the way this makes sense for RFK is that "healthy people" and "sick people" are ontological categories.

How Corruption Got Legalized in America (and What We Can Do About It) YouTube video by Robert Reich

For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy our political system — and it may get a whole lot worse.

@davidsirota.com reveals the full story of how we got here, and what we can do to get out of it.

youtu.be/AeO41h4fHb4?...

Iranian Speaker of Parliament:

The Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Is Being Sued by Its Own Billionaire Backer Justin Sun, who invested in World Liberty Financial, claims the company illegally froze his token holdings.

The Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, is being sued by one of its billionaire investors, who claims the company froze his token holdings.

The President and his Administration have already failed twice in court trying to intimidate me, and he's still not letting up. Just more proof that he'll do anything it takes to silence those of us willing to call him out. I'm not backing down — ever.

Trump official under investigation for allegedly hunting 'sugar daddies' to fund lifestyle A top counterterrorism official in the Trump administration is under investigation after allegations that she was using "sugar daddies" to fund her lifestyle, The Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. Dep...

Another quality Trump appointee.🙄

A top counterterrorism official in the Trump admin is under investigation for using "sugar daddies" on the website "Seeking" to fund her lifestyle, paying off her college loans, buying expensive jewelry, and taking her on trips.
www.rawstory.com/trump-offici...

JUST IN: The Trump administraiton tells SCOTUS that it has reached a settlement with CARTER PAGE over misuse of FISA surveillance in his case. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

"F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend," per @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

The risk here, a substantial one, is that the Iranians miscalculate and Trump escalates instead.

Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ex-n...

Evil. Donald Trump Is Evil Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · April 22 · 34m

Our Afghan allies. They fought alongside our troops in Afghanistan. We promised them life in the U.S.. Trump broke that promise and is now threatening to return them to Afghanistan (death) or deport them to the Congo (death). Trump is evil. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Top Trump Terror Official Suspended Over Sugar Baby Allegations The 29-year-old is under investigation after a report claimed she had a profile on Seeking.com.

Uh... this sounds like a pretty big national security breach, no?

Taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a succession of rich men who have not undergone security-clearance checks would seem to be a major issue for someone who works in a NatSec role.

Hakeem Jeffries to the GOP on redistricting, "Shut your motherfu**ing mouth and sit your a*s down."

Here are the questions Raskin wants Patel to answer: tinyurl.com/528pdfs3

Senate Democrats seize on new allegations against Patel, press DOJ to preserve documents After making the case that the FBI director “must resign immediately,” Chuck Schumer sent a provocative letter to the acting attorney general about Patel.

"Trump has said nothing about the latest allegations against the FBI director. In fact, the president has been conspicuously quiet about Patel of late, failing to say his name out loud or online in roughly a month.

"No wonder Patel is feeling antsy about his standing..."

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C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

This is full-throttle Lysenkoism: if the scientific conclusions aren't the ones the Party wants, we'll disappear the study, the research and send the scientists involved off to Siberia.

So now Pete Hegseth has fired the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Army, both in the middle of a war, both with no public or known explanation? Seems fine.

Two Iranian Women in ICE Detention Are Not, In Fact, Related to Qasem Soleimani, Documents Show After Laura Loomer pointed to two women she claimed were connected to the late Iranian military commander, they were arrested and remain in immigration detention. One is now gravely ill.

HUGE scandal if true. Laura Loomer got Marco Rubio to throw two Iranian women with green cards in ICE jail to be stripped of status and deported, claiming they were related to Qasem Soleimani.

Official documents provided to @dropsitenews.com appear to show they are NOT related; they're innocent.

Creating baby geniuses to thwart the AI threat? (Yes, really.) The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”

The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.”

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LISTEN: How Long Can the Ridiculous Drunken Fanboy in Charge of the FBI Last? Scott joins Ian Masters on California Public Radio to discuss how long "ridiculous Trump fanboy in charge of the FBI, Kash Patel" is going to last in his position.

How does Kash Patel stand with the men and women of the FBI? Following the Atlantic's exposé alleging drunkenness and absenteeism, I discuss Patel's current posture with Bureau insiders and what we can expect from Patel as he struggles to retain his job. www.horton-kaiser.com/p/listen-how...

Dr. Vin Gupta warns a new American Lung Association report shows over half of U.S. children live with poor air quality.

Nearly 150 million Americans are affected—and experts say it could get worse.

Especially when we have a non-functioning EPA.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Navy Secretary Fired Amid Feuds With Military Leaders

Kegseth fires the Navy secretary in the middle of a war, thinking he's part of a conspiracy against him. Grim, but also hysterical, in a clinical sense.

Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist “To be clear, we were never approached … nor were we in any discussions regarding a partnership or tour access,” a spokesperson for the artist tells WIRED.

Imagine lying about partnering with BRUNO MARS my god. Amazing scoop.

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

Turns out that the planet's Bond "supervillain" is straight outta Philly's Central High and Haverford College. What a black mark on our city www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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NN: Should scientists in classified fields be worried?

COMER: Well, I think so. All the usual subjects -- China, North Korea, Iran, Russia -- are on the suspect list, but there are a lot of Eastern Europeans countries and other countries that could be involved as well. Or it could be a coincidence.

Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Damning War Leaks Humiliate Him Anew As Karoline Leavitt spins wildly amid new revelations about Trump’s war blunders, a national security expert explains why this whole fiasco is structurally so hard to exit from—and what to expect next...

Perfect: CNN reports that Trump officials privately say his outbursts about Iran are hurting chances for a deal.

As @emilyhorne.bsky.social and I discuss on the pod, Leavitt is reduced to citing the stuff Trump is blowing up as his main achievement in this fiasco:
newrepublic.com/article/2093...

For the record: The Washington Post is run by partisan hacks who think we won't remember that they took the *exact* opposite stance when it was Republicans pushing their own gerrymandering grab in Texas last year -- *without* putting it up for a vote.

New England has become a mecca for enormous grid storage batteries "We need all of it, and there’s huge demand.”

New England has become a mecca for enormous grid storage batteries