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I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.

The massive nationwide electricity rate hikes aren’t happening simply because utility services have gotten more expensive or customers have been receiving better service. It’s because utility monopolies have bought off the system that’s supposed to keep them in check.

US national debt just hit $40 trillion. Why? HINT: It's NOT because the government is trying to provide its citizens healthcare or childcare.

ICYMI: Illinois has earned its 11th credit rating upgrade since 2021. It’s Illinois’ highest Moody’s rating since December 2011 and the second upgrade from Moody’s in the last year.

Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>

Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.

Sunday Taquitos #30: Flock This! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

This is the best depiction of the Cold Blob. From Ed Hawkins but it’s a little different, so follow along. There’s a peculiar and eerie blue cold blob in a sea of red warming. It sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s a canary in the climate coal mine because it signals the system is breaking down 1/

Cartoon by @stevesack.bsky.social

Wait. For. It. NASA animation shows Global temps warm slowly at first, then rapidly. Warming is accelerating! Here’s the truth. It’s real. It’s us. And we have to come to terms with it, and deal with reality, rather than deceiving ourselves, and hoping it goes away. It won’t… without intervention.

The fact that Thomas Massie lost a Republican primary because he wants pedophiles to face justice tells you everything you need to know about the state of the Republican party.

The maker of jets that crashed and killed everyone onboard and the carmaker fined tens of millions for mishandled recalls have suddenly decided to sponsor their top regulator's reality show purely for the love of the open road www.wsj.com/business/boe...

John Oliver on the Supreme Court: "It was a 6-3 decision in the case of White People vs. Everybody — and you’ll never guess who they ruled in favor of”

The FBI is raiding daycare centers in Minnesota, yet not one person in the Epstein files has been arrested in the US. Seems a little weird, right?

They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

"I'm a Christian. And Donald Trump does something to trash the teachings of my faith every day. But this latest thing, well, I just might object to. That's how strongly I feel about my faith."

If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay

The foreign interference in the Hungarian election, is overtly the U.S. and Russia, on behalf of "Putin's mouse" and autocratic dictator, Viktor Orbán. #Hungary #USA #Russia @ec.europa.eu @volteuropa.org

* Annual wage growth: 3.5% * Annual inflation: 3.3% It’s getting tight in here. (via @byheatherlong.bsky.social)

Gas utilities are moving fast to supply data centers with on-site power. Bad for our pocketbooks as well as the climate. Time to ensure that policies to prevent cost-shifting by Big Tech protect gas ratepayers as well as electricity ratepayers.

This poor guy lost his pants while trying to catch a Matt Shaw foul ball at Tampa Bay tonight. #Cubs #Embarassing #FlytheCrack

Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting north, which means an ocean current collapse is imminent: www.earth.com/news/gulf-st...

"The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history," one of the world's top democracy researchers says in a new report. I wrote about it here for CNN: www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/m...

The US is no longer a liberal democracy, according to the top global watchdog on freedom and democracy. We're falling fast, and are now classed the same as Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

I lived through publishers telling me constantly that NFTs and Crypto games were the future and I needed to get on the train and design them or I'd be left behind. I said NO. I'll outlast "AI generated games" too. That's an oath. #gamedev #games

Recent CBS News news: 1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades 2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem 3. Producer says politics dictating what airs 4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table. 5. Not firing Epstein pal.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.

Truly insane

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Never before seen footage‼️ Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year. @myradar.bsky.social #tornado #weather

How 6 Billionaire Families Fund Climate Denial and brought us Project 2025 - desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial

When I have food that starts looking like this, I throw it out. I suggest the United States does the same.

President Zelenskyy came to the White House, looking for help from his longstanding ally. He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough. Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. He was revered.

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened? Oopsie, Stephen.

Got bleacher tix to NLDS G4! I’d be happy if it doesn’t happen as a result of a Cubs 3-0 sweep in the first 3 games, but that’s not likely.

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Trump fires US labor official over data and gets earlier than expected chance to reshape Fed reut.rs/47aujgw

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.