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JUST NOW: Leader Jeffries, Senator Coons, and Senator Booker sat on the Capitol steps, watched the sunrise, and talked about the budget fight. This is what we need—bringing people in and speaking plain truth. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @coons.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov

Just sat down on the Capitol Steps with my good friend @booker.senate.gov to have a real conversation about the dangerous situation we confront in America. And what we can all do to stop it. Tune in live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBej...

It’s like MAGA can’t decide what to hate more - the US Constitution or the New Testament.

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HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE crowd of protesters march through the streets outside an FBI office in Milwaukee in support of Judge Hannah Dugan (Video: @unraveledpress.com)

JUST NOW: House Rep. Maxwell Frost: “We can’t let these billionaires and corporations gaslight us. You know what the largest kind of theft is in this country? Wage theft.”

I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...

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So painful yet so powerful: “Ma’am, would it truly bring you peace and comfort if you were to hug him?” Tinajero embraced him and whispered something in his ear. Judge Medrano turned away and began to weep. Media and other victims’ family members in the courtroom sobbed.

Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"

Judge Xinis also denies the government's invocation of various privileges, saying the DOJ has "stubbornly refuse[d] to provide any basis" for that. She rejects DOJ's offer of new negotiations, saying the DOJ has lost the presumption of good faith due to "repeated refusals to meet and confer."

Take that, Bill Maher.

Trump Announces Deployment of U.S. Forces to Middle East without Congressional Approval Trump campaigned on ending "endless wars," but now commits U.S. forces to large-scale operations in Yemen meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...

Holy hell. 📉 Tesla profits just crashed 71%—and now Elon might have to do the unthinkable: actually show up to his day job.

A federal court today ruled to block the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. The Trump administration can't operate without accountability. We'll continue defending First Amendment rights on behalf of journalists, federal workers, and unions with our partners.

Omg, the shade 😎 Chinese Embassy for the win!

We went to El Salvador with a congressional delegation demanding the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who is being illegally imprisoned in violation of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling. This is a constitutional crisis and Donald Trump must release Kilmer now.

Artist: VKM Location: Fitzroy, Vic, Australia #Naarm #StreetArt #WallArt #KeepLeft

I did, a kids book about January 6th. With maga doing everything possible to rewrite history and whitewash what happened that day, it is more important now that ever to make sure history is remembered accurately. Thanks for your support!! Available in paperback or ebook. harrydunnliveactionhero.com

Be like her…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨

Remember this? Drinking at the podium. Chaos at the Pentagon. We’re one whiskey shot away from DEFCON 1. Every Senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew exactly who he was. They don’t get to act shocked now—they should be held accountable.

Iconic Photo 📸 A young woman stares down a riot police officer during a pro-democracy protest in Santiago, Chile in 2016. 🇨🇱⚖️ Credit: STRINGER/Newscom/REUTERS #HumanRights

At the award ceremony,Taisiia refused to take a 📸 together Later,Taisiia took second place in the ball exercises.Together with her,a Russian Tugolukova and Garnasko from Belarus climbed onto the podium.Taisiia ignored them. Ukrainian gymnast won 5 medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup

16-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Taisiia Onofriichuk won the gold medal in the hoop routine at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, beating Vera Tugolukova, a Russian representing Cyprus, and Anastasia Salos from Belarus, who competed under a neutral flag.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insists that defense-related discussions be separate and distinct from tariff negotiations with Washington, saying mixing the two risks distorting the essence of each issue.

Raskin: The president derives his powers only either from the Constitution explicitly or from an act of Congress and Congress certainly has never given the president the power to relocate prisoners to foreign countries and there's nothing in the constitution that remotely vests that power…

"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

🚨 We are not in a theoretical crisis—our American democracy is on its last breath. But from coast to coast, city to city—the people are uniting. Join our nonviolent resistance at www.FiftyFifty.one 🤝 #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump

The uncomfortable truth is right now, as things stand, Christianity is a red flag until proven otherwise. The extremists have gotten that repugnant and that powerful.

Manufacturing employs 11m, tourism 12m. #richkid #amateur

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Hegseth must go! Using his personal phone to share classified strike plans with his wife and brother.

@maddow.msnbc.com My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!

Sen. Van Hollen: "Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead." #3E

Much gratitude especially to Rabbi Laura Geller for making this happen. It's the lede in this piece: