Republicans go to Congress to break it.

Everyone has rights, or no one has rights.

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

Corrupt "Supreme Court"
💰 Chief Justice John Roberts’ Wife Made $10 Million+ From Top Law Firms www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

Is it just for the money? Is it possible that the Russian male mindset is so toxic the women in their lives want them gone?

Morning, y'all! ☕️ Just like this sweet sun, let’s go out there and beam today. Don't you give anyone permission to kill the beauty in your soul. Keep your chin up and your heart open! #Jaye’sMorningLight
(I’m traveling today so I might be MIA for a while! I’ll respond as I’m able.)

Intelligence played no part in any Trump decision...ever.

Very good: “This confederacy of goons think that their wealth and whiteness and maleness conveys automatic competence, so they never bothered to learn anything about anything, and they fired everyone who knew anything about anything, and dismantled all the programs that helped make anything work ….”

What makes you think your two phrases aren't in conflict? And if they are (they are), why did you choose the one that emboldened secrecy over objectivity?
You be you, dude.

And the Indies who voted "no" will be the first to whine when the GOP screws them.

Show up, or shut up.

At least Trump was honest in calling Witkoff and Kushner "my representatives", rather than the "U.S. representatives" or "our nation's representatives". Of course they will only represent their own interests. It's all they've ever done.

Trump is using religion to divide us.

The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”

Smith and Huntsman approached Scott and grabbed his arms. Scott repeatedly pleaded “please” and “what are you doing” in a distressed voice, while Smith and Huntsman pulled him to the ground. At first, the officers held Scott’s arms at his sides while he was lying on his back. In this position, Scott screamed, struggled, and pled with the officers to leave him alone for over two minutes. The officers then eventually rolled Scott onto his stomach, repeatedly ordering Scott to “stop.” With Scott on his stomach and with his hands restrained behind his back, Huntsman put his bodyweight on Scott’s back and neck for about one to two minutes. At the same time Smith put his weight on Scott’s legs, restraining his lower body. Scott’s pleas turned increasingly incoherent and breathless as Huntsman applied his bodyweight. After handcuffing him, the officers attempted to roll Scott on his side, as he continued to incoherently cry out that he wanted to be left alone. When they rolled Scott over, his face was bloody from contact with the ground. Scott stopped yelling and thrashing around after a few minutes. Scott did not respond when Smith and Huntsman tried to wake or revive him. Shortly after, when the paramedics arrived, Scott was still unresponsive. Scott was pronounced dead after paramedics removed him from the scene. Plaintiffs’ expert found that Scott had died from restraint asphyxia.

One might hope that the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority would at least explain why it tossed out the lower court ruling against these officers, who seemingly murdered this man for no reason. Alas, we get nothing.

Here's that now-vacated ruling: cases.justia.com/federal/appe...

IDF Confirms Viral Photo of Soldier Smashing Jesus Statue Is Real After Swift Backlash The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the authenticity of a viral image showing one of its soldiers hitting a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in Lebanon.

IDF Confirms Viral Photo of Soldier Smashing Jesus Statue Is Real. This no accident This is the same Netanyahu regime that is openly supporting cleansing Christians from their hones in Wast Bank to be build Jewish only settlements. They are religious supremacists
www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...

Are they replacing Plato with Yarvin?

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto The problems with our tech philosopher kings

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...

“The In-Your-Face Corruption and Arrogance of Justice Clarence Thomas.”
www.dorfonlaw.org/2026/04/the-...

Pennsylvania's motor-voter system effectively screens non-citizens from voter registration • Pennsylvania Capital-Star The audit also revealed problems with PennDOT’s data security protocols and recommended tighter internal controls.

Pennsylvania's auditor general, a Republican, audited 210,000+ new voter registrations under Gov. Shapiro's new motor voter system to see if noncitizens were registering to vote.

They found one. One.

And that was because a PennDOT staffer erred. It was fixed before the driver left the office.

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

1. As Jared Kushner heads to Pakistan to represent the United States in critical talks with Iran, the media is ignoring a historic corruption scandal.

Kushner is serving in this role while on the payroll of the Saudi government.

Let's look at the data.

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Because namby-pamby Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer (@schumer.senate.gov) and Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social) are not only uninspiring, but they in fact turn people off. We need stronger leadership now!

'Bell removed Romeo and Juliet from his syllabus because “in Act III, Romeo and Juliet have sex, and that falls under this very broadly defined sexuality [topics ban].” He also didn’t teach about Joan of Arc this semester.'

What an actual lack of freedom of speech looks like in universities. 3/3

Playing right into what Trump and the tech-bros want: replacement of the USD as the world's reserve currency with some form of crypto they can manipulate. And use for laundering.

(Reuters) - European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

A normal merits case creates law in public - briefing, argument, opinion, precedent. The shadow docket often produces power in private - rushed filings, no oral argument, unsigned orders, little reasoning. This benefits Trump because it gives him action without accountability.

Ukraine's Ambassador to US, Stefanishyna:

Russia is not interested in engaging in real diplomacy, because they see waivers on oil sanctions, waivers on personal sanctions, members of Russian State Duma walking around Congress pretending like nothing happened.