guys the AI is doing bloody mary

The shadow docket hurts people, judges, and a functioning legal system.

And I'm glad that Steve is out there, as patiently as humanly possible, reminding the public that, as much as defenders of the Supreme Court may try, there's simply no sanewashing it.

There’s a law underway to stop this by mandating speed limiters in vehicles that rack up a history of reckless driving.

but it’s being held up by the state assembly, because the Speaker is… also a super speeder himself.

Call Speaker Heastie and tell him to support Stop Super Speeders: 518-455-3791

Probably a great time to bailout a discount airline.

I don’t think Donald Trump is the Anti-Christ, but I do think he’s proof positive that huge swaths of Christians would support the actual Anti-Christ if he ever materialized.

It’s amazing the damage one man-child’s protracted temper tantrum has done to faith in our democracy.

Some 46% of respondents said they agreed with the statement that there are large numbers of fraudulent ballots cast by non-citizens in U.S. elections, with 82% of Republicans agreeing compared with 18% of Democrats and 38% of independents. About 53% of respondents said ​they were worried about fraudulent mail‑in or absentee ballots, compared with 43% who said they were not, with partisan division again apparent: 83% of Republicans expressed concern, versus ​33% of Democrats. Taken together, the responses indicate that years of messaging by Trump and his allies casting doubt on voting have resonated strongly with ⁠Republicans, particularly around claims that non‑citizens vote in significant numbers and that mail‑in ballots are unreliable, despite repeated audits and academic research finding fraud in either case to be exceedingly rare.

Not great

Trump: I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine "sweepers" are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP 797 ReTruths 3.11k Likes 4/23/26, 5:45 AM

“I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level!”

The utter betrayal of the Afghans who risked their lives to help us is a national shame. Even aside from the moral crime, it’s horrible policy too.

Florida state lawmakers have shown little interest in redistricting and are not expected to propose their own maps. "All of these redistricting initiatives are toxic," said Carlos Curbelo, a Republican former congressman from South Florida, adding that his party risked both weakening Republicans' chances in certain districts and eroding faith in American democracy.

Florida Republicans are afraid of doing a dummymander lol

Wah wah wah

Nothing he can say to them will be as degrading and disgraceful as their own decision to be there in the first place.

I get the funny feeling the Supreme Court is not eager to take up President Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx...

C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

Jay Bhattacharya pulls a study because he doesn’t like the conclusions. I cannot explain how bad this is and how it reeks of the stench of ideological zealotry and has no basis in science. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Trump may do more for the energy transition than any other individual through sheer incompetence, just like JD Vance may do more than anyone else for the cause of global antifascism simply by being viscerally repellent.

less than a week ago the president told the world the strait of hormuz had been reopened and would never close again in the history of the planet

The Secretary of Health and Human Services views “sickness” as a weakness or, I don’t know…moral failing…such that “sick” people dying isn’t a problem.

It's a really important point to make that the modus operandi of the current GOP is built on the idea that the democrats will follow rules that don't apply to them and they can do whatever they want and the democrats can't. When that shifts, they're completely clueless and start thrashing.

The decision is four pages and is just bare assertions that the referendum was unconstitutional with no reasoning or citations, which makes sense considering how quickly it was issued.

Anyone who mocks Ocasio-Cortez for being a bartender - rather than seeing those skills are a significant part of her arsenal - is the sort of person who's never in their life gotten a free drink.

The Hormuz situation seems so so bad, like gonna-destabilize-half-the-globe-and-tank-the-economy bad, with no obvious resolution even plausible, and it’s still getting the “distant crisis mostly of interest to nerds that will work itself out” treatment in American press

That was pretty cathartic.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—

AOC: Wah wah wah.

We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no.

What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

if southern white voters were, like, 50% less racist so many states would be in play

(which is not to say white voters everywhere aren't racist, but if you look at the white vote in the south vs the white vote everywhere else hoo boy)

Dying in office because you insisted on clinging to power until the very end instead of letting a new generation of leaders rise should be seen for the shameful, egomaniacal act that it is.

Jtbc, Trump Media was not a legitimate company, but rather a money-laundering vehicle via which parties could bribe the incoming President-elect.

Nunes didn't leave until he was able to cash out over $46M in stock options (with a company that reported only $5M in revenue).