She is awful and should be fired but man that is three women out of the Cabinet and not a single guy

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

Tim Apple stepping down the same day Tim Onion announces big news

Huge day for the Tim community is what I’m saying

Delta Air Lines had no trouble endorsing the Big Beautiful Bill, which gave ICE a blank check to terrorize Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge.

They flew Liam to an ICE concentration camp.

Now they want a million dollars to build a new lounge at MSP.

Join us on Monday to demand accountability.

Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.

The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

A Bellwether Prosecution in Minnesota State assault charges against ICE agent can pave the way for charging killers of Good and Pretti. Plus, Friday's Lighter Fare.

"It is the first criminal charge against a federal officer arising from Operation Metro Surge. It bears a close watch, both on its own merits and as something of a dress rehearsal for the higher-profile potential prosecutions in the Good and Pretti cases." https://bit.ly/4etMth1

Medical research is being decimated. It’s has flatlined and now half of 2025 and 1/3 of 2015-2024 average. Future generations will suffer dearly because of delayed and missing treatments and cures.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

A drawing of the U.S. Capitol with Long COVID Campaign logo above it, and Sign on, Senators to #FundLongCOVID underneath, with the message: Sunday Voicemails Plus Emails Equals Change.

📣#LongCOVID Community📣 THANK YOU to the almost 600 folks who've emailed & called their Senators! Sunday emails & voicemails CAN move the Senate on Monday! Senate FY27 #FundLongCOVID "Dear Colleague" deadline extended to Monday AM. @lccampaign.bsky.social free, customizable tools here: 1/x

1) Re-reading some ME/CFS history: in the late 1990s the CDC diverted millions of dollars budgeted for
ME/CFS into work on other diseases.

The CDC presented misleading data to Congress, a whistleblower was needed to uncover the misuse of funds.

2) In 1995, Congress earmarked $22.7 million for ME/CFS research. But A report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), found that between 1995 and 1998, less than half of that amount was clearly spent on ME/CFS.

Source:
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I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for

The defense secretary is derisively comparing the media to a maligned group of rabbinic Jews, the FBI director is denying reports of drunkenness on the job, the vice president is in a two-front theological war with the pope and Erika Kirk, Donald Trump is still president, and gas is $4. Happy Friday

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

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Pro-Trump Billionaires Inch Closer to Controlling American Media

Journalist Katie Phang joined creatives to testify in front of Congress against the proposed Warner Bros & Paramount merger, warning of its disastrous impact on press freedom & democracy.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/pro-trump-...

“All we have to fear, is fear itself”

“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”

“What the hell is a corner store?”

Great Presidential quotes of our time

Tomorrow morning Democracy Docket will publish my latest on how we need to be aggressive in defending free and fair elections even if it means taking risks. It will only go out via email to Democracy Docket subscribers so sign up now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Useful advice for our times.

Last month in The Onion:

Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2025, despite making $5.7 billion.

This Tax Day, remember that you have paid more in taxes than a multi-billion dollar company—all thanks to corporate tax breaks from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater.

This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning.

Never doubt your power to change the system.

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admited that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release.
DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be proescuted as well.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position?

RUSS VOUGHT: Yes

BOYLE: That's laughable!

Jim Jordan is commenting on Eric Swalwell's sexual misconduct allegations. Jordan was assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State while team doctor Richard Strauss sexually abused at least 177 athletes. Multiple wrestlers testified under oath they told Jordan. He did nothing. He was never charged.

Wet towel in space: NASA astronaut demonstrates how surface tension forms a perfect water sphere in microgravity at the ISS

Trump says "The Pope is weak on crime"

I say "it’s not the Pope’s fault you’re not in prison Donald"

The world watched as Israel razed Gaza to the ground.

Now, the world is watching as Israel razes Lebanon to the ground.

War crimes beget war crimes — and the failure to bring Israel to justice for genocide has emboldened it to destroy human life with total impunity.

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

There’s already a date onboard for a general strike

May 1st, National Strike

No work, no school, no shopping

www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...