A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an El Paso, Texas, immigration office.
Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
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#FullyFundPublicSchools
#NoVouchers4PrivateSchools
8 children are dead in a mass shooting at multiple locations in Shreveport, LA: apnews.com/article/shre...
Sarah Longwell: We are committing superpower suicide in real time. Trump is making China Great Again. Poll: People in *every single one* of the top US-allied countries now believe it’s better to depend on China than on the US. The global balance of power is clearly tilting away from the US and toward China.
"The single most important speech...that should never have been given." Fmr. federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a lifelong conservative, slams Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for a recent address he gave. "I certainly wish Justice Thomas had not written and given this speech." #velshi
“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”
Barely more than a decade ago, Florida proudly and with a bipartisan vote passed in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants who had been brought here as children and grew up in Florida. DeSantis’ Lieutenant Governor was actually a champion of the bill.
Things changed fast.
Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data. n.pr/4sLetjV
After intense lobbying, Trump signed executive orders to fast-track data center construction and weaken state-level AI regulations.
AI firms are also pumping huge sums into our elections.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/number-...
It's so funny to me that Trump pushed the GOP to extend FISA after bitching for years that it was used to "spy" on his campaign. Surveillance on thee but not on me! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
Right out in the open, Donald Trump is suing his own IRS to try to steal $10 BILLION taxpayer dollars.
I just introduced a bill that would make this theft ILLEGAL.
= The Atlantic Give a Gift POLITICS The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences. By Sarah Fitzpatrick Michael M. Santiago / Getty APRIL 17, 2026, 6:20 PM ET SHARE AS GIFT F DISCUSS 24 SAVE
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“Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication….On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated…”
The grift never ends. Most corrupt regime in history
Apple is closing its first unionized store in the country.
Reminder that Apple spent $700B+ on stock buybacks over the past decade.
CEO Tim Cook raked in over $74M in compensation in 2025 — 650 times the median Apple employee's pay.
The greed of union-busters knows no end.
While death and destruction rained down on Iran during the war’s first month, the world’s 100 biggest oil and gas companies brought in an extra $30 million per HOUR in windfall profits.
Yes, $30 million per HOUR.
All because of the deadly and reckless decision making of one man.
Republicans heading into the midterms:
We should nearly double the military budget in just 2 years because Trump has a lot of wars happening, the Pope doesn’t know anything about the Bible, and J6ers are heroes who deserve compensation from US taxpayers.
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.
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Former UN Ambassador Rice:
"The U.S. is systematically weakening itself across all 5 pillars of global power—
Military: increased spending without modernization, depleted weapons stockpiles, politicized purges of experienced officers/generals, weakened legal/military norms, and a costly Iran 🇮🇷 1/7
100% of copper mines have polluted water downstream. This mine will be no different.
And why? So Twin Metals' Chilean parent company can profit by shipping our copper ore to China to be smelted and sold on the global market.
It’s up to Congress to permanently protect the Boundary Waters.
Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of a new American oligarchy. Since then, this system has only become more entrenched, ever concentrated around a crew of tech titans going all in on AI.
Our newest cover story investigates these new AI overlords and their consolidation of power.
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
Why do we have lawmakers in Congress who are willing to hold fellow members of Congress accountable for sexual assault but not a President?
"Many early childhood workers fear they could be detained in an interaction with ICE, and the children would be left behind."
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This isn't being talked about enough:
President Trump is hosting a gala at Mar-a-Lago next week for the top 297 holders of his $TRUMP memecoin.
Not only is this blatantly corrupt, it's a national security threat.
Oh.
Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, has dropped its defamation lawsuit against The Guardian.
They reported in 2023 that federal prosecutors in New York were investigating $8 million in payments from entities with ties to Putin as possible money laundering.
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