Redistricting battle intensifies in states after Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

Redistricting battle intensifies in states after Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle...

IT WAS NEVER ABOUT VOTER FRAUD. IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION. - Jamie Bonkiewicz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump administration rejects need for Iran war Congressional approval despite deadline
• Americans remain critical of Trump administration’s approach to Iran
• Strait of Hormuz Tensions Rise
• Iran delivers new talks proposal to US as Hormuz remains shut
• Trump weighs troop cuts in Italy and Spain over Iran war rift
• Israel’s President, Putting Off Decision on Pardon for Netanyahu, Will Push for Plea Deal

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Trump has three wars going on right now – Iranians, Ukrainians and comedians’

This morning I was notified of another death in ICE custody — the 48th death since Trump returned to office.

There must be urgent accountability and oversight, and Congress must take action to dismantle ICE and CBP. - Rep. Pramila Jayapal

How To Make It Harder For Americans To Buy European Vehicles

President Trump announced on Friday that he is increasing tariffs on the European Union, accusing the bloc of not complying with their trade deal with the U.S.

In a TruthSocial post, Trump said starting next week he will increase the tariffs on cars and trucks coming into the U.S. from the E.U. to 25 percent. 

The ballroom is a doomsday fallout shelter, and you aren't invited. - WeWillBeFree24

Republican Shenanigans

• Tens of thousands could lose Medicaid coverage as Nebraska becomes first state to implement GOP work requirement
• 'Critical deadline': Trump running out of time as more Republicans break ranks
• Republican rethink after King Charles’s speech to the US Congress
• Top Republican PAC Vows to ‘Beat the Sh*t Out of’ Graham Platner
• Missing State Senate candidate from western Oklahoma found dead
• Republicans attach five anti-LGBTQ riders to State Department funding bill

Trump supporters turning against him over gas prices and not child rape is wild.

Epstein owned Little St. James for 26 years.

Local workers called it 'Pedophile Island' by 2001.

U.S. Customs flagged the property for suspicious activity in 2008.

Nothing was done until 2019. - Epstein File Search

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Rock The Voter News

• Taxpayer funds fuel Maryland’s push to broaden voting access
• Jon Stewart says Democratic leadership and DNC are ‘lost’
• ‘Wow’: Anti-Trump Media and Ex-CNNers Pile On Scott Jennings Over Mockler Meltdown

DL Hughley: “I’ve never seen a time when [Trump] sought to bring this country together. Even at a time when he was shot. I don’t know what healed faster — Trump’s ear or Erika Kirk’s heart”

Court Pauses the Onion From Taking Over InfoWars
The Texas Third Court of Appeals late Wednesday approved conspiracy theorist A

lex Jones’s appeal to pause the satirical outlet The Onion from taking over Infowars...The agreement would give The Onion temporary authority over Infowars and use its trademarks. Infowars faces liquidation from the state receiver as a result of more than $1 billion in defamation lawsuit judgments that Jones owes to relatives of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Connecticut in 2012.

He appealed the judgments to the Supreme Court, but it declined to take the case.

Can anyone tell me why I’m still alive 6 years after MAGA told me the COVID vaccine would kill me? - Tim Hannan

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Business/Tech News

• Trump sons take stake in Kazakh miner that won $1.6bn US contract
• Trump fumes as Jerome Powell plots future at Federal Reserve
• Google surges over 30% in a month, marking its biggest gain since 2004
• Starbucks CEO Defends $9 Coffee: ‘A Really Affordable Premium Experience’

When I hear the number "86," I immediately think of the 1986 midterms, when the Democrats trounced the Republicans and brought the Reagan agenda to a screeching halt. So, yes, let's totally '86 Trump in '26. - Andy Borowitz

It Would Be So Trump To Buy Spirit Airlines and Rename It Trump's Spirit In The Sky ✈ ♱

President Donald Trump said on Friday the White House had given Spirit Airlines and its creditors a final proposal to try to rescue the ‌bankrupt airline, even as the budget carrier makes preparations to shut down if no deal is ‌reached.

"We're looking at Spirit. If we can help them, we will, but we have to come first," Trump told reporters. "If we ​could do it, we'd do it, but only if it's a good deal."

Trump added he expected an announcement later on Friday.

Q: On Spirit Airlines, it seems like other lenders are balking. They think they'll get bumped down in priority

TRUMP: Well, they will. We come first. You know what it is? USA first. America first. Including with airlines, including with Intel. We made an Intel deal, we made about $40 billion

There is no we in chocolate.

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Odd News

• May's full 'Flower Moon' rises tonight
• Two rovers, two sides of Mars. See NASA's side-by-side comparison
• Scorpions' weapons are fortified with metal to suit their needs, research shows
• 'Escaped zebra' in Armenia was a painted donkey
• Lufthansa apologises for lost Oscar after US airport security row

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Parque Nacional Volcán Poás, Costa Rica. Poas is one of five active volcanoes.

Peace.

