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Trump defends letting Iran maintain missile arsenal #TheHill

Wait I thought this was pretty much a done deal last week. And the week before. And the week before. And the week before …

If you or I wanted to do this in any city in the country, we'd need to apply to get a permit.

Pence calls Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund 'a bad idea' #TheHill

They are incredibly naive

Very iconic.

Labor author & historian @kimkelly.bsky.social explains how May Day creates economic disruption and can prepare us for future action that leaves no one behind. May Day is TOMORROW! Take the May Day pledge at workers.fyi/commit and find an action near you at maydaystrong.org 📲

Shell-shocked Trump finds a new threat #RawStory

Louisiana Governor Landry set to cancel May 16th election on Friday, 5/1/16. Absentee ballots have already gone out and early voting is set to start 5/2-5/9 in Louisiana. He wants to cancel elections so he can redraw Louisiana's election map. This will eliminate two Black majority districts.

Two teenage brothers from the Republic of Congo who had been detained by federal immigration agents on their way to their Mississippi high school last week were released on Thursday afternoon, their lawyer said.

Ronyell Whitaker, a former NFL player, Virginia Tech Hokies standout, and high school football coach, died on Feb. 22 at the age of 46. Laurie Charbonneau, Whitaker’s partner, shared that Whitaker has saved four lives through organ donation.

After 76 days, the Department of Homeland Security shutdown has come to an end. www.woodtv.com/news/politic...

In a statement read by a state television anchor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the only place Americans belonged in the Persian Gulf is “at the bottom of its waters” and that a “new chapter” was being written in the region’s history. apnews.com/article/iran...

Republicans upset by gerrymandering have their own words hurled back at them #RawStory

Trump Claims ‘We’ve Already Won’ the Iran War But ‘I Want to Win By a Bigger Margin’ #Mediaite

something about how the essential innumeracy of racism has seeped its way into every fucked-up and broken american institution really got me worked up today www.theverge.com/policy/92159...

NAIL HIS ASS, SENATOR KELLY! ✊️✊️✊️

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No real leader responds this way to concerns their rhetoric is deeply antisemitic. Hegseth defiantly unapologetic. Doubles down. [Some good background here by the Times of Israel: www.timesofisrael.com/hegseth-comp...

THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS: While arriving too late in the election cycle to significantly affect the 2026 midterms in most states, the decision gifts Republicans an advantage in the fight for control of Congress as predominantly Southern states race to gerrymander away their Majority-minority districts.

THE RULING: The Supreme Court’s ruling effectively invalidates Section 2 of the VRA as it has been understood for four decades. Now, states may draw district lines in ways that undercut the political power of minority voters with virtually no limit.

🏛️ A key provision of the Voting Rights Act that restricted racial discrimination in voting for decades has been gutted by the Supreme Court. So, what actually happens when Black and brown voters lose proper representation in their communities? Here’s what you need to know👇

Texas drivers on rising gas prices: "I blame Trump directly.... I don't think it's right that we the people of America should have to suffer for that. It's all about power, greed, and control. And we're paying for it."

BREAKING US Central Command (CENTCOM) issues stmt saying US starts mine-sweeping operation in #StraitOfHormuz. This news comes after NYT reported yesterday that #Iran couldn't find all the mines in #Hormuz.

BREAKING (via WH press pool) US and #Iran are holding face-to-face talks, along with #Pakistan, which amounts to a trilateral meeting. JD #Vance is in the room with Iranians. NOTE: This post cont. my war coverage from quoted post.

Ships Sailing Through Iran’s Controlled ‘Toll Booth’ at the Strait of Hormuz #TrumpsWar www.wsj.com/articles/the...

We need to do more than win in November. We need a massive blue wave. The only way to stop the MAGA shenanigans of the Trump regime is to win big, limit their power, and then do it again in 2028. Please follow the people on this list who are on the frontlines fighting for US. go.bsky.app/K6JGV3h

New episode of #SistersInLaw is here. We discussed war crimes, presidential records, and the purge of immigration judges. You can listen here or watch on YouTube. www.politicon.com/podcast-epis...

Why are so many people focused on a Virginia ballot in the middle of April Simple. Republicans are gerrymandering every state they can to steal the midterms and protect Trump Dems just want to level the playing field If you live in VIRGINIA, VOTE YES now or on April 21 #VirginiaIsForVotingYes

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking too much about my father's passing. But screw it. I have questions. When I try to do nice things for myself (going to a concert! Finally arranging my apartment!) I'm hit with a wave of sadness-- and maybe guilt-- after. Is this normal? Is this forever?

🔎 Newly unsealed search warrants confirm the sheriff who seized 650k ballots from California’s redistricting referendum relied on fraud claims pushed by anti-voting activists. Even more chilling? The script mirrored the one used in the FBI’s Fulton County raid — which came just one week earlier.

He's done. If he was screwed & folks played dirty...which I don't believe, then we can apologize later. But the state of California is too important. There are pervy videos that people have released of him...so...He needs to get out of this race today.

Artemis II has arrived back on Earth, ending a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon, and farther into space than humans have ever gone before. Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos: youtu.be/oaXRREHVkHo?... NASA Johnson's Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

4 women accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct; 1 claims rape #UPI

US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime #TheGuardian

A con man’s challenge is to stay ahead of his con. If his marks begin to see too many signs that they are being played—and the swindler can’t craft a cover story to account for these contrary facts—the artifice can start to crumble. Trump may be at this point.

The powerful but controversial surveillance program known as Section 702 is about to expire and its reauthorization faces political obstacles in the Republican-controlled Congress, despite the White House’s backing.

Cambodia is recognizing the life-saving contributions of a rat named Magawa with a statue. The late rat sniffed out landmines for a non-profit group, and in a short career helped find more than 100.

Time for the Senate to do its job and rein in ICE! Please sign. @momsrising.org will make sure your voice is heard! #MomSky actionnetwork.org/call_campaig...

This is an absurd thing to say when Renee Good and Alex Pretti would be alive right now if Harris had won

🧵Tell your Senators to block ICE funding - 202-224-3121 It is unaccountable to have an unaccountable paramilitary terror force receive billions in government funding. The video is clear. 6 or more ICE thugs wrestled the man to the ground, beat him, and then shot him multiple times.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says the victim of today's fatal CBP shooting is a "37-year-old white male who is a Minneapolis resident and we believe he is an American citizen"

Frey: I'm done being told that our local elected officials are solely responsible for turning down the temperature. Yesterday we saw 15,000 people peacefully protesting in the streets, speaking out, standing up for their neighbors. Not a single broken window, not a single injury.

1) Doesn’t say he was wielding it, just that he had it. 2) Doesn’t match the video anyway. 3) DHS has lied in exactly this way after shooting someone before. bsky.app/profile/ms.n...

Being armed isn’t a shooting justification in itself. And def not after you’ve been disarmed

COMMENTARY: No whining. No victimhood. Just resolve to make the best of a tough situation. Broncos Country's reaction to Bo Nix's injury is the mindset of the West.