NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
Are you following this week's major voting news?
-Florida sued
-Indiana sued
-Kansas sued
-Montana sued
-NC GOP Supreme Court candidate concedes
NOTE: I expect at least one more lawsuit tomorrow.
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hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0The guy who is in a secret chat with right wing reactionaries! Gotta listen to him.
SCOOP: Senate Democrats have invited New York Times columnist Ezra Klein and Democratic data guru David Shor to talk to senators at their annual one-day issues retreat on Wednesday, sources tell Axios.
Scoop: Senate Democrats to host Ezra Klein as retreat special guest
Klein will have a dialogue with senators at the Mount Vernon retreat.
We showed up over 250 strong in Prescott Valley, AZ today in
#solidarity with
#MayDay events happening across the country this week, check out the signs & sentiments from rural Northern AZ! ✊
@indivisibleguide.bsky.social
@ezralevin.bsky.social
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
@maddow.msnbc.comBishop Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, slams Trump for posting an AI image of himself as the Pope:
“This is deeply offensive to Catholics, especially during this sacred time that we are still mourning the death of Pope Francis…He owes an apology”
Bill Cassidy is up for reelection in 2026.
And you can be damn sure he knew better when he cast his vote to confirm RFK Jr.
Started/Going in Louisiana, home of Bill Cassidy, MD (R) who voted to confirm RFK Jr.
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@maddow.msnbc.com This is Waco Texas Today April 27.
“It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.”
Huh. You don't say.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
"Though confidence in Trump's ability to manage the economy was a key selling point to many voters in the November election, 76% of participants said they disapprove of how he's handling it, the survey said..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
More than 75% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, new poll finds
A recent survey by the New York Times and Siena College Research suggests most Americans consider President Trump's second term "chaotic."
"CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades"
www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...
CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades | CNN Politics
Donald Trump won back the Oval Office and took charge of the government amid the strongest poll numbers of his political career, but as the 100-day mark of his presidency approaches, Americans’ views ...
Yes! Exactly. Exactly, exactly.
"The Trump administration has been worried schools would team up in resistance, because it is harder to negotiate with a united front..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Elite Universities Form Private Collective to Resist Trump Administration
Separate from the public dissent, a group of school leaders are strategizing behind the scenes about how to respond and push back against the White House.
In a major win for trans people in the country, liberals win in Canada. There was serious concern that a Pierre Polievre victory would have resulted in the same dramatic crackdowns on trans people there that we have seen in the US.
Trans people in Canada can rest easily now.
Canada election 2025 live: Mark Carney’s Liberal party projected to win after running on anti-Trump platform
Results in key electoral districts too close to determine if the party will be able to form a majority government
Hey Paul Weiss associates—meet your new pro bono clients. It’s ok, the Skadden associates are getting the coal companies.
Joe Biden has congratulated Mark Carney.
#cdnpoli #elbowsupPritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
Congrats to Canada on picking a Liberal government and rejecting the stink of Trumpism!
Elbows up!
🚨BREAKING: Liberal Party leader Mark Carney wins the election to become Canada’s next prime minister.
Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
•••••••NOW•••••••
A “moment of moral urgency” is upon us.
History is happening NOW, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries have devoted this day to a live-streamed sit-in, featuring conversations with Americans focused on staunch opposition to the…
In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company, Paramount, in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.
‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit
The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.
Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said “on the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington.
Please have a listen.👇
Sleepy Don wore his blue flannel pajamas and embarrassed America…again.
“Voters didn’t turn out for Democrats last November - not because they don’t want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don’t want to fight for our values. We need to knock off the rust of poll-tested language, decades of stale decorum. It’s obscured our better instincts.” - Pritzker
If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
Booker: I miss Obama… I miss Obama.. I miss her husband too.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
“That’s the life I want everybody to be able to live, and I think we can deliver that."
Not so giddy today, are ya, Space Dork?
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Breaking News: Three federal prosecutors who worked on the criminal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams said that they would resign rather than admit wrongdoing in refusing to abandon the case, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.
3 More Prosecutors Resign Over Adams Case, Refusing to Admit Wrongdoing
They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.
Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
“I’ve never missed a court appearance. I’ve never missed an appointment with immigration or ICE,” Daboin Rall said. “The truth is: I don’t have any criminal record. I’ve done everything correctly according to the rules of this country.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Detainee recounts chaotic near-deportation that was paused amid a court fight
Venezuelan national Eduardo Daboin Rall spoke to NBC News about being boarded onto a bus Friday at a Texas detention facility before the vehicle was turned around.
BREAKING: MeidasTouch has won the Webby Award for 2025 Podcast of the Year! Thank you for this incredible honor. None of this would be possible without this incredible pro-democracy community. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty!
Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times
After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.
Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.”
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
"'She’s a very talented scientist with huge potential … the capacity to be the best of the best,' he said..."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...Thank you to everyone around the world who helped bring Tesla's net income down 71%!
Now THAT is a successful boycott.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Billionaires like Elon Musk don’t need another tax break—and Republicans need to stop fighting to give them one at your expense. We need tax fairness and an economy that works for working people.
Earlier, I published an article in Foreign Affairs titled “The Perils of ‘Russia First’” detailing how decades of short-term, transactional decision making by several presidential administrations has compromised American interests in Eastern Europe & Eurasia & inadvertently advanced Moscow’s agenda.
Neo-Idealism After “Russia First”
A Follow-Up to My Earlier Piece in Foreign Affairs
"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
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