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Good morning. The drawdown of oil inventories continues reducing government & industry buffers to cushion against the supply shock. As these buffers dissipate households, firms, industry & financial markets, economies are vulnerable to disruption should the Hormuz not reopen. #Econ #EconSky

Just so we understand.

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

NEW | 🧵1/6: CENTCOM stated on May 7 that US forces “eliminated inbound threats” and struck Iranian military facilities responsible for attacks on US forces after Iran targeted US naval assets in & around the Strait. CENTCOM stated that the US “does not seek escalation.” isw.pub/IranUpdate05... 1/6

Full episode with @roryjohnston.bsky.social: www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/218-...

‼️ Russian Railways April 2026 Loading Update Thread Things look…weird. Note: Full data tables are provided in the thread.

Putin on borrowed time as Russians call for an end to his regime. youtu.be/kCDMDixcMxQ

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"My relationships have suffered greatly as a result of this... [but] you can't talk about theocratic dictators taking over your sport? I'm sorry, I just can't live that way." Luke Thomas on speaking out against the UFC’s MAGA turn, and the price of refusing to play along.

Goodbye, get lost, and we'll see you soon.

I have just come back Myanmar 🇲🇲 where I spent two weeks traveling around the resistance-held territories of the Sagaing region. Its a remote region which no other foreign press has managed to visit since the start of the war five years ago. I'll share some impressions below 🧵

USS Boxer (LHD 4) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship and USS Comstock (LSD 45) Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship off of Balabac, Palawan - April 28, 2026 SRC: FB- Island Trekker Travel and Tours

In which the new Secretary of the Navy says that he doesn’t want “cross-dressers” or “leaf-eaters” in the military. www.defensenews.com/news/your-na...

Trump cabinet member’s absurd response to cutting health care and the EPA…👇🏼

1/ North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has praised his country's soldiers who killed themselves in Russia rather than surrendering to Ukrainian forces. Speaking at a memorial event, he has commended their "self-blasting". Only two North Koreans were taken alive by Ukraine. ⬇️

"Small farmers struggle against rising prices" - BofA institute1.bofa.com/C/?q=9YZREuw...

I’ve had had them threaten to kill me, publish my address and say “he must be dealt with,” secretly photograph me in public. The screenshot below is two weeks ago. But sure, the danger is the guys pointing out that Trump is a criminal and crook.

Joined @podsaveamerica.crooked.com to talk about what I'm hearing in focus groups — who Trump voters blame for high prices, what they think about the Iran war, and their surprising new interest in Rubio 2028. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

And be sure to read my new piece in @theatlantic.com for more on Rubio's growing momentum with voters. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Decent Saturday evening.

Not that I'll make a dent or anything, but maybe if "bigger" folks do this, too, we can: if you attend the White House Correspondents' Association dinner tonight, you're never getting another interview, backgrounder, tip, OTR call, nor anything else from me, for any reason, ever. Who's with me?

Bloom County had him nailed

Today, I urge everyone to find and financially support an independent news outlet — one that will not be attending a spectacle dinner tonight to schmooze with the Trump administration while they berate the press.

The GOP’s priorities are insanely off. Sen. Kim is right: Spread the word. Then let's kick these feckless cowards out of office.

🛢️ OIL & IRAN WAR CONTEXT WEEKLY 🛢️ Crude notched its first weekly gain since mid-March amidst another week of waiting, seven more days with Hormuz closed, and another 91 million Middle East Gulf barrels unproduced. Check out the summary below and the full report in the reply.

new Normal Men! @peark.es gets territorial, @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social shows his unmentionables, @ed3d.net mythologizes, and @proptermalone.bsky.social pratfalls.

‼️ THREAD: Live Russian Central Bank Meeting Press Conference Coverage (24 April 2026) The press conference will be starting in about 15 minutes. We’re doing the usual.

Four female patients complained to the state’s medical commission about OG-GYN Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 through 2024. Because the board waited until September 2025 to restrict Mulholland’s license, he kept practicing — and seeing more patients who would later file complaints.

Patients are piling up in emergency rooms while waiting for a real bed—and the problem is only getting worse, Elisabeth Rosenthal reports. theatln.tc/6jvVW7PL 🎨: Isabel Seliger / Sepia

Doors open for VIPs in just over three hours. See you soon!

Rural hospital filing for bankruptcy. Saline County, Missouri voted for Trump by 40 points in ‘24. www.fitzgibbon.org/news/fitzgib...

oh my god this is like my dream movie

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 Making sense of relatively low crude prices through nearly two months of the largest oil supply shock in history www.commoditycontext.com/p/sanguine-s...

Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...

Same place — different worlds. This is Pokrovske near Dnipro, filmed before and after russians came and demolished it. This is what the russian world looks like. Don’t let it spread and consume more of Ukraine — support our soldiers and air defenses: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

Impeccable timing GM. Way to read the room and oil prices. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Make this make sense.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

Trump just issued a last-minute warning to Virginians that if they vote YES on the redistricting referendum tomorrow, he will lose power: “If the Democrats get additional seats, they’re going to be making changes at the federal level.”

If you live in Virginia, tomorrow you have a huge opportunity to make it clear to the GOP that if they want to win, it won’t be by changing the rules and redrawing maps. At least, not without a fight. Vote YES on the redistricting vote, and push back!

The reason Trump pressured Republican led states to redraw their election maps without voter approval is because he knows his policies are unpopular. He knows Republicans will lose without map rigging. Virginia can vote YES for fair maps to stop him tomorrow. #VoteYesVirginia

🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 British volunteer James Baird displays a growing collection of Ukrainian unit flags. Each one a token of gratitude for the aid he’s delivered to troops on the front lines.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

Compare that old data with 2024. I love renewables.

Trump promised to negotiate based on Iran's 10-point framework last time, only to revert to maximalist US demands across the board once he got the market-soothing headline that peace talks were going to take place. He tricked them, discrediting the prospect of diplomacy.

This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon