ICYMI: Election officials are worried about a pending SCOTUS decision on mail-in ballots and were stunned that the Trump administration has been blocking appointments to a key committee that sets standards for voting machines.
We covered these updates on the ground.
This is what caused Trump’s meltdown tonight.
With the VA yes vote, Democrats will emerge with +1 House seat in the redistricting wars Trump kicked off last summer. They are very, very likely to win back the House in November
“Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a Democratic redistricting plan that could allow the party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
NEW: In a huge win, Virginians approved a plan that will allow Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders.
The redraw could net four more blue seats in Congress in the midterms.
Litigation seeking to block the measure is ongoing.
🚨BREAKING: Voters in Virginia have greenlit a plan that could see Democrats gain up to four more seats in Congress during the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
Man is RFK Jr lucky that @aoc.bsky.social didn't actually kick his ass 👊
Democrats did not want to do any mid-decade redistricting. It was Trump who started it in June 2025 with a phone call to Greg Abbott after more special election losses. Dems warned they’d respond. But Texas did it anyway - without the consent of the voters. Then Dems responded.
You know Donald Trump wants to rage post right about now about Virginia...
I keep waiting for it.
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These are disqualifying statements from a future Fed Chair. It’s 100 percent bullshit.
The Democratic Party’s (not so) secret weapon.
You can have no rage, Republicans, when you lit the fuse.
You just got outplayed
Epstein pal Dershowitz joins Epstein pal Trump’s party.
The Justice Dept’s theory of the case— that the group that single-handedly disassembled the Ku Klux Klan defrauded its donors by concealing that it was using paid informant to do that work and more— has about as much merit as the now-dismissed charges against Jim Comey.
Completely ruthless and craven. “After halting a U.S. resettlement program for Afghans who helped the American war effort, President Trump is in talks to send as many as 1,100 of them to the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...
U.S. homebuyer demand just hit its lowest level ever for the month of March.
According to NAR Pending Sales, contract signings fell yoy to an index of 73.7.
This was the worst monthly reading for March ever, even lower than 2008-09 crash. #EconSky
See the issue?
Estimated cost of CalCare: $500 billion+ per year
California’s entire state budget: ~$300 billion
SPLC will vigorously defend ourselves, our staff and our work; we will continue to fight hate; and we will continue to envision and create a safer and more just world.
From the SPLC: The actions by the DOJ will not shake our resolve to fight for justice and ensure the promise of the Civil Rights movement becomes a reality for all.
DEVELOPING: Trump's DOJ is targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center. The 55 year old civil rights organization has been charged with 11 counts of fraud.
5D chess.
Iranian state-linked media, Tasnim News, asserts: "If the US wants to maintain the shadow of war, it should consider the Strait of Hormuz completely closed."
But it’s the Golden Age. Don’t people know that?
