Vermont state trooper, Todd Chisholm, will serve only 30 days in jail, after reaching a plea deal for raping his girlfriend’s 11 year old daughter.

Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it legal protection from suits claiming Roundup causes cancer. Experts say such a measure could have much broader implications. cbsn.ws/4aVP1PV

H&R Block says the government shouldn't let you file your taxes for free because they’re not reliable.

Now, on tax day, H&R Block is down.

While the IRS free direct file pilot is running smooth.

Trump Hailed as 'Destroyer of America' on Russian State TV they speak of him proudly as if he is their best Russian Agent. newsweek.com/trump-hailed-d…

Today is the 3rd anniversary of one of the most successful corporate stunts. On April 14, 2021 hundreds of corporations took out an ad saying they 'stand for democracy' and against voter suppression.

They got great press and did absolutely nothing to protect the right to vote.

Just in: 🧵The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that priests have an absolute 'property right' that shields them from lawsuits related to allegations of child sexual abuse.

BOMB SHELL…Republican operative admits that the ghost candidate schemes in 2020 was part of the Florida GOP campaign strategy. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Oops: Michigan Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers is registered to vote in Florida.

Voter fraud is real.

Trump did this.

Disney: We need the media to treat assholes differently. We need the media to stop admiring them…

NEW and very disturbing:

Straight out of Putin’s talking points and out of RFK Jr.’s mouth — here he is saying Putin merely wanted to “de-nazify” Ukraine. Literally pure Putin propaganda for the invasion and war of Ukraine.

NEW: Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine implied last year that Dems will cheat in the 2024 election, called legal challenges to abortion laws a 'mockery of God,' warned 'our culture is dying' and said he has a 'front-row seat to the end of the world.'
texastribune.org/2024/04/05/tex…

at this point, somebody seriously needs to look at what % of cancer johnson & johnson has directly caused

this is horrifying

Jack Posobiec at CPAC:

“Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it.” Republican Voters Against Trump

Whoa. Facebook had a secret 'Project Ghostbusters' (get it?) which allegedly was to decrypt 'man-in-the-middle' style Snapchat traffic to copy it. Yellow highlight indicates redactions just lifted in nine unsealed plaintiffs briefs in private antitrust lawsuit. Wild stuff. /1

Jeffrey Yass, the Jewish Republican billionaire whose donations to conservative think tank Kohelet allegedly helped fund Netanyahu's judicial overhaul, has emerged as the single largest donor to outside spending groups in the 2024 elections / Ben Samuels
haaretz.com/us-news/2024-0…

NEW: Republican Study Committee releases a sweeping budget plan

RSC chair is HERN; 170+ members incl Speaker and his full leadership team.

Highlights:

• Raises Social Security retirement age for future retirees
• Converts Medicare to 'premium support' a la Paul Ryan plan 
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Chris Christie: “The grift from this family is breathtaking. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Kushner walk out of the WH and months later get $2 billion from the Saudis. Do you think it’s because he’s some kind of investing genius?”

A Chinese-owned app is called a national security threat while a Russian-owned politician is called a Republican.

Prior to the development of COVID vaccines, the virus killed Democrats and Republicans equally. But after vaccines became available, overwhelmingly red counties had much higher COVID death rates than dark Blue counties. This didn’t have to happen.