"Court documents show Trump knew he was going to tear down the East Wing at least two months before doing so, but he never told the public."

PA Commonwealth Court: reproductive autonomy is a fundamental right under the Pennsylvania Constitution, embedded within the right to privacy and other recognized rights, even if those currently interpreting the U.S. Constitution disagree.
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Senate votes 52-46 to proceed to the Republican budget resolution for a bill that can grant up to $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, bypassing a filibuster.

Fully along party lines with Grassley (R) and Warner (D) missing the vote.

Now <50 hours debate then vote-a-rama.

yiiiikes

Iran says it will announce its position on ceasefire at a later date.-Tasnim

My view on the Briefing Room 5 weeks ago was:
If the Strait reopens in the next week, we have economic disruption but it’s manageable.
Closed for another 4-8 weeks & we have high energy prices throughout the year.
Closed for few months & all bets are off and we’re in a really grim economic world.

Iran’s decision to not be in Pakistan on Wednesday is final.-Tasnim

Yet again I remind everyone (as Elizabeth does in her very next tweet) that "foreigners are corrupting our pure blood with weakness & disease" is Fascism 101. Not some variant, not some metaphorically similar thing, not some echo -- the thing itself.

Trump administration is changing America for the worse [letter] I remember when Congress insisted on voting in 2001 before the war against Afghanistan. Now, as I see it, Republicans in Congress are running away from their constitutional responsibilities regarding

Lancaster County reader letter: "I remember when U.S. administrations valued NATO. Now, Trump threatens to destroy it, which would essentially fulfill Vladimir Putin’s ambitions and be a profoundly shameful episode for America." lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

Trump has created a defence crisis for the US. The military has heavily depleted key missile stockpiles during the Iran War, raising concerns about readiness for another major conflict, CNN reports.

One expert warned it has opened “a window of increased vulnerability”.

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Despite its branding, the flu pandemic of 1918 was partially centered at FT Riley in Kansas, not Spain! Us Army Soldiers were primary vectors for spreading the disease.

Fully agree, but this ship sailed in January 2025 and isn't returning to port until the Senate's makeup and fortitude change.

How Pa.'s falling school vaccination rates and enforcement failures put thousands of children at risk A six-month Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found that school leaders have allowed thousands of children into schools without all the required vaccines even though they had no special exemptions...

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The trip could be back on at a moment’s notice if Iran’s negotiators respond in a way that President Trump deems acceptable. U.S. officials are also looking for a clear signal that Iran’s negotiators have been fully empowered to reach an agreement.-NYT

Pequea supervisors vote to forward draft of data center ordinance to planning commissions When: Pequea Township Board of Supervisors meeting, April 15.

“The impact of data centers can be severe on a property,” Deimler said. lancasteronline.com/news/regiona...

Flu spreads efficiently especially in close quarters like military troop lodging facilities. If you are in the military you are required to get several vaccines because of how devastating outbreaks can be to troops and also because they are more likely be targeted by agents of biological warfare.

“if you’re worried about polio tuberculosis, you should look at the immigration policies as a place where it’s occurring are the place with the immigrants are going cause they’re not vaccinated…”

Exact quote from RFK Jr. He is a liar and this rhetoric is incredibly dangerous.

RFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.

Disqualifying

The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in the IRGC:

There are currently no negotiations, and we will negotiate only when the enemy accepts our conditions. The enemy must acknowledge that we are in the position of the victor and it is in the position of the loser.

This entire article about how screens are destroying K-12 education is worth reading, but here are some highlights:

They live arguably the most protected, insulated lives in the nation. Easier to be optimistic when you're not among the most vulnerable (a rapidly expanding demographic)

Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military Hegseth described his latest directive as ‘restoring’ what he called ‘simple medical autonomy’ in response to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 policies

Pete Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military

"We lost 13 men"

At least three of these fatalities were women:
♦️Capt. Ariana Savino
♦️Technical Sergeant Ashley Pruitt
♦️Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor

I found this out with about 30 seconds of Googling.
The Commander-in-Chief still doesn't know.

"I'm doing a ballroom now" -- Trump is now ranting about his ballroom on CNBC

Trump ‘screamed at aides for hours’ after US pilots went missing in Iran: report The F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran on April 3, prompting a high-stakes rescue mission

Trump kept out of the room during operation to find downed pilots in Iran after ‘screaming’ at aides for hours, report says

Former Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev: “Europeans should not expect active intervention from the United States in a hypothetical conflict between certain EU countries and Russia.”

Trump: "The market's up. We're gonna be at 50,000. That's where we were just a little while ago, and when I hit 50,000 on the Dow, I said, ' I hate to do this to everybody, but I'm gonna have to journey down to a place called Iran.' You want to see a bad stock market? Try blowing up the Middle East"

Trump on CNBC just now:

"I would've won Vietnam very quickly"

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...