In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Yikes — “Military advisers intentionally excluded Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, WSJ reported…” www.jpost.com/internationa...

Stocks will still manage to rise tomorrow lolol

for an idea of how big a deal this is, my mom was in great shape when she got diagnosed and she lasted less than sixty days. six years is insane.

is this good

Saturday afternoon yard work vibes

The best way to sum up this entire administration is peace during markets and war in after hours

"Over 20% of US women are on antidepressants" TRUMP: Do they work? "No, they don't"

Caitlyn Jenner can no longer travel overseas as her passport marks gender as “male” following Trump’s anti-trans passport policies. — 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

Another data point in “originalism is a fraud.” So much for the law is the law we can’t think about the impact. They rail against “results oriented judging” in public but when their corporate clients make requests they know exactly what to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Actually need to watch this show tomorrow cause Rahm and Bill are going to be very vocal on this issue in 2028

Jake Sullivan: The main lesson that Iran has taken from this war is they can now shut down the Strait of Hormuz, and the United States will look at that as a source of leverage for Iran. That used to be a theoretical possibility. Now it's an actual reality.

Lutnick also called the USMCA a "bad deal." If true, whoever negotiated it for the US must be a real dope

I’ve been drunk but never “call the breaching team” drunk

I’m sorry he got so blackout drunk they had to ask for SWAT door busting equipment?!

“I vote Republican because they’re serious about crime”

Read the text of this invite below. It is crazed. 'Ellison’s decision to spend time in Washington “honoring” a White House that has made demonizing the press central to its playbook has outraged staffers at CBS News.' www.status.news/p/david-elli...

The of Strait of Hormuz is now open! *it was open before the war*

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

Two things that make this impossible to do anything about: 1. Reality is more liberal (being gay isn’t a mental disorder, climate change is real, vaccines don’t cause autism etc…) and a lot of the backlash is conservatives not accepting that 2. Unless they address the right wing’s constant…

Trump is weird rich coastal elite who is at least as out of touch with real people as Mitt Romney was but gets covered like a man of the people because he’s racist and stupid.

Fascinating paragraph from Scott Alexander, where he admits he’s the dog that caught the car

the way I keep getting the word "forbidden" is making this whole bluesky outage thing seem significantly sexier than it actually is

It’s so self serving I know but God the movie Idiocracy really is the Occam’s Razor

(Bloomberg) - Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called on US authorities to prepare a back-up plan in order to avert a potential collapse in demand for Treasuries — an event that he warned would have “vicious” effects. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the entire purpose of having money is to not have to think or worry about money and anti-tax opposition from the ultra wealthy is antisocial and a clear marker of sociopathy

The growth outlook for the United States is muted. Economists estimate GDP growth for the next 3 years will be significantly below White House estimates. @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social

Dammnit the Sixers are finally capable of being defended online and this happens

Marge tells Piers Trump tried to cover up the Epstein files, even the government shutdown was part of it — and when Trump called her a “traitor” and her son got death threats Trump had no compassion for her and told her it would be her fault if her son got killed. 😳

the current state of kirkification is so fascinating

Schulz: Conservative Twitter was funny when Dems are in charge. Now that Republicans are in charge, it's just whiny. It feels like too much propaganda. They went full soy boy

Really not a great sign that the more he’s despised international the better he is internally. Israel is trying to convince everyone he’s the exception and it looks more and more like he’s the norm

Yes, Dave Chapelle, it’s almost as if Trans people predicted this and were mocked and attacked for it!

Saudi Arabia’s PIF on verge of cutting support for LIV Golf ft.trib.al/KAeWsSy

Can’t even imagine having to be a long commuter right now

this is so cool

Crazy chart. Almost as if they wanted to keep inflation from getting too LOW. @semafor.com

Boycott DoorDash. DoorDash ran a propaganda piece for Trump.

Whenever we have our French Revolution these will be the signs

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Is there a Baby Girl version I’ll show myself out

On the day of writing this newsletter, I sat myself in front of two glowing screens to “monitor the situation.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

lmaooo have fun

I’ll never forget the Saturday evening he released it. It was the height of the tensions

In case anyone is still confused

KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.

everyone involved in the dismantling of USAID should be forced to spend their lives watching graphic videos of what they have subjected people to in their callousness, clockwork orange style

Gen X!! WYD!!

> @adamscochran.bsky.social

Me on edibles before I had a kid lol