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OPINION: Good Friday represents a call to take seriously the meaning of the cross in a time when people’s lives and livelihoods are at stake. The love of God must be known through the pursuit of justice. religionnews.com/2025/04/17/o...

The people tasked with keeping the country safe from foreign government hackers and cybercriminal gangs say they feel like they’re under attack from the administration they work under.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

#HANDSOFF #NYC

Bates: He inherited an economy that was the best-performing in the world. But in just two months, he’s crashing that economy with the biggest tax increase on middle-class families in 50 years—raising the prices he promised he would lower, and breaking his number one promise to them.

They will minimize the numbers. They will lie and say everyone was paid. They will gaslight you into thinking protests don't matter. They do these things because they know protests DO MATTER. And we have to keep protesting until we drown them. April 19th. Spread the word.

There’s no denying it anymore: the pro-democracy movement is finally back on offense. Trump’s presidency is an unmitigated disaster. MAGA is imploding under the weight of its own lies, grifts, and failures. They’re not strong—they’re desperate. They’re flailing. And they know it.

Yesterday was incredible. The official count is in — 5.2 million people joined the #HandsOff protest nationwide. So many are asking: what’s next? Mark your calendars: 4/19 is the next nationwide day of protest.

Where is our humanity?

All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.

I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.

might as well cut the 2026 ads now about how every Republican member of Congress gave their total and unreserved backing to the Trump tariffs.

Pathetic. If you’re still watching Fox you have to realize these people feed you mental pablum to keep you in line. Join the real world.

Tough language from JPMorgan tonight: “.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”

Reporter: April 9th, these tariffs come in place. Do you plan on having negotiations before that date? Bessnet: I-I-again, I'm not part of the negotiations. So you know, w–we'll see. Reporter: Canada and Mexico, notably missing on that chart. Why is that? Bessent: Um. I'm not sure.

So just to recap: 1. The reciprocal tariffs aren't reciprocal. The rates announced by Trump are unrelated to the tariffs charged by other countries. Imports from Brazil, which imposes relatively high tariffs, will face lower rates than countries that impose little or no tariffs on US goods.

Yep

Despite dubbing himself the “Father of IVF,” Donald Trump actually WILL NOT be funding federal infertility research. Trump has fired an entire infertility research team at the CDC.

Again.

Wow. Just wow. How Trump set the tariff rates. This is blithering, staggering, mind-boggling, jaw-cracking, gums-bleeding stupidity.

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

The US stock market has lost over $2 trillion in the last 20 minutes. Nice, nice. Nice.

One person stepping up and and meeting the moment is the kind of courage we need in this moment. If we do only what we’ve been doing, nothing is going to change. @booker.senate.gov is showing us a different path 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥

NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...

SNAP is at risk. Congress is considering cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which helps nearly 42 million Americans put food on the table. Critics argue it's too costly, with spending at $100 billion in 2024. By Tracy Roof @urichmond.bsky.social #foodinsecurity #Congress #SNAP

Proud of my community today. Probably a thousand people protesting in the rain. Thank you to Rep. Debbie Dingell and other speakers.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

Some breaking news in my latest. Others pointed out that Witkoff appeared to be in Moscow when he joined the Houthi PC Group chat. Sky News has a detailed story on his timeline in Moscow. I ran that against the timeline from the Atlantic article. Witkoff was waiting for Putin when he was added.(1/2)

JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I had legit completely forgotten this.

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

Join the Michigan resistance!

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

There's a reason why they're freaking out over what's happening to Tesla. It's working. There's a reason they're threatening absurd consequences. They need to scare you back into civility and compliance. As long as we're reluctant to cross the lines they ignore daily, they have the upper hand.

When I first ran to be Michigan’s Attorney General, I pledged to protect our state and our country — I’m not walking that promise back now and will keep working every day to protect the rule of law. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

Remember this all the time!

I stand 100% with Jack Schlossberg and his Grandfather.

Boycott Airbnb! They’re DOGE!

To put it in clearer terms…

holy shit. in a world of Schumers be a McGee.

Check this shit out y’all! A teacher in Idaho has been ordered to remove a sign she has hanging in her classroom because somebody thinks it’s political. The sign read “Everyone is welcome here”. That’s it. That’s the entire sign. You know what to do!

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.