https://drudge.com/user/REINHEITSGEBOT New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/291668/death-threats-against-judges-surging https://www.alternet.org/trumps-violent-rhetoric-2676815500/ Federal judges have received more than 800 threats since Trump's rhetoric intensified -- and retired members of the judiciary are now speaking out. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:3lab4xkv2pxppy4sorcmb3ra/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkixkza4k22p" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibycyee5ltzamqfhqc7s3moiqw5n3b2f7jbxz63bpaa7mdw2m7v44" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">"It's a war." That's what Todd Blanche told the Federalist Society a few months ago while asking lawyers to join the fight against "rogue activist judges" -- even as violent threats against judges rise. He's the last person who should lecture anyone on dangerous rhetoric.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3lab4xkv2pxppy4sorcmb3ra/post/3mkixkza4k22p?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Kristy Greenberg (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3lab4xkv2pxppy4sorcmb3ra?ref_src=embed">@kristygreenberg.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3lab4xkv2pxppy4sorcmb3ra/post/3mkixkza4k22p?ref_src=embed">Apr 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:31:31 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291668/death-threats-against-judges-surging#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291668 news, 0.5 daily 291668 https://drudge.com/news/291732/us-ambassador-ukraine-quits-bc https://www.thedailybeast.com/key-us-ambassador-becomes-second-to-quit-role-over-trump-frustrations/ President Donald Trump has lost his second ambassador to Ukraine in as many years. Julie Davis, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, has left her role and will leave Kyiv in the next few weeks. Davis replaced Bridget Brink after her departure in April 2025. Davis had become frustrated in the role as a result of differences with the president over his lack of support for Ukraine, three people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:15:28 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291732/us-ambassador-ukraine-quits-bc#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291732 discussion, 0.5 daily 291732 https://drudge.com/news/291706/team-trump-targets-disabled-adults https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1777377960&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky The likely SSI cut will affect not just younger adults with disabilities such as Down syndrome and severe autism who are still living at home with their low-income parents, but also older people with health or financial problems who have had to move in with their adult children on tight budgets. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:sblju4a66qwthmosnm4m7k4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkklvpbrgk2u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiepf4ipndhrthblx2ma4c6yzkfka7bqqkdedwh5j5po3344kbpenm" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Wow. The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sblju4a66qwthmosnm4m7k4e/post/3mkklvpbrgk2u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Charles Ornstein (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sblju4a66qwthmosnm4m7k4e?ref_src=embed">@charlesornstein.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sblju4a66qwthmosnm4m7k4e/post/3mkklvpbrgk2u?ref_src=embed">Apr 28, 2026 at 8:35 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:31:27 -0400 Reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291706/team-trump-targets-disabled-adults#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291706 news, 0.5 daily 291706 https://drudge.com/news/291712/trump-portrait-added-us-passports https://www.newsweek.com/us-passport-changes-donald-trump-portrait-11889486 The U.S. State Department is finalizing plans to include President Donald Trump's portrait on new passports, it was reported Tuesday. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl3kqmj6c24" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihwfd62lcddqipwwxamiahcylxqhzvmqmyjzkpsgefo5hbbsimvem" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">State Dept. Finalizing Plan to Put Trump Picture on U.S. Passports www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive- ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/post/3mkl3kqmj6c24?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Catherine Rampell (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6?ref_src=embed">@crampell.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/post/3mkl3kqmj6c24?ref_src=embed">Apr 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:33:44 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291712/trump-portrait-added-us-passports#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291712 news, 0.5 daily 291712 https://drudge.com/news/291713/pedo-47s-diaper-steals-show-during-60 https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/205942/donald-trump-diaper-rumors-resurface-after-cbs-60-minutes-interview-suit-bulge?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark Donald Trump is facing renewed rumors that he "wears adult diapers" after the president faced online ridicule for a noticeable bulge visible beneath his suit pants. Trump, who sparked fresh fears over his 'rotting' hand with a new alarming injury,has repeatedly faced allegations of wearing diapers. These rumors stem from unverified assertions made by former Celebrity Apprentice crew member Noel Casler. "He would often soil himself on The Apprentice set, he's incontinent," Casler, who was employed on Celebrity Apprentice for six seasons, revealed to MediasTouch in 2020. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:09:49 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291713/pedo-47s-diaper-steals-show-during-60#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291713 discussion, 0.5 daily 291713 https://drudge.com/news/291704/catastrophic-price-shock-coming https://www.rawstory.com/trump-oil-prices-be-painful/ As oil prices surge and supply dwindles globally, energy experts predict a catastrophic price shock that could decimate Republican chances in the midterms, reports Politico's Scott Waldman and Eli Stoklos. