April Roberts

Schlossberg: If this becomes the new normal and the president is able to trademark America’s birthday and issue his own currency while weakening the dollar, having gold skyrocket, and increasing prices on every commodity and input cost in our economy, we’re getting screwed and he’s getting rich.

Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...

...maybe there wasn't much planning?

#6. Trust Is Transactional — And It’s Broken I asked what qualities would prove that a politician actually understands their lives. The answers were simple. Be authentic. Show up. Know what groceries cost. “There’s people that really have to make the decision — am I going to pay rent or am I going to get groceries? Politicians are paid. A lot of them don’t understand that the things of the day-to-day life don’t really apply to them.” A third of the room raised their hands when I asked if they had personally faced the choice between rent and food. A grocery store manager who leans Democrat put the representation gap into words: “Most politicians, they’re from Columbia University or Duke University… most people didn’t go to those kinds of schools. Maybe it would be better if someone was there who had a more general experience.” These young people aren’t asking politicians to say the right things. They’re asking them to have lived the right things.

John Della Volpe's focus groups with gen Z are always worth reading:

"I asked what qualities would prove that a politician actually understands their lives.

The answers were simple.

Be authentic. Show up. Know what groceries cost." dellavolpe.substack.com/p/its-not-li...

Page One in Miami:

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Rabobank (one of the world’s largest banks focused on the global food, agriculture and energy industries) on the unfolding worst case scenario:

Her trip to Ireland was ruined by this one question?? Gee, I wonder why…

I’m not a big curling guy, but I get the significance of this, and WOW it’s mind-blowing. Some are calling it the best shot in curling history! #TeamCanada at the #ParalympicGames.

Markets are *very* unhappy about developments in Iran.

Sen. Tim Kaine says supporting Kristi Noem as DHS secretary was a "big mistake" Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, expressed regret on Sunday for supporting Kristi Noem for Department of Homeland Security secretary last year.

"Thankfully, I have learned nothing from this and will keep making that mistake over and over."

www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-kai...

Bhattacharya loves his anti-vax pals almost as much as he loves railing against the “politicization” of science.

And he loves that almost as much as he loves blaming scientists for the loss of public trust in vaccines.

Note this is being shared by Children’s Health Defense, Kennedy’s old group.

What the fuck is this?

Republican Senator Thom Tillis is now openly calling for Stephen Miller to be removed.
✊👏 Yes!! 👏

Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
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I understand why Putin wants to destroy America, and I can guess why Trump is helping him do it. But I'll never figure out why Congress is letting him get away with it.

Imagine this was your city.

Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...

Perfect clarity in this answer.

the most important state election of early 2026 is right around the corner… though you’d never know it by the attention it’s receiving.

here’s hoping this bolts article helps jumpstart a little more chat!

BREAKING:Democrat Alex Holladay defeats Republican Bryan Renshaw in the Arkansas House District 70 special election, flipping the GOP-held suburban Little Rock seat from 🔴 to 🔵.

Sounds familiar.

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.

He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - Bolts After flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election.

NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.

Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030.

That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail.

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Waiting for the administration to say the spike in gas prices isn't actually a big deal because so many Americans are losing their jobs and won't have to drive to work anymore.

If Timothee Chalamet wants to make being a reverse-snob part of his deal, whatever. Be a child, you know?

But at a time when arts funding and support are so imperiled, it would be nice not to lead with your contempt for wide swaths of the arts during your campaign to have your own art recognized.

So Iran now has, perhaps for the first time, information about the location of our most sensitive covert sites in the region.

A completely foreseeable, unnecessary consequence of unnecessary war with Iran.

This is not good.