Why would Ukraine — now sharing battlefield experience and technology with Europe and the Middle East — suddenly give up our people and land that russia has failed to occupy for over 12yrs, just because a real estate agent thinks this may lead to peace?

ZELENSKYY: This is very important. If we want to end this war, you shouldn’t pressure me or Ukrainians. You have to pressure Putin, because he doesn’t want to stop. His goal is to occupy us and then go further. He will go to the Baltic countries if we don’t stop him.

ZELENSKYY: Putin wants full occupation of Ukraine. But he can't do it. In fact, over last 90 days, Russia has made no advances. We lost some territory, but also de-occupied some. Front line has remained largely unchanged. Ukraine now in its strongest position in past 10 months.

Republican Timeline: “There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war” - Lincoln “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” - Reagan “Open the fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah” - Trump (on Easter)

Orbán's false flag should remind us that other people in similar situations (I mean Trump) will have similar thoughts. See my essay from yesterday on "The Next Coup Attempt." (2/2) snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Background: Orbán is an entrenched but wildly unpopular oligarch and authoritarian. He is facing an election that he will decisively lose — unless he can manage some trick. This obvious false flag (which he will now blame on Ukraine) should not fool anyone. (1/2)

The White House has created an FBI-led "NPSM-7 Joint Mission Center" dedicated to “proactively” hunting Americans suspected of domestic terrorism www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbis-new-p...

The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first six months of Trump’s second administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases. 🔗 Full story: https://propub.li/4e5vZLL

As some have pointed out, Lucy could not tell us who the administrator of DOGE is even if she could speak English, mainly because no one really knows! bsky.app/profile/jose...

I am pleased to announce that Lucy and I will be hosting our counter-programming event—the WITAOD Correspondents Dinner—for the second year in a row. Unfortunately, Lucy still cannot tell us who the administrator of DOGE is…mainly because she still cannot speak English.

How about journalists who care about the First Amendment refuse to attend this dinner. Instead of be used as a prop by Trump, speak out. If legacy media wants to know why it is in such rapid decline and not trusted, empty gesture like this is why.

Trump is asking Congress for the biggest counterterrorism budget in years to implement NSPM-7, the national security directive targeting "anti-Americanism," "anti-Christianity" and "anti-capitalism" www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbis-new-p...

Crime is legal now, as long as you praise or pay Trump.

The FBI's New Center for Political Pre-Crime: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbis-new-p...

If you live in the mountain west, stuff like this should be a core voting issue. It’s about the survival of an entire way of life. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...

It's already looking to be a bad year for fires. Not to mention that Trump is destroying FEMA.

Hungary’s election is April 12. Orbán is behind in the polls. Professor Kim Scheppele joins us Monday morning at 9am to discuss the dynamics at work & what they can tell us about our elections. Subscribe to Civil Discourse (it’s free) & get a notice when we go live open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Hungarian election is hugely important in its own right and a litmus test for the billionaire fascism that the American Right has imported. This would be a great briefing for reporters and all of us to have!

In the Russian army, soldiers pay officers in order to stay alive www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

I want people to buy these WITAOD hats so we can do more journalism at @lawfaremedia.org But I also want people to buy these hats because I dream of spotting one in the wild while I’m walking down the street one day

Cartoon by Bob Eckstein

Awful www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...

Democrats, we have a problem. California is deep blue, but it is not safe blue. ⚠️ Jungle primary + crowded field = no guarantees a Democrat makes the general for governor. Not this time. This is the most populous state with the biggest economy in the country. What happens here hits everywhere.

Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion. Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

This is so fucking vile. I cannot wait for the day when America has its Nuremberg trial and ICE Nazis are held accountable. 😡👇

If you were wondering whether the President’s weekend bender helped or hurt the long-term interest of American business, futures markets just opened, and delivered their verdict.

The emperor has no clothes. Time for the #25thAmendment. Congress and the Cabinet must act.

Jones: States run elections. For the president to try to infringe upon this constitutional duty is laughable. He knows they’re going to lose the House. At this moment, I would predict that we’re going to take back control of the Senate as well.

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Dear Humans, If a Dem candidate for 2028 is not running first on EXACTING SWIFT AND WONDERFUL JUSTICE on the war criminals in this administration, then you must join with me in throwing that candidate into the lake of fire. Thanks, God

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.

Artemis II crew returning to Earth.

Agree 100% . (Ron Fournier longtime AP bureau chief in DC.)

Yeah… I feel this too. Loving your country shouldn’t mean constantly apologizing for what it’s doing.

The fact that this went out and Congress hasn’t immediately convened for an emergency session show just how much trouble we’re in.

I wonder how much European capitals have considered what their response would be if the US uses nuclear weapons in Iran this week.

They have to be at least thinking about it.

The idea of using nukes has appealed to Trump for a long time, and he was always annoyed by being told what a terrible idea it is and why. But I also see this as Trump trying to bully his way out of his self-created mess. It always worked for him before, and he doesn't understand why it isn't now.

One of these things is nowhere near like the others & he needs to be removed by the #25thAmendmentNow 🤨

The founders believed that if a madman became president, members of Congress would serve the country’s interest and remove him from office. That seemed a reliable system to safeguard the republic. Boy, did they screw up.

No wonder they're so aligned with Russia. They believe they have the right to take whatever they want because they're the biggest baddest bullies on the block. No concept of right and wrong, just winning and losing. And winning has to mean the other side loses, and they revel in the destruction.

“If these threatened attacks were to be carried out, they would constitute war crimes . . . Immiserating the civilian population for bargaining leverage is not lawful." Glad to talk to Saeed Shah for this story @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

My latest piece on Substack about the 25th Amendment. Isn't it time? substack.com/@katiephang/...

This is not who we should be—but ICE is so desperate for stats they detain a woman who is legally applying for her green card, a scholarship college student who teaches Sunday School. Trump would have us believe he’s taking criminal aliens off the streets. It’s a lie www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

I'm assuming the Monday press conference will be Trump boasting about the rescue operation. The rescue of our downed pilot from Iran was, undoubtedly, amazing. But it seems important that the media remind everyone a rescue mission wouldn't be necessary if Trump hand't started a war.

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

🎁🔗 GIFT ARTICLE ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/mban...