that's the story, folks

The government may shut down in 12 hours.

Democrats are in DC, fighting to protect your health care and lower your costs.

Republicans are on vacation.

Uh this is legit bonkers. Well I guess we know who to blame for the shutdown.

A Scandal Covered in Tahini Plus: Both hatred and grace at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

"There are many questions: Did Homan keep the money? Is the $50,000 reported on his tax return?
And what about the coverup? Was it ordered by the president, who seems to take personal interest in the question of who is prosecuted and not by his Justice Department?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-scandal-...

Sternly worded letter. Well done!

These people calling for bipartisanship! Even now! It’s a level of delusion that defies credulity.

Car repairs up 15%. Furniture up 9%. Electricity up 6%. Coffee up 20%.

Now Republicans say they will shut down the government unless their law to increase many health insurance premiums by 75% goes into effect.

They are ruining people’s lives with these cost hikes.

Education is the enemy of fascism.

Whether it's Joe Biden condemning the killing of Charlie Kirk in 2025 or Charlie Kirk calling for the killing of Joe Biden in 2024, both men have issued strong words about the other's killing.

Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired

Gov. Pritzker: “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump…asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’ Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”

strong Madness of King George energy

Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now? hemselves, that there is a problem, just as Biden’s supporters did for him.    Donald Trump is showing all the signs of suffering from dementia. If this were a neighbor, a parent, or a family frien…

"In older people, confabulation is one of the clearest early signs of dementia...Once you have seen that Donald Trump is confabulating, it cannot be unseen — and all sorts of other mildly disturbing incidents suddenly fall into place."
thehill.com/opinion/camp...

He just dropped $280,000,000 worth of artillery in a war that’s not ours, but our grandparents have to live on Ramen noodles because America can’t afford Meals on Wheels anymore.

Make it make sense.

There were more people at the No Kings protest in Boise, Idaho

Also this kid might single-handedly break the stranglehold the authoritarian fascist aesthetic has on Gen Z

She was right.

#USDemocracy

For the record: I am convinced that Biden is a narcissist who put his ego ahead of the interests of the nation. I offer no defense of Biden, the fact he stayed too long, etc. I insist however, I don’t care in the context of the threat before us.

How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article) Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.

This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

They are deadly serious about this. They are planning to throw millions of people off their insurance in order to afford a trillion dollar tax cut for the wealthiest 1%.

A post by Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz ) with a verified blue checkmark says: "He’s taking a break from destroying your retirement plan to try to save his own." It quotes a Politico (@politico ) article from 9 hours ago: "Musk stepping back from government work amid plummeting Tesla sales ow.ly/J4VL1066GHK."

Musk must be exhausted running from the consequences!

Every word of this.👇

Every single House Democrat will vote NO on the reckless Republican budget that rips away healthcare from the American people.

Yevhenii Melnyk,13-yr-old Ukrainian karateka,refused to take a 📸with a Russian on the podium

Yevhenii won bronze at a Youth Karate League in Spain.After the award ceremony,he refused to shake hands with the Russian,who was competing under a neutral flag
📹karate.project/Ukrainian Karate Federation

We must do everything in our power to ensure fair elections in 2026, which is why we must stop H.R. 22 — the GOP voter suppression bill we call the "Silencing Americans Act."

A House vote is expected later this week. Make sure your representative hears from you ASAP: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

This is the way.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Thank you for emerging from the shadows, Ms. Harris. It is an important gesture.