One sentence to destroy them all.

“Bombing Iranian schoolgirls is being proactive about peace through strength and deserves a Nobel Peace Prize…” - Hegseth, probably

Hegseth: "You go from 'defense' to 'war' because you want to be proactive about peace through strength. The one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize every single year is the United States military."

Let’s check in on the commander in chief of the U.S. military…

“Maternal grief seizes the body differently from other sorrows,” Danielle Crittenden writes. More than two years have passed, but Miranda’s absence “retains the power to hit me anew each day.” Read more from her essay on the death of her daughter:

Appalling story, beautifully written. On the Stanford students being courted by billionaires. From Theo Baker www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Epstein’s London abuse apartments have been uncovered by a BBC investigation - in operation after the Met Police decided not to investigate him.

Another thing that is about to destabilise Trump - the Bank of England’s deputy says stock markets will fall because they’re not factoring in global risk. The AI bubble is on the list, the only thing driving the Trump economy.

Trump trying to do his Mob threats again.

Honestly, it’s exhausting to have such dumb, corrupt, incompetent, reckless and evil people currently running the country. What a sad expression of the failure of education and morality in a country that once could pride itself on advancing talented and capable people.

Spike Lee at the Knicks game at MSG. #spikelee #popeleo #knicks #madisonsquaregarden

My best friends, who are best friends. 🐾🐾🐾🐾

Things were so normal before he was allowed into politics…..

Real journalists wouldn’t even attend! I’d like to see these people BE journalists! Many of them bend the knee to Trump. His horrible behavior and policies keep the news going for them these days. They aren’t being journalists, they’re part of the disgusting people who profit from this nightmare..

Tucker Carlson is not sorry, and yes, his former comments were intentional, and he knew it! It's time to push back on all the wolves who are literally coming out to save themselves, their careers, and pushing something else (like JD Vance). #SheShed #Liars thehill.com/homenews/med...

The Supreme Court has a secret weapon: the "shadow docket." Rulings in days, no debate, no explanation. It's how Trump keeps winning in court even when lower courts rule against him. A new investigation traces it all to a rushed decision by Chief Justice Roberts in 2016.

Starbucks: Screw you, Seattle. All our unionizing woes will be over once we leave you for Tennessee. Tennessee:

Morten Mørland, The Times

Well this is very nice. Thank you, Brian.

“Not as long as Vietnam” is some truly top tier marketing for this war.

Read to the end for the part where Pope Leo says the Vatican has been targeted by foreign intelligence blackmail operations

Trump plans to invite Putin to the December G20 summit in Miami, WaPo reports. The normalisation continues.

On the express track to disbarment. EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas allegedly violated professional conduct rules of the ​Virginia State Bar by refusing to enforce key provisions of federal civil rights laws, according to a complaint submitted to the bar Thursday, shared ‌with Reuters.

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Netanyahu’s opposition are looking to Hungary for lessons.

Damn

UPDATE: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into Israel’s killing of Amal Khalil. She said they threatened to “separate her head from her shoulders” before they killed her. cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-...

I endorse this call. This campaign against journalists is being carried out with US funding and US weapons systems, but it plainly violates US law. cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-...

Yesterday Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired. Twenty-one days ago, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George was fired. This is not something you do in the middle of winning a war. Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:

“We’re not a melting pot… if you’re building temples or mosques and undermining Christianity you’re not assimilating.” Rep Ogles continues to show he believes 🇺🇸 is only for Christians. A dim, unpatriotic view— no wonder nobody is donating to his campaign. #Pinocchiogles

Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "Cuba poses a security threat to the United States. President Trump has said, 'enough is enough.' We need Cuba to be democratic, free, and we need them to be a friend to the United States, not a foe."

I was shocked to learn in Tennessee that Nashville's single Democratic Congressman was gerrymandered out of a seat, leaving the city divided into several half-urban, half-rural constituencies and with no real representation at all. That was years ago, and I didn't hear any Republicans object.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "Really what this has demonstrated is that we can choke off China's oil anytime we want. We now have Venezuela's oil -- it's under our control -- and we can stop the flow of Iranian oil anytime."

Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies landing a $24 million Pentagon contract

“Russia can sustain extremely high levels of casualties and losses in human lives. They don’t care about people’s lives,” a Ukrainian officer told me. However, “it is painful for them to lose money.”

Correct.

It’s not a joke FT: Trump’s top envoy suggested to swap Iran with Italy to FIFA president Infantino and Trump, arguing that Italy’s four World Cup titles in the tournament's history justify awarding it the slot. www.ft.com/content/1ff3...

Johnson conveniently forgot that Newsom warned Trump: if Republicans gerrymander Texas, California would fight fire with fire, and other states would follow. So now that Republicans don’t like the taste of their own medicine, maybe they can finally get serious about a federal ban on gerrymandering.

WaPo: it could take 6 months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has informed Congress. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

DOD: Overnight, U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, in the Indian Ocean within the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.

New in PN: "Now, as part of the project to undo Reconstruction, the DOJ hopes to take out the SPLC using the very tools it used to defeat the KKK. And along the way, they can exculpate every bigot who ever swung a tiki torch. *Those boys weren’t bad, they were just stirred up by outside agitators!*"

Good thread.

❗️Officially: The European support package for Ukraine has been unblocked – this is €90 billion over two years, – Zelenskyy We are working to ensure that the first tranche from this support package is already available in May-June

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: “If the Israeli government does not change its policies in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon we cannot act as if nothing has happened. “Sanctions against Israel are currently being blocked due to Hungary's veto. 1/2