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OPINION by @hayesbrown.bsky.social: “Already investors can see that the potential fiscal returns for exploiting human suffering are higher than they’ve been in over 150 years” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

The last few days have truly been a low point for the American news media. And it’s all because journalists in this country—and their corporate masters—lack the courage to say what they all know and say endlessly in private: That Trump is stupid, and nuts.

He’s been completely manipulated and played, and it’s starting to sink into his deeply damaged brain.

Possible bottom line: The MOP strikes were performative for Trump, and this “retaliation” is performative for Khamenei. Which may actually be the best result for the planet.

Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

So I just finished, and truly enjoyed, Wolf Hall - seasons 1 and 2 - on PBS Passport. Highly recommend. Rylance is outstanding.

Just to state the obvious: immigrants should be treated with dignity and respect – not thrown in jails (at times without any due process), where neglect, abuse, and deaths are rampant.

My latest: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin share a driving dream: driving their countries and the world back to a previous era. And they love a military parade. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

Billionaires like Trump and Musk don’t have a clue what it means for working families when it becomes too expensive to buy your kid a birthday present.

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

There is a lot to parse through in Trump's budget request that just came out. But here are the highlights: - Total, a 10% overall cut - State Dept is getting hacked to bits. Mind-boggling. - HUD is nearly slashed in half. - Education Dept is still kickin in FY26 - HHS down by more than a quarter

The Marshall Plan: The United States helps its allies in their time of need. The Trump Plan: The United States shakes down an ally in its time of need. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/w...

Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:

I drive an 11 year old Outback. Wondering what folks are thinking about the 2026 version hitting the auto shows. From what I've seen, the long-roof, low-slung wagon we know and love seems to have been replaced by a boxy SUV - a stretch Forrester, perhaps?

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

As Jesus taught, Francis lived humbly and with a preference for the poor. Rather than exercise power for power’s sake, he was a leader who focused on mercy, caring for the marginalized, and stewardship of God’s great creation in a world of abundance. May the “People’s Pope” rest in peace. (4/4)

Pete Hegseth’s continuing contempt for our intelligence community and abdication of his duty to our armed forces and the American people are completely unacceptable – and dangerous. President Trump must remove him immediately.

Who are the death row executioners? Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers

Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

The university refused to make changes it said would "dictate what private universities can teach" and "whom they can admit and hire," among other things.

BREAKING: Days before she was detained by ICE, the State Department had determined Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk did NOT engage in antisemitic or terrorist activities. Rubio revoked her visa anyhow. Gift article: wapo.st/4j8d5Uh

'I Just Got Back From Europe. They All Know That America's a Mess and That He's Nuts.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-just-got...

Democrats are bashing Trump for sharing market advice with his Truth Social followers hours before announcing a 90-day pause on most of his sweeping tariffs, elevating calls for a ban on congressional stock trading. Rep. Mike Levin questioned on social media, "How is this not market manipulation?"

MAGA’s proposed budget swings a wrecking ball at Medicaid and millions of Americans. I’m voting ‘hell no.’

do I have this right? Donald Trump is just going to crash the world economy every three months — and then pretend to save it, over and over, while his cronies rake in untold billions on his shameless market manipulation, is that it? fucking hell

Pure villainy. Time for us all to get our Navalny on

OPINION by sociologist Jessica Calarco: Jessica warns “those who are betting on Trump and his promise to bring back manufacturing risk putting us all in a more precarious position—pushing us back to Gilded Age levels of inequality…” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Why would anyone (still) trust Trump's business sense?

Billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman, who endorsed Donald Trump's run for President, said the US leader was losing the confidence of business leaders and should pause his trade war reut.rs/423xwfd

Goldman Sachs has raised the odds of a US recession to 45% from 35%, the second time it has increased its forecast in a week amid a growing chorus of such predictions by investment banks due to an escalating trade war reut.rs/4iYkGEL

Japanese and Chinese markets are down 8% and 10% respectively. Black Friday in 1929 was -11%. Tomorrow could easily be the worst crash in American history. The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

OPINION by @levinsonjessica.bsky.social: Jessica notes, “you wouldn’t necessarily know it if you’ve been listening to the president, but the Constitution assigns the power to regulate foreign commerce and impose tariffs to Congress, not the White House.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump is driving the world to a global depression -and destruction of all US influence - using powers delegated to him by Congress. Congress could recall those powers and save everyone from the disaster Trump is determined to inflict

Murphy: "The vast majority of Republicans, their number one priority is Trump seizing power, and the Trump family and the MAGA universe holding power forever ... with the exception of maybe 20 Republicans in the Senate, the GOP inside Congress is done with democracy."

Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs fueled the steepest stock market sell-off since 2020, with the S&P 500 plunging nearly 5%.

what do you bet those million dollar checks in WI bounce...

Voted in WI. Doing my part to save our public schools and democracy.

My Friday Substack: No law in Magamerica www.joyannreid.com/p/a-daily-re...

Best case scenario is that Hegseth was drunk. If not, he’s a fucking moron. Of course I’m open to both being true simultaneously

Is anyone else getting weird texts from someone named Pete with a bunch of “nuclear codes”? Seems like a scam

Three days ago Trump took away my non-existent security clearance…. At the same time his cabinet was texting top secret plans with a member of the media on board. Copy that

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.

Bird flu has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and turn into a new pandemic reut.rs/4j02QAZ

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

Members of Congress exploded in anger after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen. "This is an outrageous national security breach and heads should roll."

Some Dems already calling for probes into the Yemen signal chain incident. Deluzio: "Heads should roll. We need a full investigation and hearing ... ASAP." Jacobs: "We can't chalk this up to a simple mistake – people should be fired for this." @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/03/24/a...

Top intelligence committees need to begin an investigation into Pete Hegseth's epic Signal chat mishap. ASAP. There should be televised hearings so all Americans have transparency on how such an enormous breach of national security could take place in first place.