He is treasonous and a felon!

The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Secrets Have Been Spilled The leaked memos from a 2016 EPA case expose the spurious reasoning behind one of the justices’ most consequential decisions of the past decade.

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Fed Chair Nominee Caught in Massive Lie on What Trump Told Him Kevin Warsh said he had not discussed cutting interest rates with Donald Trump.

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All Songs Considered: Need a reset? : NPR Music We celebrate spring and new beginnings with a perfect mix of songs for starting over.  This can take many forms: songs that spark a good, cleansing cry; songs that offer wisdom, or just a sure-fire jo...

It's the season for renewal - and music's a real player here. The right song at the right time can be a powerful reset button. This wk's All Songs Considered from @npr.org has a whole bunch of tracks to help. With @doralevite.bsky.social and Noah Caldwell ❤️
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(the midterms can't come soon enough)

And then he said: “If you don’t open the Strait of Hormuz, an entire civilization will die tonight.”

So they opened it.

Then he blockaded it.

So they closed it again.

Now he’s demanding they reopen it… so he can close it again.

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

Vladimir Putin is running out of cards Perspective: The Iran crisis is revealing about Russia's global status under Putin.

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15 Minutes to Commit the Largest Act of Insider Trading in History 15 minutes before President Trump announced a pause on strikes against Iran, someone placed a massive bet on the oil futures market that only makes sense if they knew what was coming.

15 Minutes to Commit the Largest Act of Insider Trading in History
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We're Getting Hit with Patel's Hangover What looks like damage control in a one-off scandal is actually a strategy to do far more damage to democracy.

We're Getting Hit with Patel's Hangover
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Tucker Carlson Makes His Biggest Break From Trump Yet Amid Huge Fight Carlson has gone from appearing at Donald Trump’s rallies to regretting ever backing him.

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Trump’s Social Media Addiction Is Derailing Iran Peace Talks The president’s nonstop posts on Iran are harming negotiations.

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Trump’s Secret War Fears Leak Out as GOP Grows Unnerved: “Alarm Bells” As Trump stews over the war, a journalist who focuses on the imperial presidency observes that Trump seems to fear events are slipping away from him—and explains why that gives Democrats an opening.

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Trump and Netanyahu Have Royally Screwed Each Other Over The Iran war has not turned out the way they promised, and they’re suffering major political blowback as a result.

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The Roberts Court Memos: Fool Me 150 Times, Shame on Me Lisa Graves on the latest NYT SCOTUS exposé

The Roberts Court Memos: Fool Me 150 Times, Shame on Me
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The Daily Wrap Up 20 April, 2026

The Daily Wrap Up
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I’m a neurologist. Here are 5 ways to protect your mind as you age One of the most striking findings in aging research is the power of purpose.

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Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

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Trump Considers Bailing Out His Family’s Major Business Partner The Trump administration seems open to giving a massive lifeline to the UAE—which the country says it may need thanks to the war in Iran.

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Is there still hope for racial justice when authoritarians rule by conspiracy theory? Of the many Black figures targeted by the MAGA right, few have attracted its fury like Ibram X. Kendi.

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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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DOJ Boots Prosecutor From Trump Revenge Probe After She Shared Doubts The lead prosecutor on the investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan expressed doubts about the case’s viability.

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Trump Accidentally Admits What He Really Thinks of MAGA Voters As Trump rages at ex-allies in revealing outbursts, the author of a piece on Trump and the global right explains how he’s shrinking MAGA—and politically damaging himself and the GOP.

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Trump administration is overhauling Obamacare without Congress - WP Intelligence A sweeping new insurance rule will allow new bare-bones plans into ACA marketplaces, shifting costs and risks across the industry in 2027.

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Fair Elections Alert: April 20, 2026 Election Safeguards Eliminated. Voters Worried About Election Interference. SAVE-Style Policies Spread in States.

Fair Elections Alert: April 20, 2026
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