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I hope legacy media covers the connection between last night's memecoin dinner and this morning's social media tariff threats. He's manipulating the stock market.

Crockett: That’s why they hired everybody from Fox because all they’re trying to do is put on a show.. I want us to refocus our attention on the American people and stop demonizing every person that ends up in ICE custody…

*Applause*

Van Drew: *bangs gavel*

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

Sesame Street had him pegged back in 1988.

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

He’s talking about fellow Americans who disagree politically.

“See you in court.”

This isn't hypothetical.

The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

Rampant corruption:

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

Pretty remarkable finish to tonight's 60 Minutes episode

I truly believe this is what the evil man is purposely trying to do!

If it’s true that their only “evidence” against this judge is that she advised someone to leave out a side door, this is complete banana republic bullshit and should be unequivocally condemned by both parties.

They make it sound like there are millions of dead people getting Social Security checks. But it's just not true.

“This Uber Eats mentality, lack of tolerance for complexity or delays,” @rory-stewart.bsky.social looks at the cultural forces that lead to Trump.

Can you imagine how much progress on gun regulation has been stymied, for decades, by fear like this; by the fact that the people thus being regulated have lots of guns that they say are for the purpose of disciplining the tyrants who would regulate them?

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

theonion.com/show-me-wher...

Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.

I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.

This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Global corporations and authoritarians are working in concert to put a bullet in the head of informed consensus.

They're winning. It's not subtle.

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

Constitutional scholar says that we are all in danger of having our rights denied by Trump admin.

And it means, if you listen carefully, that we are all Abrego Garcia.

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Anyone still in denial??

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...

Amid the Trump admin's dismantling of the US scientific ecosystem, Nobel Prize-winner @ardemp.bskyverified.social writes on @cnn.com: "I’ve already been approached with an offer to relocate my lab to China, complete with a promise of 20 years of stable research funding." www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...

dem shadow hearing on rule of law yesterday—full opening’s too long for bluesky but available on IG cohen.489 or TT cohen489 (as well as youtube etc).

“I choose courage.”

Thank you @cohen489.bsky.social

'So many children died': Russian attack on Kryvy Rih kills 20

"So many children died." - If one of Ukraine's allies (America) shows weakness to Russia, they’ll just carry on their outrageous and unjust war. The only way to negotiate with Russia is from a position of strength. www.france24.com/en/video/202...

"The only way that slashing the number of workers will save large sums money is by making it hard for people to access benefits they’ve earned.

Such backdoor benefit cuts, and making a popular government program look bad, are the real goals behind DOGE attacks on Social Security."

Abruptly Eliminating Social Security Phone Services Threatens Access to Benefits | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Starting April 14, phone service will no longer be an option for retirees and survivors applying for benefits, or for beneficiaries making direct deposit changes. Instead, these services will only be ...

The Trump Administration is making it harder for eligible Social Security beneficiaries to access their benefits by eliminating phone services, forcing millions more people to seek in-person help even as it cuts thousands of Social Security Administration (SSA) staff. 🧵

www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

Finally *liberated* from a strong economy, record stock market, and historically low unemployment.