Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'. The wealth amassed by Orban's inner circle is fuelling the increasingly palpable frustration of a population grappling with sluggish growth, high inflation and worsening public services u.afp.com/SbRo

April 5, 2026

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

You have lived through one of history's greatest crimes. It was caused not by vast forces of history but one man's twisted racist imagination and malevolent disregard for the world's poorest people.

The wife of an Army staff sergeant, who is set to train for deployment, was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live. ICE agents had entered the base and detained Annie Ramos.

For decades, military members have been marrying foreigners. Many local citizens work on overseas bases and meet the military members. It's never a marriage to get that foreigner into the US. They marry for love. Funny how Trump can marry foreigners but not the military who protect us!

I am followed on here by a bunch of journalists, and like… y'all. What the living hell is anyone doing going to the correspondents' dinner, in any other capacity than to loudly, visibily, pointedly protest this administration to its face? And I'm not talking fucking coordinated pocket squares 🙄

Reader, you will not be surprised to learn that Christopher Rufo is at the center of yet another manufactured right wing outrage cycle.

Another person has died in ICE custody. Tuan Van Bui, 55, died on April 1. ICE waited until the holiday weekend to say anything. At least 15 people have died in ICE custody this year.

This week, CA filed its 66th lawsuit against President Donald Trump — this time challenging his second elections executive order.   Simply put, the President is again overstepping his authority. The Constitution is clear: States — not the President  — are responsible for administering elections.

I can’t believe there are really people like this

Another joyful and blessed Easter from the Trump administration.

Oh they meant THESE illegal orders

So, I'm struggling to think how this, in the mind of the sergeant who just lost his wife to ICE detention and cannot resign, is any different from involuntary conscription.

“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV

Ah, nostalgia.

There is no woman America won’t tear down at the merest rumor of a flaw and no man it won’t forgive at the merest rumor of contrition.

What was, is, and could’ve been

LEFT: Dignified, respectful, and sane POTUS’s Easter message RIGHT: Disgusting, embarrassing, and insane POTUS’s Easter message

The California race for governor should be a top priority for California voters. Democrats need to decide who they will support before the jungle primary possibly hands it to the Republicans. www.capradio.org/articles/202...

GOP, *Your* President is completely batsh1t crazy insane!! If you're STILL not considering the 25th amendment, then all hope is lost for you, and I fear for the state the world will ultimately find itself in, as we're halfway there already... 😏 FFS WAKE THE FUCK UP ALREADY and grow some balls!

I believe the corporations & CEOs of private prisons being used by ICE & DHS should be fully investigated, charged & fined for the high rates of deaths among immigrants. I realize it’s unlikely to happen now, but in 2028? Adding it to my list for the Presidential candidates of what I want from them.

The Vice President’s parents-in-law came to the United States as foreign students, at the University of California.

Artemis 2 astronaut Victor Glover delivers inspiring Easter message on the way to the moon (video) www.space.com/space-explor...

rats, sinking ship

NEW: I just spoke with Trump on the phone, and he laughed about all the calls he's had with reporters over the past week. "Fucking suckers, they'll parrot out whatever I want because they love access. I can tell them any bullshit, and they repeat it. Anything goes!" More TK.

NY TIMES: “Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran… Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story: “The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

Kamala Harris’s Easter message:

New episode of The Pitt?

When I was trying to get men who sexually harassed me and female coworkers held accountable, Boomer/GenX women tried to shush me. Boomer/GenX women shut down discussions of queerphobia/racism in feminist spaces. They fought for themselves, not future generations or women who don’t look like them.

BREAKING: Trump skipped all three scheduled Easter masses he was meant to attend today. Something is wrong with the president and the White House is keeping it from us.

NGC 3310 is a starburst spiral galaxy. A collision ~100 million years ago ignited widespread star formation, still active today. This demonstrates that intense periods of star birth can persist for extended astronomi… Credit: AAO ITSO Office, Gemini Obs./AURA & T. A. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage)

Sunday Taquitos #22: Donald Trump’s Egg Hunt Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

The Iranian Embassy in South Africa weighs in:

Most California voters support the state’s newly proposed billionaire tax, according to new polling. Meanwhile, rich Californians are plotting a $500M slush fund to influence the state's politics. So they can't afford a wealth tax, but they'll spend a fortune buying elections? See the problem...

1970s: There were 1500+ murders per year in NYC in the 1970s. There were several active serial killers. That's not counting the DeMeo crew that killed ~200 people, including random civilians for "practice." 2025: NYC had only 75 murders, the lowest number ever recorded since record keeping began.

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

Republicans are grasping at straws to stop Democrats’ momentum heading into the midterms. But Floridians have made it clear: their latest stunt is unwanted and unwarranted.

"Archbishop Timothy Broglio went on CBS’s Face the Nation to state unequivocally that Trump’s war on Iran is wrong and that American Catholic soldiers, sailors and air crew have the duty to refuse immoral orders." Read the whole piece: charlieangus.substack.com/p/church-sen...

Update: the filing deadline is tomorrow, & still no challenger has filed.

ICYMI — with Flynn, @MarshaBlackburn, Trump all stuffing or trying to stuff their pockets with taxpayer funds by claiming they were wronged by the DOJ… January 6th insurrectionists are following suit. 🤔 www.publicnotice.co/p/january-6-...

Comparing Easter messages

Meanwhile Prof Tim Snyder is also issuing warnings about the same.