When Trump took office, the IRS was planning on beginning 6,786 new audits of ultrarich individuals that year. Instead, they actually only began 3,692 that year, around half of their plan. This was a policy decision from Trump. This year, Trump's IRS has set its target even lower, at just 2,264.

The thing is Orban doesn’t need to be obsequious. Pu needs him as much if not more than Orban needs Pu. Orban could just offer partnership. But Ru operates at a ridiculous level of hierarchy and power worship and Ru’s lackeys in Europe maybe admire/see the world this way too.

The fact that the Hungarian opposition waited until the moment J.D Vance arrived in Hungary to leak a recording of this conversation between Orbán and Putin, is soooo delicious.

Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phonecall

“Lay down your weapons now or I will have no choice but to ask you to lay down your weapons later,” the commander in chief wrote on Truth Social

One of the funniest Cartoons I've seen in a while. Lol 🤣 Enjoy

Ukraine is doing its best to cut Russia’s revenues. This is even more important now that oil prices are up and Trump is trying to help Russia. We need to fund more drones and missiles for Ukraine to maintain momentum

Still amazed that part of Orbán's election campaign was to accuse his opponent of having sex with his girlfriend... like... duhhhh.

Errant members of the British political class demanding that Britain join an American war that is deeply unpopular in America is a genre now

The far left often cares more about ideological purity than any real change. We have a party like that in Poland, they call themselves 'Razem', which means 'Together', but they always go alone. And they dislike fascist, but reserve real hatred for liberals.

The fact that American Liberal influencers invited Marxist influencers into the anti-MAGA coalition, and now the first thing those commies do with power, is not to go after MAGA, but turn around and try to purge the coalition of Liberals, was the single most predictable fucking thing ever.

🎧 This week @markhleonard.bsky.social is joined by @szymonkardas.bsky.social to discuss how the war in Iran is affecting energy prices and supplies in Europe. Listen to the new podcast episode: https://bit.ly/3PDIeVZ

Literally, apparently he ate the competition

Ending the war in Ukraine is not actually complicated. You just need to pressure your government to properly fund Ukrainian long-range drones and missiles. Once they have the tools to completely dismantle the Russian economy, the invasion will end

Detainees at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center repeatedly said that guards threatened or intimidated them for participating in protests or filing grievances, in some cases destroying children’s letters and confiscating their art supplies. The latest dispatches:

youtube.com/watch?v=wVZs... If you wonder what kind of people gave the hiding Jews away to the gestapo... it was people like these

Bombing residential buildings to kill “moderate” politicians trying to broker a deal. Absolute madness. Either Trump is lying about wanting a deal, or Netanyahu wants to kill anyone who might help it happen. Or both. Again: Bibi hated the Iran Deal because it worked.

Why?

Myśleliśmy, że nie ma większego bełkotu niż reklamowany jako najbardziej prawicowa książka roku "Poradnik Świadomego Narodu" Bartosza Kopczyńskiego. Otóż jest: druga część tegoż poradnika. Nagraliśmy o niej odcinek. O tu: open.spotify.com/episode/6oD9... I tu: youtu.be/1SOKRUbgyog?...

This is not some fringe politician, he is a minister in the cabinet.

Israeli National Security Minister, and war criminal, Ben Gvir, outside the Knesset chamber, celebrates with champagne and smiles the passing of the death penalty law for Palestinian detainees, the majority innocent civilians, declares happily: “Soon we will count them one by one.”

No civilized country would enact a law like this.

🇬🇪This March, Georgian Dream completes its transition to a legal dictatorship. Not a coup. Not a crackdown. A methodical dismantling of every check on power, done in plain sight while the West watches and does "nothing". Georgia has not backslid. It has crossed a threshold. 1/19

As the Russia–Ukraine War enters its fifth year, with few signs of an ending, SIPRI has published a paper that provides unique insights into Russia's military spending and budget for 2026. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4uZ46Lz #MilitaryExpenditure #Ukraine #Russia #Peace #SIPRI

Other countries have been blackmailed not to do it, but when it's his idol Putin, everything is ok, be it supplying Cuba with oil or Iran with intel on US troops...

