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Trump is trying to blame No Kings rally for assassination attempt at Correspondent’s dinner last Saturday night. On today’s Popular Information, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims write, “The truth is that the No Kings rallies have been some of the largest and most peaceful protests in history.” Of the 8 million who demonstrated on March 28, there were under a hundred arrests reported, and most of these were people who didn’t want to go home after the rally ended. Compare this with Trump’s own...

Thoughts from NSD member Jim Gallagher on a recent substack piece by Paul Krugman. “Step number one in building a cult, identify the non-believers. In Hegseth's ‘military-cult’ it's the little things, like a vaccine shot, that can hurt your military career. “How do you destroy the greatest fighting force on the planet? Hire Hegseth to lead it. “Does anyone really think Hegseth can lead a crusade? He sure is trying.” To read the piece that inspired these comments, click here:...

Writes Heather Cox Richardson, Senate Republican leaders are pushing through funding of ICE and the Border Patrol for the next three years using budget reconciliation, a process which does not require any Democratic votes. This would end chances to reform rules for agents’ behavior, and leave in place authorization for them to continue to wear masks and to break into someone’s home without a judge-signed warrant. She also reports that Senate majority leader John Thune (R-SD) has teed up a...