On legitimising yet another pogrom.

Trump appears to invoke the possibility of nuclear force, saying that if the deal fails, the U.S. has “the ultimate alternative,” which he adds would “hopefully never” be used again. Veiled nuclear threats issued casually via Truth Social.

Truly an unreal moment, as a crowd gathers at 10:30pm on a Friday night outside the Kennedy Center as a crew puts up scaffolding to take down Donald Trump’s name.

My goodness, Ed Luce is furious giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

It is dangerously inaccurate for Tony Blair to say "US security strategy [under Trump] describes the principal threats no differently to how Europeans see it" when one of its main concerns is of "civilisational erasure" in Europe being caused by migration & ethnic diversity

Cartoonist: Fares Garabet

You don't usually rely on Iran's Fars News Agency for unvarnished truth-telling, but we can make an exception in this case.

And... we're back to threats. The cycle of: 1) Threats 2) Lies of an imminent peace deal 3) Positive media coverage for that 4) Evidence of no deal, and nowhere close to Iran making concessions 5) Pretending not to care about a deal he transparently wants 6) Threats Took about three days this time

In later life her message was always the same: you cannot change or forget the past but you can choose how you respond to it. You can be depressed or you can be happy. That choice is yours. We remember the life of Edith Eger

David Frum on Twitter: "Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not dealmaking with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims."

"...for domestic American propaganda and media consumption" When you don't want to *say* "bullshit" but you need to clearly point out bullshit.

Because yeah, he couldn’t have done that.

Rubio says that US-led peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine "were not fruitful." Not fruitful? ​Let’s look at facts: your negotiators visited Russia seven times, and Ukraine zero times. You demanded concessions from Ukraine before negotiations even began, and throughout the entire process.

Russia’s death toll remains extraordinarily high, and its spring offensive has stalled. Our charts illustrate a potential turning point in the war

America's chief Middle East negotiator - Jared Kushner - is almost completely dependent on Middle East government investment in his chief business. It's probably the biggest conflict of interest in American diplomatic history and we should be talking about this way more.

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

"The bottles bear the imprint of the Kentucky distillery Woodford Reserve, and are engraved with the words 'KASH PATEL FBI DIRECTOR,' as well as a rendering of an FBI shield. Surrounding the shield is a band of text … featuring his favored spelling of his first name: KA$H."

In case you’re wondering, this is a real post.

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Exhibit 1 for his trial for violations of our First Amendment rights.

For all the studious, self-serious, resource-sucking attention on every utterance from the president, I'm surprised this one very unique, very consistent tic of his hasn't had more attention: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

We’re very sorry to hear about the President’s current troubles. We offer our thoughts and prayers for the entire Trump administration during this difficult period. Now is not the right time to have a policy debate, so let’s not politicize the issue.

When #russia finally collapses and its troll factories, bot-farms, and massive disinformation media machinery shut down, I wonder how much of the internet will suddenly go quiet?... 🤔

Nonsense. It started the war with Iraq, Lebanon civil war, started the Yemen civil war, Syrian civil war, started every Israeli war since 1979 ( not before). And it started wars recently with Bahrain, Jordan, UAE, Saudi and every nation it bombed. Qatar.

That’s some Grade A bullshit right there. Claiming Iran has never started any wars is an outright lie. I’m definitely not defending the United States, but no way should Iran get a free pass.

Another one for the ages.

. Funny how this works . . . .

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

That is Trump’s (Putin’s) entire mission.

The Himalayan vulture showcases its striking “false eyes,” a smart adaptation that makes it look bigger and more intimidating. Original post

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

This, in its own way, is as delusional and disastrous as his pledge to wipe out their civilization just yesterday.

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

Brutal.

I can't stop admiring this photo by the Artemis II crew made of the moon. (Nikon D5 shot at f 7.1 at 800th of a second on 400 iso at 80 mm)

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and are blocking their ability to send software updates to users.

Randy does not find me funny.

One of the very best from Clickhole

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

In every other modern democratic country in the world, this statement would result in the immediate removal of the president or prime minister. 😳👇

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

Putin and Orban coordinating on a desperate false flag operation that everyone knew was coming.

Okay, again... this is how TF you write a GD'ed headline!!!

Nothing says expert like a weekend talk show host. When he gets fired the orange balloon will hire Sylvester Stallone as Secretary of Defense because, well, you know…Rambo. 🤨

The best explanation why millions of Americans worship and support a convicted felon and sexual predator...