The WHCA continuing their glorified meet and greet after an active shooter and a death is really just so spot on for the horrendous sociopathic tendencies of DC political reporters that I can't quite believe it's real.

These two widely shared images claiming to show the IDF restoring a statue of Jesus that was previously damaged by an Israeli soldier near Debl, Lebanon, are AI-generated and fake. A Google SynthID check finds watermarks that suggest both images were made with Google AI.

The year is 2085. The A-10 Warthog pleads for sweet release. Congress appropriates 800 bitcoin to extend the plane for strafing missions on Mars.

AI-generated content has entered the political sphere. Bellingcat speaks with @tbij.bsky.social reporter @efwebb.bsky.social on a possible first-of-its-kind case—and what it means for tracking AI misuse in politics. Listen by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat': rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Might be game on again. Watching carefully. 😐

The Strait of Hormuz Blockade, but we add OUR blockade.

Iran if you're listening, release the Epstein files

And also... Foreign hacker compromised Epstein files held by FBI @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/for... Maybe Melania is concerned.

Maybe Iran has more leverage than just the Strait. Pro-Iranian group claims credit for hacking FBI Dir Patel's personal account | @pbsnews.org share.google/V7pvFnslfXA6... Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails | @reuters.com share.google/w3nioLHmzJ4e...

EXCLUSIVE at the newly relaunched @informant.news: We've obtained secret documents showing that a former Navy SEAL whose testimony helped overturn a war crimes case against his platoon leader has recently joined the white supremacist group Patriot Front. www.informant.news/patriot-fron...

you probably could have guessed that Hungarian state opsec is bad, but perhaps not to the point of government email passwords like 'password,' '1234567' and, yes, 'adolf' www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...

Latest: Bellingcat has found close to 800 Hungarian government emails and associated passwords online, which in some cases have exposed confidential data of military personnel and civil servants. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...

Iran posted this. What a humiliation for Trump.

The ceasefire is not peace. The victory is not real. The war is not over, certainly not at home, where the regime’s hybrid civil war on democracy continues. Stay organized. Stay strong. Stay in the fight. ✊️ #Resist

Iran accuses US of violating 3 clauses of framework for a deal, says ceasefire, negotiations with US are unreasonable apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

The Ceasefire That Isn’t: Trump Claims Victory as the Middle East Continues to Burn A LOT has happened in the last 48 hours! I keep track of key resistance related events and compile them in the Resistance Brief. Get caught up here. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/resistan...

Newsmax guest on US ceasefire with Iran: "Like we've gotten the football to the 5-yard line and we're just calling the the game" www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...

Alex Jones on Trump's threats to Iran: "That's genocide" www.mediamatters.org/infowars/ale...

Fox analyst Jack Keane on US ceasefire with Iran: “I wouldn't have done what we're doing. ... I think we should take control of the Strait of Hormuz ourselves.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Megyn Kelly on Donald Trump: "I don't know about you, but I am sick of this shit. I'm just — I'm sick of it. Can't he just behave like a normal human?" www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...

Laura Loomer criticizes ceasefire deal with Iran: “Iran practically got everything that they wanted” www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer...

Piers Morgan on Trump's Iran threats: "That is genocide. That is a war crime." www.mediamatters.org/piers-morgan...

Megyn Kelly on US-Iran ceasefire: “I'm not willing to pretend that this is some huge victory for us” www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...

Senate Democrats will force war powers vote, says minority leader Chuck Schumer www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

US Senate to vote on resolution to curb Trump's Iran war powers - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but powerful with leverage over Hormuz - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israel continues to attack Lebanon and Gulf countries report attacks following US-Iran ceasefire - www.reuters.com/world/iran-w...

WATCH: How pro-democracy activists fought off GOP gerrymandering in Utah www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

As White House threatens midterms, states are working to Trump-proof the vote www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Sánchez to Trump: Spain won’t ‘applaud those who set the world on fire just because they then show up with a bucket’ www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/s...

EU to ‘convey concerns’ to US about Vance’s Hungary intervention – Europe live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Germany accuses JD Vance of hypocrisy over claim that EU meddled in Hungary’s election www.politico.eu/article/germ...

The 10-point plan that Trump has agreed to base negotiations on gives Iran far more than the nuclear deal ever did, outlining ‘a comprehensive restructuring of the regional order in Iran’s favour.’ If accepted, it would mark a major capitulation by the US.

Israel says it hit 100 targets in 10 minutes in Lebanon despite Iran ceasefire, its largest onslaught yet in the current offensive.

At L.A. 'shadow hearing' on elections, House Democrats join experts to defend voting systems www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Hegseth says US could strike again if Iran does not hand over enriched uranium This is at odds with what the Iranians have said is in the agreement. To say the ceasefire is fragile is an understatement at best. apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

Drone attacks damage 3 power and water desalination plants in Kuwait apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

🇮🇱 US and Iran agree to truce; huge strikes on Lebanon as Israel escalates “As Israel escalates” says it all. One rogue IRGC drone or missile enters Israel and this whole thing will be on again. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

🚨💥 Hezbollah pauses attacks, sources say, Israel says operations in Lebanon continue This is despite Pakistan saying that the agreement does extend to Lebanon. No surprise that Israel is trying to keep the war going. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

🚨💥 Iran attacks Kuwait, UAE after strikes on its oil facilities Putting the fire in ceasefire. 🤷‍♂️ www.naharnet.com/stories/en/3...

Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, expanding liberals' majority www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

🚨💥Iran's IRGC say they targeted oil facilities including in Saudi Yanbu IRGC did not get the memo about the biggest best ceasefire in the history of ceasefires? www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Why the bond market won't bounce back to pre-war levels The long term economic damage of Trump’s illegal war are not fully known. But there will be long term damage. And that’s if the ceasefire even holds. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Historians, watchdog group sue Trump to preserve White House records - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Recklessly producing and then accepting a situation where a foreign power can restrict freedom of navigation is not just a strategic defeat, it is a reversal of the most fundamental foreign policy and national security priority of the United States since the founding of the republic.

Exclusive: FBI warned of Iran's 'persistent threat' to US as White House downplayed the risk It‘s almost like the Trump regime wants an attack. We’ve seen this playbook before. Dictators often use manufactured crisis to consolidate power. www.reuters.com/world/us/int...

US judge pauses Louisiana's challenge to FDA abortion drug rule - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...