If you start by sanctioning lawyers simply because they represent clients with whom you disagree

Then progress to defying Supreme Court orders-while absurdly claiming those decisions SUPPORT your position

It's only a matter of time before you begin arresting judges

This is fascism-pure and simple

After citing Trump's tariffs as an excuse for mass layoffs, automaker Stellantis is rewarding shareholders with a $2.26B payout.

Big corporations will use any cover they can — like inflation or tariffs — to pad profits and line their pockets at workers expense.

Know the truth.

Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order President Donald Trump's administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation after a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, according to court records.

Breaking Reuters:
 
The Trump admin moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation *after* a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the U.S., according to court records.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Elon backtracked on DOGE savings goals from $1 trillion to $150 billion.

But watchdogs report only $12.6 billion in verifiable savings.

That represents just 0.173% of the U.S. federal budget for 2025.

We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.

Lawmakers visit Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana ICE facilities Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern meet with detained international students.

@pressley.house.gov describes her meeting with Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk in an ICE detention center, during a @gbhnews.bsky.social interview.

www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

This is big: House Republicans tucked language into the budget res “rule” that bans the House from voting to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration used to impose tariffs. TL;DR lawmakers who vote for this are officially giving up their power to revoke his tariffs until October.

No tariffs on Russia. Huh?

It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story

Jane Austen

The more people say “a woman’s worth is in marrying young and having children” the more I’m grateful for the example of Jane Austen, who turned down a proposal of marriage so she could keep writing and whose six novels are an enduring testament to all a woman is capable of doing.

ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES

U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.

It's the third highest monthly total on record.

Thank you to whoever made this

Sens. Chuck Grassley and Maria Cantwell just introduced a bill to reassert Congress's power over tariffs.

The Trade Review Act of 2025 says a president must notify Congress about new tariffs within 48 hours of imposition. It requires Congress to approve them within 60 days or they expire.

Oh.

YouTube video by MSNBC BREAKING: Senator Cory Booker reflects on his historic, record-setting speech

NEW: Here is Rachel Maddow's interview with Senator Cory Booker, fresh from his historic speech in the Senate:

Watch: youtu.be/6G4mxBiEKQA?...

BREAKING: SENATOR CORY BOOKER BREAKS RECORD FOR LONGEST SPEECH ON FLOOR OF U.S. SENATE

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: 'No one prioritizes women's lives.' With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.

With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered. Midwives are reporting that mothers and babies are dying as a result.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

The administration says they're cutting a trillion in government spending. So far, 2025 spending is $1.89 trillion. It was $1.76 trillion at the same time last year. Spending is on pace to increase by 7.4% from last year.

www.marketwatch.com/story/despit...

A screenshot of a post on X by user Suzie Rizzo (@SUZIERIZZO1 ). The post includes a text graphic with an orange background and black text that reads: "WHEN did America become a place where people take joy in suffering? Celebrating job losses, cheering immigrant arrests, ignoring terrified schoolchildren, and applauding when neighbors lose public assistance—what happened to basic human decency?" Above the graphic, Suzie Rizzo's comment reads: "Anyone want to answer this??? "

This is the result of decades of civic poisoning by Fox News and right-wing echo chambers and channels.

John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him. The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.

New in PN: John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.

"After all, how can the rightwing justices expect a future president — particularly a Democratic one — to accept rulings limiting the exercise of their power from a Court that served as the judicial stooge of an aspiring dictator?"

I would be really curious to know if they actually get that money

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

Truth! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

IRS close to finalizing data-sharing agreement with ICE, sources say The IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE that would allow immigration officials to use tax data for deportations, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

This sucks....but before going into knee-jerk panic mode, here's one thing to know about the Internal Revenue Code:

This requires COURT APPROVAL.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/irs...

So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for…

You guessed it.

Food banks.