Usually economic shocks are called things like pandemics or oil embargoes. This version is more: bloke walks into the policy room, sees a rake, and steps on it repeatedly.

I would rather that my tax dollars NOT go to supporting a foreign dictator and Putin ally. -- Sigh.

The public DOES have a right to know.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
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Trump’s campaign promises are hitting a 0% success rate, and we’re all feeling it.

This is brutal…

Not once in this story does @politico.com mention that US factories employ ~89,000 fewer employees than a year ago.

@politico.com
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As the wife of an Army combat veteran, I am horrified to hear our service members were left unprepared and dangerously exposed in the deadly Kuwait attack last month.
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸

Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

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Spot on.

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

🌕 💛

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“Our purpose on the planet as humans is to find joy… To find joy in lifting each other up, by creating solutions instead of destroying.”

Love this message from the Artemis II crew – and grateful for their safe return home.

The Resistance Is Dismantling Trump’s $1 Billion ICE Prison Machine Here’s how

ICYMI

Trump is TRASHING our ECONOMY.
People cannot afford the basics. Food or gas? No one should have to make that choice! Gas or healthcare? No one should have to make that choice!

The text of the first amendment of the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; /1

GOP 45A Rep Andrew Myers refuses to support limits on high-capacity magazines or an assault weapons ban. Said he would 'read the bill' when asked after Annunciation tragedy. We see his vote. Support 45A candidate Tracey Breazeale traceyformnhouse.com She will take action to prevent gun violence.

DAY AHEAD - My Daily Editorial Note April 6, 2026

NEW: "It’s jarring to begin this week after an Easter dinner in which, presumably, some families talked about the 25th Amendment"

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No one seems to notice the “Praise be to Allah,” part, which Trump would say was a jest, if asked. But imagine Biden or Obama saying it & the GOP response. Trump is completely off the rails & the GOP response is pretending it’s not happening. More here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Another Trump Policy won't much change US Foreign Policy, by Stephen Walt

The United States has become a rogue state. By Stephen Walt

Realism vs. Reality

GOP 45A Rep Andrew Myers refuses to support limits on high-capacity magazines or an assault weapons ban. Said he would 'read the bill' when asked after Annunciation tragedy. We see his vote. Support 45A candidate Tracey Breazeale traceyformnhouse.com She will take action to prevent gun violence.

So, the idiot even trashed his own mass deportation program by the insane War of Choice rush to bloodlust. This must stop.

Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies!
Incredible! Truly shocking!
It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶

This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪

Science: 2,978,547
🧠🪱: -785

How the DNC is (Actually) Safeguarding 2026 Midterm Elections The DNC's Civic Engagement & Voter Protection (CEVP) Director, Herly Rosemend, shares how we're fighting to protect voters in 2026, 2028 and beyond.

A description of the Democratic National Committee voter protection program for 2026. I expect this to be a well thought out, effective program. I encourage you to join the program if you are not already a poll worker.

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“It’s a bad f*cking idea"

"A terrible f*cking idea"

Congress is losing its patience with the briefings it's getting aboiut Iran

JUST FILED =====>

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We are so proud to endorse Tracey Breazeale for MN HD45A! Check out her website traceyformnhouse.com and join us to flip this seat! We must take the MN House majority & Tracey will be an exceptional representative.

Senate approves funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security, but not immigration enforcement The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports, disrupted travel and imposed financial hardship on workers.

The Senate has approved Homeland Security funds to pay TSA agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports, disrupted travel and imposed financial hardship on workers.

Thank you @klobuchar.senate.gov and @smith.senate.gov for standing strong against additional ICE funding and for being persistent to fund TSA, FEMA, CISA, and the Coast Guard without ICE funding. Republicans were wiling to let TSA & public suffer to let ICE keep terrorizing us. Stand Strong

"The president's case against wind are literally the rantings of an old man. I've seen grandpa Simpson make more sense."