the person who found the ballots called reps & King County elections & got no response.
What rep did the person call and when? Why was the Rep from Aberdeen called.

Fraud concerns as 500 blank ballots from recent elections found near Renton. share.google/nyB3V6DXHCM9...

BREAKING: Democrats Win Big in Virginia, Re-Draw the State's Congressional Maps We have breaking news right now.

LETS GO!!!! ✊🏾👊🏾🙌🏾👏🏾💪🏾💪🏾
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Carve Trump’s likeness into Mount Rushmore
Rename Palm Beach airport after Trump
Rename Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump
Require the State Department to award a “Trump Peace Prize”
Declare Trump’s birthday a federal holiday

Virginia! Today is the last day to vote in the redistricting referendum.

Make sure to vote YES.

You can find your polling location at IWillVote.com/VA.

Ballots drop in 2 weeks. As @brat2381.bsky.social says, keep your foot on the gas for @xavierbecerra.bsky.social!

Go to www.xavierbecerra2026.com/action-center/ to join the #BHive!

Governor’s race wildly unpredictable two weeks before Californians receive ballots
www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is also why I check out when people minimize racism as a material & economic interest. Towns keep their taxes low by pulling over Black people. CEOs pump up their stock by selling technology meant to surveil us. Insurance companies meet their margins selling exorbitant policies in Black cities.

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes has long been a joke (who wants to tell Mika?) but this is below even my low expectations for it. Thoughtless greed.
In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control
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Senators demand OPM withdraw plan to access feds’ medical records More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers warned that a little-scrutinized proposal to collect claims-level data related to the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits progra...

The Trump admin wants access to the personal medical records of millions of federal workers, including their medical visits, prescriptions, and treatment histories.

This is just wrong.

I'm urging them to reserve course on this dangerous decision, which puts Americans’ privacy at risk.

Come on Virginia‼️Let’s get to the polls and #VoteYESVirginiaToday to stop Trump and his enablers rampant corruption and get back to having a Congress that will be a check on this administration’s abuse of power. Obama knows we are in a crisis, so it’s time to fight 🔥with💥💥

Oh God…

A sitting U.S. president. On camera. Bragging about preferring war to diplomacy.
The military launched strikes on Iran in February. Khamenei killed. U.S. service members dead. A $1.5 TRILLION defense budget now on the table.
War as a negotiating flex. Bombs as a “better attitude.”
Unbelievable. 🤬

"We didn't start this fight, but I'm saying to Virginia, we need to finish it." Quote from VA Del. Delores McQuinn

Virginians: Today's the last day to vote on an important redistricting measure.

I hope you'll vote YES—for Virginia, and for the entire country.

You have a chance to help level the playing field as Republicans seek an unfair advantage in Congress. Please take it. Get more info: IWillVote.com/VA

We can’t afford two more years of unchecked power.—President Obama. 🇺🇸
Virginia answers back TODAY, April 21, 6am–7pm. Same-day registration available at your polling place. Vote YES to stop gerrymandering and protect fair House seats for our future.
#VoteYesVirginiaToday

There’s something mentally wrong with the President of the United States.

Virginia, outside billionaires like Peter Thiel are trying to steal our elections. 💰
🚫 Not on our watch.
TODAY, April 21, 6am–7pm, vote YES. Same-day registration at your polling place.
Stop the illegal gerrymandering. Period.
#VoteYesVirginiaToday

SORKIN: There's a whole number of very large companies, including Apple and Amazon, that have not sought reimbursements yet for the tariffs. From what I understand, part of the reason is they're worried about offending you.


TRUMP: I think it's brilliant. They got to know me very well. I'm honored.

Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls Across the country, people complained about threats, aggressive electioneering and racist language both at early voting locations and on Election Day. We’ve corroborated some of those accounts.

#Elections #Intimidation in #Murica

California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost prices on their websites to not undercut it California's attorney general alleges that Amazon uses its market power to pressure vendors like Levi Strauss and retailers like Walmart to raise prices on their websites.

California's attorney general alleges that Amazon uses its market power to pressure vendors like Levi Strauss and retailers like Walmart to raise prices on their websites.

Part of me wants to blow this off. But people just pay so little attention to where stuff is coming from online that I fear they can’t see that this is obviously AI.

A peer reviewed study shows a promising link between flu and shingles vaccines and a reduced risk of dementia. A heroin addict who cut off a raccoon’s penis for “further study” says these vaccines cause autism. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

This story is huge for 2 reasons. Not only is it a window into the Master Plan of billionaires buying SCOTUS, but the fact this leaked out means the Court is in full blown Civil War mode. Brace yourself, America

Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?

The manifesto makes a straightforward case that government and Silicon Valley power must be fused in order to defend Western values - which are superior to others - with hard rather than soft power. For many, this sounds like techno-fascism.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

DOJ’s First ‘Weaponization’ Report Is a Bust The document purports to show bias under the Biden administration—and fails spectacularly.

“A new DOJ report claims to show bias under the Biden administration—and fails spectacularly,” @qjurecic.bsky.social argues.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

And for anyone who doesn't subscribe to The Atlantic yet, a gift link for you: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...