This is happening because one man, who vowed repeatedly to lower food prices on "day one," unilaterally launched us into a costly war that no one wanted. He's causing death, destruction, and chaos in the Middle East and Congress has thus far stood idly by.
NEW MEMO from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee memo shows Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer plans to make big changes to the hearing process, including not requiring witnesses to swear in. trib.al/rjIltID
BREAKING: A GOP-appointed Virginia judge has struck down the Democratic-backed redistricting amendment in full, ruling it unconstitutional and “void from the start.”
AG Jay Jones says he will immediately file an appeal.
ICYMI: Pro-voting groups sued the DOJ to block its bid to build a national voter database using voters’ private data like addresses, birthdays and social security numbers.
Sweet Jesus. The taxpayers just gifted $1.25M to this asshole. KBJ was right when she said the Oval Office would become the seat of criminality in America if Roberts granted Trump immunity.
Looking forward to stopping by @colbertlateshow.bsky.social one last time. Tune in tonight!
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so, I changed the title and header image of today’s post. I think more accurately depicts our current state of affairs, and aligns better with the narrative I wrote below it.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. now go read the damned thing: bit.ly/4cD4eIb
“TRUMP’S A TERRORIST!” protesters chant outside Trump Tower as climate activists with Extinction Rebellion rally for Earth Day action in NYC.
Protesters say politicians — including Trump — are accelerating the climate crisis. Status Coup’s Jon Farina is LIVE as it unfolds.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats will use the unlimited number of amendment votes they are allowed on Republicans’ budget resolution to illustrate policy differences on cost-of-living issues and immigration activities.
Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe X.com EXCLUSIVE: It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has informed Congress — an assessment that means the conflict's economic impact could extend late into this year or beyond. 11:52 AM • 4/22/26 • 5.3K Views
Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe X.com A senior Pentagon official shared the estimate, which has not been previously reported, during a classified briefing Tuesday for members of the House Armed Services Committee, officials said. The timeline was met with frustration by Democrats and Republicans alike. 11:55 AM • 4/22/26 • 1.4K Views
⚠️ It could take six months AFTER the Iran War ends to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz, per Pentagon.
This timeline means the war’s economic impact could extend late into this year and beyond.
Reporting by WaPo:
The Trump admin and Sen. Mike Lee are conspiring to destroy public lands for short term profit. Teddy Roosevelt is rolling in his grave.
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This is your periodic reminder that Democrats introduced legislation in 2021 to ban gerrymandering nationwide and every republican voted against it except two who were absent.
Republican leadership intended to vote to gut the Endangered Species Act today… and then didn't have the support needed, so they pulled the bill.
Happy Earth Day! 🌍
A number of space science organizations offered support for Isaacman's nomination because he is a proponent of space exploration and claimed he would support science. But now that science is on the chopping block -- and human spaceflight isn't -- he is volunteering to give NASA the DOGE treatment.
Not particularly surprised, to be honest. This was always a huge long shot of a law; states generally have little to no authority to regulate federal behavior.
The only reason the VA redistricting measure passed is because Dems took the state governor seat in the 2025 election. Spanberger signed the enabling legislation, where Youngkin never would have.
Local elections matter.
Isn't the un-gerrymandered point that all districts should have similar population, not similar area?
Today is Earth Day, so let me tell you that our home world is the weirdest one in the solar system, and the competition is pretty stiff.
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My experience with Glenn Beck's "redemption" leads me to think that maybe Tucker might be a lying bag of crap.
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This answer is designed to kowtow to Trump and his devastating proposed cuts to NASA. It's baloney. NASA barely has enough money to do anything, and the cuts would wipe out entire missions.
He should say it's a tiny slice of the fed budget, has a huge ROI, and funding should actually be increased.
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.
Good summary of the GOP gerrymandering situation. VA is a big win and we should celebrate. But it's not over yet, with lots more GOP shenanigans in the works.
Trump thought he could steal the midterms by making MAGA minions rig the House maps.
They thought blue states would sit back and do nothing.
We proved them wrong. Thank you to VA Indivisibles and organizers across the commonwealth for this huge win and your commitment to protecting our democracy.
Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.
(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
I can’t remember: did Texas even hold a vote to amend their constitution to add their five Republican seats?
Remember, Democrats have repeatedly advanced measures to ban partisan gerrymandering and Republicans have voted against them time after time.
This is the game Republicans wanted to play. OK, then.
Democrats did not want to do any mid-decade redistricting. It was Trump who started it in June 2025 with a phone call to Greg Abbott after more special election losses. Dems warned they’d respond. But Texas did it anyway - without the consent of the voters. Then Dems responded.
The GOP entered this redistricting under the rather childish delusion they were going to gerrymander, and nobody would gerrymander them. In TX, MO, and a half dozen other states, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind
