Palantir inks $300 million deal with USDA to safeguard food supply Palantir is continuing to diversify its business beyond cornerstone military and defense contracts.

www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/p...

Maxwell Sends Mystery USB to DOJ Days After Melania Bombshell The electronic files are the latest attempt by Epstein’s accomplice to quash her conviction.

EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN

“Maxwell Sends Mystery USB to DOJ Days After Melania Bombshell”

www.thedailybeast.com/maxwell-send...

X poster blames SPLC for the Unite the Right rally

More than 70,000 likes for a post on X falsely claiming that the SPLC “planned, organized & paid for” the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. This stuff is all over Musk’s X.

The reality: SPLC was using intel to warn the rally could turn violent.

www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Former congressman Devin Nunes departs as CEO of Trump media company The onetime lawmaker is leaving Trump Media & Technology, which operates the social media platform Truth Social.

In 2021, Trump Media (Truth Social) told investors that by 2026 they could have 81 million users and $3.6 billion in revenue.

Instead:

2023: lost $58m

2024: lost $400m

2025: lost $712m

Who knows maybe this will be the year they turn it around! lololol

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How 2 fringe groups and a friendly judge helped pull off Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure Emails obtained by CalMatters trace the development of a years-long case that ultimately led to the unprecedented seizure of 650,000 ballots.

calmatters.org/investigatio...

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...

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..."

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Iran shows off its control over strait after collapse of peace talks Iran showed off its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz with video of its commandos storming a huge cargo ship, after the collapse of peace talks that Washington had hoped would open the world's ...

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightened its grip on the strategic waterway after President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

HEY MAGATs,

Donald Trump really only ran on 3 things: lower prices, keep us out of war, slash the national debt.

Gas has had a 40% increase. We're at war with Iran. As of yesterday the debt hit an ALL TIME HIGH at $39 trillion.

You got played...hard. 😎✨

DoD: Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, in the Indian Ocean within the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.

The German government has urged Iran to seize the opportunity to continue peace talks with the US, adding that the Strait of Hormuz should be kept open permanently.
🔴 More on aljazeera.com

Analysis: The significance of Trump’s bluffs on Iran | CNN Politics The last five weeks, perhaps more than any other period in President Donald Trump’s two terms, have revealed him for the bluffer that he is — and on one of the largest and most significant scales imag...

Five times, Trump has set a deadline for Iran.

That deadline has been extended every time, despite Iran not doing the thing Trump demanded.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/p...

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself.

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Legacy media in context-free freakout over ‘Democratic power grab’ in Virginia The Washington Post is deeply concerned that Virginia’s “yes” vote Tuesday to allow a new congressional map is a “Democratic power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

Democracy Docket’s coverage of Virginia has taken a different approach — making clear from the start the obvious and crucial point that the redraw is an effort to level the national playing field in response to Trump’s scheme.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Election deniers are already claiming Virginia’s redistricting vote was ‘RIGGED’ By Wednesday morning, the skepticism of the election results evolved into a full-blown conspiracy centered on Fairfax County, a Democratic stronghold in the northern part of the state.

Right after the race was called, election deniers, anti-voting activists, MAGA faithful, and at least one Trump administration official began flooding the internet with claims that the election was rigged.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨 Strong Communities of Arizona v. Yavapai County Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals AFFIRMS dismissal of rightwing lawsuit challenging election administration practices in several Arizona counties. Another big win for the ELG team and our clients! www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...

Democratic bill aims to counter Trump order, protect mail voting Absentee MVP Act would stop federal agencies from implementing the order

NEW: Democrats are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s latest anti-voting executive order with a new bill that aims to safeguard mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I continue to live in Trump-world's heads rent free.😂

GOP blocks plan to prepare North Carolina counties for ballot seizures, ICE at polls Millen pointed to recent events in other states, including California where a sheriff seized over 650,000 ballots, as well as rhetoric from various Trump administration officials suggesting federal de...

🚨BREAKING: The Republican majority on the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Wednesday to block a proposal that would have prepared local officials for scenarios involving federal agents at polling places and attempts to seize ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Virginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal coming The appeal is expected to move swiftly — and could ultimately land before the Supreme Court of Virginia, which will have the final say on whether the voter-approved map can take effect.

A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state’s newly approved congressional map — but state officials are already moving to try to overturn the ruling, setting up a rapid legal fight in the state’s Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I’ve been in this fight for 10 years. Last night, we won. The citizens of Virginia voted for a new map that will net Democrats an additional 4 congressional seats.

Trump also misunderstood the mood of the electorate. Democratic voters were no longer primarily divided by ideological divisions. Instead, they were united by a desire to fight back against Trump’s authoritarian power grabs. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ive-...

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REPORTER: I just want to make sure I understand. You're alleging that the Southern Poverty Law Center was paying the leaders of KKK and other groups?

BLANCHE: I'm not alleging it. The grand jury returned an indictment that says that

Tim Walz on DHS officers who shot Minnesotans: "We're gonna bring them back and hold them accountable for what they did"

Tim Walz: "I was a 6th grade teacher for a while. I've been dealing with the Trump administration, so it's a flat thing."

Sometimes this administration takes a break from trying to change the outcome of the Civil War and just tries to undo the Civil Rights Movement

Trump DOJ will avenge the KKK by taking out SPLC The racism is not subtle.

New in PN: "Now, as part of the project to undo Reconstruction, the DOJ hopes to take out the SPLC using the very tools it used to defeat the KKK. And along the way, they can exculpate every bigot who ever swung a tiki torch. *Those boys weren’t bad, they were just stirred up by outside agitators!*"

Stephen Colbert Sends Jimmy Kimmel His Backup ‘Iran Jokes’ Since War’s Not Ending Anytime Soon The bit came after Trump abruptly and unilaterally declaring an extension to his two-week ceasefire with Iran, weeks ahead of Colbert's last scheduled show. The post Stephen Colbert Sends Jimmy Kimmel His Backup ‘Iran Jokes’ Since War’s Not Ending Anytime Soon first appeared on Mediaite.

Stephen Colbert Sends Jimmy Kimmel His Backup ‘Iran Jokes’ Since War’s Not Ending Anytime Soon