Instead of changing his policies, Donald Trump is trying to change the shape of the electorate. That's what wannabe dictators do when they feel their grip on power slipping.

3️⃣ Passengers and crew are being followed up in their countries, where WHO recommends a 42-day quarantine at home or in a facility starting from day of departure from the ship. WHO Technical Note for the disembarkation & onward management of MV Hondius passengers & crew bit.ly/4u1BT5I #hantavirus

2️⃣ We expect more cases given the dynamics of spread on a ship and the virus’ incubation period. At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak. #hantavirus

Update on #hantavirus: As of 12 May, 12h00 CEST, a total of 11 cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported. Nine of the 11 cases are confirmed, and the other 2 are probable. All are among passengers or crew on the ship. 1️⃣

⚠️ WHO HANTAVIRUS UPDATE • 11 cases have been reported, including 3 deaths. All were among passengers or crew on the ship. • More cases are expected from among those from the ship. • 42-day quarantine recommended. • “At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak.”

Believe your eyes, America! apnews.com/article/us-i...

🇪🇺 Kaja Kallas said the EU has prepared a document outlining possible scenarios for activating Article 42.7 of the Treaty on European Union. The clause is considered the EU’s equivalent of NATO’s Article 5 on collective defense. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/european-com...

Ukraine’s drone campaign forced him to seek Trump’s protection – exposing his vulnerability. Meanwhile, Ukraine has seized the strategic initiative, Europe has stepped up financing and arms, and the US under Trump has made itself irrelevant to the war’s outcome.

My article in the Kyiv Posst today: "Did May 9 Mark a Turning Point in the War?" Putin’s May 9 Victory Day parade was a study in weakness: no military hardware, a handful of allied leaders, and a 45-minute runtime. /1 www.kyivpost.com/opinion/75896

Ambassador David Perdue: "We are fully expecting Taiwan will come up as an issue. We will hear the Chinese out."

A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Slams Gutting of Voting Rights Act - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4dG... #JimCrow2.0

“If white Christian Nationalists can’t win the majority of voters, they’re going to use the levers of power to enshrine minority rule.” Want to understand what’s really happening across 🇺🇸, especially in the South? Watch these 3 minutes👇🏽 (From the movie “God And Country”)

In the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, Justice Samuel Alito leaned on a claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout. However, Alito was relying on a faulty data methodology to arrive at that conclusion, according to reporting.

Inflation is rising, the highest in three years, and Trump and the GOP made it happen. Fuel Oil: +54.3% Gasoline: +28.4% Electricity: +6.1% Transportation: +4.3% Apparel: +4.2% They don’t care about you, they’re the rich looking after the rich.

LBC is reporting that Labour backbenchers have a letter circulating with 100 signatures saying now is not the time for a leadership election. With 81 MPs now supporting an election, the Party has successfully managed to split itself down the middle.

It would be huge here in Dublin.

Wow. This NYC pop up is 🔥 The Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is open as a public installation displaying all 3.5 million pages of the released and partially redacted Epstein files, printed and bound into 3,437 volumes. This shouldn’t just stay in NYC. Take it on the road.

Trump CDC says cruise-ship passengers can leave quarantine/isolation and finish the hantavirus incubation period at home voluntarily.

Radio New Zealand covered an infected US traveler who is a hantavirus contact case and began individual travel before the gov caught her to quarantine

(Bloomberg) - A top South Korean policymaker said the nation should pay citizens a “dividend” using taxes on AI profits, underscoring growing pressure to redistribute gains .. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump is posting absolutely deranged shit on social media this morning ahead of departing for China today. Get a load of this stuff.

"The Trump-Xi summit is perhaps the last real chance for the Trump administration to execute a policy that is true to its global January 2025 vision," writes @seasia.csis.org. More on the "America First" policy in Asia: https://bit.ly/42tUIT5

🚨 NOON FRIDAY Candidates must file THIS WEEK to run after Tennessee Republicans passed their racist 9-0 map stripping Memphis of representation. An absurd, un-American, unconstitutional, unpatriotic situation. @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn www.newschannel5.com/news/tenness...

