Trump 'tried to access nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief' Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson claims that during an emergency White House meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to access the nuclear codes but was allegedly blocked by General Dan Caine

Trump 'tried to use nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief'

When Trump talked about ushering in a "new golden age," he was talking about a new golden age for his family's pocketbook.

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding - emptywheel The global catastrophe Trump created in Iran may provide an opportunity to disrupt his authoritarian trajectory.

This is a long think piece, but I argue that Trump's Iran catastrophe may disrupt his efforts to consolidate his authoritarianism, but even more, may provide cause to go after his Tech bro donors and data centers.

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding

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John Roberts Is Always a Republican First In public, the chief justice loves talking about how the Supreme Court’s work is not political. His leaked memos reveal just how political the Supreme Court’s work actually is.

In my view, John Roberts's most impressive PR accomplishment is persuading an entire generation of Supreme Court commentators that he is anything other than a Republican politician who uses legalese to implement policies that Republican voters want

Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court For More Help With His Anti-Immigrant Agenda Green card holders enjoy broad protections from removal under federal law. The administration is looking for ways around it.

there are nearly 13 million lawful permanent residents in the United States, and they generally have the right to leave and return to the U.S. as they please

on Wednesday, the Trump admin will ask the Supreme Court to change that

read up about Blanche v. Lau 👇🏾

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Trump’s Fed Chair Pick Dodges One Very Easy Question on Epstein — The New Republic Kevin Warsh, who has appeared in the Epstein files, had a tough time explaining all his undisclosed investments.

Senator: “Do you have investments tied to Epstein?”
Warsh: “I’d rather not say.”
Senator: “That’s yes or no.”
Warsh: “I’ll sell them if confirmed ”.

100M undisclosed, Epstein ties & a job interview for the most powerful economic role on earth.

#USDemocracy #Pinks

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Insane corruption.

And if Lutnick is profiting from the end of tariffs you can bet Trump is getting a taste.

NEW STUDY: Media coverage of violence against women has reached an all-time low — at only 1.3% of total coverage.

This, at the height of the Epstein scandal.

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It's the money. Corps make more by dissing the environment. Politicians get more donations from them to protect them, not the environment. Make this clear & boot out any politician not making wise decisions.

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.

Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A new BBC investigation has found a consistent pattern of spikes in financial markets right before Trump makes a major announcement, suggesting illegal insider trading.

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

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www.rawstory.com Trump circles alarmed as Hegseth ousts generals during war over 'personal vendettas': WSJ

Trump circles alarmed as Hegseth ousts generals during war over 'personal vendettas': WSJ #RawStory

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

As foretold by prophecy, LAPD used their "first responder" drones to spy on No Kings protests and anti-ICE protests: theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

trump and republicans making america great again by... cutting cancer research:

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Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK

“Good Law Project can reveal that the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (RSLF) has received…more than 90% of its funding – from Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) since 2023. This private college based in Budapest has close ties to Hungary’s [former] …prime minister, Viktor Orbán.”
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One more thing & then I'll shut up:

That woman they fired - she was promoted & given a raise less than a year before she was summarily fired DAYS before she & the others went public with the union.

No warning. No proof of "performance issues."

Because there were none.

It was retaliatory.

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

Anyone who read AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY knows that I specifically mentioned Joe DiGenova as an example of an American lawyer acting as willing cutout for post-Soviet, pro-Moscow oligarchs interfering in American politics.

And now here we are.

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Oil company founded by DOE chief Wright paid no US taxes last year Liberty Energy made $193 million last year and received more than $10 million back in tax benefits, according to a nonprofit analysis released on Tax Day.

"The company founded and formerly run by Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright recorded $193 million of income last year but paid no 2025 federal corporate income taxes, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS..."

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“Somebody shorted the oil markets today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement that everything was going to be great. And if you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that’s happened at least 3x… a pattern.”

The most corrupt regime ever.

The real heroes of the Epstein story The four women who were the first to go public

💯
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If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?

Trump treats the government as his personal ATM machine. At tax time that's just disgusting. We pay taxes. They steal our money and they use the government we pay for to make their rich friends richer.

"We pay taxes. They steal our money and they use the government we pay for to make their rich friends richer. As the rest of us filed our taxes last week, Trump and his family were “negotiating” with the Justice Department to settle his 10 billion-dollar suit against the us..." • @eisendrath.net

Ordered free, still locked up: Judges fume as Trump administration holds ICE detainees A legal maneuver once reserved for death row inmates and suspected terrorists has become the only recourse for immigrant detainees, who have flooded federal courts in California with thousands of peti...

“Many of the cases involve longtime U.S. residents unexpectedly hauled off to jail after routine immigration check-ins.” #Pinks #MomSky #ProudBlue

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Human rights groups raise alarm over fate of Salvadorans deported from U.S. Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.

Migrants deported from the United States by Trump "routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many are held incommunicado, cut off from family and lawyers for months, even years."

GOP plans big spending to keep Ohio Senate seat; bribery scandal adds challenge A political bribery scandal in Ohio is shadowing Jon Husted this election year

OHIO

Jon Husted's bribery scandal needs to remain in social media

If it disappears voters won't have the knowledge of what their elected is trying to bury

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Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Yay Maryland!

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Kash Patel is flying FBI’s $70 million Gulfstream V jet to Vegas “most weekends” where he “Drinks to excess“ at a high dollar private club ‘The Poodle Room’. At $15,000 an hour each trip cost the taxpayers $75-80,000. More if Kash stops to pick up his girlfriend in Nashville #USDemocracy #DemsUnited

“Forests did not fail when ground sloths disappeared. They did not fail when porcupines thinned. They failed when nothing was left to take their place…”

“That is how ecosystems usually unravel: not when the first pillar falls, but when the last brace is quietly removed.”

8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a mass shooting in Louisiana, police say Authorities in Louisiana say eight children were killed in a “domestic disturbance,” with the victims ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old.

Oh my dear god this was absolutely preventable and to scratch your head asking “how this could ever happen” is a fucking cop out. We know why this keep happening

Gun violence is the number one reason why children die in this country. What the fuck are we even doing?
This news is devastating.