DK6 Week 6: Help Us With Log in/out Issues
We are deep in the weeds of trying to troubleshoot issues with login and logout. I think we have found some of the more obvious bugs, but we are still getting a lot of problem reports, and we’re to the point where we need you victims to break out your software engineer hats. If you are having problems logging in, getting logged out, staying logged in, losing your place, etc. and want to help…
Trump’s too busy golfing to attend his own Christian jamboree
Evangelicals love President Donald Trump, and he pretends to love them back. But when it comes time to show up, he literally can’t be bothered. Sunday’s “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving” on the National Mall was Trump’s latest attack on the separation of church and state, well in keeping with an administration that just declared that there actually is…
Senate Republican wants to be ‘more frugal’ on bombs, not ballrooms
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall went on Fox News on Monday with Maria Bartiromo, where the two whined about the problems they’ve created and solutions they’ve ignored. “I was talking with [Sen.] John Fetterman about this yesterday, and he made the point, look, the Democrats are focused on all of this small stuff like the ballroom, like the pool at the White House,” Bartiromo said.
You won’t believe Trump’s next White House ‘improvement’
President Donald Trump now wants to build a helipad for Marine One, the presidential helicopter, at the White House. Considering Trump’s track record in his second term of defacing the White House and other Washington, D.C. landmarks, the helipad could easily become another eyesore—and at taxpayer expense. For years the possibility of constructing a helipad has come up but Trump has renewed…
Justice Department announces $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies in deal to drop IRS suit
The Trump administration on Monday announced the creation a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they were mistreated by the Biden administration Justice Department. The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” was announced by the Justice Department as part of a deal to resolve President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of…
Republicans can’t gerrymander their way out of this midterm environment
Republicans have been exuberant since the right-wing Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act about three weeks ago, and since another court nullified the congressional map Democrats redrew in Virginia. Altogether, it’s made the GOP feel like it has a chance to maintain its House majority in this fall’s midterm elections. But a new New York Times/Siena University poll released Monday should…
Trump’s super-important ballroom is going to open when, exactly?
Now that President Donald Trump is done with his diplomatic trip to China, he’s returning his focus to what he really loves: being a developer who gets to spend your money. Honestly, it must be a dream for a sleazebag like Trump. He doesn’t need to pay for his projects. He doesn’t need permission for his projects. He doesn’t need to follow any pesky zoning, permitting, or safety rules for his…
46 years ago: Mount St. Helens erupted
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington. The blast killed 57 people, flattened forests, and devastated roughly 210 square miles of wilderness across the state—with images of the eruption circulating on TV in the hours and days to come. After weeks of small tremors, the north side of the volcano collapsed on the morning of May 18, triggering a massive sideways explosion…
The real stakes behind California’s billionaire tax fight: health care access
A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system. By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main Just as California’s billionaires would prefer, the public conversation around a proposed one-time tax on a fraction of their immense wealth has become centered on a single threat: They’ll leave and take their money with them if the tax…
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How extreme could gerrymandering get?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Lo, the era of gerrymaxxing is upon us. On April 29, the Supreme Court functionally set fire to what remained of the Voting Rights Act, declared racism defeated, and allowed states to rig their…
Strategic spotlight
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Kennedy, balancing MAHA and White House, says he won’t run for president in 2028
By Stephanie Armour and Amanda Seitz Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is caught between his Make America Healthy Again supporters who want him to do more to advance their priorities, including curtailing vaccines, and a White House trying to combat President Donald Trump’s unpopularity. Protesters’ chants could be heard from inside the Cleveland City Club…
Republicans were against a gas tax holiday—before they were for it
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax to try to lower fuel prices for Americans. He told CBS News that a gas tax holiday is “a great idea” and that he is…
In with the old
A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Statues of racist traitors welcomed back in Trump’s America…
For Susan Collins and women with tremors, the real problem is everyone else
Reactions to the senator’s disclosure of a longtime essential tremor, a relatively common condition, have reminded women with the same disorder how stigma still shapes perceptions of competence. By Sara Luterman for The 19th Sen. Susan Collins recently revealed that for decades she has had a condition called an essential tremor. She made the disclosure after questions arose about…
Trump’s ballroom ‘donors’
As Americans struggle to afford food, fill up on gas, or find a job, you’ll be relieved to know that President Donald Trump is perfectly comfortable sitting in his White House—looking out at all of his monuments to self. But, of course, chief among them is his ridiculous ballroom. First, the ballroom was projected to cost $200 million. Then, okay, let’s just bump that up to $400 million …
Senate candidate says foreign truckers are making America’s roads unsafe. His own truckers have caused harm.
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people. By Max Blau and Joel Jacobs for ProPublica A Georgia congressman running for one of the country’s most competitive U.S.
Happy 84th birthday to blues legend Taj Mahal
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 300 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. In his 84 years on Earth, Henry Saint Claire Fredericks—known to the world as Taj Mahal—has thrilled the world with…