Bars in Washington, DC had been struggling since Covid. So why are the city’s Democrats so eager to get rid of Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Jeanine Pirro?

D.C. police sought to arrest Rep. Cory Mills after assault call, records show A woman called 911 to report that the Florida congressman had assaulted her, then recanted the story after appearing to talk to Mills, body-camera footage shows.

The MAGA way. WaPo documents how Rep Cory Mills (R-FL) used overt political influence, including calls to Pam Bondi and Ed Martin, to avoid being arrested and prosecuted after he physically brutally assaulted a woman in Washington, DC. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

thanks again joe manchin!

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

AI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think | Bruce Schneier Large language models aren’t trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own

Oh:

A 2022 study found that children in households that used voice commands with tools like Siri and Alexa became curt when speaking with humans, often calling out “Hey, do X” and expecting obedience, especially from anyone whose voice resembled the default-female electronic voices.

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.

This is a serious escalation.

A tweeted photo of Sarah Isgur with Brett Kavanaugh @whignewtons X.com As I note in the book, this is the quote from Texas artist Tom Lea that sits behind his desk...and I'm so grateful that he has helped show me how to live on the sunrise side "I live on the east side of the mountain. It is the sunrise side. It is the side to see the day coming. Not the day that is gone... LAST BRANCH STANDING ...The best day is the day coming, with work to do, with eyes wide open, with the heart grateful."

Just as a very general rule, when a Supreme Court pundit writes the sort of book about the Supreme Court that a sitting Supreme Court justice feels comfortable promoting in public, you should be skeptical of everything else that Supreme Court pundit says about the Supreme Court, forever

This thread. I have been doing this kind of work for a very long time and I know a lot about exactly this. If you want to do misconduct reporting with scared sources going up against very powerful people, and also keep your soul, it takes time. So much time. It’s very difficult. Brain meltingly so.

A lot of MAGA Catholic converts chose the church because a system of theocratic monarchy appealed to their desire to be in absolute, unquestioned control.

They never realized that in a split between the Church and the GOP, they don’t get to be both. That’s theocracy. You don’t get a vote.

do you want "Catholicism but american" we invented that, it's called Episcopalianism and it's even more woke. all the priests are lesbians. good luck

Swalwell drops out of the race for California governor

Less than a week ago, there were several prominent voices on here saying that they were sure Orbán was going to cancel Hungary's election. And casting that as a preview of coming horrors here in the States.

Well, Hungary had its vote, Orbán lost in a landslide, and he's conceded.

jd vance at the donut shop saying “just whatever makes sense”

jd vance negotiating with Iran

If you recognize which unnamed woman is talking because you're asked for comment and the comment makes it clear which of the woman's rape stories match your memory of events, and you text that specific woman and say "stop telling people I raped you," that is.... sure an admission of something.

By the way: Eric sent those cease & desists in response to being asked for comment on the CNN story.

He had his lawyer TEXT cease & desists to the WOMEN SAYING HE RAPED THEM in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. They were not named!

That’s the weirdest response to a request to comment that I’ve ever heard.

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

“Reports”???

He’s got access to the best intelligence in the world. He doesn’t know?

BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms

Iran Says Ceasefire Has Already Been 'Violated' By U.S. And Israel

The speaker of Iran's Parliament says the U.S. and Israel have already "violated" the 2-week ceasefire agreement announced Tuesday. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America.

Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has released a statement amid ongoing clashes with Pete Hegseth, who is openly pressuring Driscoll to resign:

“I have no plans to depart or resign as the Secretary of the Army.”

By my count, there are now over 50 House Democrats, along with two Senate Democrats, who have called for Trump to be impeached or removed via the 25th Amendment for his post on Iran.

More here: www.axios.com/2026/04/07/t...

Every order given from here on out is unlawful, and the whole world is a witness to that fact.

this is a wild story. this level of detail cannot come without many of the principles talking to the reporters. this reads to me a whole lot like vance and rubio - especially - trying to cut their losses and throw the president under the bus. it's like something from W's second term circa 2007.

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran

1/ NYT out with a huge piece on the decision to go to war. It's much as we thought: Bibi sold Trump a rosy scenario that he heard over the mild to moderate warnings that it was BS but the details are so...appalling/demoralizing.

Vance clearly a source:

GIFT LINK 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

EMERGENCY RELEASE from Gen. Eaton.

I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Found this to be informative video, that puts things into perspective. Via Max Fisher on Instagram www.instagram.com/reel/DWrsUcU...