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:5u54z2qgkq43dh2nzwzdbbhb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjxkrtbtz2n" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiaxjhzz7ikl4pe3ho2icaolegpq5la6wo4vcpd4dbumidl7h3zl34" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Oil price hits $110 on Iran talks uncertainty ft.trib.al/XcDPXjF<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5u54z2qgkq43dh2nzwzdbbhb/post/3mkjxkrtbtz2n?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p>" Financial Times (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5u54z2qgkq43dh2nzwzdbbhb?ref_src=embed">@financialtimes.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5u54z2qgkq43dh2nzwzdbbhb/post/3mkjxkrtbtz2n?ref_src=embed">Apr 28, 2026 at 2:31 AM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:06:55 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291704/catastrophic-price-shock-coming#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291704 news, 0.5 daily 291704 https://drudge.com/news/291683/republicans-push-more-farm-aid-pain https://www.notus.org/congress/farm-bill-vote-farmers-aid-gt-thompson As Congress prepares for a House floor vote on the Farm Bill next week, lawmakers are issuing dire warnings about what might happen to American farmers if an aid package doesn't pass. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:31:56 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291683/republicans-push-more-farm-aid-pain#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291683 news, 0.5 daily 291683 https://drudge.com/news/291685/republican-senators-losing-confidence https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5848160-senate-republicans-doubt-hegseth-leadership/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark A growing group of Senate Republicans are losing confidence in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's leadership ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbfjzef422e" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihgt4qabqwkhb4fdyorbwr4rqene55oxpn7mkdyjrup7hkarqpc7m" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Pete Hegseth is sitting at the CBS News table tomorrow night.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/post/3mkbfjzef422e?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Ana Marie Cox (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf?ref_src=embed">@anamariecox.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wjvc76fsrmfqqtx5vuia7lrf/post/3mkbfjzef422e?ref_src=embed">Apr 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:33:44 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291685/republican-senators-losing-confidence#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291685 news, 0.5 daily 291685 https://drudge.com/news/291684/trump-lashes-out-anchor-reading https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/26/trump-odonnell-60-minutes-manifesto-00892550 But when O'Donnell, during an interview recorded at the White House on Sunday, quoted from the accused gunman Cole Allen's apparent manifesto " "I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes," she read " Trump, who'd been relatively subdued in his responses, flashed a familiar anger. "I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would, because you're horrible people. Horrible people," Trump said. "Yeah, he did write that. I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody." O'Donnell interjected, "Oh, do you think he was referring to you?" But the president blew past her question, declaring, "I'm not a pedophile." <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgq3ds7dq2t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibewmsnstmaq7mcrzr55joeos2ssxik6exloz2z4hlc4dc62rlc5q" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">TRUMP: I&#x27;m not a rapist. I didn&#x27;t rape anybody O&#x27;DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mkgq3ds7dq2t?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Aaron Rupar (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed">@atrupar.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mkgq3ds7dq2t?ref_src=embed">Apr 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:31:44 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291684/trump-lashes-out-anchor-reading#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291684 news, 0.5 daily 291684 https://drudge.com/news/291682/pedo-47s-state-dept-admits-attacking https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-legal-adviser/2026/04/operation-epic-fury-and-international-law/ On February 28, the United States Armed Forces launched Operation Epic Fury with a set of clear objectives: to "[d]estroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy [Iran's] navy and other security infrastructure," and, finally, ensure that Iran "will never have nuclear weapons." Epic Fury is only the latest round of an ongoing international armed conflict with Iran. As the United States has explained in multiple letters to the U.N. Security Council, including most recently on March 10, the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States' own inherent right of self-defense. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:55:27 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291682/pedo-47s-state-dept-admits-attacking#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291682 discussion, 0.5 daily 291682 https://drudge.com/news/291667/us-bases-suffered-massive-damage-iran https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iran-strikes-caused-quot-far-worse-quot-damage-to-us-bases-than-reported-officials-say-11410545 U.S. military bases and equipment in the Persian Gulf have been hit much harder by recent Iranian strikes than initially reported, according to several U.S. officials and people familiar with the situation. The extent of the destruction is much greater than what has been publicly shared so far and the repair is expected to cost billions of dollars, the officials told NBC News. Iran has carried out strikes across several countries in the region since the war began on February 28. These attacks hit important military sites in at least seven countries, including storage warehouses, command centres where operations are managed, aircraft hangars, and systems used for satellite communication. It also damaged runways, radar systems, and even some aircraft, which are all critical for military movement and surveillance. In one case, even an older Iranian F-5 fighter jet was able to get through and carry out a strike despite powerful US air defence systems. