THE POPE: “I hope Trump is looking for an off-ramp. I hope he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence, the bombing, which would be a significant contribution to removing the hatred that's increasing constantly.” (H/T @headquartersnews.bsky.social )

It’s a real problem that our elite institutions are just much stupider now than they used to be

Colbert calling trump a narcotized turtle makes me wonder where they put the hare.

Trump is committing war crimes in Iran and is threatening more and worse ones. His entire war strategy at this point is war crimes. A functional Congress would be far down the road of impeachment and removal.

It’s Groundhog Day, but playing out in trump’s own hideous video game www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Don’t worry, everyone: it’s going to get so much worse.

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This appears to be happening because Bondi is not *enough* of a lawless stooge, which should be pretty frightening.

This title says it all: Unbothered by Reality, Trump Gives Disjointed Update on Iran War time.com/article/2026...

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trump deserves one accolade: the most lethal* global despot of all time *murderous with intent

*Demand destruction watch* BYD is now doing a fortnight's worth of sales each day, in several Asian countries. "Wang singled out markets such as Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, where he said daily sales volumes are now as high as what the carmaker could previously sell in two weeks."

This is catastrophic for America; the US isn’t invited to the new league of democratic nations www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

trump can’t fix the mess he created in the Middle East by attacking Iran. The UK and partners can and should send the invoice to America www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The UK has decided that enough is enough trump www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

It’s actually possible to write headlines that don’t obscure who did what. Thanks, AP.

A reminder that cutting edge technologies need rigorous testing in trial conditions rather than failing fast in the real world www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Artemis launch is a breath of fresh air showcasing what humanity can achieve thru collaboration & shared goals. Imagine a world community rather than the present dystopia led by madmen www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

“Hungarians will go to the polls on April 12, and if the elections are fair and uncorrupted, it appears Orbán…will lose. Current polling averages show his chief rival, Péter Magyar…with a healthy 15-point lead that has held for most of the past year.” 3/31/26

More gaslighting re NATO from the intoxicated secretary of war.

Expect more countries to follow Spain and Italy www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have all signed defense agreements with Ukraine. All 3 Gulf States used to depend on the US for defense, but no more. They know the US cannot be trusted.

It’s not just that these people are evil in the big ways. Like their fascist predecessors, they are also evil in the small ones. This may be “Goering looting the Louvre” compared to murdering schoolgirls, but it still matters.

Exactly this. And it’s the same playbook over and over again.

“We’ll send you an invoice” is a bold strategy for a war nobody ordered.

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

What a great world we would have if all we had left was the left…

78/ Hormuz AND bab al-mandab...soon. JP Morgan on oil: "Yemen’s Houthi rebels have now formally joined the escalating Middle East conflict...In effect, two major corridors of global energy trade are exposed simultaneously, narrowing rerouting options and increasing system-wide supply-chain risk."

If Harris was president, I'd have: 1. health insurance. 2. cheaper groceries. 3. cheaper gas. 4. a MUCH LOWER tax bill. 5. more subscribers. 6. a chance to buy a house. She ain't, though, so nah.

As Trump strangles Cuba with a blockade, he also justifies letting a Russian tanker through to help them… as Russia helps Iran fight us. (PSA: If you don’t see how badly Trump’s relationship with Putin stinks at this point you have lost the plot)

trump’s total conflict is moving the world beyond peak oil with consequences to big industry that will hurt consumers as much as the initial economic crisis. Madman politics. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The US literally went to war just to get back to the agreement they already had. Total incompetence…

The madness of king trump is tearing apart the world we grew up in.

Netanyahu is saying Israel needs to destroy as much of Iran's weapons industry as possible in the next 48 hours. That seems to imply a timeline for some sort of more dramatic US action aimed at forcing Iran to the ceasefire table.

A clear sign that trump never had a strategy; he took the US into a poorly planned war without defined goals. If this announcement holds, it’s not just a defeat for America but a continuing stranglehold on the global economy too. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The oil price briefly drops on Trump’s extended deadline - before traders realise what Trump has ACTUALLY done. The mad man has just agreed to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut for another TEN DAYS, exacerbating the worst global energy shock in history. That noise you hear is Tehran laughing…

Trump is conceding defeat & Hormuz will remain closed for another fortnight. 13% of Australia’s fuel stations are already empty, Thailand is closing schools, people are walking on highways to get to work in the Philippines and they’re fighting in gas stations in India. Nightmare.

BREAKING: Trump’s deadline to Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz which was 48 hours, then five days, is now extended by another 10 days. 🌮

It’s the rational thing to do. For the global economy. For global security. And for everyone’s sanity!

That also happens to be our stand-by rapid reaction force for ALL global contingencies. So if they're occupied, our flexibility to respond to any new crisis that may arise is reduced.

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

"Deutsche Bank has developed an index that helps to predict the next TACO by Trump. The "Pressure index" combines one-month change in approval ratings, one-year inflation expectations and performance of the S&P 500 & t-bill yields. The higher it goes, the greater the chances of 🌮"

I’m just as surprised as everyone else to find out it is actually the net zero lobby that launched the war against Iran.

trump berating NATO allies for not committing to something they have no obligation to respond to. A collective defensive alliance is not subservient to unilateral offensive “excursions”.

Only Trump could be stupid enough to have formed an alliance with his own enemies.

American security agreements are worth nothing. No 🇺🇸 agreement has any real value anymore, as has been demonstrated since the start of trump’s 2nd term. + the failure of 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 war on Iran shows the limitations of US power and its vulnerabilities, a result of hubris and harsh economic realities.

Less an accusation, more an acknowledgement