If you're still interested in the Hungarian election — which you should be! — I'm doing a panel at Penn today at 3. We'll talk about what happened, what the stakes for Hungarian democracy are, and what this says about the global far-right project. Watch here: upennmeeting-edu.zoom.us/j/96282978519

I've been reporting on Hungary for nearly a decade now, and it makes it really easy to see when others in the American press make fundamental errors in how they cover the election and its true stakes. Some of them are really bad!

Trump: Cave or we kill you all. Iran: no Trump: Ok what if we give you everything you want and stop bombing you Iran: um ok Israel: shit, we better bomb Lebanon Lebanon: wtf Iran: wtf Vance: nobody mentioned you Pakistan: they were literally in the text Trump: … I totally won Iran: u ok?

If you’re not following @hbanai.bsky.social for Iran analysis, you should be.

This is fantastic, and I legitimately love how starstruck some of these New Yorkers are.

7 pm. Cherry Hill NJ. Rally to stop an unjust war, among many other things. #NoKings @njindivisible.bsky.social

"But Mr. Trump would often seem to hear only what he wanted to hear." This is a key point. Of course Netanyahu wanted this war. But this was ultimately Trump's decision. And no one resigned in its run up. The president and cabinet members have agency.

NEW: Ratcliffe told Trump that Bibi's war with Iran proposal was "farcical." Rubio chimed in and called it "bullshit." General Caine said it was an "over-sell." Vance said it would cause chaos and untold numbers of casualties. Cheung said people didn't vote for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

We could be looking at one of the worst humanitarian crises in history tonight.

I hate the too-cool-for-school attitude of dismissing this with a "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance. The pressure should be put on them, the message should be unrelenting that this is what must be done and they're the ones refusing to do it. Don't act like they don't have agency.

Trump’s statement is a direct call for war crimes. It’s deranged and sick coming from anyone, let alone the president of the United States. Any Republican who remains silent is complicit. GOP majority leadership must bring Congress back to DC NOW and rein in Trump’s warmongering. Enough is enough.

MUST-read by @hbanai.bsky.social at @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Wtaf

No.

Breaking on MS NOW: Trump is expected to oust Bondi from her role "imminently."

This is brilliant. Pass it on.

PWH Faculty Director @mchorowitz.bsky.social spoke with @cnn.com International's Kim Brunhuber on precise mass and the use of drones in the war in Iran. Watch the full segment here: youtu.be/9j5Tz4nDXWo

10/10 take. no notes

Register today for our rapid response event on the crisis in Iran. Our expert panel (@hbanai.bsky.social; @dassakaye.bsky.social; @marieharf.bsky.social) will discuss what this means for the region and the world more broadly, possible next steps, and more. www.eventbrite.com/e/at-war-wit...

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The first deaths announced from the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: dozens of school girls. They hit an elementary school in Hormozgan.

The UAE secretly paid Trump $187 million. Money in his pocket personally. And then Trump overrode decades of national security objections to selling Nvidia chips to UAE because we feared UAE would send the chips to China. Corruption has consequences.

Can't fuckin' believe I'm doing this but here goes: Twitter is a mind prison, a true jail of career advancement. I stopped posting on there and within months I became the CEO of The Onion and I'm not kidding. Went back on last year, felt worse, then left again.

Join us on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for a discussion with military trauma surgeon and strategic experts working to save lives on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/penn-on-th...

This is so spot on

bezos' destruction of the post reminds me so much of trump's destruction of our democratic institutions. it's mindless, it's pointless, it's got nothing to do with affordability, & it does great harm to all of us. oligarchs suck.

Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids

You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Today’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune. 👀

📆JUST ADDED📆 PWH & the Center for the Study of Contemporary China are pleased to host H.E. Kevin Rudd for a timely conversation on Australia's perspective about what is required to advance security in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/australia-...

The Boston Globe Test: This satirical front page imagined a Trump presidency in 2016. Critics (including Trump himself) dismissed it as "alarmist" and "propaganda" at the time. Do these headlines feel normal today? Even...quaint? If so: we have grown more accepting of what was once unthinkable.

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

Many years ago I went to a book reading that Carrie Fischer was doing at a Barnes and Noble in Manhattan. Happened to glance over my shoulder at one point and Meryl Streep was standing directly behind me.

many years ago i was in a hotel elevator when a hot guy steps in. we chat for a moment between floors and i keep thinking he’s familiar somehow. he smiles and winks at me as he leaves, and as the doors close i suddenly realize that tall sexy stranger was Jaleel White (aka Erkel).

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

For all those union leaders who supported Trump, let’s admit now that you’re in it for yourselves and not for the betterment of your members.

…Dammit, Dave, you said you wouldn’t do this!

The Penn delegation is on the ground at #COP30 in Belém! Bill Burke-White presented at the Thai Pavilion, discussing his proposal for a Green Investment Protocol. All while still holding virtual class for his students back home! And Cory Colijn caught up with past Carnot Prize winner Ramón Méndez!