Al Smith

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach. The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

TRUMP: "We need $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz." 🇺🇸US Senator: "Wait, wasn't the Strait of Hormuz already open before the war? Then why did we start the war? You created a crisis out of thin air for no reason."

President Zelenskyy responds to JD Vance, who called ending aid to Ukraine “one of the proudest” achievements of the Trump administration: “If the Vice President is proud that he is not helping us, it means that he is helping Russians,” Zelensky told Newsmax.

I paid 95 bucks to fill my tank today and it definitely wasn’t Jimmy Kimmels fault

So... you can't draw a district that gives black voters voting power but you CAN draw a district that takes their power away? Got it.

PETE HEGSETH: “We took out Iran’s nuclear capabilities last year. This war wasn’t started because they were close to getting nuclear weapons, it started because they still had nuclear ambitions.” Hegseth accidentally tells congress that Iran posed no imminent threat to America.

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Rep. Pat Ryan just revealed that Pete Hegseth ordered military members to an area in Kuwait with an ACTIVE WARNING they had ZERO defense against drone attacks and he IGNORED IT. Six were then KILLED. Survivors blame Hegseth. This is even WORSE than Benghazi.

So Charles dunked on and rebuked Trump for the entirety of his speech, but in British ways so subtle that it went straight over MAGA’s heads and they're cheering him for it. Genius.

Hilariously, all Republicans jumped up to applaud when King Charles mentioned the need for the Executive branch to have "checks and balances." They have ALL FAILED miserably to check and balance trump.

The beehives were added to the White House grounds by Michele Obama you absolute moron.

MAGA authoritarianism is pretending the president is “joking” when he makes death threats, but comedians are somehow “shaping public policy” when they make jokes.

RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research. Alzheimers. One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today. He's not interested. He's a nasty piece of work.

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

How Volodymr Zelenskyy manages to survive in a literal war without a ballroom to keep him safe is just shocking to me.

My family and I watched the 60 Minutes interview with Donald Trump and Norah O’Donnell last night, and we were shocked. Seeing a president speak to a woman journalist with that level of contempt — and a clear allergy to facts — is disturbing, though at this point not unexpected given his pattern of behavior. But that is the problem. Because when that level of disrespect from the highest office in the country repeats itself, it starts to trickle down into our culture and define what power looks like, shaping how boys and plenty of men see women and girls and what they come to accept as normal behavior.

Melissa Hortman was actually assassinated and Republicans did not care.

And there you have it, folks.

I just can’t imagine wanting an entire secure ballroom for one man and not wanting gun reform for every child in America.

Here they are: our two top Iran negotiators. No diplomatic experience. In way over their head. Both with massive financial conflicts of interest, their fortunes tied to the Middle East dictators that make them rich. What a distaster.

If you were horrified last night watching our elected leaders run and scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, becomes a part of the solution and only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.