Sarah Sullivan

Nope

You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here.

Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed, joint media report says Russia returned Vicktoriia Roshchyna's emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to hide further traces of torture, the report said.

Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed www.cbsnews.com/news/viktori...

The group chats that changed America A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.

You all need to read this.

The Signal chat of the world's worst people trying to impose their sociopathic fascist rule on the rest of us.

www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Art of the deal

US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk ...

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

This.

Avoid US or Take Burner Devices, Canadian Executives Tell Staff Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longsta...

Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against traveling to the US.

He’s actually just stupid

We don’t deserve their trust

First came the market manipulation. Now come the bribes.

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.

Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"

Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy The 22nd Amendment is clear: President Trump has to give up his office after his second term. But his refusal to accept that underscores how far he is willing to consider going to consolidate power.

Trump's talk of defying the two-term limit to hold onto power underscores the uncertainty about the future of America’s constitutional system with a president whose commitment to rule of law is under question. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...

At least 5 of 12 regional Head Start offices have been closed as part of HHS layoffs—leaving families and providers in limbo. A lifeline for low-income kids is being quietly dismantled. Read on to see what’s happening and why it matters. #ProtectOurKids #HandsOff 🧵

BREAKING: Germany is considering the withdrawal of approximately 1,200 tons of gold, valued at around $124 billion, from a U.S. Federal Reserve vault in New York.

Absolutely

Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.

Breaking WaPo:

Members of Trump's National Security Council, including national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by WaPo and interviews with three U.S. officials. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

As part of the #TeslaTakedown movement, people around the world are coming together today around noon for a Global Day of Action—with over 500 peaceful protests planned at Tesla facilities and public spaces. Our coalition is full of tree huggers, and we’ll be out there standing with you.

Dear Democratic Members of Congress,

Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it.

Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it!

Signed,

Americans

FFS!

Pete Hegseth is inappropriately bringing his wife along to sensitive meetings -- she's a former Fox News producer

And his brother is now serving as a "senior advisor" at the Pentagon -- he's a former podcast producer & social media mgr

DEI/NepoBaby hires?

🪓 Hegseth must go!

Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.

Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.

The incompetence of this administration is staggering.

The Trump administration announced that 10,000 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services would be fired.

Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.

Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10% in tax receipts this year compared with 2024.

That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue.

The reason? Staff cuts and disruptions related to Musk's DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Walz: "I think we have to assume the very worst in everything this administration does, and we need to prepare for it."