I still don’t get it. What is a snacking cake? How is it different from just cake?
Heather Gold
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Has anyone let him know about the 1.8 billion dollars available for weaponization
Zoe Tillman@zoetillman.bsky.social · 3mo agoFresh off a judge's dismissal of criminal charges against him, Kilmar Abrego Garcia presses his challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to deport him to Liberia, or anywhere besides Costa Rica buff.ly/1vgRYXd
It is almost as if Donald Trump thinks he has immunity from prosecution
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is criminal insider trading. Full stop.
Have corn nuts continued to have a life in some kind of region?
This is on the Boring Internet is exactly right and very well written. Read the whole thing terrygodier.com/the-boring-i...
This thread breaks down why the majority of Black folks side eye White leftists and populists. We can’t trust them.
Trevon Logan@trevondlogan.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhen people say: “Democrats abandoned the working class” they are saying several things but not what they intend. A 🧵 First, the message is “working class” == White. All the Black people I know work. All of them. So these terms are a big choice that conservatives AND leftists repeatedly make.
The Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three challenges to a Republican gerrymander that aims to not only flip a congressional seat to the GOP, but also to override the will of Missouri voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri Supreme Court hears challenges to GOP gerrymander
“The referendum right is the people’s veto. It is their check on the legislative power, and bills cannot go into effect until they have the opportunity to approve them once the referendum is invoked.”
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Breaking: South Carolina Senate rebuffs Trump, declines to take up redistricting before midterms, preserving Jim Clyburn's majority-Black district South Carolina State Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey: "We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already"
To Heather Gold and her How to Tummel talk - how we connect https://youtu.be/zJb0l0J6h40 Is Heather not here yet? Damn send me more invites
A recent vote in PA has been going viral. PA Dems passed a bill to block the creation of whites-only housing communities. It was introduced to stop extremists using housing loopholes. It passed 101-100. No Republicans supported it. It still has to pass the PA Senate. www.pahouse.com/InTheNews/Ne...
Legislation to prevent white nationalist housing communities in Pa., including Fairness Act protections, passes Pa. House and heads to Senate
HARRISBURG, April 28 – A bill to block the creation of whites-only housing communities in Pennsylvania passed the state House today 101-100.House Bill 2103, introduced earlier this year by Rep. Ben Wa...
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🚨BREAKING: The NAACP filed an emergency lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Tennessee’s new congressional gerrymander, arguing the GOP’s rushed effort to dismantle the state’s lone majority-Black district. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NAACP sues to stop Tennessee GOP gerrymander that dismantles majority-Black district
For over five decades, Tennessee law explicitly prohibited congressional redistricting between census cycles.
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The president wants a sham prosecution of the former CIA chief John Brennan. I'm not sure the American intelligence establishment can survive this regime much longer. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief
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WSJ Editorial Board: Tuesday’s results in Wisconsin are another warning of a potential Democratic wave. www.wsj.com/opinion/wisc...
Opinion | Wisconsin Swings to the Left
The GOP loses another court seat and the Waukesha mayor’s race.
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We improved the GA-14 margin by like 25%, flipped a mayoral seat in a stronghold in WI, & (bluntly more importantly) finally widened control of the judiciary in WI so it’s not constantly a 4-3 court we have to panic about so future elections there should be immediately secure. The sky’s not falling.
Chris Taylor, a Dane County state appeals judge, has secured a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a major win for Democrats heading into the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Liberal Chris Taylor clinches Wisconsin Supreme Court seat in a win for voting rights
“Wisconsinites showed up in droves to elect Chris Taylor because they know every election is an emergency,” chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, said.
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The only way to have checks and balances is to elect more Democrats. It is that simple.
Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · 5mo agoA President simply cannot do this. It’s not like “controversial” or “breaking norms.” The President not controlling our money is the main structural support beam of American democracy. It’s the whole fucking thing. You let him do this, you have ended the separation of powers.
In smaller font below: enablements and sundries
Emily Nussbaum@emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 5mo agoNarcissistic Supply is a good name for a store
Remembering Billy Wilder, who passed away on this day in 2002. Listen to our episode of The Old Man is Still Alive on Wilder's work in the 60s and 70s: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Billy Wilder 1961-1981
Podcast Episode · You Must Remember This · S20 E238 · 1h 4m
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I’m tired of the daily crying pretending Schumer isn’t good at his actual job as if CHIPS & Science & the IRA didn’t require rug-pulling the GOP, as if he didn’t get 235 judges through, as if Senate Dems don’t largely hold the line when it matters, & as if recruitment this cycle hasn’t been stellar.
Anyway, it was a great privilege to have worked on this with @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social Maggie Murphy and the rest of the Audible team. If you never read the Mueller report, or would like to honor the man with a refresher, give a listen. It’s free! www.audible.com/pd/The-Muell...
The Mueller Report
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The wait is over. After a two-year investigation, the results of The Mueller Report have been released to the public. Now listen to an audio version of one ...
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We studied who went over the Falls and who crossed it on a tightrope and visited the Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric plant.
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