A tweet by Jesse Rodriguez ( @jesseR ) shows a Wall Street Journal headline: "Dow Headed for Worst April Since Great Depression." The subheading reads, "Few think the administration’s negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain." A chart titled "Performance since April 2 'Liberation Day'" compares Gold futures (up ~7%), WSJ Dollar Index (down ~2%), and S&P 500 (down ~10%). Market indicators show DJIA down 2.48%, S&P 500 down 2.36%, NASDAQ down 2.55%, and Russell 2000 down significantly.

Markets require sure and steady leadership. Not a clown show.

America Chose the Monster We all make mistakes.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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This pic of mine is currently on display in the Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the 'Climate Change in Focus' exhibition. Just heard that some photos will be removed once the election is called for reasons of "political sensitivities". Yeah, let's pretend that climate change isn't a thing.

I was there!

[Video] Sad situation when a president who has served under one month is up for Impeachment!!

300 babies. That’s how many now have HIV because Elon Musk’s DOGE froze USAID’s lifesaving HIV/AIDS programs. Workers can’t distribute meds. Babies can’t get treatment. And Musk? He’s bragging about “feeding USAID into the wood chipper.”

Pam Bondi isn’t after justice—she’s after state-sanctioned revenge. Biden commuted 37 death sentences to life without parole, a punishment that ensures they’ll never be free. Now she’s trying to override a lawful commutation to reinstate executions. This isn’t justice. It’s cruelty and theater.

Just in case you were wondering!
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The entire MAGA Playbook is to provoke a reaction and then claim the victims or too sensitive (snowflakes) or it was a joke. Rather than be outraged, don’t take the bait and simply laugh in their faces for being the stupid little bullies that they are. They can’t lead. They can only oppose.

News Alerts Stay informed with breaking news updates about voting rights, democracy reform, litigation and legislation.

NEW: Within minutes of President Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the Elon Musk-led faux agency tasked with slashing federal programs, regulations and workforce — was sued three times.

What Does Elon Musk Really Want? YouTube video by Robert Reich

Donald Trump is back in the White House, but who is really pulling the strings? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QI6...

Blame McConnell By Barbara McQuade

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As President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the first one-hundred days are crucial.

Beginning next Monday, join Rachel Maddow as she hosts five nights a week for the first one-hundred days of the presidency.

Watch The Rachel Maddow Show, weeknights at 9pm Eastern, on MSNBC.

Fire hydrants ran dry in Pacific Palisades as a major wildfire raged Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the fight to contain the flames has put immense strain on the system.

Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.

As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.

The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” writes Timothy W. Ryback. Read about how Hitler overcame democracy in just 53 days:

No, school shootings do not have to be a "fact of life."

— Gun laws in other countries have stopped mass shootings
— More guns don't make us safer
— A majority of Americans want gun reform

We do not have to live like this. No other country does.

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The key to economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the wealthy. The secret to prosperity is investment in American workers.

When workers have more to spend, the economy grows, and businesses create more jobs.

It’s a virtuous cycle.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith will submit his final report on Trump investigations, detailing alleged election interference and classified documents mishandling. The findings now rest with AG Merrick Garland. Should the public see the full results of this pivotal investigation?

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

They’re planning a heist in plain sight.

Yummm

Looks yummy

Looks yummy

Orange

Donald Trump attempted a coup on January 6th

Using phony claims of fraud

Fake electors

And culminating in the assault on the Capitol-which injured 140 cops

The notion of pardoning insurrectionists

And prosecuting members of Congress-because they exposed his misdeeds

Is thoroughly perverse

Precious💕