‘He’s a Good Guy… Probably’: Trump Gives His Son Greenlight to Bring Back ‘The Apprentice’

‘He’s a Good Guy… Probably’: Trump Gives His Son Greenlight to Bring Back ‘The Apprentice’

President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Donald Trump Jr. his blessing to potentially host the rumored return of the hit show The Apprentice — although the endorsement wasn’t exactly overwhelming.

Another Bezos/Trump grift is loading. We had the Melania doc nobody wanted and now an Apprentice reboot with Don Jr taking his daddy's seat which nobody wants. I'm sure there'll be a nice fee for Trump Inc. for use of Trump branding & the NYC Trump Tower as well. - Mvelace

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Mike Johnson Claims US ‘Not at War’ With Iran Ahead of Key Deadline
• Trump Chief Hegseth Lashes Out at Hearing in New ‘Pharisees’ Rant
• Senate rejects Democrats' 6th Iran war powers resolution ahead of 60-day deadline
• Trump threatens to pull some US troops from Germany amid spat over Iran war
• GOP, Democratic senators pressure Trump to combat China’s influence in Latin America
• Man pleads guilty to impersonating border agent in order to divert immigration raids

US aircraft carrier, the USS Ford, the one with the clogged toilets and laundry fire is being sent back home to the US - Nostre_damus

Centrist? Susan Collins Just Wants To Keep Her Senate Seat.

Centrist Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday broke ranks with Republican leaders and most GOP colleagues by voting for a war powers resolution sponsored by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to halt military actions against Iran, the first Republican senator to change her position on curtailing President Trump’s military authority.

Pete Hegseth sounds like a guy explaining crypto while doing lines at a divorce party. - John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

• ‘Just Go to Hell’: Trump DOJ Official Drops Wild Attack On GOP Senator
• Johnson backs states redistricting ahead of November midterms
• ‘Tucker Carlson Is a Moron’: House Republican Shreds Fox Alum for ‘Blaming Jews’
• Trump says Tennessee governor vows to redistrict state
• Trump Pulls Surgeon General Nom for Casey Means — Names Nicole Saphier Instead
• Fox’s Jesse Watters Admits to Making Gun Violence Joke to Queen Camilla
• Trump to sign order ahead of $1K retirement match
• Napolitano: ‘Frivolous’ Comey indictment will be tossed out
• Son of Epstein Associate Under Investigation Dies by Suicide

Louisiana Republicans are cancelling an ongoing election to eliminate Black majority districts.

The election already started.

People have already voted.

Republicans are about to cancel those votes.

Never in American history has an election been cancelled this way. - Brian Allen

SHOCKER! Senate Passes Worthwhile Resolution!

The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution prohibiting senators from trading on prediction markets, following concerns about the possibility of insider trading on the platforms.

The ban, which passed on Thursday with unanimous consent, will be effective immediately.

“Serving in Congress is an honor, not a side hustle,” said Sen. Bernie Moreno, (R., Ohio), who introduced the resolution. “Americans deserve to know that their leaders are here for the right reason!”

Why has there not been any at all official release of casualties in this 8 week war? - Chili Dog

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Rock The Voter News

• Democratic senators warn Trump administration against taking ‘any illegal activity’ to stymy voting
• Redistricting battle ignites as MS Democrats warn of 1960s-style backslide
• Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins

Americans: I can’t afford gas and food! Please do something. 

Republicans: Best we can do is put Trump’s face on your passport. - Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta

House Republican Under Investigation For ?

House Republican Chuck Edwards (R-NC) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, Axios reported on Thursday.

House Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest (R-MI) and Ranking Member Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) have authorized the probe into “allegations involving Representative Chuck Edwards,” Axios reported, citing three figures familiar with the investigation.

But what remains murky is exactly what Edwards is under investigation for. This Congress has seen a high volume of members being investigated by the Ethics Committee.

i'd honestly pay to watch trump take that cognitive test on live tv - Brett Meiselas

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Business/Tech News

• Oil prices hit highest since 2022 after Trump reportedly to be briefed on new Iran plans
• Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining
• Fox’s Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters Dominate Cable News Ratings
• 3 people have been blinded by recalled Thermos jars and bottles

"We need to avoid the perception that we helped him."

JPMorgan exec email. December 2019. Four months after Epstein died.

They'd been his bank for 15 years. - Epstein File Search

Summer Camps Should Not Be In Flood Zones. Period.
 Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer, backing down after months of intensifying outrage by Texas lawmakers and the families of 27 young campers killed last year when floodwaters swept through the all-girls Christian camp in the middle of the night.

You know you're getting old when the radio stations and bars play music you can't stand...

But the grocery store is dropping hit after hit.

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Odd News

• NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he's fighting for Pluto: 'I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again'
• SpaceX rocket debris is on a collision course with the moon
• Inside world’s largest explosions lab igniting hypersonic flight breakthroughs
• Deputy responding to animal call finds entire escaped farm
• Florida Woman Drove Her Lifted Truck Over A Lamborghini And Didn’t Even Notice

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Tucancillo Verde. Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Peace.

