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Meta has run at least hundreds of *ads* selling the implied creation of nonconsensual deepfakes of *children.* They are not engaging on this issue in good faith

Maybe Stephen Miller will demand the House fire THEIR pollster, too. 🤡 punchbowl.news/article/whit...

the ending of the series finale of YOU; youtu.be/wX1x7pfH8fw?...

Consider it highlighted!

Canada rejects MAGA in a powerful election win for Mark Carney. I break down this bold stand against Trump-style extremism & why Canada’s choice offers hope amid U.S. political chaos. Watch Here: youtu.be/9ufd57ObmVs

I rarely if ever plug my phone in where I’m working/sitting, if it needs charge I try to keep it across the room; forces me to stand up and walk regularly during long stretches of writing, etc A tip.

JOE GOLDBERG INNOCENTE we never actually see him kill Beck, he’s conviction is built on lies, don’t believe the Fake News media

Special thanks to @jimacosta.bsky.social, @katiephang.bsky.social, and @briantylercohen.bsky.social Trump’s hostility toward the press is well known. We’re tracking how independent media is standing its ground

It’s very possible Republicans have no idea what is happening or how tariffs work because they don’t give a shit about what happens to their voters.

Trump called Jeff Bezos to complain about an Amazon plan to display the costs resulting from tariffs, and then Amazon said that idea is "not going to happen." www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/w...

@davidlfear.bsky.social nails it www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @dahlialithwick.bsky.social's Amicus podcast to discuss how we can use the power of the courts and this opportunity in crisis to build a catalyst for change.

STOP. CALLING. IT. "DEPORTED." STOP!

He's proud of this? “On immigration, for example, in 2017, I would say, ‘Immigrant rights are human rights.’ I still believe that, but I’m now saying, ‘We need to make sure that all workers have equal rights.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

It's part of Miller's inescapable influence & desire to steamroll on immigration & the courts We broke down @msnbc.com how DOJ’s filings became increasingly recalcitrant & misleading after his public comments. And as seen here Trump has adopted Miller's mistaken spin www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @slate.com's Amicus podcast to discuss how we can use the power of the courts and this opportunity in crisis to build a catalyst for change.

Nothing to see here. Just a president placing pressure on a private business to provide more favorable political optics

This is a lesson we learned early at The Daily Beast -- the ones who shit-talk you in public are the ones most likely to privately cozy up to you.

Happening now: Panel 3 of the 100 Days Conference Join @jimacosta.bsky.social, @katiephang.bsky.social, and @briantylercohen.bsky.social as they discuss the media’s role in safeguarding democracy

Jeff Bezos is Trump's bitch.

The beatings will continue until polling improves

Take this in. Best case is a recession www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/b...

SCHUMER: “.. To the large businesses that sell to consumers, I say: show your customers how much tariffs are hurting in their pocketbook. People deserve to know the impact tariffs have on their finances.” @cnbc.com $AMZN

Wow! Would not have expected

GOLDMAN: “.. On net, we lowered our Q1 GDP tracking estimate by 0.6pp to -0.8% (quarter-over-quarter annualized)..” 🇺🇸

It's been 100 days. I brought you 78 posts at Law Dork in those 100 days. If you've not signed up for Law Dork, today's the day. There's a free option. And, if you can afford it, think about how you've relied on my work these past months and consider a paid subscription if you don't have one yet.

What if Amazon just re-labeled it a Patriot Tax?

From pardoning Jan. 6 rioters to attempting to ban trans soldiers from the military, these are the 100 actions that define Trump’s horrifying first 100 days in office. Full list ⤵️

100 days in, how is our economy holding up? Don’t miss expert analysis from @jaredb-econ.bsky.social and other top economists, only on The Contrarian.

On one hand, the emperor has no clothes. On other hand, never underestimate the damage that can done by a naked emperor.

I mean, the complaint about the Quebec Act (basically, that London was trying to be too tolerant of Catholics and insufficiently genocide-y toward Indigenous peoples) just plays into Trump's hands ...

Fox’s charm offensive comes as congressional Republicans debate fine points of the looming budget, including reductions in spending on Medicaid and nutrition assistance programs for working class families to offset the lost tax revenue.

If you missed my chat with @skyeperryman.bsky.social from @democracyforward.org yesterday about Trump's first 100 days, here you go — with a rough transcript, as well, for those who prefer that!

Two weeks apart: [April 14 vs. April 29]

POLITICO: “.. The emerging plan would still risk Medicaid health care services for millions of low-income people by shifting the costs of any additional coverage beyond the federal allotment to states ..” @politico.com $UHS $THC www.politico.com/live-updates...

