German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever. There is a sense that a whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly the Revolutionary Guards.

Mark Carney: "Many of our former strengths, built on our close ties to the US, have become weaknesses. The US has changed. That's their right. And we're responding ... we're deepening our partnerships with our closest allies, including the EU, the Nordic countries, and Australia."

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Kevin O’Leary is trying to build a massive hyperscale data center project in Utah, which is expected to generate and consume more power than entire rest of the state. The project's final vote has been delayed due to major local pushback. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/04...

"Small wonder that Clarence Thomas prefers the Gilded Age over the Progressive Era," writes @rbreich.bsky.social. "He’s the living embodiment of the Gilded Age’s public-be-damned excesses."

Release the files NOW!!!! #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

HARDER: What are the health harms of this repeal? ZELDIN: It could be 0 HARDER: You think doubling the amount of mercury pollution is going to result in 0 health harms?

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You can now bet on anything

When the invader fears the truth getting out. Truth kills fascists.

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965

And truly, a sub 2 hour marathon is so much more stunning an accomplishment than anything that happens in the NFL draft.

This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life: "AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.

Yesterday was the biggest day in marathon history. THREE men broke the world record. TWO of them ran 26.2 miles in less than two hours. It was, in a word, nuts. www.wsj.com/sports/sabas...

Zohran Mamdani has been awarded the Giant FIFA Ball of Peace, which is worth the equivalent of 10 Peace Prizes.

Who’s had a néspera (loquat)? Delicious. Citrusy w peach- firm flesh

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

“We were supposed to be the ones who were preventing a lot of these abuses,” said a former Palantir employee. “We seem to be enabling them.” www.wired.com/story/palant...

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

Cartoonist: Dave Whamond

thinking about the gould quote again

This is Yaroun in South Lebanon, right now. One of the oldest villages on Earth. Israel has annihilated everything. Every home destroyed. Every sign of civilian life erased. A village that stood for over 3,000 years — wiped off the map.

From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States.

Considering the feat that it was considered to be when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile just 72 years ago, Sawe's accomplishment is truly astonishing. A marathon run at a pace of 4 minutes and 33 seconds per mile is simply staggering. www.npr.org/2026/04/26/n...

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." — FDR

I'm not sure I could run 100 yards at a 4:33 pace. It's amazing that a human can do it for 26 miles. apnews.com/article/mara...

Since Trump is out here denying he is a rapist, a reminder that a judge said he absolutely was one

Things seen out of one’s window

One of the most brilliant political cartoonists out there, & an amazing artist. Definitely worth following. @anntelnaes.bsky.social

As astonishing as Roger Bannister breaking the 4-minute mile! Not only did Kenyan Sabastian Sawe of Kenya run a 1:59:30 marathon to win the London Marathon, Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha ran 1:59.41 for 2nd – 2 runners at once become the first to break 2-hours in a marathon. apnews.com/article/mara...

It’s the American that is the problem

Former FBI agent Dan Brunner: From what we saw, the suspect wasn’t even close to breaching security. He still would have had to go down two flights of stairs and get through additional secured doors. He didn’t even reach the magnetometers before being stopped.

Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.

On this day in 1920, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 26 Jan 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her mother and on the 11 Mar 1942 to Izbica Ghetto. The Ghetto was liquidated in Nov 1942 with an estimated 4500 Jews massacred. Her name was Renata Reichová

Notice how everything escalated once the call for the Epstein files got too loud to ignore? Reminder: the DOJ was supposed to release the remaining Epstein files over four months ago. The public is still waiting.

The anchor of a CNN Sunday show asking Democrats if it's irresponsible to criticize the president.

Parece cada vez mais provável que a Inteligência Artificial (IA) signifique grandes mudanças na economia e na vida cotidiana. Precisamos de um programa de empregos públicos para trabalhadores deslocados e devemos regulamentar a IA como um serviço público.

I’m starting to think that the “mentalist” they had at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner might be a fraud. 🤔

Karoline Leavitt to Fox before the WHCD event: There will be some shots fired tonight

Cartoon by @mygumsarebleeding.bsky.social

“When I said I wanted to go to sleep, Amal came closer and hugged me and told me, ‘Zeinab, don’t leave me alone.’” apnews.com/article/leba...

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Maybe read this instead, for a reality check. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Palantir employees are talking about the company’s “descent into fascism.” Slack messages, and interviews with current and former workers, paint a picture of a company in turmoil.