Supreme Court weakens a landmark Civil Rights-era law and aids GOP efforts to control the House

Supreme Court weakens a landmark Civil Rights-era law and aids GOP efforts to control the House

The Supreme Court on Wednesday weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere, striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana and opening the door for more redistricting across the country that could aid Republican efforts to control the House.

What's next? Revoking women's right to vote?

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• King Charles and Queen Camilla head to NYC to visit 9/11 memorial on day 3 of state visit
• ‘Shame on You!’ Pete Hegseth Explodes on House Democrat During Heated Hearing
• US blockade of Iranian ports aims at 'internal division,' parliament speaker says
• How Iranian diplomats turned embassy accounts into viral meme machines
• ICE Seeks to Deport 12-Year-Old Living in Alaska as Family Fights to Prove U.S. Citizenship Without DNA Test
• Walz slams ICE for 'organized brutality' after Minneapolis raids
• Israeli maps outline expanded zone of military control in Gaza
• Nonprofit founder 'hogtied' on Epstein's island, charged

I’ll admit, when I was a kid in the 90s I definitely thought that Kid Rock would have less direct involvement with military operations - Drew Vento

Starving Sailors Do Not Make Military Ready Sailors

It's information that proud parents of U.S. Navy sailors just don't want to hear: their child may be eating lousy food while fighting a war in the Middle East.

Gut-turning pictures of food served to service members on two major U.S. warships fighting the Iran war, shared with USA TODAY by concerned family, prompted an outcry online and outrage among some national leaders. And family and friends of sailors and Marines remain worried that the meals served to their loved ones deployed at sea are not keeping them nourished and well fed.

Republican Shenanigans

• ‘That Means Kill ‘Em!’ Trump Insists Comey Post ‘Probably’ Threatened His Life
• 'It’s a Stretch!’ Close Trump Ally In the House Shades James Comey Indictment
• Marsha Blackburn Calls to Eliminate All Dem House Seats In Her State
• Republicans Eye Capital Gains Tax Cut to Ease Voters’ Anxieties
• Florida GOP legislature sends new House map, netting party up to 4 seats, to DeSantis for signature
• Trump’s DOJ moves to reinstate death by firing squad 
• Passports to Kennedy Center: 13 places Trump’s name or likeness now appears
• Melania Trump and Queen Camilla wore matching outfits during the royals' White House visit. It was no accident.

When my fellow Marines and I were being shot at by al-Qaeda and ISIS, I kept thinking, “if only we had a ballroom.” - Jake

In case anyone isn’t aware, Trump is demanding Zambia to hand over its mineral rights by end of day tomorrow or the U.S. gov’t will cut off the country’s access to the AIDS medications that are literally keeping its citizens alive.

Just thought y’all should know. - Jenni

LOL.  Putin Said He'd Take 1000 Pounds of Enriched Uranium Off Trump's Hands.

President Trump on Wednesday said he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call for a ceasefire in Ukraine and also discussed the U.S. war against Iran.

Trump said Putin offered to help with “enrichment,” presumably in reference to the idea that Russia could take about 1,000 pounds of enriched uranium, the fuel needed for a nuclear weapon, from Iran.

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Seashells - Andy Borowitz

My seashell meme collection

 

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Rock The Voter News

• 47 percent of Dems think Trump assassination attempt staged!
• Democrats, media critics point finger at Trump after WHCA Dinner shooting
• 2 high-profile Texas Democrats try to keep their careers alive after GOP gerrymander

Mayor Mamdani requires ICE to obtain a court warrant before entering any NYC property. That communist Muslim socialist really seems to like the U.S. Constitution.

"Know thy enemy" - Sun Tzu

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth castigated Democrats on Wednesday for questioning the war in Iran, calling their “reckless, feckless and defeatist” words about the conflict “the biggest adversary we face” as he made his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began.

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Business/Tech News

• Jerome Powell reveals plan to stay at Fed after term as chair ends
• Uber adding hotel bookings
• United Airlines flight reports possible collision with drone near San Diego
• Costco quietly changes its $1.50 hot dog deal

Donald Trump is the type of person that would’ve pushed women and children out of the way to get to a lifeboat as the Titanic went down. - Ryan Shead

States Trying To Protect Kids Online Because Congress Won't

State prosecutors are turning up the heat on social media and artificial intelligence companies over their safeguards for children as federal lawmakers remain at an impasse on the issue.

From new investigations to a string of settlements, verdicts and state laws, state leaders are trying to fill a gap left by Congress, which has failed to pass a major kids’ online safety bill despite substantial bipartisan concern and growing pressure from advocates.

I have decided to focus on the things that I am grateful for. 

Today, I am grateful that my passport does not expire until 2029. - Sara McGee

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Odd News

• Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launching 32 Amazon internet satellites early April 30
• 50-foot ancient snake discovered in India may be one of the largest ever
• Research Finally Decodes the Brain's Smell Map
• Six Flags Guests Forced to Climb Down from Superman Coaster After Ride Stalls at Highest Point
• YouTuber breaks Rubik's cube record while skydiving

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Mother Nature has her subtle way of saying hello.

Peace.