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Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

I need to read that.

#MomSky TODAY MOMS ARE RISING UP RALLY TO SAVE MEDICAID 37 Million children depend on Medicaid 41% of births are through Medicaid Let that sink in Listen to your MOM She wants us to call our Congressional Representatives 202 224-3121 No cuts to Medicaid Thank you @momsrising.org

The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the qualified wages an eligible employer pays to employees after March 12, 2020, and before Jan. 1, 2021.

A Pulitzer prize to Ann Telnaes, whose cartoon showing a supplicating Bezos led to her departure from the Washington Post's Opinion section

The Dictator’s post of the photo of himself doing Papal cosplay is not just a vile mockery of Catholicism. At its heart it’s yet another display of his absolutely bottomless narcissism. He’s deeply sick.

For those keeping score at home… (Source: @TheEconomist)

Oh wow. Note: This response (below, which is real) to Trump’s tweet depicting himself as pope is from the New York State Catholic Bishops, who represent the collective bishops of the state. Among them is Cardinal Dolan of NYC, who Trump appointed to his new religious liberty commission this week.

🚨BREAKING: Full Fourth Circuit DENIES Trump admin motion to stay order blocking Musk/DOGE access to personal data at Social Security Admin. Data will remain out of Musk/ DOGE’s hands. A BIG win for @democracyforward.org and its clients! Follow Democracy Docket for details. www.democracydocket.com

Leaders of some of the nation’s most prestigious universities have assembled a private collective to counter Trump’s attacks on research funding and academic independence. A group of school leaders are behind the scenes strategizing. #MomSky #Voices4Victory www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A decent man.

#NoKings

Call ☎️ your Senators @ (202)224-3121 and demand that they OPPOSE the GOP budget which cuts Medicare and Medicaid. More than 72 million Americans rely on Medicaid for health care coverage — that’s 1 in 5 people in this country. And 41% of ALL births are covered by Medicaid. #MedicaidCutsKillUS

“Trump is shackling the greatest institutions in American life. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Hey everyone. Working on a new project focused on telling the stories of the people that Trump’s policies are hurting. If that’s you, use the link below to get in touch. share-na2.hsforms.com/27abfgVgkRci...

"This is not about the money. It’s a minuscule amount of money in the federal budget, though it's critical to meeting public media's civic responsibilities. This is about attacking a free press." –New Hampshire Public Radio CEO Jim Schachter on the new threat to PBS/NPR station funding