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I did not know that South Korea's military falls under US control during wartime:

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Good overview here from @aljazeera.com

Oh, look! Someone else is asking the same question ten days later: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

If the war ends tomorrow, it is still going to take TIME for the supply chain to recover. Europe has 6 weeks of jet fuel left. I don't see how this doesn't lead to flight cancellations before the end of this unwarranted war.

"We cannot ever move forward as a country unless there are prosecutions" It absolutely MUST happen. None of this "let's look forward and not backward" BS from the dems. Show the "Party of Law and Order" exactly what that means.

Who will step up and take one for the team?

Excellent piece and required reading:

We've all experienced it: excruciating waits on customer service calls, having to walk all over a store to find someone to assist you, employees who can't answer a question (because they're still too new = high turnover), etc. When every place is understaffed, you can't just "go somewhere else."

FINALLY the proof of illegal voting that everyone's been asking for.

Talk among yourselves...

Caption this photo

Another piece of the twisted story of how we got into this mess:

One week from today. Should be a good discussion:

Required reading if you want a better understanding of how we got here.

If the US had wanted any kind of "deal" with Iran, it would have waited for the talks to end in one.

David has some thoughts on the latest developments

They can't get here soon enough.

Great thread here about how far the regime's tentacles are reaching into our national parks

How many times has Israel screeched about how Iran was about to develop a nuclear weapon? How many times has Israel and/or the US predicted the imminent demise of Iran?

FL gov still trying to be as Trump as he can by attacking the media. Who really expected the regime's Dept of Vengeance, headed by the corrupt former FL Atty Gen'l, to investigate the Hope Fl Foundation charity scandal? Lack of investigation is not vindication floridapolitics.com/archives/778...

A former minister on what it will take to break the MAGA hold over evangelicals.

The DOJ is now the DOV - the Department of Vengeance. It has zero credibility.

Is there a page somewhere that is tracking all of the cases that the DOJ has LOST? All the wrongful arrests, violations of rights, and flouting of court orders? If there isn't, there should be.

The "party of law and order" really doesn't give a shit about actual law and order. Not like this is a major revelation, but still.

"Over the past decade, those of us who cover or monitor Trump and his movement have been disabused – repeatedly, if need be – of the notion that there is a limit to their cruelty, a point at which their appetite for sadism or displays of domination will be satiated."

If we aren’t careful, this will also become our new normal. Much like school shootings, we could adapt to the news that another nurse, mother, brother, pastor, activist, is being gunned down in our neighborhoods. fathernathan.substack.com/p/when-they-...

Persistence and dedication:

Again, in case anyone wonders why people don't bother to vote.

What we are up against

In case you weren't sure about Trimpy's "Board of Peace," @jonathan-cook.bsky.social breaks it down for you here. Read it and weep.

Does Israel emulate the US? Or, does the US emulate Israel? Hard to tell.

As you see, 7 months ago, I thought this cartoon captured reality even more than when it was first published during Trump's first term. And then came Venezuela, and now Greenland.

Make your preparations.

In case anyone was wondering why some people don't bother to vote.

National call:

"The complete abandonment of long-standing international legal safeguards puts everyone in jeopardy – all the more so when technological developments mean states have near-absolute control over their citizens’ lives and super-powers can use ever more sophisticated weapons to wreck countries..."

"...the performances of the women in this administration have undermined the cause of women even more. Chosen for their loyalty to Trump rather than their expertise, their incompetence has been laid out for all to see."

We're ALL going to have to start wearing masks.

You might want to consider putting an ACH debit block on your accounts...

You know how, when you see children out of control in public places, you think, "WHERE are their parents?" Well, we find ourselves in a very similar situation. CONGRESS are the parents. WHERE the fuck are they???

From Reverend Rob Schenck, who knows this crowd pretty well:

Karen Hao: "If the majority of the world is going to feel this loss of agency over self-determining their future, democracy cannot survive. And again, specifically Silicon Valley’s approach, scale-at-all-costs AI development." Great discussion on @democracynow.org

Random music news tells me that Facebook is "testing" charging users without a "verified" check mark if they share more than two news links in a month.

Great piece from @attackerman.bsky.social and is your first Required Reading for 2026.

One is not required to "swear on the bible."

Israel will not stop on its own. Will Western governments finally come to their senses?

Whenever there's a photo of this guy in a news story, his face should be redacted.