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:33:48 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291667/us-bases-suffered-massive-damage-iran#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291667 news, 0.5 daily 291667 https://drudge.com/news/291658/every-black-repug-leaving-house https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/house-black-republicans-congress-diversity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dlA.vzSV.ds5oNKyerp_Z&smid=url-share All four Black Republicans in the House are leaving Congress next year: Three are seeking statewide office, and one is retiring because redistricting in his state effectively boxed him out of his seat. The exodus is a reflection of the striking and persistent lack of diversity in the G.O.P. ranks of Congress, something that Mr. McCarthy has acknowledged is still an issue even years after his efforts to address it. "When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America," he said shortly after leaving Congress in 2023. "When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America." Republican leaders who for a time focused heavily on recruiting and electing more Black candidates appear to have allowed those efforts to flag during the second Trump presidency, as the president has denounced and eliminated diversity programs, fired Black officials while installing an overwhelmingly white senior team and presided over an administration that routinely circulates material echoing white-supremacist references, including a racist meme he posted himself. With the president's gains with Black men dwindling, there are few Black Republicans running for Congress this year, and none regarded as likely to win. <p>That threatens to make the freshman class photo next year look more like the stodgy country club that Mr. McCarthy described as a major political problem for the G.O.P. <p>"The more diverse the party is, the more opportunity we have," he said in an interview. "You want to expand the opportunity for more people to come in." Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:51:36 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291658/every-black-repug-leaving-house#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291658 discussion, 0.5 daily 291658 https://drudge.com/news/291657/repug-must-stay-away-ex-wife-and-son https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/23/us-senate-candidate-royce-white-is-under-order-to-avoid-ex-wife-their-son-over-threats Republican U.S. Senate candidate Royce White is subject to a no-contact order after a Minnesota judge ruled there was credible evidence of threats of harm toward his ex-wife and one of two children they have together. In court filings, White is accused of making numerous threats and being both physically and verbally abusive toward his former partner and their teenaged son. He refutes the allegations and is appealing judicial findings in the case, telling MPR News on Thursday the order is a "substantial miscarriage of justice" and "excessively punitive." Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:30:45 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291657/repug-must-stay-away-ex-wife-and-son#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291657 discussion, 0.5 daily 291657 https://drudge.com/news/291599/vulnerable-republican-incumbent-mia https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/22/congress/kean-is-mia-00887934 Rep. Tom Kean Jr. represents New Jersey's most competitive district this November -- but nobody, even his GOP colleagues, can say where he's been for the past month. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:dv5spjpqtyui6kpqktnsfh57/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbihrsmpn2d" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidz5pyecxhkxywy5bzedmnsswvsmqautmbevuf272bc5v55gn65ua" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has disappeared from Capitol Hill. He's still made several personal stock trades since he last voted in Congress on March 5. https://www.notus.org/congress/tom-kean-trading-stocks<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dv5spjpqtyui6kpqktnsfh57/post/3mkbihrsmpn2d?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- NOTUS (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dv5spjpqtyui6kpqktnsfh57?ref_src=embed">@notus.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dv5spjpqtyui6kpqktnsfh57/post/3mkbihrsmpn2d?ref_src=embed">Apr 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:32:57 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291599/vulnerable-republican-incumbent-mia#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291599 news, 0.5 daily 291599 https://drudge.com/news/291596/nearly-half-us-kids-live-dangerously https://www.rawstory.com/nearly-half-of-us-kids-live-in-dangerously-polluted-air-as-trump-guts-epa-rules/ Close to half of the children in the United States -- more than 33 million kids -- live in counties with dangerously high levels of toxic air pollution, according to the American Lung Association's annual air quality report out Wednesday. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:g6zrpwmibpkb6nkfweuns3mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzh7aq7hb2t" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiazye4ymzrw3mot3leks3zqsddwpe2765lu2il7zkvloy5vheg7u4" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">The Roberts court rules against the EPA so frequently and so energetically that one almost wonders if they wish they could abolish it altogether. trib.al/2es0wpT<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g6zrpwmibpkb6nkfweuns3mr/post/3mjzh7aq7hb2t?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The New Republic (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g6zrpwmibpkb6nkfweuns3mr?ref_src=embed">@newrepublic.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g6zrpwmibpkb6nkfweuns3mr/post/3mjzh7aq7hb2t?ref_src=embed">Apr 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:32:34 -0400 reinheitsgebot https://drudge.com/news/291596/nearly-half-us-kids-live-dangerously#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291596 news, 0.5 daily 291596