Big shoutout to Kelty this week. They’re donating 5% of every purchase to the Conservation Alliance in support of saving the US Forest Service. Kelty is one of the four companies that actually founded the Conservation Alliance back in 1989, alongside Patagonia, REI, and The North Face.
Excited to share some good news for Illinois families — we’ve reached over 100,000 children in our state receiving books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Let’s keep reading.
A federal judge ruled a civil case against President Donald Trump for his actions related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, can proceed. The burden of proof that his actions were indeed "official duties" and subject to immunity (not personal actions) remains on the president.
Reading right now! Wow!
The thing that struck me IMMEDIATELY: his shoes.
Supposedly just narrowly escaped assassination, but the most important thing on his mind: "Let me get my shoes."
Hadn't rehearsed that part! Trump didn't want anyone seeing his shoes had lifts and were padded for his tiny feet (why they fell off).
“The windfall from spikes in the price of oil overwhelmingly go to the wealthy, producing a hidden redistribution from lower-income households to the super-rich”: 50% of all fossil fuel profit claims accrue to the wealthiest 1%.
#inequality billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...
BREAKING: 86% of all people support the release of the Epstein files, per WaPo poll.
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
Governor Tim Walz — "We are sick of this. A weak, reckless, Idiotic president just threw us into a war nobody asked for. No threat existed. No objectives were set. No exit plan exists. This is pure fascism." #cdnpoli
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.
NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.
Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury backstage at The Forum in Los Angeles on July 8, 1980
Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury backstage at The Forum in Los Angeles on July 8, 1980
Connie Snyder, co-owner of LA Clippers ….
Thank you!!
👏👏👏 Wife of LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR’s future with $80M gift www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
In a nutshell. 😊
Clears it up a lot.
Then they lose leverage
Current times and leaders may well sink the US
Of COURSE he's insider trading. He's a crook, he's ALWAYS been a crook, he's using the presidency to make billions.
He ran to stay out of jail, to make money and to feel powerful, because that's what a narcissist like him gets off on. It was never about helping people.
ICYMI: An ICE agent charged with 2 felonies for pulling his gun during a Minneapolis road rage incident
I don’t think it’s just he’s avoiding the Epstein files. I think he out of this goddamn mind.
Seeing President Obama and Mayor Mamdani reading to kids and singing "The Wheels on the Bus," while doing all the hand gestures is a reminder that they are human.
Whatever is evil ruling us now is not. They would never...
We paid off a couple bills and thought we'd finally have some extra money per month. Nope. Rent is going up and will take it away.
I'm so tired.
Yes!
He is a slightly more coherent Alex Jones which makes him all the more dangerous.
This place is awe inspiring! Deep breath in, released with a ,”Wow, just, wow.”
New Hungarian PM brutally confronts a news channel that banned him for years.
Today is day 139 of the ICE occupation of MN.
If ICE hasn’t come to your city or town yet, let us tell you: NOW is the time to organize.
Build trusting relationships. Get folks into Signal groups now, based on trust and connections. It will make what comes next so, so much easier.
Give these fellas a “t.v. Dinner”!
