“In a final judgment dated April 18, U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the so-called ‘Kennedy Declaration,’ finding it exceeded the administration’s authority, violated federal rulemaking requirements, and conflicted with existing law.”
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.
“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
Rest in Power to a major figure in the AIDS treatment activism in the 1980s, a time when many were indifferent or looking away.
“Orbán’s loss brings to an end the assumption of inevitability that has pervaded the MAGA movement, as well as the belief... that illiberal parties are somehow destined not just to win but to hold power forever.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May of last year, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program... Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure." www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
A painting of a happy cat in an apron standing in front of a flower shop, happily watching other customers, kittens, and a frog arriving.
A kitten is following her dream of opening a flower shop and is already receiving her first customers.
Proud to see my news organization (@usatoday.com) running No Kings coverage front-and-center on its homepage while the NY Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal all have it far lower. Ideology aside, it's smart news judgment. Today could be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
BREAKING: I'm suing the federal government for access to evidence in the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Julio Sosa-Celis.
It's astonishing this lawsuit is even necessary, but in Minnesota, nobody is above the law.
Ken Paxton is on the ballots for which Ken Paxton is now putting his thumb on the scale.
According to Texas authorities, video evidence calls into question ICE's own accounting of the fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez. A US citizen was shot and killed by ICE agents and then ICE and DPS attempted to cover it up for nearly a year. news4sanantonio.com/news/local/f...
I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.
You know, like a democracy.
Let's try this again 👋
Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.
I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?
Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary
with English subtitles:
youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...
Op-ed: We shared a rainbow with Jesse Jackson, who shook our hands when no one else would www.advocate.com/opinion/jess...
Sen Ossoff (D-GA) nails it‼️This administration is of, by and for the Epstein Class. The middle class is getting absolutely crushed by this economy. The #TrumpAffordabilityChaos is wreaking havoc on working citizens, everything costs more and prices will only continue to rise.
Jewish people who support this admin should maybe consider the fact that Rubio does not consider you part of Western civilization.
they've even dispensed with the "Judeo-Christian" fig leaf at this point. just openly, sneeringly admitting they hate us.
ICE is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars on mega-prisons where the agency can disappear thousands of people.
It's $38.3 billion plan to launch a “new detention center model” would expand the agency’s detention capacity by 92,600 beds by the end of FY26.
newrepublic.com/post/206591/...
"I have dreams that cannot be monetized. I have a problem with our society that cannot be solved with an algorithm. I have words to write and say that cannot be generated artificially." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
That old saw about how "good times make weak men" is true in the sense that stable times with material abundance create reactionaries who want to destroy the systems that protect them because they're too sheltered and stupid to understand that things can get meaningfully worse. Jason CO @jasonc_nc. 2/8/25 I don't think a lot of people appreciate how much of their overall lifestyle and relative certainty is backstopped by a steady, boring stability of systems they don't understand or even realize exist. • 24 L7 1.8K 15K Ill 399K ... Max Dubler @maxdubler True decadence looks like people who are three generations removed from the cultural memory of polio refusing to vaccinate their children against deadly communicable diseases because they don't like needles and don't think there will be any consequences, not queer
So much of our present crisis is coddled, ignorant, and short sighted people tearing down the institutions that protect them because they don’t understand that bad things can happen.
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
The official ICE account of what transpired was an obvious lie from the outset. News outlets like the NYT reported it just the same without noting its obvious untruthfulness. Is there a lesson here for NYT?
"Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last. You know my wife’s name, and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine." people.com/renee-good-s...
WATCH: “In any remotely sane political climate she would be impeached, fired, or just have the good sense to resign in disgrace,” says Chris Hayes on Attorney General Pam Bondi.
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.
On the Trump Admin's orders, the Pride flag has been removed from the Stonewall National Monument. This follows earlier bans/removals of the Progress and Trans Pride flags... from THE FIRST NATIONAL MONUMENT DEDICATED TO LGBTQ+ RIGHTS. You will not erase us. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/admi...
Before I read posts on here today, please tell me which MSM outlet was parked outside “youth pastor” and sometime Speaker Mike Johnson’s home (D.C. townhouse or home in Shreveport) this morning to get his reaction to the Epstein files & the horrifying allegations made in them against the President?
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!
