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Arizona Democrats Devolve Into Infighting
“Arizona’s Democratic Party is in a meltdown,” Politico reports. “Bitter infighting among the state’s top Democrats, apparently building for weeks, spilled into public view on Saturday when the state party…
Pope Snubs J.D. Vance
“Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion,” the Daily Beast reports….
Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus Away from Rule of Law
Peter Baker: “In the unlikely yet profound showdown between the president and the migrant that has captured international attention, the courts have uniformly determined that one of them recently violated…
Trump Earns His Worst Ratings Yet on the Economy
“President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career amid broad discontent over his handling of tariffs, inflation and government spending,” according to the latest…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“There is a complete meltdown in the building, and this is really reflecting on the secretary’s leadership. Pete Hegseth has surrounded himself with some people who don’t have his interests…
An Important Intervention by the Supreme Court
Steve Vladeck: “First, the full Court didn’t wait for the Fifth Circuit—or act through the individual Circuit Justice (Justice Alito). Even in other fast-moving emergency applications, the Court has often…
Former Trump Staffers Liken Him to a ‘Royal Despot’
“A number of prominent Republicans, including several former members of the first Trump administration, have signed an open letter decrying the president for using his power to punish two former…
Quote of the Day
“If you knew they were struggling in October, why do you dismiss their struggling in April?” — GOP pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by the New York Times, on Republicans not…
Trump Uses Altered Image of Deported Man’s Hand
The Independent: “The spelled-out ‘MS-13’ doesn’t appear on his hand in recent photos of Abrego Garcia posted on his wife’s TikTok account.” Save to Favorites
Losing International Students Could Devastate Colleges
New York Times: “For years, American colleges and universities have attracted growing numbers of international students who often pay full tuition, effectively subsidizing domestic students.” “But the Trump administration’s recent…
Obsessed With Elite Institutions They Want to Destroy
Jill Filipovic: “One of the more peculiar positions of the American right is its simultaneous obsession with and hostility to education, and particularly with elite educational institutions. Donald Trump has…
Inside Trump’s Tariff Brain
“Stop trying to predict and appraise President Trump’s tariffs policies based on economic theories or market realities. Tariffs are pure psychology for the president, fused into his brain like no…
Putin Declares Easter Cease-Fire
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a pause to all military operations in Ukraine as part of an “Easter cease-fire” across the front lines, the Wall Street Journal reports. Save to…
For Your Weekend Listening
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Donald Trump insists he can fire the Fed chair if he wanted to. And Bill Maher says Trump is just…
Supreme Court Blocks Alien Enemies Act Deportations
“The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration early Saturday to temporarily halt the deportations of at least 30 alleged Venezuelan gang members who immigration advocates say were at imminent…
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Harvard Confrontation
“Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration last Friday that included a series of demands about hiring, admissions and curriculum so onerous that school officials decided they…
Barbara Lee Wins Oakland Mayor’s Race
Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) “was projected to win a special election to become the next mayor of Oakland, according to Decision Desk HQ, in what became a closer-than-expected race…
Pentagon Turmoil Deepens
“Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff will leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency,” Politico reports. “Senior adviser Dan Caldwell,…
Judge Says He Can’t Block Alien Enemies Act Deportations
“A federal judge in DC told lawyers for migrants in Texas who believed the Trump administration is about to swiftly deport them under the Alien Enemies Act that he did…
Tim Walz Staffer Caught Vandalizing Teslas
“A member of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s administration has been repeatedly caught on camera allegedly vandalizing parked Tesla vehicles with his keys while out walking his dog,” the Daily Mail…
