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“FEMA was not doing their job…I’ll be taking strong action to get North Carolina the support that you need to quickly recover and rebuild. We’re working on it very hard.” www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025...

Who’s in charge?

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Even his own people admit he’s lying.

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In spring 2013, Trump tweeted: “The new Pope is a humble man, very much like me, which probably explains why I like him so much!” Such humility we could do without.

Newsweek reports that CA gubernatorial candidate Kyle Langford wants immigrant women to marry CA “incels” to avoid deportation and foster “healthy, stable young families.” Because of course nothing says healthy and stable like a loveless marriage to a horny misogynist.

Fine, Mr. Miller, just give the El Salvador concentration camp prisoners the same due process given to January 6 rioters.

Meidas+

Pope Francis wasn’t chosen for his humility, his compassion, or his progressivism, but his managerial acumen—we just got lucky. I pray the conclave doesn’t choose a new pontiff for his willingness to soft-pedal Christ’s message for dictators.

“This emerging protest movement, and the size of the crowds at the Bernie Sanders and AOC events, is going to compel Democratic politicians to become more active, follow their base rather than so as not to lose it.”

Seizing citizens. Already happening, folks. This is a lawless regime.

FBI Warns Of ‘American Dream’ Scam — theonion.com/fbi-warns-of... Sadly on the spot.

“Creation is resistance.” I also like these words from Bishop Steven Charleston: “Release your vision into the world. Do it in the way that is best for you. Sing it, paint it, write it, study it, dream it, give it, become it…Many are looking to see what you have already discovered.”

Today I'm finding out which people believe that if you're part of a population that is a small overall percentage of humans on the planet, it's okay to strip you of rights. I wonder if they have considered how easy it would be to classify *them* into a small overall percentage, and do it to them.

Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited. sherwood.news/power/shop-t...

"The obligation to care for strangers is critical...So, this Pesach, we should not only keep strangers front and center; we should commit to action on their behalf." On behalf of Jen and the Contrarian team, we wish you a delicious, meaningful, and joyful Pesach to all who celebrate.

The thought police are here.

Yes, this is real. Supposedly posted “in error,” but this regime’s Freudian slip is showing.

“We strongly support your right to determine your own future and, if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America,” Trump told Greenland. “We will keep you safe. We will make you rich.” Ask US citizens how safe and rich we feel. #greenland

For chrissake.

From The NY Times today: “If government officials can say anything, true or not, to justify their actions, what stops them from doing that to an American citizen? If they never have to prove someone is actually who they say he is, they can claim anything and act with impunity against anyone.”

Despite two recounts & an audit confirming the results, Republicans are still trying to throw out 65,000+ votes from last November’s state supreme court race. Court accountability experts Mike Sacks and Evan Vorpahl discuss the attempted judicial coup—and what you can do to fight back.

AARP is "deeply troubled" by "a startling and sudden decline in customer service” at the SSA. In February, the busy/disconnect rate was 1.5%. In March, it was 28.4%.

Elon Musk’s young DOGE goons have made yet another tech blunder as they launched untested software, crashing the Social Security website.

The latest on the debacle.

The Trump administration has yanked the funding from a program that allowed schools and food banks to buy fresh products from small farms ncnewsline.com/2025/04/07/u... @stateline.org #nc #ncpol

Allison Riggs won the election for NC Supreme Court. Changing the rules after the election to throw out the votes of tens of thousands of North Carolinians who followed all of the rules is a travesty.