Here’s the thing—especially on April 15: cutting the IRS isn't some abstract budget trim. It's a tax cut delivered through weaker enforcement. And it mostly goes to people with the most scope to hide income.
Sobering...it's a gift article from David Ignatius--one of the few luminaries remaining at The Washington Post.
wapo.st/4sE5K2D
Fed governor Christopher Waller, who was one of the most dovish members of the FOMC, warned the impact of higher oil prices on top of Trump’s tariffs raised the prospect of a prolonged, pandemic-style inflation shock.
www.ft.com/content/5a93...
when there are no longer cops on the beat, criminals no longer need lawyers to defend them www.ft.com/content/befa...
Anne Applebaum has some insight on how Péter Magyar and his party, Tisza, overcame long odds to defeat authoritarian Viktor Orbán overwhelmingly in last weekend's election. If it can happen there, it can happen here.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This is a good analogy.
BRENNAN: Did they mine the strait? Because Trump also said they might not have
TURNER: You'll have to ask the president
BRENNAN: That's the point. Congress hasn't been briefed
TURNER: It's his tweet
B: You're a member of oversight and armed services
TURNER: You'll have to ask the president
When both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are each pulling out all the stops to support a head of state, you really ought to wonder wtf.
Hey let’s remember this: when Trump gives Iran multiple time the cash Obama did, Fox News will do wall to wall coverage of it like they did Obama. Right?
RIGHT?
An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death
DO NOT TRY to convince me that actual thinking on Trump's part was involved. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Trump voters: I have a big fat bone to pick with you...even bigger than Trump's fat, sagging ass.
You can read this gift article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
Hold up! I forgot the Mexican food.
Best damn interview of my life!
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Guys this isn’t a joke it’s a real OLC opinion: www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
(Axios story here: www.axios.com/2026/04/01/t...)
There’s good historical reason to worry that an authoritarian government leader collecting a registry of Jews, under the pretext of protecting Jews, while that leader has referred to Jews as “disloyal,” may not end up so well for The Jews. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
New in PN: The Great Republican DHS Funding Rake-Stepping Fest
"Faced with a metastasizing crisis Republicans deliberately inflicted on the country, Dems held firm. Rs, for their part, blustered, caved, caved again, blustered more, then swiftly rushed to bludgeon their faces w/ each other’s fists."
I was at a #NoKings rally yesterday and rather than writing another essay about why this matters I will just say that it is pure joy to meet the people who want to stand out and the people who are doing the work. Thank you.
His “nobody knew” stories belong in the Museum of Mealymouthed Lies right next to his “Sir” stories.
Trump wants you to believe he’s more powerful than he is - and that you have less power than you do.
Tomorrow, millions of Americans will gather to remind one another where power actually resides in this democracy: with us, the people.
“Sakura” in Japan.
Cherry blossoms symbolize the fleeting nature of life, mortality, renewal, and spring in Japanese culture. ☺️
TT: ThaoThao
Yodo station, Kyoto
SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings?
CPAC CROWD: *cheers*
SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.
Trump's ill-conceived military action has neither the support of Congress nor the support of American families. It has no clear objectives, shifting goals, and has alienated our allies and made us less safe.
Heather Cox Richardson writes about this and more:
Winning in levels never before seen.
Swalwell: "I want to knock out this argument we even need ICE doing what they're doing in the first place. If they are so easily moved from our streets, where they are terrorizing people, to passing out bottles of water in the airport, did we really need them terrorizing people in the first place?"
You're doing just fine. My dad passed when I was 15, but in those few years--even the adolescent ones when my parents obviously had no brains--he did impress wardrobe standards on me. FWIW, I'd be proud to serve as your fake dad any day.
Minutes before heading to a conference, light panic in my closet... Is this a sports coat, a blazer, a suit jacket? How do I look the part? What would a real professional wear?
Decades later I still feel the void from growing up without a dad.
If that's you, I see you, and know we are everywhere.
Once I got started on this piece, the numbers started talking to me, and by the end they were screaming.
So I feel like I've got to share it with you: The Federal Employee Crisis Nobody's Talking About.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQuz...
