“.. No other recent American president has talked so openly about committing potential war crimes ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

How about those Epstein files, right?

I wonder if there was some sort of reason the Founders routed the war power through Congress rather than the whim of one person. Probably not.

The winner of this year's WaPo Peeps Diorama Contest is "A Shaming of the Shoes." www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

“.. Iran will not surrender the strait at this point. .. it is now seen by the Iranians as a huge strategic gain and a source of economic and financial potential that they want to systematize and entrench.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Remember your oath. It is not to him. It is to the Constitution and Federal law.

Troops and their families have been pushed back to the United States after their bases in the Middle East were threatened by Iranian counterattacks. Community groups are scrambling to react.

This was entirely foreseeable, and many of us warned that if the Department abandoned all of its principles, the decent public servants in its ranks would abandon the Department.

Read more here: www.warner.senate.gov/public/index...

Trump is seeking a $500 BILLION annual increase to the already $1 TRILLION Pentagon budget. This money could fund health care, affordable housing, day care, education, and so much more. But instead, the White House wants to spend it on a Pentagon that can't even pass an audit.

Trump either doesnt understand how many people rely on robust Medicare and Medicaid programs for healthcare needs or he doesn’t care. Suggesting states should foot the bill is nonsensical but signals his priorities (which aren’t healthcare)

Both Polymarket and kalshi reached out to pay me to put their ads in my newsletters in the last month. Told both to fuck off, obviously. But I bring it up because it seems like the only way to make $ right now is to work for some entity destroying society in a race to the bottom. It fucking sucks.

NEW: A year after major DOGE cuts, GSA plans to rehire hundreds of employees. Because nothing says full, determined dismantling of the federal government like admitting you were so very wrong.

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

yep, this is a case of hegseth wanting a whites-only military bsky.app/profile/nanc...

I can’t even begin to tell you how bad this is.

The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.

Hegseth just fired the Army Chief Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George the most competent and experienced combat leaders I have ever encountered. Courage. Integrity. Takes care of soldiers. A government of gangsters.

From Bloomberg: “The world’s most important price for real-world oil barrels surged above $140 on Thursday, the highest since 2008.  Dated Brent, the price of shipments bought and sold in the North Sea, reached $141.37, surpassing levels seen when Russia invaded Ukraine.” #economy #energy #markets

So many “dow is under 50,000” references in my texts from sources.

Pam Bondi’s firing should be the latest wake-up call for lawyers and law firms who tried to stay in President Trump and her good graces.

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WTI crude oil now +12% to $112 Gasoline futures +19 cents

Poland PM: 🇵🇱

Oil prices massively surge as Trump delivers an unhinged, incoherent address to the nation

IRAN’S IRGC IS CHARGING TOLLS STARTING AT $1 PER BARREL ON SHIPS TRANSITING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WITH PAYMENTS REQUIRED IN CHINESE YUAN OR STABLECOINS, EFFECTIVELY MONETIZING CONTROL OF THE KEY OIL CHOKEPOINT. - SOURCES

How humiliating. @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was … Marco Rubio.

Kavanaugh twice says that he thinks their arguments about other countries adopting different rules is a good argument as a policy matter (ugh). Sauer falsely claims "almost every other country" doesn't have birthright citizenship, which is wildly wrong.

Just to recap: Russia is currently helping Iranian forces try to kill US troops. In response, Trump is… lifting sanctions on Russia and threatening to pull out of NATO, which are the #1 and #2 items on Putin’s wishlist

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

A crazily unconstitutional effort to seize control of elections from states by seeking to have the USPS put in place rules to ban the transmission of mail-in ballots that don't form to standards the Trump admin puts into place and for people the Trump admin hasn't verified as a citizen.

Here's the piece I wrote with the underlying data: www.americanprogress.org/article/by-t...

* IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SAYS THEY WILL TARGET U.S. COMPANIES IN THE REGION AS OF APRIL 1 IN RETALIATION FOR ATTACKS ON IRAN -- STATE MEDIA @reuters.com

Here is the image, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, that stirred the White House's ire

Fitch signals downgrade risk for Qatar over post-Iran war security concerns reut.rs/3PHzG0b

The US national average retail price of gasoline crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years, data from price tracking services GasBuddy showed, as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued to roil global energy markets reut.rs/4bIUixL

US Defense Secretary Hegseth's broker looked to buy defense fund before Iran attack, FT reports reut.rs/414DStj

“The inquiry on behalf of the high-profile potential client was flagged internally at BlackRock, according to the people familiar with the matter.”

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

How are those Epstein Files coming along?

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With oil prices spiking again over the weekend, we are due for another late Sunday/early Monday post from Trump about significant progress with the “peace talks.”

"By the beginning of next week, there will be enough forces to allow a 'significant ground operation' against Iran", a US official said.-i24 News

Yep. Keep an eye out for it.

“.. US government officials and Wall Street analysts are starting to consider the prospect that oil prices might surge to an unprecedented $200 a barrel.” @bloomberg.com ⛽️ www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...