That's amazing...I mean, nothing that happens around Iran is surprising to amateurs simply reading the news, and US leadership is supposed to be professional, at least hopefully the generals?

This is old school colonialism. And a few days ago there also were old school pogroms.

“This isn’t a legal settlement.” “It will be.” An Israeli soldier tells CNN the IDF is helping Israeli settlers expand illegal settlements in the West Bank. (They also badly hurt their cameraman)

Rick Scott said this was not going to happen because Trump was liberating Venezuela and bringing freedom and democracy to their people.

Parliament in Senegal adopted a bill on March 11 to double prison sentences to 10 years and criminalise speaking up for LGBT+ rights. The President still hasn’t signed it. Sign now to stop this anti-LGBT+ law: a.allout.org/s/Pa3jX/

With Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank increasing and now causing a crisis in Israeli politics, it's a good time to watch this interview I did with @infinitejaz.bsky.social, if you missed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FKP...

Fair point @covie93.bsky.social

This is probably the least surprising piece of news ever.

Orbán is panicking, attempting to arrest journalists on false charges as he faces electoral defeat. This is exactly what JD Vance supports: a complete lack of press freedom. I stand in full solidarity with @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social

❗️⚠️ Politico: Russia has established a network of training camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia where it trained spies and agents for sabotage across Europe. Moldovan prosecutors are currently investigating more than 80 people suspected of organizing mass unrest.

Russia may well become a sort of creepy Orthodox Christian version of the Islamic Republic of Iran, by the time this war is over. I feel like it is heading into that direction with the constant promotion of orthodox mythicism, and the cynical Christian messaging.

”I may have endorsed Putin, but that doesn’t mean I’m pro-Russian. Listen to me!”

🇺🇸 “With Trump, this won’t happen,” the US president said a few days ago that Obama had sent planes with money to Iran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program. Today, the US granted temporary permission to sell 140 million barrels of Iranian oil, which could bring Tehran about $14 billion.

The hypocrisy of Europe is staggering: We use our fighter jets to shoot down drones in the Middle East, yet refuse to intercept a single Russian drone over Ukraine. It is utterly pathetic to defend another continent while letting a European nation burn

I think the Lenin discourse can be boiled down to: In theory, there's no difference between Lenin's theory and practice. In practice, there is.

#WorldPoetryDay | 'Pigtail' by Tadeusz Różewicz (1921-2014) written after visiting the Auschwitz Memorial in 1948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_R%C3%B3%C5%BCewicz

A 7-year-old autistic girl from Canada and her mother were "detained" by ICE in Texas after a border checkpoint stop, despite having valid documents, and are now being held at the Rio Grande Valley Central Processing Center.

For normal people, it's crazy sh*t. But there are large sections of the US - and Israeli - electorate that eat this up. Scary...

Trump has a terrifying amount of blood on his hands. By holding these fake negotiations, he is buying time for Russia while legitimizing its unfair demands and rhetoric. We should never forgive him

Peter Thiel is a gay, ultra-conservative immigrant oligarch who builds military AI and mass surveillance networks for a living. Now he is in Rome lecturing that those trying to regulate him are the Antichrist. If anyone fits the apocalyptic villain profile, it is him

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that he intends to attend the celebration of the 81st anniversary of Victory in Moscow. Who would have doubted it 😏 one doesn’t ignore the Fuhrer’s summons to attend.

Huge crowds today in Budapest, Hungary. They are calling for a new government under Peter Magyar and an end of Orban's rampant corruption. Source: P. Magyar

Terrible, inexcusable. Police, colonists, there seems to be little difference, if any.

It has been over four years since Russia launched its three-day operation. Today, they are still fighting for the Donbas, their factories and refineries are being hit by homemade Ukrainian missiles, and Moscow is suffering from prolonged internet blackouts. What a failure!

Trump is begging France, Japan, China, South Korea, the UK, and other countries to send ships to help secure the key Strait of Hormuz oil trade route, which was blocked by Iran after the US and Israel failed to plan for it when starting their illegal war on Iran. www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...