For anyone who caught some of our stories about Trump’s first 100 days in office this week, I went on Decoder to talk a little more about the issues that six of our writers explored. For anyone who didn’t, I make the case for why you should check them out!
Turns out the number Pete Hegseth keeps using to chat about military strikes isn’t all that secret:
“On Aug. 15, 2024, he used his personal phone number to join Sleeper.com, a fantasy football and sports betting site, using the username “PeteHegseth.” Less than two weeks later, a phone number associated with his wife, Jennifer, also joined the site. She was included in one of the two Signal chats about the strikes.”
[nytimes.com]
If you’ve been watching our Meta antitrust coverage and are wondering what’s going on today: break time! We’ll be back in DC with Judge Boasberg — who has, you may recall, a lot happening right now — on Monday.
On the heels of the millions-strong April 5th Hands Off protests and the March Tesla Takedown events, an estimated 400 events are scheduled for tomorrow.
The Washington Post has some more detail, and as usual, there’s a lot of new sign fodder: this week alone we’ve had a major court escalation over unlawful deportations, some probably also unlawful mass consumer protection firings, the potential end of routine food safety inspections, our usual dose of Brendan Carr shenanigans, and a DOGE data privacy nightmare. Tariffs are still on, too.
[events.pol-rev.com]
The Onion will probably be making up new fake iOS services until the end of time, and I’ll chuckle at every one.
[theonion.com]
If not, make sure to click through — ideally several times — for the full effect (no Bluesky account required). While salvagers have recovered deeper ships, even a feat like raising the Vasa was done from 32 meters. We’ll have to stick to lowering the Atlantic instead.
