Today’s Litigation Tracker updates:
-Orgs sue to block DOJ’s collection of confidential voter data for national database
-Environmental group petitions D.C. Cir to compel EPA to regulate pesticide
-Coalition says EO banning DEI policies for Federal Contractors violates First Amendment
And more: 👇
The cracks spread, glass fractures, & then it all falls apart.
Once again, I must remind folks that prices per barrel and GDP figures are insufficient for measuring the scope of the present crisis. Pieces of our economy are shutting down & that will inflict substantial downstream harm.
#EconSky
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.
The Administration’s decision to gut the Forest Service ahead of a severe wildfire season, losing critical AND regional expertise, puts Oregonians and the PNW in danger.
We’ll keep you posted and continue discussing the plan for wildfire response and coordination.
Not only did the sons probably call ICE on her, the day after her husband died they took their dad's cars, leaving her housebound. Then they rerouted mail, causing her to miss a visa appointment & the utilities to be turned off. Tony and Gary Ross are going to hell.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
The PBS News thumbnail of their House budget stream featuring a befuddled looking RFK JR
Well played @pbsnews.org well played with that thumbnail of absolute befuddlement from an absolute disgrace and disaster of a HHS leader. #masterclass
Here’s a feed cleanser.
Dogs catching treats.
HOWLING
Oh.. Oh... And it's the Venetoulis Institute
#news #newspaper #pittsburgh #baltimore
www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...
Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg.
Read it.
Then act.
“Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now.
Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”
Love this video from @hankgreen.bsky.social - beautiful photos made all the more beautiful when you understand what's going on
youtu.be/oaXRREHVkHo?...
Daley Rutschman in the new white, green and yellow Orioles jersey. He has a bat on his shoulders and the front of the jersey says BMORE
Wheeeeennnnn
Pit Beef hits your eye
With Tiger Sauce and some fries
That’s:
Could say something about the Orange idiot sucking the oxygen out of the room for an instance that actually makes America great, but I’ll just keep it to myself.
The other cool thing is my niece goes to the same High School that Artemis Commander Reid Wiseman is a graduate of.
20:10 SPLASHDOWN! now Artemis Il crew successfully splashed down in Pacific Ocean Artemis Il splashdown! The Artemis Il crew has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after historic moon mission. Watch live on 6abc. now Apple News Top Stories 1m ago The Artemis Il astronauts have splashed down to Earth, completing their historic moon mission. Capsule splashdown Artemis Il splashes down in Pacific Ocean after historic moon mission | Watch live as capsule hatch opens 1m ago 2 00a Breaking News 1m ago Artemis Il crew splash down in Pacific Ocean after history-making mission - follow live National Geographic 1m ago The Artemis Il crew is back on Earth-what comes next? Here's a look at NASA's audacious plans to build a nuclear-powered moon base. Mandarin' | If this e-mail is not displayed properly, click here. SATURDAY, APR 11 20...
Got to admit… pretty freaking cool to see these notifications, and a lot better that some of the notifications that I have been getting. #space #nasa #Artemis
Wishing this fabulously competent—and joyful—crew a safe return to a planet that, frankly, doesn't deserve them.
After a lunar flyby, Artemis II astronauts photographed the Milky Way from deep space on April 7, 2026, capturing vivid nebulae and star fields in total darkness — highlighting a rare, light-pollution-free view of our galaxy
From a post:
“Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization.
So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.”
If you're using Signal, turn notifications and previews OFF.
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$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
I thought I had a photo of when this station was 2.85 and diesel was 3.85. I can’t find it. Today it just went up to 4.15 and 6.19. That 6.19 diesel is brutal.
Well… might be one of those nights
Nearly six-in-ten adults (58%) are not too or not at all confident that Trump can make good decisions about U.S. trade policy, and 63% express little or no confidence in his handling of tariff policy
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Does it have to be named for someone?
