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Over one million anglers will drop a line on Minnesota lakes this season, supporting $4.4 billion for local economies and getting folks outside. Great to talk about this time-honored Minnesota tradition on the shore of Big Trout Lake this morning!

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Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events - Report by Ken Dilanian www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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here's today's post: "holy shit! MAGA melts down over ‘woke Marxist pope’" — boo fucking hoo, crybabies. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

submitted 15 days ago • 61 comments

HAPPENING SOON: Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk has a bail hearing coming up in roughly 20 minutes, on the heels of her Second Circuit victory. I'll be covering it in real time for @www.allrisenews.com — Background www.allrisenews.com/p/boasberg-h...

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Air traffic controllers for New Jersey's Newark airport lost radar again for 90 seconds Friday, FAA says.

submitted 15 days ago • 361 comments

oops

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For the first time, President Donald Trump has a negative approval rating in Texas over his handling of the economy, according to a new poll.

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Stunning poll findings: Marist now has Trump at only 46% approval among rural voters, who voted for him by overwhelming margins in 2024. And CNN finds more that 40% of those who approve of Trump expect a recession next year. As we discuss here, it's premature to say his base will never crack:

submitted 18 days ago • 69 comments

All fellow Marylanders can take pride in the work of Dr. Carla Hayden, who has provided remarkable leadership as the Librarian of Congress. Her sacking by Donald Trump, who knows little about Congress & less about libraries, is a scandal exposing his contempt for learning, literature & knowledge.

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Justice David Souter served with great integrity, amazing humility, and fierce fidelity to the rule of law. May his sparkling memory serve as a model of the judicial independence and integrity our democracy urgently requires.

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NEW — I’ve obtained audio of new acting FEMA head David Richardson threatening staff in an all hands meeting this morning. As first reported by Reuters, he told those who resisted change in the agency, “Don’t get in my way…I will run right over you.” Listen to the clip here:

submitted 15 days ago • 469 comments

I know some of you may do this anyway, but I nonetheless urge you NOT to send items like these to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 601 D St. NW, Washington, DC 20530. Please do NOT do that. Thank you.

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"Multiple sources told CNN that as Hegseth has grown increasingly paranoid about the potential of leaks to the media within the Pentagon and has begun largely depending on a small circle for counsel, including his wife..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/p...

submitted 29 days ago • 730 comments

"'What I’ve seen with Hegseth – never in my life have I ever seen this,' the former senior official said of the regular presence of the secretary’s wife..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/p...

submitted 29 days ago • 1513 comments

This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

submitted 31 days ago • 600 comments

Will DOGE reject funding for the Defense Secretary’s new state-of-the-art makeup studio? Or will they protect the Fox Newsification of our government while Trump ravages the great programmatic achievements of democracy, like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?

submitted 29 days ago • 89 comments

How Should the Media Cover Trump and Hold Him Accountable? Who better to answer than @jimacosta.bsky.social! He'll be joining me on The Left Hook at 2 pm ET today. Join in and listen to our live convo. Ask questions. thelefthook.substack.com

submitted 30 days ago • 9 comments

here's today's post: "dumbest president ever wants to party like it’s 1912" — when the rich got richer, and the poor got shit on. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

submitted 30 days ago • 94 comments

1/Just back from 2 weeks in Asia. US engaged in the most far reaching attempt to restructure the global economy in a century and we have hit the omnishambles portion of the program: undermining US economic security and weaken US credibility in the world. fortune.com/article/trum...

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Memo to big law: "You have a bunch of decisionmakers who are so used to being right -- or at least being told that they're right -- that they're reluctant to do what's necessary in order to win on this, which is change course on this and admit that they messed up..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

submitted 29 days ago • 94 comments

my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison

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"One NATO official, when asked for a reaction to the plan, replied, 'Did Putin write this for him?'...” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 29 days ago • 348 comments

This is insane and everyone involved needs to be sued into oblivion and then go directly to jail

submitted 29 days ago • 194 comments

I'm not Jewish, so I don't know. Is it reassuring when the government texts you asking if you're a Jew?

submitted 31 days ago • 86 comments

OPINION: ‘Accountability can start with him resigning’: A look at Pete Hegseth's massive double standard @nicollewallace.bsky.social and panel discuss the continued fallout from Pete Hegseth allegedly leading classified information to family members and friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7kv...

submitted 31 days ago • 25 comments

This looks great — four part limited series from The Lever… The Prop 13 disaster is one of my earliest political memories

submitted 31 days ago • 58 comments

OMG. Must-watch🔥 The brilliant @jimmykimmel.com eviscerates Hegseth, saying: "The Defense Secretary is defenseless—you leak so much, you should be wearing Depends to work." Hegseth desperately tries to justify his incompetence, but he is circling the drain and knows it. Resign, Leaky-Pete!

submitted 31 days ago • 207 comments

It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶 This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops. Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta. Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky

submitted 31 days ago • 1065 comments

Absolutely brutal.

submitted 31 days ago • 424 comments

We just don’t say this enough: Donald Trump is the biggest crybaby in the history of the world.

submitted 31 days ago • 21 comments

For the umpteenth time: Donald Trump is a Russian asset.

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they want to crash the economy, cause bank runs and leave you destitute news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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OPINION: 'He hit the ball squarely into his own goal': Analyst blames Trump for market plunge CNBC’s @steveliesman.bsky.social joins @nicollewallace.bsky.social to discuss the markets' reaction to President Trump's policies. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHM...

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OPINION by @letsgomathias.bsky.social: Chris notes Laura Loomer’s vigilante mentality is part of a dark MAGA trend. “It is representative of the long history in America of white vigilantes partnering with law enforcement to terrorize marginalized groups.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 32 days ago • 13 comments

so he's drunk right?

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OPINION: Lawrence: Trump plunging stock market to its ‘Make America 1932 Again' moment @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com details how no president until Donald Trump has been “stupid enough” to roil the stock market by attacking the Fed chair Powell. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYAU...

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BREAKING: IMF slashes U.S. growth estimate to 1.8% @bcheungz.bsky.social has the latest www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/i....

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No good, very bad day for Pete Hegseth: Top staffers resign as second Signal chat emerges @jenpsaki.msnbc.com reacts to a second Signal scandal involving Pete Hegseth. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXxG...

submitted 32 days ago • 45 comments

Down and down Trump's approval rating goes... analysis via @gelliottmorris.com. Will Trump catch up with his 2017 ratings before 100 days in office?

submitted 38 days ago • 43 comments

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake. Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back. If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe. Kilmar is all of us.

submitted 38 days ago • 137 comments

A federal judge just ordered intensive expedited discovery into Trump’s illegal deportation of Abrego Garcia. The latest:

submitted 38 days ago • 303 comments

AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror

submitted 38 days ago • 313 comments

here's today's post: "Harvard to Donny: fuck straight off with your fascism" — go peddle that shit elsewhere. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

submitted 39 days ago • 166 comments

For Donald Trump, April is, indeed, the cruelest month. The poll numbers are ghastly. The memes are worse. Happy Friday. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 43 days ago • 54 comments

Trump has perfected the art of Pareto Worsening, a change in allocation making at least one person worse off without making a single person better off. Trade war, Medicaid cuts, science cuts, there are no winners here, only losers.

submitted 43 days ago • 49 comments