Special thanks to Judge Luttig and Mary McCord for an excellent first panel! Next up: Democracy Delivers Speakers: @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, fmr chair of the Council of Economic Advisers & @neeratanden.bsky.social, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social with a brief and interesting intro to @govpritzker.illinois.gov. He may or may not run for president in 2028, but he sure gets how to meet this moment right now: "These Republicans Cannot Know a Moment of Peace" open.substack.com/pub/america/...

A weirdo detail that I couldn't cram into the story. The Nassau Coliseum casino's biggest cheerleader was MAGA county exec Bruce Blakeman. Blakeman's ex-wife is now married to a man who played the Coliseum many times. That man is Sir Paul McCartney.

The good news after 100 days of Trump: Much of the public now sees his dictatorship - and they hate it The bad news? Not bowing to opinion, the regime is arresting judges, targeting media, and doubling down on tyranny My new column on a wounded Trump lashing out www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

✈️ Deports hundreds of immigrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process 🌊 Renames Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” 📉 Promotes a video about how he's “purposely crashing the stock market.” More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...

CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY: “.. Bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench thirst. It only deepens the crisis.” @mediaitenews.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/news/china-r...

www.spytalk.co/p/exclusive-...

Just the most spineless craven simps, Bezos edition. Transparency for customers — bad actually. The Leader doesn’t want the people to know. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker urges mass protests and disruption. “What matters most is not Pritzker’s political aspirations. What matters now is his ability to help motivate the opposition while we still have a democratic country to save.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-t...

Explore our coverage of where the rule of law is holding—and where it's being tested.

> @buffalonews.com @adamzyglis.bsky.social

UPS is out there — telling Americans what the administration won’t. But then again, “these companies don’t employ lobbyists who can push the administration for tariff exemptions.” @bloomberg.com $UPS www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

youtu.be/ut8oV3xdEoY?...

100 of the most terrifying, corrupt, absurd actions of the Trump administration so far: 📜Trump thumbs his nose at constitutional term limits 🪖Trump threatens to take Greenland by military force 🔫Shutters White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

NEW. @larrysummers.bsky.social on the economic consequences of Donald Trump. Fair, balanced—and alarming. conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...

Very lengthy investigative piece by @npr.org & @tomdreisbach.bsky.social concerning how Trump and his Administration has targeted his enemies, whether political, perceived, real, or legal adversaries like me. www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

I'm moderating the panel on defending the rule of law with Judge Michael Luttig & Mary McCord Tune into the 100 Days Conference happening now! - TN contrarian.substack.com/live-stream/...

Adelson is the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Her stepson, Patrick Dumont, is in charge of the team. Fresh off of his oh-so-genius decision to trade Luka Doncic, Dumont got a promotion at the family casino company. He's the one that announced the pullout from NY, after $400 million spent.

"Bill Maher went to Mar-a-Lago and thought he discovered the authentic Trump. He indicated that he saw something clearly, and dismissed what was staring him plainly in the face and demanded his blindness be declared clairvoyance." open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

Nearly 100 former federal prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office in DC have issued a memo arguing against the confirmation of .... .. Ed Martin, Trump's nominee to be the US Attorney in DC (The group has secured meetings with Senate GOP staff)

MAGA mega-donor Miriam Adelson was closing in on landing multi-billion dollar cash register that would never stop ringing. But now, her company's dream of a casino in New York is dead — part of a rough 100 days for the Trumpist queen. Me in @vanityfair.com: www.vanityfair.com/news/miriam-...

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This convo bw @gregsargent.bsky.social & @speechboy71.bsky.social gets at the imp dynamic we explained in our @msnbc.com piece, and the prominent role Stephen Miller is playing in this mess DOJ’s filings after Miller’s comments become more recalcitrant and misleading www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Kraft Heinz CEO: “.. consumer sentiment has reached its second lowest point in the last seventy years" 🇺🇸 $KHC thetranscript.substack.com/subscribe

Smart look at how badly Lauren Boebert is disserving her constituents in Colorado.

Excellent piece. gregolear.substack.com/p/rubio-in-r...

Whenever I post about AI, without fail, someone ALWAYS defends it as a tool of convenience or short-term efficiency. You would think the past several decades would have taught people the lesson that short-term convenience doesn’t outweigh long-term consequences, but the lesson continues unlearned

Left: DOJ/Ed Martin today tout the firearm conviction of a man with a history of domestic violence Right: DOJ says Trump's Jan. 6 pardon eliminates the firearm conviction of a man with a history of domestic violence. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Indeed, something odd going on here. Read @gregsargent.bsky.social exchange with @speechboy71.bsky.social⤵️ Note: DOJ has completely mischaracterized (and even misquoted) the Supreme Court order in filings before district court in Abrego Garcia's case. And here's the Q&A with President Trump:

Watch more from Keynote speaker @lizshuler.bsky.social, President of the AFL-CIO, on the power of labor unions

Here we survey 100 of the most terrifying, corrupt, and otherwise absurd actions that Trump and his administration have taken since he was inaugurated on Jan. 20.

