Writ even larger than the behavior of the director of the FBI is the growing focus on corruption in the Trump administration. On Wednesday, House Democrats announced they have created a task force to reinforce ethics rules and highlight the Trump family’s self-dealing when in office.
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Iran rejected Trump’s claim that it had agreed to hand over its uranium stockpile, and also said that the strait was open for commercial vessels—not military ships—but would close again if the U.S. blockade continued.
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Iran’s top negotiator, speaker of parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posted on social media that Trump had made seven claims in an hour, and all seven of them were false. Iran rejected Trump’s claim that it had agreed to hand over its uranium stockpile... https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-17-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Every time MAGA accepts something they previously would have considered unacceptable, Trump’s hold on them gets stronger...Because...They’ve told their neighbors, families, coworkers, that they believe...Walking it back would mean admitting they were wrong. And the movement doesn’t allow that. https://open.substack.com/pub/adamkinzinger/p/the-humiliation-is-the-point?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Much of what Orbán built is being dismantled. Trump’s accomplices should be paying attention, because MAGA is next. Authoritarians can be defeated. Sixteen years of rigged media, corrupt courts, and taxpayer-funded propaganda can be toppled. https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/arrest-warrant-out-for-ice-agent?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Trump endorsed him. Rubio & Vance flew to Budapest to campaign for him. Viktor Orbán lost in a landslide anyway. The corruption is already surfacing. Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar revealed this week Orbán’s government was wasting Hungarian tax dollars to fund Trump’s CPAC for years. https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/arrest-warrant-out-for-ice-agent?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty....charged [ICE agent] Gregory Morgan with 2 counts of felony 2nd-degree assault...There’s an active nationwide arrest warrant out for Morgan. If convicted, he faces up to fourteen years in prison. Accountability starts now. https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/arrest-warrant-out-for-ice-agent?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Yassamin Ansari filed six articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth...The articles of impeachment already have 13 cosponsors, and we’re demanding every other member of Congress support the effort. Hegseth should ask how this same pressure campaign worked out for Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem. https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/arrest-warrant-out-for-ice-agent?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Two seats. That’s all Democrats need to flip the Wisconsin Senate for the first time in fifteen years. Former GOP Gov. Tommy Thompson didn’t mince words: “It’s obvious that the state is turning back to where it was. It’s a blue state.” Voters are about to prove it. November is coming.
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Republicans can see what November looks like—that’s the only explanation for what’s happening in Wisconsin. This week, Jesse James became the fifth Republican state senator to quit rather than face voters. That’s nearly half of the twelve GOP incumbents up for reelection this fall.
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