They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files.

Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas.

You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

Contributor: ICE raids and migrant pay cuts are devastating California economies Many of the harms of recent immigration enforcement are incalculable. But researchers have put a number on the economic toll in Southern California's agricultural communities.

"Early research quantifying the economic impact of ICE raids in Oxnard estimates direct crop losses of $3 billion to $7 billion with significant spillover into other sectors of the economy."

BREAKING: Republican appointed Virginia Judge Jack Hurley has struck down Virginia's successful redistricting amendment, ruling it void ab initio, i.e. void from the start, and therefore unconstitutional.

Virginia AG Jay Jones is filing an immediate appeal, which will be heard shortly.

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World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise

Not only will heat harm crop plants, but farmers and livestock (animals) and fish too.
I know you know, but articles like this help raise awareness of the coming challenges and why it's imperative that we act yesterday, today, and tomorrow to prepare.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

It bears repeating: I LOVE logging on to good news after being offline most of the day. Thank you Virginia and President Obama from L.A.!!! 🏆🗳️🥂💙❣️🙏🏻

"This is an important thing to think about."

H.R. 1897 is moving fast in the House and could hit the floor for a full vote as soon as tomorrow. This bill would gut the Endangered Species Act forcing economic impact considerations into listing decisions, limiting your ability to challenge bad science in court,

I concur…Holy. Shit.
(My understanding is this is not AI)

+1!

Voting on spy powers at 2am will definitely help with trust in the government!

Three volunteers removing a submerged ghost net snagged on coral in Florida. Photo credit: Shaun Wolfe

We are surfers, sailors, divers, scientists, and activists on a hero’s journey to recover ocean plastic, restore habitat, and mitigate ocean warming & acidification. “We are not strangers separated by countries; we are a tribe connected by ocean.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn b

While death and destruction rained down on Iran during the war’s first month, the world’s 100 biggest oil and gas companies brought in an extra $30 million per HOUR in windfall profits.

Yes, $30 million per HOUR.

All because of the deadly and reckless decision making of one man.

Thank you Onion. I really needed the laugh today! 🙏🏻😹

Same here, and it was really hard deciding which ones had to sit out this season! 🥹

Mine are mostly sweet-spicy-mild - hot-spicy, with a few non-spicy peppers. Zone 10b #UrbanConcreteGardening

Baccatum species chile seeds in starter cells on concrete in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

Chiles and eggplants in starter cells on concrete in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

I just this morning counted up my starts (I'd forgot how many I planted) and was surprised to find that I'd started 14 varieties! I'll transplant some into my in-ground garden in my postage-stamp-sized yard out front (the part that gets good light) and the rest in containers on the concrete out back

Same here! 🥂🗳️💙

On the train back home from Warsaw right now, and two Ukrainian women across the carriage from me are absolutely delighted about the Hungarian election result. One is in tears and the other is laughing. This is what it means to get rid of the cynical, kleptocratic prick.

Oh, how I love being offline all day and logging on to see very good news! 🍾

I really miss you and Michelle and your wonderful family 💙❣️

Congratulations to Hungary and Europe! 🥂 Now let’s do the same here. 🗳️

Reading research results as prep for launching a new business…and watching my plants grow. 😊

You get a new follow for that. ✅

It certainly does!

+1!

NHK World confirms Japan has perfected a process to extract high purity lithium from dead batteries with a 90 percent recovery rate. Great

GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...

Wow, that's beautiful! I'd be tempted to call it a superbly well-executed modern update to "Starry Night" -- LOVE it. 🤩

My acoustically unhinged Granny Cat runs this same program. 🐈‍⬛

Quite the lede

. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

SECOND! 🙋‍♀️