MSNBC just said Trump "rode a wave of economic uncertainty into office." Bullshit. There wasn't any more economic uncertainty than there normally is in a capitalist society. But there was a lot more economic disinformation. And the so-called legitimate media didn't do enough to dispel it

❤️ Bravo, Diana Jung Taub Loving your song LAST HOUSE! What an honor Made it into the Bob Kingsley's NSAI Top 40! NSAI is the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Listen here: www.nashvillesongwriters.com/nsai-top-40-...

The first 100 days of the Trump administration have shown us just what’s at stake. They’ve been frightening and chaotic – but they’ve also proven that we, the people, can fight back and win just like we've been doing in courts across the country.

The case caption in the Perkins Coie suit is now 40 pages long. Perkins amended the complaint to add all relevant executive agencies because DOJ argued that an injunction would only apply to agencies that are named as defendants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Promises made promises kept. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

vibe in the country right now is real “wile e. coyote runs off the cliff and is momentarily defying gravity before looking down and then holding up a little sign reading ‘welp’” energy

Man, do I have a story for you today . . . www.thebulwark.com/p/america-al...

100 Days of Horror: Trump's Opening Blitz Considered

The 100 Days Conference is LIVE! First up: Our panel on defending the rule of law Speakers include: J. Michael Luttig, retired U.S. circuit court judge and Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection

Coincidentally, this morning SCOTUS heard a case regarding whether/when one may sue the federal government if law enforcement agents raid the wrong house. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

vibe in the country right now is real “road runner runs off the cliff and is momentarily defying gravity before looking down and then holding up a little sign reading ‘welp’” energy

It was bad in 2017 when I wrote this. It was halcyon compared to now. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

39% economic job performance. “And he was elected to fix the economy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/harry-...

Not sure how the Amazon API works but someone should create a plugin for Amazon that can show you the Tariff tax that Amazon is too afraid to publish.

The summaries of 2.0 will hardly be able to capture the manic velocity and chaos of that splenetic shitshow — 100 days fueled by spite, hubris, ketamine, and that sweet, sweet aphrodisiac of autocracy. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Over the first 100 days, we @sddfund.bsky.social have taken 100 actions challenging the Trump admin’s lawlessness—incl. repping conservatives opposing his foreign abductions We’ll keep fighting in the courts of law & public opinion. I discussed @msnbc.com

Tuesday newsletter: The Sum of All Trump The first 100 days. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

$AMZN

The Welsh New Wave band scored big hits in the Eighties with "Sixty Eight Guns," Strength," and "Rain in the Summertime."

In a few years (max) when people start asking why we thought AI was a good idea I am creating a record that we did NOT think it was a good idea and the main reason people were ever convinced was billions of dollars of propaganda

I know it's Florida, but imagine going into higher ed to achieve the lofty goal of getting your students deported

The White House was not happy after it was reported on Tuesday that retail giant Amazon will display tariff-based cost increases next to the price of products on their website, calling the decision “a hostile and political act by Amazon.”

Dimon in January on tariffs - “get over it”

Just walked by the historic spot where in 1999 Lou Bega, who was then writing “Mambo No. 5,” first obtained a little bit of Monica

Maybe voters should start specifying when they want change that they mean "positive" change.

A ‘Citizen Lawyer’ Gets a Standing Ovation at the Supreme Court In a remarkable scene, the justices applauded Edwin S. Kneedler, a government lawyer with a reputation for candor, care and integrity. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Trump’s first 100 days in office marks 100 days of failure to impose autocracy I discussed Trump’s pattern of lawlessness—& how the courts are pushing back @msnbc.com @anacabrera.bsky.social

* LUTNICK: ALL CARS THAT ARE FINISHED IN U.S. THAT HAVE 85% DOMESTIC CONTENT WILL HAVE NO TARIFFS @reuters.com $GM $F $STLA

An email from DHS with the subject line "100 Days of Making America Safe Again" includes these bullet points.

“President Trump’s tariffs, paused for now but set at 46 percent for Vietnam, threaten that optimism. Examining the Van Es photo, both women were surprised. So many people. So few seats on the chopper. It was hard for them not to see Mr. Trump’s trade policy as another example of U.S. abandonment.”

17& of Republicans in this poll agree with the statement that Trump is a "dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy." www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...

* U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY LUTNICK: ADJUSTMENTS TO AUTOS TARIFFS ARE AIMED AT ALLOWING DOMESTIC AUTOMAKERS TIME TO GROW U.S. PLANTS, EMPLOYMENT * LUTNICK SAYS THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS GREW OUT OF DETAILED CONVERSATION WITH DOMESTIC CAR MAKERS @reuters.com $GM $STLA $F

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