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He'd be scared of an everything bagel FFS.

I lived in NYC for a decade and I can count on one hand the amount of times I was afraid of something that I saw in public.

It’s not a scary place if you’re a mature adult human being. It is a scary place if you’re a little Nazi diaper baby who shits himself when The Others are around. Cry more.

MAGA Dude: I am an alpha. We are bringing back traditional masculinity. If you don’t like it, you’re a pussy.

Also MAGA Dude: New York City is scawwwy! I saw a lot of meaning looking people of color and I was afwaid.

Every blue-haired they/them liberal arts grad living in NYC is tougher than this sad little bitch.

A gray bunny with droopy ears sits on a white, soft surface. The background is blurred.

Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth “The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.

The Pentagon is in "total chaos" and Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and missteps at the highest levels of the department.

"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.

Life finds a way—this tree pushed through pavement and even wrapped itself around a stop sign in L.A. #Nature doesn’t ask for permission.

[Marika Sparrow]

This seems right, and all of this is WRONG.

DEVASTATING: every snack requires a follow-up snack

Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport Two American Airlines jets clipped wings on a taxiway, officials said. Representative Grace Meng said that, in 10 years of flying to and from Washington, “This has never happened to me.”

Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants. * * * * * * Civil Action No. 8:25-cv-00951-PX * *** ORDER The Supreme Court's April 10, 2025 decision in Noem v. Abrego Garcia, 604 U.S.-No. 24A949, affirmed this Court's Order at ECF No. 21 (the "Order"), and directed that on remand, this Court clarify its use of the term "effectuate," according proper deference to the Executive Branch in its conduct of foreign affairs. See Slip Op. at 2. To this end, the Court hereby amends the Order to DIRECT that Defendants take all available steps to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States as soon as possible.

BREAKING: Judge Paula Xinis issues an order following tonight's Supreme Court ruling, ordering the government to "take all available steps to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States as soon as possible." [1/2]

Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...

Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.

They aren't even bothering to hide it.

Just now…

yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past

Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true?

BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country


Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime?

BONDI: *leaves*

something I haven't seen yet: isn't a massive increase in the range of goods worth smuggling going to be a big boost to exactly the kind of cross-border organized crime the WH claims it wants to stop?

Campaign to Keep New Sounds | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC John Schaefer, host of WNYC's New Sounds, explains how his team is working on the campaign to save New Sounds.

WNYC, like so many other news organizations, has recently endured layoffs and unfortunately, our colleagues at New Sounds are slated to be cut... unless they receive support.

Catch host John Schaefer on the campaign to save New Sounds.

www.wnyc.org/story/campai...

For decades, undocumented immigrants have trusted the IRS when it encouraged them to file. They've paid taxes in good faith, contributing nearly $100 BILLION per year and supporting social services they can't even access.

Not only is this a total betrayal, but it's also illegal. We'll fight this.

every person involved in this needs to be in prison

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

If I wouldn’t say it to someone sitting next to me at a fun dinner party, I don’t say it.

Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.

More than 600 Iron Range steelworkers out of work as auto industry cuts orders because of tariffs Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest iron ore operator in Minnesota, is idling operations in Hibbing and Virginia.

Tariffs have thrown the auto industry into disarray, and workers on the Iron Range are paying the price.

I’ve been in touch with the union to make sure that laid-off workers are getting connected to the resources they need.

www.startribune.com/iron-range-l...

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

Musk uses immigration and claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security Administration cuts Elon Musk has falsely claimed that undocumented immigrants are siphoning away billions of dollars' worth of entitlements as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.

Elon Musk has falsely claimed that undocumented immigrants are siphoning away billions of dollars' worth of entitlements as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”

@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”

NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*

(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

Schumer could have misread the electorate and his caucus and not put himself at existential risk, but by doing both *while* disregarding his colleagues in the House he's completely destroyed his legitimacy in 24 hours. It's really incredible.