The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.

(Published Nov. 2025)

Chicago Public Schools, CTU agree to make May 1 day of civic action; school will remain in session Chicago Public Schools has agreed with the Chicago Teachers Union to declare May 1 a day of civic action, the union and the school district said.

May Day has been declared a day of civic action in Chicago schools, which means buses will be provided for students and educators to join the rally in Union Park.

I hope Trump et al are busted✊🔥

If Republicans hate the CA and VA redistricting, they can thank the person responsible - Donald J. Trump.

None of it would’ve been possible without his leadership on this issue.

GOP - *gerrymanders*

DEMS - hey stop that no fair

GOP - *gerrymanders even more*

DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue

SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*

DEMS - *start gerrymandering*

GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭

The North Carolina legislature changed the voting maps. What happened? A plain-language explainer — tackling North Carolina's new Congressional maps, gerrymandering, and the current race to redistrict around the country — from NC Local.

Nor did North Carolinians.
www.whqr.org/local/2025-1...

Virginia voters approve major redistricting measure, reports say. Live updates The redistricting measure could give Democrats as large as a 10-to-1 House seat advantage over Republicans. Follow updates live.

Virginia voters approved a complete redrawing of their congressional districts to offset pushes by President Donald Trump to increase the Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

There clearly will be a blue tsunami in November!

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

So much false equivalence in the media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps were approved by the voters. The voters had no say in Texas. That is a big difference.

Southwest Minnesota board says no to proposed $4 billion data center complex The CEO of Geronimo Power says the company is looking at alternative options in other communities.

This is what we need more of!

You made the right choice, Virginia. I knew you would. Congratulations.

Now we gotta make that blue wave possible this year and 2028 so we can undo Trump's damage to America and put him in prison.

“The Trump administration believes it is a crime to speak out against the President, and (correctly) identify his criminal activity.”

Trump is really mad at the WSJ for pointing out that he’s getting rolled by Iran.

He's pathetic. And frantic. Things are going very badly, and hard as he tries to convince himself otherwise, deep down he knows it.

Giv’im hell for us, too!!!

I've always hated hypocrites but Trump complaining about someone cheating when it comes to the gerrymandering issue is way fucking over the top because he was the fat mother fucker who called governor Abbott and ordered him to create 5 Republican seats behind closed doors&without a vote of the ppl

Thank you Virginia!
#sheshed

Woohoo!

Go Chedrick Greene for MI SD 35!

www.dlcc.org/candidates/c...

Russia reduces oil production significantly due to drone attacks on ports and refineries, according to The Moscow Times.

Drone strikes are crippling key terminals, causing chaos in oil markets and leading to steep production cuts, officials warn.

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Russian oil production is set to decline by 300-400 thousand barrels per day in April, the largest single reduction since the pandemic. This follows drone attacks on key oil ports and refineries which have disrupted operations across the country.

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Opinion | Democrats need to take more risks. This one isn’t worth it. Hasan Piker is political poison for Democrats.

"The internet personality has described Orthodox Jews as 'inbred,' said 'America deserved 9/11,' asserted 'Hamas a thousand times better' than Israel and called the collapse of the Soviet Union 'one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.'"

wapo.st/4cyGZyT

And Ezra Klein said that Democrats need to reach out to the man who said all these awful things while Klein himself never sees nor reaches out to the Black voters who are the base of the Democratic Party.

Graham releases blueprint for GOP immigration enforcement funding plan Senate Republicans are expected to adopt the budget resolution later this week.

Instead of fighting to lower costs, Republicans are fighting to give ICE and Border Patrol another $70 billion.

Which makes these agencies better funded than the FBI, DEA, ATF and all of the other federal law enforcement agencies — combined.

Sheahan, the former Deputy Director of ICE, is running to represent the district in Ohio where I’m from. This former top leader of ICE is a graduate of Ohio State University, the school that also produced authoritarians JD Vance & Jim Jordan. Note how Meyer says she reflects what OSU is.

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

New AP/NORC poll: "President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher...with even Republicans showing less faith in his leadership."

Overall approval: 33% (-5 from March)

Approval on the economy: 30% (-8% from March)

"Few approve of how Donald Trump is handling the cost of living" – Overall: 33-67 – Immigration: 40-59 – Iran: 32-67 – Economy: 30-70 – Cost of living: 23(!)-76 "The nationwide poll was conducted April 16-20, 2026 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 2,596 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.4 percentage points."

There's no other way to say it: This AP-NORC poll is atrocious for Trump.

– Overall: 33-67
– Immigration: 40-59
– Iran: 32-67
– Economy: 30-70
– Cost of living: 23(!)-76

37% of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the economy, 47% disapprove on cost of living.

apnorc.org/projects/few...

"Part of the reason the weaponization work has been difficult is that you need people who are MAGA and who are really competent," said Chad Mizelle, former chief of staff for Bondi. "Many career prosecutors are not interested in this kind of work. It's a very small group of people."

Bondi's former chief of staff Chad Mizelle: "Part of the reason the weaponization work has been difficult is that you need people who are MAGA and who are really competent."
From @paulareidcnn.bsky.social and other @cnn.com folks:

It’s great that Jim Jordan has a whole committee dedicated to investigating the weaponization of government against political opponents. He’ll be sure to look into this, right? Right?! Or is he going to look the other way like he’s accused of doing in the OSU showers?

The Aides Keeping the President in the Dark Donald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order.

Donald Trump’s aides have kept him in the dark on important conversations—and “the ramifications for democratic accountability are serious,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily: