Monstrous. A stain on this country forever.

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.

Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

I guess those two players got the short straws .....

Trump’s gutted and scandal-plagued Labor Department needs congressional oversight - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington While millions of Americans struggle to find jobs, Trump's already diminished Labor Department is embroiled in scandal and legal issues.

During her tenure, Labor Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been involved in her fair share of scandal. Now, she has reportedly chosen to resign just days before she was scheduled to sit for an interview with the Labor IG.

Here's what you should know:

The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and the ignominy of Todd Blanche Another dark day for DOJ.

Trust me, you'll want to give this a read:

Book Bans and Attempted Bans Remain at Record Highs in the United States - Bucks County Beacon “In 2025, book bans were not sparked by concerned parents, and they were not the result of local grassroots efforts. They were part of a well-funded, politically-driven campaign," said Sarah Lamdan, e...

Book Bans and Attempted Bans Remain at Record Highs in the United States | “In 2025, book bans were not sparked by concerned parents & they were not the result of local grassroots efforts. They were part of a well-funded, politically-driven campaign," said @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's Sarah Lamdan.

Pete Buttigieg with the quote: “I’ll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic credit for going to a lot of different places. Going to these college campuses is the equivalent, in their minds, of the way I feel when I go on Fox News. The difference is, when I go on Fox News, I’m telling the truth.”

Possible presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg recently called out right-wing organisation Turning Point USA during a town hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 18 April.

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If you would have read the JAMA report on this variant and read through the data sets, you would know this variant is a variant of 6/7… “Highly Mutated” does not mean more infectious nore does it mean more evading. The data suggest it also likes young unvaccinated children so, there’s that.

Foreign money, alleged lies, and extremism—what GOP senators voting for Kash Patel ignored Trump's pick for FBI director is severely compromised. Republicans don't care.

FBI Dir Patel was paid $25,000 to appear in an anti-FBI documentary produced by an American-Russian filmmaker with Kremlin ties.

That filmmaker, Igor Lopatonok, worked on an overt Russian propaganda campaign funded by Putin’s office.

The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

More data and details: popular.info/p/the-media-...

Trump's FCC Chief Says His Censorship Protects the Little Guy. It Really Serves One Powerful Man. When you look at the fights Brendan Carr actually picks, they aren’t local stories at all. They’re tailored for Donald Trump.

“The real Brendan Carr is the unrepentant censorship czar who shows up at CPAC and openly threatens broadcasters on X, not the slicker version who rails against coastal elites to change the subject,” writes FPF’s Seth Stern for @theintercept.com:

221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan Remarkable reporting from the New York Times provides a peek behind the curtain of the February 2016 rulings that ushered in the modern emergency docket. And what it reveals is pretty discouraging.

"In the first major case in which the Court granted emergency relief as a means of shaping nationwide policy, it turns out that the justice who led the charge was the one who was doing quite a bit more than calling balls and strikes."

Me on Saturday's @nytimes.com scoop in today's "One First":

Have you updated the article yet, @nytimes.com ?

@gillianbrockell.com is the longtime expert on this and beat you to it. Give her credit!

Is he not aware that the GDP has declined since the felon took office? Q4 GDP growth was revised down to just .5% for the fourth quarter of last year. Shouldn't he know this?

grift

A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls. A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force...

NEW: “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.”

w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

ICE is not about immigration.

ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets.

Abolish ICE.

Sources aren’t safe when surveillance is for sale Congress must close the loophole that turns journalists’ and sources’ data into a storehouse for state spying

If the government can buy a map of movements by journalists and suspected leakers, "confidential sources" can’t exist.

Congress should pass the Government Surveillance Reform Act and close the data broker loophole once and for all.

Rev. Pete at the Pentagon

"He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a Vodka drink
He drinks a Lager drink
He drinks a cider drink"
-- Chumbawamba 19:97

A short term reauthorization gives us another bite at the apple. We have until April 30 to keep the pressure up to make sure they don’t reauthorize Section 702 without serious reforms.

Did RFK Jr say the US had more people die of covid because we shut down schools?? - During Congressional hearing on April 16, 2026

This is a blatant LIE! DAMN HIM!

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America He said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have “fallen out of favor” among Americans.

Pretty sure he’s calling for violence in the quotes at the end of this article.

Making money off of people’s misery is definitely a feature of this administration and its supporters.

Really interested to see how DCU, a team that needs to give fans something to be excited about & that indicated a real desire to place org emphasis on the Open Cup last year, approaches tonight.

Anecdotal, but Tuesday's 7 games featured 2 upsets, 2 MLS teams surviving pens, & 2 1-goal MLS wins.

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

NEW: Teenage boys are pulling classmates' photos off Insta and running them through cheap nudify apps and the fallout has now hit nearly 90 schools across 28 countries with 600+ known victims since 2023, per a WIRED/Indicator analysis.

UNICEF estimates 1.2M children were targeted last year alone.

Tax refunds are up. Americans still paid higher taxes - Salon.com Prices rose all year due to tariffs, quietly offsetting any boost Americans saw at tax time

Prices rose all year due to tariffs, quietly offsetting any boost Americans saw at tax time.

The fact that so many Republicans, including Johnson, see no problem with the image the felon posted speaks volumes about their version of Christianity, in general.

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.

The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys.

Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.

Reasons for encouragement, even amid the madness Plus: A report card on 'No Kings' coverage by media large and small

“Can Journalism Help Save Democracy?”

Inspiring piece from @sulliview.bsky.social
who answers “Yes!” to the question:
Hungary - journalists contributed to Orban’s fall by exposing corruption

Epstein - epic investigative journalism by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

New Study shows fluoride in water does NOT impact IQ or brain function.
Why does RFK Jr want fluoride removed from dirnking water?