Next week gonna be wild

Just so we understand your position: Speaker Mike Johnson has sullied his reputation AND he is no longer your friend, because he “got things done” by working with Democrats? Well, the country calls that leadership. And it sounds like he may be better off on that friend thing if doing…

FWIW, McCarthy would very likely still be speaker and these same bills would be passing months earlier if he had just committed to Democrats he’d bring them up the same way Johnson is doing now.

NEW: A day after it dismissed the bar case against Sidney Powell, a Dallas appeals court ruled that Attorney General Ken PAXTON *can* face discipline over misrepresentations in his 2020 Texas v. PA Supreme Court filing.

Paxton had argued he was immune.

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Holding rallies in New Jersey (Which Biden won by 16 points in 2020) is a dead giveaway that goal of Trump's presidential campaign isn't to win an election, but rather to fundraise as much as possible.

House Freedom Caucus Republicans created a group called the Floor Action Response Team to I guess hold on to power. Yup, they created the FART Team. I guess they think they haven't stunk up the place enough yet, and so they will unleash FART on Congress.

I know I have said some uncomplimentary things about Donald Trump in the past. But in the event he is alleged to have committed any crimes in a jurisdiction in which I reside, I’d like to assure any future court reviewing my comments in selecting a jury that I would make an…

Now the real test for De Oliveira comes. Nauta appears ready to ride or die with Trump, but is De Oliveira ready to go to trial for Trump?

You can’t make this up

“The pastors’ group incl most “mainline denominations” in Florida & does not want chaplains trained by its churches to take part in the program.He said the group fears that new school chaplains w be a vehicle to inapprop introduce religion into schools”

This is a 78-year old man that has never been told “no” in his entire life.

Reup: I propose that if media outlets are going to mindlessly parrot Bill Barr's claims about Trump and Biden, it behooves them to explain Barr's role in Biden being framed.

emptywheel.net/2024/04/18/wap…

BREAKING: The media is finally acknowledging that President Biden, Democrats and border security experts had legislation to promote our national security, but Trump ruined the bill for political reasons. Retweet to ensure all Americans see this.

More on former Florida GOP Chair and husband of Moms for Liberty founder

'...new data reveals that Florida has disenrolled 22,576 children from its Healthy Kids CHIP program since January 1, 2024, when new federal protections requiring states to provide 12 months of continuous coverage in Medicaid and CHIP went into effect...'
ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/04/17/it-…

My friend Congressman Jared Moskowitz is on fire today. Just RT'D a bunch from him, but this amendment to have MTG officially recognized as Putin’s agent is simply amazing.

Arrest Jesse Watters for juror intimidation

This is what authoritarians do: incite violence against anyone seen as having the power to harm Cult Leader. This is also designed to make it very difficult to find jurors and thus proceed with the trial. It is form of sabotage of our democratic justice system.

I reject here the idea that Secret Service protection is a reason Trump can never be jailed:

'A clear violation': Gagged Trump posts Fox lie about criminal case jury pool msnbc.com/the-last-word/… via @msnbc

There goes another one