LOCAL: Palm Beach County reverses course, approving $302K for Compass LGBTQ Center repairs after backlash over an anti-DEI-related denial.tinyurl.com/ywnjvs26
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs bill prohibiting DEI in local governments reut.rs/4vQAnoE
Ron DeSantis bans local governments from supporting Pride and DEI in Florida ➡️ https://bit.ly/48r8ZmX📷 Getty
— PinkNews (@pinknews.bsky.social) 2026-04-29T05:20:01.017891332Z
(Gift Article) BAD: Appeals court limits abortion pill access nationwideA federal appeals court issued a ruling that would temporarily block people from accessing abortion pills through telehealth providers and via mail.wapo.st/3Rfmdxb
for the fourth and fifth times this speech, Trump says "mutilization"
Trump: "The first lady hates when I dance to what is sometimes referred to as the gay national anthem. We love that song."
Trump lies: "We won the popular vote the first time too by a lot. By millions. They'd already introduce me, 'Donald Trump who lost the popular vote.' That's why I said, I got to win the popular vote. They cheat like hell."
Trump: "We will pass the great healthcare plan"
Trump: "Affordability — the first time I heard the word. Two days in."
Trump: "Grocery prices are way down, used car prices are way down. Look at eggs. Eggs are down by four, even five times."
Trump on public disapproval of his war against Iran: "If you read the fake polls, it says, 'It's only at 20% or 25%' — it's nonsense"
Trump: "We are delivering discounts with price differences of 600, 700, and sometimes even 800 percent reductions"
Trump: "BBC has me, AI, saying about hate — 'we hate, we hate' — they changed my lips." (This is a lie.)
Trump: "Somalia, it's got no anything. It's got one thing that's really strong — crime. All they do is run around shooting each other. It's filthy dirty, disgusting. It's a horrible place. They come here, and Ilhan Omar, she heads it. She married her brother. I would imagine they're looking at her"
Trump speaking in The Villages: "I don't happen to be a senior. I'm much younger than you. I'm a much younger man than you. Look at you old guys. Wouldn't you like to by my age? Young, vital, vibrant."
🚨 UPDATE: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) has called a special session — setting the stage for Republicans to gerrymander and eliminate the state’s last Democratic seat in Memphis at the expense of Black voters.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-01T22:16:37.711Z
BREAKING: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) called a special session to redraw the state's congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms.The move, which comes after SCOTUS' gutting of the Voting Rights Act, will likely throw the state's primaries and hand the GOP two more House seats.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-01T19:32:38.196861306Z
FLORIDA MAN: Jury Convicts Florida Ex-Congressman of Secretly Lobbying for VenezuelaThe nation’s state-run oil company hired David Rivera’s consulting firm for $50 million to influence members of Congress and the White House.
— Juan Escalante (@juanescalante.com) 2026-05-01T16:52:23.015Z
🟡 Exclusive: Republicans are planning an ‘all-out assault’ on Platner’s candidacy in Maine. http://www.semafor.com/article/04/3…
Pope Leo picks formerly undocumented immigrant to lead West Virginia Catholicswww.washingtonpost.com/religion/202…
— Greg Hernandez (@ghnarrator.bsky.social) 2026-05-01T15:22:47.000Z
EXCLUSIVE: Trump told Congress that the Iran war has “terminated” — an effort to justify not seeking authorization after the conflict reached a 60-day threshold.
HEGSETH: On Iran, we are in a ceasefire right now, which I understand means the 60 day clock pauses or stopsKAINE: I do not believe the statute would support that
The War Powers Resolution says the President has 60 calendar days to get approval from Congress or end the fighting.The U.S. Navy is blockading Iranian ports right now. You cannot claim the fighting is “paused” while American warships are stopping Iranian ships by force. Both things can't be true.
In the decades since this law was written, no president of either party has ever tried this argument. Not Reagan, either Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden, or even Trump in his first term. Hegseth made it up because the deadline is tomorrow and he’s looking for an easy way out.
The 60-day window will expire Friday, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a hearing Thursday, “We are in a ceasefire right now, which our understanding means, the 60-day clock pauses or stops.”abcnews.com/US/wireStory…
— IcyDragon (@icydragon142.bsky.social) 2026-05-01T06:23:15.468Z
Trump’s Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval levels, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. Story with @mbirnbaum.bsky.social http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…
— Scott Clement (@sfcpoll.bsky.social) 2026-05-01T10:18:20.840Z
Meta is raising the prospect of shutting down social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children.
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