In reversal, Justice Department withdraws subpoenas in John Brennan investigation, AP sources say The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury.

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This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
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Washington Examiner: Imagine it was someone other than President Donald Trump. Suppose a different leader were posting deranged rants in the small hours, insulting the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, threatening entire civilizations with annihilation, and comparing himself to God. What would be the reaction?

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“Do you realize how ridiculous this is? Taxpayers will pay companies $166 BILLION in refunds because the orange man in the White House taxed them unconstitutionally. They don’t even have to drop their prices… Yet Trump says there's no💰for Medicaid/childcare.”

(H/T @evanjmez.bsky.social )

Major blow for veterans as federal job protections targeted Hundreds of thousands of military veterans could lose decades‑old layoff protections if a new Trump administration proposal is passed.

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I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.

It was worth it.

💯🎯 "Trump’s 'grand strategy,' such as it is, cannot accurately be expressed in two words ('America First'), but in five:
What’s in it for me?"

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

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

The person negotiating in the Middle East on behalf of the United States does not technically work for the United States.

I cast my vote for Kash Patel next, followed quickly by Pete Hegseth.

Dems SLAM Kash Patel Suing Reporter Over BOMBSHELL Article YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports

Quite a way to start the week…

With accusations from a longtime former Dem Senator that America currently has a:

“Leader who’s f***ing nuts”

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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:

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

The National Science Foundation which funds a quarter of all basic scientific research in the country is being dismantled.

Moulton: "Trump is negotiating from behind with a team of completely amateur negotiators"

Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief

Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief 👀📣🚨

“A career Justice Department lawyer, Maria Medetis Long, is said to have raised concerns about whether the evidence justified moving forward with a bid to prosecute John O. Brennan.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u... 🎁

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

Someone is in trouble for allowing a tiny ray of honesty to escape from the Trump admin’s dark web of lies.

We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it.

He’s just burning your tax money.

2 days ago.

He's insane & we need to remove him fucking NOW!

The US Navy fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship today.
That's not blockade enforcement. That's a kinetic act on a sovereign vessel.
Anyone still calling this a "limited operation" isn't paying attention.
#HoldFast

📌MEDIA: Stop calling Jared Kushner a "high-level negotiator." He's a damn thief operating in his repulsive family's best interests not ours.

I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup.

Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires.

It's a disgrace.

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

Trump avoided punishments for his post-2020 abuses, but many of his lawyers did not For the attorneys who helped fuel the president’s efforts to remain in office, the consequences have been severe. Take John Eastman, for example.

And they remain mystified as to why it's so hard for them to find real lawyers who will work for him...

Eastman: disbarred

Giuliani: disbarred

Chesebro: disbarred

Clark: facing possible disbarment

Ellis: law license suspended

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

You’re free to repeat that defense at trial, Sir

I mean, of course that’s what happening. It’s been clear the whole time

BARTIROMO: So you're gonna sue them?

KASH PATEL: Absolutely. It's coming tomorrow

BARTIROMO: Tomorrow you will be dropping a lawsuit against The Atlantic?

PATEL: Yes I will. For defamation

Palantir’s vision is the philosophy of Nazi political theorist Carl Schmitt dressed up in jeans and a hoodie.

It is fundamentally anti-humanist, presents permanent conflict as inevitable, and seeks to build a technocratic power structure without even the minimal constraints of democracy.

STEFANIK: President Trump was not calling for genocide. Shame on CNN for saying that

TAPPER: I read the quote. Thank you so much.