The companies have quietly raised concerns about what they see as a deliberate and escalating campaign against American business interests in Ukraine. The White House, despite its pledge to defend U.S. commercial interests abroad, has been muted in its response. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/w...

Alabama welcomes the return of Jim Crow and thanks Samuel Alito for all he has done to restore white supremacy in the state. www.al.com/news/2026/05...

You are paying more for electricity and water so Trump can post AI slop

Japan is experiencing shortages of petroleum-based materials: •"The effects are already being felt across a wide range of everyday goods, including food products" •There is a "gap" between the PM Takaichi's claims that there are no shortages & the actual situation. www.47news.jp/14289309.html

The skim & laundering must be monumental. Production costs can be inflated so easily because different services, vendors, crew bill out at varying rates.

TONE DEAF & A SLAP IN THE FACE Most Americans can barely afford to fill up their gas tank right now, and somehow, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy thought this was the perfect time to launch a whole-ass reality show about taking his own family on a road trip across America.

"I was convicted of 34 felonies and faced 92 additional counts, but Todd Blanche, god bless him, kept me out of prison."

Making North Korea Great Again www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/11/n...

Ukrainian war veteran Roman from the Tytanovi Rehab center plays checkers. Roman is using cubes for now because it's hard for him to pick up pieces with his prosthetic hook. Roman promises to practice more and master standard checkers pieces soon. 📹: tytanovi_rehab/Тhreads

I know some of the news has been discouraging lately, especially when it comes to voting rights and our democracy. We’ve got to keep our eyes on the prize and do all we can to make sure everyone’s voice is represented.

Watch Our New Ad 🔥 Donald Trump is shredding our Constitution. I’ve committed my life to defending it. And now I’m running for Congress because to stop Trump from erasing our democracy, we need to fight.

Can we agree that anyone who runs for president ought to have stepped inside a grocery store and bought gas so they have an actual idea what rising prices actually mean? Can we also agree no more sociopaths who lack the capacity for empathy and shame?

Here's the list of locations where the FCC plans to auction FM radio station construction permits, along with minimum bids. www.radioworld.com/wp-content/u...

FCC to auction construction permits next year for vacant FM radio channels. docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...

"The lawsuit, filed by The Cultural Landscape Foundation, states that since the pool is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the paint job was subject to a review under law" They ask a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order to prevent more blue paint from being added.

(Reuters) — The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the DOJ's investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in an intelligence finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump. www.reuters.com/legal/governm...

35-year CIA veteran: “The Chinese have a very dark portrait of the United States as a global hegemon that’s declining in power and becoming more violent as it tries to cling to its primacy.“ wapo.st/4wi8aHz

(FT) - Japan’s most famous brand of potato chips will drain the colour from its packaging this month as the war in the Middle East squeezes supplies of petroleum-based colourants and manufacturers grapple with “ink-flation”. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/3b40...

Gee... I wonder why there is a massive blitz to discredit Zelensky right now. 🤔 Hint... Putin was humiliated recently.

Rod Stewart to King Charles on his visit with Trump: “Hello, sir. May I say well done in the Americas. You were superb. Absolutely superb. You put that little rat bag in his place.” FYI: Stewart is a Nigel Farage’s Reform UK supporter. Trump’s UK ally.

Russia launched a strike on their home in Bohodukhiv,Kharkiv region Hryhorii,2yr-old twins&one-yr-old daughter were killed by the Russian strike Olha was injured,the doctors were able to save her&the baby.Little Kateryna is Olha's fourth child,but she's the only one who is alive 🗳️Suspilne Kharkiv

The head of the app development is current minister of defense of Ukraine.

The app is also used now for military recruiting.

Here you go. From Zelenskyy’s desk.

How predictable. . .