Insider trading at the White House is an open secret

nothing weakens your war-fighting capabilities like *checks notes* not having the flu

You know who else famously used paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups?

The Justice Department.

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

During Trump's first year the NIH supported 2,700 fewer projects, including a 31% drop in projects with the word "women" in them.

Trump's attack on science is undermining American innovation & more importantly, is an attack on Americans' health.

When Donald Trump gave Live Nation-Ticketmaster the green light to keep overcharging fans, guess who stepped up?

State Attorneys General. Jurors. Everyday people who are tired of getting scammed by giant companies.

This is how we win.

Trump, who dodged the draft 5x during the Vietnam War, and later said dodging STD’s at NYC clubs was his personal Vietnam, now claims he would have “won” the Vietnam War as president.

Let that level of delusion sink in.

Boycott Dispatch #10: Fascist Banks Citizens Bank really wants to be mentioned with Wells Fargo and the other big fascist banks.

I've updated this banking guide that is the 10th most vital boycott in the guide, but frankly, it boils down to this: Big banks bad. Smaller banks better. Credit unions best. Still, read the guide. There is more to it than that.
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This is fun

Congrats to Tim Cook, whose obituary will feature extended quotations from the president's uh praise

If you attend the White House Correspondents Dinner this year, you should be legally barred from using the term "journalist" to describe yourself from that point on.

I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.

It was worth it.

Trump approval falls to 35% as rating on handling prices hits a record -46 Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds the president's overall job approval at a new low, Democrats leading by 7 on the generic ballot, and a majority says the Iran war is not worth the cost

Trump’s approval on prices hits a record -46 — and he’s underwater on everything else, too open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

#ICYMI: We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

Via Reuters: Russia is set to stop oil exports from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline starting from May 1, three industry sources said on Tuesday.

Trump did this 👇🏽

“While breaking bread with Carr isn’t quite on the level of “honoring” Trump’s anti-press White House, it is still appalling.”

What a nauseating guest list: Trump, Carr, Hegseth and Steven Miller. A stunning error in judgment by these journalists.

April 20, 2026 Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was so unstable and angry after learning on April 3 that Iranians had shot down an American jet that...

April 20, 2026

New week, new elections — actually, they’re not new cause most of them have had early voting, but I digress.

I certainly hope you know about one of the elections this week, and that, of course, would be VA redistricting referendum, but, of course that’s not all.
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The Trump regime should not be treated like a normal administration. Saying nothing & acting business-as-usual in their presence is just granting them unearned legitimacy.

If your commander-in-chief is being excluded from military operations (coz he’s a lunatic) and blocked from accessing the nuclear codes (coz he’s a lunatic), you’re overdue for a new commander-in-chief.

Hilarious.🤣

We don't know which Cabinet secretary will be forced to resign next, but we know it'll be either Brooke Rollins or Linda McMahon because they're the last two women left.

Donald Trump’s Fed Chair nominee has problems. YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

Donald Trump’s Fed Chair nominee has problems.

The Department of Labor has improved the lives of millions of people. I worked like hell as secretary of labor because I believed in what we were doing.

What's happened at the department under this latest Trump regime is an insult to generations of DOL employees, to American workers, to America.

8:30 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Live Phone Interview with Joe Kernen, Squawk Box, CNBC The White House Closed Press 1:30 PM PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting Oval Office Closed Press THE 3:00 PM PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting Oval Office Closed Press THE 4:00 PM PRESIDENT delivers Remarks to NCAA Collegiate National Champions State Dining Room White House Press Pool THE 5:00 PM PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting Oval Office Closed Press

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Tim Cook's legacy is tax-dodging and wealth hoarding, depriving the American people of $2.4 billion in unpaid taxes in one year alone: theweek.com/articles/476...

We know someone in the administration is making bets on the war, but is it possible they're trying to somehow beat the spread as well?

The Venn diagram of rape culture and abortion criminalization (well underway) is a clean and perfect, open circle.

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

Excellent piece by @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social