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A jury heard opening statements Tuesday by state attorneys general and Meta in a seismic federal trial over whether the tech giant deceived the public about addictive features of its social media platforms and their risks to teen mental health. www.courthousenews.com/hook-harvest...

“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” ~Clarence Darrow. Image: Chicago History Museum/Getty Images.

People need to step back and understand what they are seeing. After a few months of war, the USA is running out of munitions and options fighting a country with no air force, no navy and a damaged infrastructure. US decline is real and self-inflicted.

Republicans just approved a budget blueprint that does far more than fund the war with Iran. Buried inside the $95 billion package is $10 billion to implement new nationwide voting restrictions demanded by Trump.

In these annoying, chaotic, and fraught times, this hit hard.

An illustration of why surveillance & early detection matters in outbreak containment “The reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet 100s of samples remain untested" healthpolicy-watch.news/congo-ebola-...

Exactly this. Deterrence now through vows of aggressive oversight. (In his pre-Senate life, Ossoff worked on producing anti-corruption documentaries abroad.)

Oh! So they’re just gonna Henrietta Lacks AGAIN🤷🏽‍♀️😡 White people STILL cannablizing Black bodies😡 for their benefit 😡

Two Black families whose children died after they were used as test subjects in a vaccine trial without their parents’ consent have sued the federal government. Sample tissues from the boys’ autopsies were stolen to develop the RSV vaccine that is now used around the world.

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

The Pope has weighed in: AI isn't magic. It's currently produced by a deeply exploitative, extractive supply chain. It challenges human dignity; could fuel a new colonialism. And among the greatest challenges of our time will be to redirect its path of development. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery

The allies at Normandy died to save democracy. We can show our appreciation by protecting ours. #MemorialDay2026

Pope Leo has released his first encyclical, on AI.

I’m not saying that these guys don’t hang out at various clubs and retreats and do little bits of collusion and back scratching they absolutely do but you also have to remember that extreme wealth has limited their strategic acumen. this much money is like getting kicked in the head by a horse

my favorite case on this point: yes, Zuckerberg did trip over a curb and land in a radicalization engine then he spent $80b to create a 3D shopping mall no one wanted. no amount of money or connections could conjure the social change he wanted don’t award these guys more power than they have

They lie. They cheat. They profit. I'm fighting to ban members of Congress AND the president from trading stocks, because no one should be profiting off the backs of the people they were elected to serve.

ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.

1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0

What criminality yet to be known is Blanche’s document trying to immunize? “The United States RELEASES, WAIVES, ACQUITS, and FOREVER DISCHARGES” Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization, “and is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims” by the IRS.

Trump sued the IRS. His DOJ settled it. Buried in the deal: the IRS can never audit Trump, his kids, or the Trump Org again. A pending audit could’ve cost him $100M+. He paid $750 in taxes in 2016. $750 in 2017. $0 in 2020. You likely paid more than the president. This is corruption as governance.

Once again: with any luck, the FBI might never recover from Kash Patel.

kash patel increasingly feels like a tracy jordan-esque character

My guess is that the percentage of Americans who are aware that we are blockading and immiserating a neighboring country is in the single digits. Its not an invasion, but involves the use of American military force with the intent of collapsing the government.

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

The radio host said Hakeem Jeffries should "get [his] cotton-picking hands off of Virginia" And this Republican congressmember, Jen Kiggans, enthusiastically replied "That’s right. Ditto, yes, yes to that” Retire bitch

It is wrong and criminal for government agents to kidnap someone, send them to die in a concentration camp, and disappear them, regardless of immigration status. But it's still worth noting she has a green card. The government doesn't even pretend this is about deporting undocumented people.

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

Thus far, it is estimated that this illegal war will cost working households 5-8 thousand dollars by years end. And real info says the 25B tag thus far is likely a fifth of actual loss as Drunk Pete isn’t telling us a bunch of bases were hammered.

Someone out there decided it would be a good idea to put a German Shepherd in charge of babysitting a bunch of Doberman puppies and they were 100% correct

hot take: women are less likely to use AI because we’re quick to clock flattery as a tool of manipulation

He murdered Renee Nicole Good. Shot her three times and then called her a “f*cking b*tch”. Her last words? “It’s ok dude I’m not mad”. He got three days administrative leave before being transferred to another state. No punishment. No accountability. No justice.

Washington Times, what the hell are you blabbering about? “Where are the ‘No Kings’ protestors now” my ass - I literally sent your team two separate emails pitching the May Day Strong “Workers Over Billionaires” action this Friday. Prove them wrong by going to a May Day demonstration near you!

This @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social piece is 💯 “Those in power may pretend not to know where the present political trajectories are taking us, but they seem to sense that they’ll have to hide.” www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...

Assuming the multiple assassination attempts against Trump are real, America has never experienced this level of incompetence in the Secret Service until Republicans fired people via anti-DEI policies. Maybe the diversity, equality, and inclusion kept Presidents safer?

I’m listening to seasoned reporters talk about how frightened they were during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night and imagining how much worse it is for America’s children. If there’s ever been a time to pass sensible gun control laws, it’s now.

Unspeakably evil Only reason I am an American is because my Zeide did translation work for the US Army, in the immediate aftermath of WW2, which he spent in various concentration camps Turning our backs on the brave Afghans who helped us is morally vacant, and a stain on our national character

Which I wrote up here. emptywheel.net/2026/04/20/t...

Tim Heidecker Humiliates Alex Jones After Stealing His Job www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tim...

There will be millions of dead men, women & children as a result of his budget cuts, which were made without Congressional approval. The Lancet: Trump cuts in USAID fund will result in 1,776,539 deaths- 689,900 deaths of children younger than 5 years” in 2025 alone. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...