April 8, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

The United States killed 168 little girls in Iran by deliberately bombing a school. Let’s not forget that this is sick, illegal and a war crime. A WARCRIME….

More liberal Justices must be added to SCOTUS. This is not the will of the people! wapo.st/4c9sLWx

On 9th April 1865: Lee Surrendered at Appomattox (effectively ended American Civil War) 1867: U.S. Purchased Alaska (at $7.2M, passed by single Senate vote) 1940: Germany Invaded Denmark & Norway 2003: Baghdad Fell to American Forces (leading to Saddam Hussein's regime collapse)

A Strategic Defeat of Historic Proportions open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Toxic Religious Rhetoric & Why a Ceasefire in Iran Isn't Enough open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Strategic Gift to Tehran open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Saying the quiet part out loud as the Authoritarian attempts to control the truth. #25thAmendmentNOW

Joseph Stalin famously asked, "How many divisions has the Pope?" during a 1944 or 1945 discussion with Winston Churchill, likely at the Tehran or Potsdam Conference. @christopherjhale.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.

I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.

Watters: Are you happy that there is a ceasefire? Where do you stand? Jessica: I stand in reality that there is no ceasefire.

By the way it's not about oil but famine, the Strait of Hormuz business, about the fertilizer, a critical situation now because it's planting season. Using fertilizer America is able to feed 8 Billion people, otherwise it would only be able l-2 billion people.

This is an account close to the Iranian leadership. We are now seeing the shape of why Iran agreed so enthusiastically to this "ceasefire". They will control and toll the Strait for the first time. They keep their nuclear program. They keep their missiles. What a disaster.

Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽

If I talked about my continued desire to receive the Nobel Peace Prize during the same briefing where I threatened to bomb Iran back into the stone age, would you call me insane?

A security official tells Times of Israel that the Israeli Air Force is continuing to carry out strikes in Iran.

15 people have died in ICE custody JUST THIS YEAR. That is 1 death a week. Under this regime, 2026 is set to be the deadliest year for ICE detention EVER. The need for guardrails and meaningful oversight could not be more urgent.

“A legitimate misunderstanding” JD Vance says Iran thought Lebanon was included in the ceasefire but 🇺🇸 “never indicated that would be the case” Yet Pakistan’s PM EXPLICITLY said it was👇🏽🤔 A deadly circus🎪 — as Israel rains hell on Lebanon. (H/T @atrupar.com )

That's for sure. He is definitely not American citizens first.

The people of Iran aren’t free. Iran can now charge tolls. The nuclear material sits EXACTLY where it did, in the same amount, since June. The regime is still in place with a younger ayatollah. Iran still was launching missiles, now with more money to rebuild. Period

Imagine that! #ICE shot another person fleeing them. The lied again! The video clearly shows the car trying to escape, not run down the officers. Hold them all accountable!!! #FuckTrump #FuckICE #AbolishICE apple.news/AeTBQ5S4HR6y...

Cartoon by @danboriscreates.bsky.social. Stable Genius Crisis Manager.

I said what I said. We need to look at all options for removal immediately, including impeachment and invoking the 25th amendment.

Before I became an American, I was Lebanese. Parts of my family live in Lebanon. Anyway, you don't need those bona fides to feel this way, but what is happening in Lebanon right now is a complete outrage. The people there, who mostly are just trying to carve out a living, don't deserve this.

How about opening the fuckin’ Epstein files you crazy bastard?

We're living through the doom loop once again.

If you look at the data and compare turn out for Biden vs Harris it was Black and Hispanic makes that went for Trump over Harris compared to Biden .. and yes we had lower turn out this time as well… Misogyny is an issue when we run female candidates even when they are more qualified than Trump 😔

This is exactly why the ratings for the Democratic Party are so low. I would give them a terrible approval rating, even though I never have and never will vote anything but blue in my life. I’m sick of them sitting around singing Kumbaya with Republicans, who just run over them at will.

🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.”

“As tempers rose, one U.S. official reached for a fourteenth-century weapon and invoked the Avignon Papacy, the period when the French Crown used military force to bend the bishop of Rome to its will.” www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentag...

MAJOR BREAKING: Judge Chris Taylor, the Democratic-backed candidate, has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The result expands the court’s liberal majority to 5–2, extending its current ideological balance for years to come.

It’s day 126 of the ICE occupation of MN. Today in your reminder that ICE lies, is the story of how ICE agents lied after shooting a neighbor in North Minneapolis. Just like they lied about Renee, and Alex, and Ruben Martinez. Local reporters are doing amazing work bringing the truth to light.

Today is day 127 of the ICE occupation of MN. ICE is still here. Neighbors are still being abducted. So we’re here too. Still carrying whistles. Still standing watch in our neighborhoods. Still doing mutual aid. Still fighting for ICE OUT EVERYWHERE.

With just over two months until the World Cup begins, the hotel industry doesn’t see the promised economic boon on the horizon.

Dear #merica, #ShadyVance is also working for putin.

The world intelligence agencies have a two week window to leak the complete Epstein Files. It’s actually a very prudent and economical act of national defense. We can’t keep letting him put us through this.

Turns out Russia, Russia, Russia was worse than we thought

In Seattle & across the country, they came out angry. They stayed out determined. Protesters say they won’t stop raising their voices until the war is officially over. That’s what duty looks like. A permanent end, not just a 2-week pause!

Congress is completely useless at this point.

Fox News: "Breaking right now -- Iranian state media says Iran is closing the Strait of Hormuz"

*many people are saying* it sure looks like the White House wrote this for Pakistan’s PM, who posted it then quickly deleted the top part 😬

Dems just had one of their best election nights since Trump returned to the White House. Again. The results in the battleground states are the latest repudiation from voters of Trump and his agenda and a warning for the GOP heading into the midterms.