McTrouble

#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount.

📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

Guy who infamously bankrupted a casino & turned a swath of Atlantic City into a sad sunk cost graveyard is limping around a fed project whining about construction budgets as if he’s an expert in controlling ‘em—& not the one who needs double Depends to catch his own overages. Unintentionally funny🤣

HEB for Governor.

How to help people affected by Kerrville-area floods Disaster relief organizations, including the Red Cross and Salvation Army, have deployed to the Texas Hill Country to help those affected.

How to help: www.kut.org/energy-envir...

NOTE TO MY FELLOW AMERICANS:

Regime change starts at home.

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor Sergey Mardan explains Russia's approach to Iran, Israel and the US

Meanwhile in Russia: host Sergey Mardan explained that Russia is an enemy of both the United States and Israel. Mardan said that Russia wants Israel to be weakened and should keep helping Iran, to include scientific assistance in nuclear areas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQK8...

RIP civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who on this day in 1963 was assassinated at his home by a white supremacist in Jackson, MS.

"Freedom has never been free... I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them."

Transcript: Why Trump-Musk Feud Has White House in “Full Panic Mode” As the battle between Donald Trump and Elon Musk erupts, former GOP strategist Rick Wilson explains why Trump has more to lose—and why the White House is likely very anxious about where this is all go...

One ugly thing about the Trump-Musk feud: It provides a glimpse into the profound emptiness at the core of MAGA. It's all so hollow. Everything is trolling, ego, lies, conspiracy theories, shitposting. Nothing is ever real.

On the pod Rick Wilson and I dig into this
newrepublic.com/article/1962...

Willing to bet a very large amount that most of that 413% rise in “assaults” on ICE agents represent unarmed people attacking ICE fists with their faces and boots with their kidneys.

Because these people are lying scum.

And moronic.

Picture of the OJ Simpson car chase with the caption "millions expected to travel this Memorial day, breaking 20-year-old record"

Please enjoy this stock photo the local CBS affiliate chose for a story about traffic this summer

Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador.

“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...

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"Protect White Americans" rally: live footage

BREAKING NEWS:

Tonight's Washington Nationals game has been postponed due to weather.

The game has been rescheduled for 6:10 p.m. this Sunday, April 20, as the second game of a split doubleheader. Sunday’s 1:10 p.m. first pitch will be played as scheduled.

‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’ Elon Musk promised to preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.

The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its plan to stop sending emergency food to millions of children who are starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries

Without urgent aid, many of these children are likely to die within months www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Trump appointee asked IRS to review audit of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Experts say the outreach on behalf of Lindell, a Trump political ally, is highly unusual and represents a change in how political appointees engage with the IRS.

A Trump administration official in March asked the IRS to review an audit of MyPillow chief executive and conservative political personality Mike Lindell, according to two people familiar with the request and records obtained by The Post.

Texas House Weighs How to Get Harsh on Hemp Industry advocates warn against bills that would ban or otherwise restrict many legal THC products.

“I want bad actors removed from this space, but you don’t clean up a room by setting it on fire.”

A hemp industry worth as much as $4B is on the line if Texas moves forward with its planned ban on THC products ...

Republican Abortion Laws Are 'Torturing Women.' Can the GOP Fix Its Own Crisis? Too late for many pregnant Texans, lawmakers might finally clarify exceptions to the state’s deadly bans—but advocates fear the current bills could also pose a new threat.

Featured story, from @marytuma.bsky.social : “These laws are torturing women, there’s no other way to put it. It is absolutely horrible having to try to help patients get care when the state has barred us from using our best medical judgment.”

'It’s About Censorship, Erasure, and Control': the GOP's Push for Parental Rights It’s part of a new right-wing project to control public schools.

“School boards and boards of trustees have been infiltrated by a lot of right-wing politician. By using the board of trustees to implement pieces of anti-LGBTQ and anti-DEI law, it makes it really clear that this bill is not about parental rights, but it’s about pushing forth a political agenda.”

Katz: Where does that confidence come from"

Derik Queen: "I'm from Baltimore..."

MANDY IS MISSING IN BROOKLYN: last seen at Evergreen and Greene Avenues she's chipped: 985113009562581 and six pounds. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT MANDY!

Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43 Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...

It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...

YouTube video by Happy Doggo Opening Alba's Kitchen Feeding 1200 Street Dogs

Been working on this in the background for 3 months.

Opened it this week. A huge step forward and all in Alba’s memory 💜

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R-...

oh is it bad when you put people out of work for political reasons

YouTube video by Jim Acosta Pentagon removes web references to Colin Powell and others as part of DEI purge. Have you no shame?

Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

LUNA IS MISSING IN QUEENS: last seen at Junction Blvd and 43rd Ave in Corona, New York. She's 85 pounds and chipped: 985141006585773. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT LUNA!

Weird.

HUD cuts could endanger portion of more than $15M in federal housing funds - Austin Monitor url:https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025/03/hud-cuts-could-endanger-portion-of-more-than-15m-in-federal-housing-funds/