The Weekly Feed

05/28/2026

04/24/2026

Republicans just voted down a plan from Bernie Sanders that would’ve cut prescription drug prices by more than 50%.

It would’ve capped what Americans pay so it matches what people already pay in places like Canada, the UK, Germany, France, and Japan. Same drugs, just not double the price.

Only two Republicans voted for it.

04/23/2026

California just hit its lowest number of firearm-related deaths since 1968.

That includes suicides and homicides, and it pushed the state’s overall homicide rate to a record low as well, according to CDC-backed data. That’s nearly six decades of data, and this is the lowest point.

Attorney General Rob Bonta is tying that directly to Gavin Newsom's policy and funding, saying the drop came from “significant investments” in prevention and education. His warning was just as direct. Those investments are now shrinking, and without them, “we risk losing it.”

Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans keep pushing the idea that more guns somehow make things safer. California just put up numbers that say the opposite.

04/23/2026

12.69 million viewers tuned in for the High Potential Season 2 finale.

That’s just a hair under last year’s finale (12.79M), but still a six-week high and a big jump from where this season started. The premiere pulled 11.99M, so the show actually built momentum instead of losing it.

And the bigger number might be the demo. A 2.04 rating in adults 18–49 once streaming is factored in, which is up more than 700% from its same-day broadcast number. That’s the kind of multiplier networks are chasing right now.

ABC is even pointing out it’s now tied as the No. 1 broadcast show in that demo.

04/23/2026

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump “flat out” told Pam Bondi “Do not release the Epstein files,” describing direct conversations where she says he was “blocking everybody” and warning that “people are going to get hurt.”

This is the same Trump who’s spent years calling the Epstein story a “Democrat hoax” in public. Behind the scenes, according to Greene, he was telling Republicans to stop any effort to release the documents and even pressuring leadership to kill resolutions.

Now he's got a new AG who immediately said he won't be releasing any more files at all. How convenient.

04/23/2026

They’re back with Nile Rodgers again.

Duran Duran just dropped “Free To Love,” their first new track of 2026. Simon Le Bon called it “disco for the 2020s” and said it’s about “loving the modern world instead of hating it.”

Rodgers has been part of their orbit since “The Reflex” remix in 1984. They also rolled out a Top Of The Pops-style video and lined up a massive Hyde Park show this summer.