Hope John Roberts, who assured us that absolute immunity would prevent presidents from going after their predecessors, sees this

Don’t start no shit. Won’t be no shit.

New poll: 55% support impeaching Trump Support for impeachment rivals levels during Donald Trump's first presidency, when he was impeached twice, and for impeaching Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal

"A new poll conducted April 10-14 finds 55% of U.S. adults say the House should vote to impeach Trump. 37% oppose, 8% are unsure. A surprising percentage of both Republicans and Trump’s own 2024 voters say they would support impeachment if a vote were held today."
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Democrats did not step back. We fought back. When they go low, we hit back hard. We won Prop 50 in California, reclaimed a seat in Utah, pushed back extremists in Ohio and halted toxic GOP efforts in Indiana, New Hampshire, Nebraska and Kansas. Tonight, thanks to the relentless work of Virginia Democrats, led by Governor Abigail Spanberger, Speaker Don Scott, State Majority Leader Scott Surovell and President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, “YES” won and Donald Trump lost. Virginians spoke with a crystal-clear voice, voting to stop the MAGA power grab and protect the integrity of free and fair elections. This war is not over. Next week, Ron DeSantis is hauling the Florida legislature back into a special session to redraw maps because Republicans know they are on the verge of an epic defeat in November. DeSantis is clearly more interested in illegal gerrymandering than lowering the high cost of living or fixing our broken healthcare system. Right now, nearly 5 million Floridians are facing higher premiums because Republicans failed to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump’s dummymander in Texas. We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

Hakeem Jeffries puts out a FAFO:

"We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast....

Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time"

Just remember this maga when you're crying like little bitches... Texas and Florida caused this. This never would have happened if they didn't do what they did. If you're not mad at them you're just a hypocrite. Blame them. Have a nice night.

We’ve now reached the part of the referendum where everyone lines up, mutters “goodgamegoodgamegoodgamegoodgame“ a bunch of times with a series of low fives - the winning Yes side slightly more enthusiastic about it- and then they bring out baggies of oranges and Capri Suns for the campaign workers.

The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.

Sometimes I love the internet

Humpty Dumpty was pushed.

Victoria Toensing @VicToensing Hubby being sworn in as Counsel to the Attorney General. 4:04 PM · Apr 20, 2026 · 6,199 Views Jason Reding Quiñones, the US Attorney in Miami, swearing in a much shorter Joe DiGenova.

Joe DiGenova, whose wife once solicited payments from foreigners to lie about Joe Biden in 2019, just got sworn in to investigate things those things he lied about in the past.

Over the weekend I laid out why this is so problematic.

emptywheel.net/2026/04/19/t...

Interesting @markjacob.bsky.social point here: Why not more stand-alone stories with heds like "Trump Is Dismantling Democracy"?

"Such a headline would be easy to support with facts that the NYT and other major media report in isolation every day. They’re simply afraid to hit the total button."

and they have the gall to call the democrats out of touch

Kash Patel and the Lessons of FBI Leadership How does the current director stand up to his predecessors?

Hey Bluesky. I just posted my first article on Substack. And this makes my first Bluesky post. Check it out and share it if you like
Let the games begin. 🙃
www.therealmccabe.com/p/kash-patel...

I'm watching a video on Trad Wives and how the Democrats have abandoned traditional family values to the GOP and if only they would run on progressive ideas and programs to help the poor people.

Democrats do run on those programs but you associate them with BLACK PEOPLE so you run to vote MAGA.

Under Trump, there is no law. The people want payback Forget accountability, says legal expert. Think retribution.

"There is no law that covers what Trump has done. Partially because we could not imagine a criminal sociopath being elected president. Partially because SCOTUS has – based on nothing – conjured a crazily broad immunity doctrine just at the moment a criminal sociopath was in place to abuse it."

Folks, I think the word we want here is “Vansplaining”.

Weird framing in the quoted article. It’s not a quarrel if only one person is quarreling. This isn’t due to a quarrel, it’s an escalation in an attempt to get the Pope and—it’s incredible I’m saying this, given the last +40 years—the US Catholic hierarchy to shut up.

Absolutely historic day at the Consent Factory

Mine is: ChatGPT is garbage and you should use it for nothing but the occasional minor shits and giggles

I’ve had people say I’ve immigrated “the right way” and I remind them that I’m a highly privileged person in a moderately high end job, so yeah piece of cake. My company got my visas and permanent residency. Most
people don’t get that chance or even close.

As confirmed by ABC News, Trump's naval blockade is proving to be a COMPLETE FAILURE. Multiple tankers have made it through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has spent billions of taxpayer dollars for what has amounted to be a anouther failing strategy. Pete Hegseth should be fired. 😂

Every once in a while, I like to watch this video clip of Joe Biden comforting a grieving Parkland family to remind myself what compassionate leadership looks like.

This is the stuff I truly miss.

Today is the day Donald Trump truly became the Vicar of Christ.

It's not a counterpunch, guys. The pope didn't throw a punch. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...

What takes Becerra off the list for you?

I also think it is likely that there are others who get away with shizz so he thinks he can too…

I know it’s hard to hear her since she doesn’t have a beard and isn’t in Carhartt, but this is progressive.

With CATS

No on Porter