Big Pharma gouging consumers as Trump's touted drug deals fall flat: Senate report #RawStory

Really important story from @wired.com: The Christian Nationalists who want to destroy the American secular state are now making their presence felt www.wired.com/story/govern...

Yes. This White House is the epitome of malignant narcissism and believes it will successfully threaten the Pope into submission.

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Orban was funding the Reform support network.

The Strange Encounter, c. 1930 Lee Miller

MacFarlane: Are we to pretend we didn’t watch all that on television on January 6th? Did we not all see what happened at the Capitol? These vacating of convictions, these pardons, are communicating to the American people: do not believe your lying eyes

"There is no alternative to a strong UK EU relationship" is quite the message from the European Parliament President, and not one you would have heard in Brussels or London even six months ago.

It’s genuinely staggering how little substance there is to today’s instalment of the BBC’s attempt to create a national crisis out of a few unproven allegations of immigration fraud 1/

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Viktor Orban's defeat triggered euphoria in Budapest as the metropolis this time could surf a nationwide tide for change. That democratic rejection of the candidate of both Trump and Putin resonated well beyond Hungary too. My Eastern Eye column this week www.easterneye.biz/viktor-orban...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Shocking www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A BBC report gives the impression of large-scale asylum fraud But the detail is far more limited Published mid-campaign, says Stephen McNair, it risks reinforcing Reform UK’s central message. eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...

More than 20m people, many of them children, had already been forcibly displaced before this year’s US-Israeli attack on Iran. What happens next depends on policy choices, writes Gerald Knaus

Next thing to watch for: DOJ will pay them millions in spite of being convicted by a jury.

Reform Essex activist who hosted Nigel Farage at his tanning salon is also a Nazi superfan who believes that "Hitler was right." Excellent work from @hopenothate.org.uk hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/14/n...

ICE agents should not get away with criminal conduct. The charges of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment are serious–but look at the video and think if DHS is committed to transparency and accountability. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZBW...

It's so bad they won't even brief Congress.

“The banality of evil – a phrase coined by Hannah Arendt, who covered the trial of Adolf Eichmann sixty years ago – is on full display. It lives not only in Bagnyuk – the remote control killer – but in his commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin,” writes Andrew Chakhoyan in this op-ed.

The eyewatering hypocrisy writes itself.

Swalwell and Gonzales resign from Congress under threat of expulsion #Pinks www.cnn.com/2026/04/14/p...

Proposal reported by @reuters.com, that Iran would let ships pass thru Oman side of Hormuz unhindered, comes w/ big caveat: the US has to meet Iranian demands. Leave aside things like pulling out of the Gulf. Can Trump credibly promise not to attack again? Doubtful! www.reuters.com/world/middle...

BREAKING: Swalwell officially resigned from Congress with reading on the House floor; Gonzalez will bd at 11:59PM this evening. #Pinks www.cnn.com/2026/04/14/p...

Headlines from two year ago in the Rupert Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal. Good thing we voted for the law and order candidate who could clean up the crime-ridden, economic disaster America used to be.

50 House Dems just dropped a bill to invoke the 25th Amendment on Trump, 79 establishing a formal Commission on Presidential Capacity. Raskin says public trust in Trump’s ability to do the job has hit “unprecedented lows.” Long shot? A signal? Yes! 👀 #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A91p4JDcjQrS...

same in the UK... and likely everywhere else

JD Vance went to Hungary to boost Orbán. Orbán just got swept out in a landslide. Obama: “A victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.” #Hungary #Obama #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AMzuJNhILTh6...

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

Donald Trump may not play a doctor in an internet meme of Jesus, but he *murdered* one in the streets of America.

www.newsweek.com/trumps-attem... Pentagon has been formally barred from using "Department of War" as its official name, with new guidance making clear the term may be used only as a limited secondary title and not in legal or investigative proceedings.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

Treasury is holding thousands of Epstein‑related financial records — including overseas payments from Epstein routed through Russian banks Treasury refuses to release them to Congress

Casar: "Millions of Americans could be on verge of losing their jobs, but the only AI legislation Republicans are pushing is legislation to prevent any regulation. We should be stopping AI billionaires from putting countless Americans out of work, but Republicans are too busy cashing their checks."

Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...

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The latest iteration of the Save America act could disenfranchise millions of voters. Guardian democracy reporters @neonflag.bsky.social and @samrlevine.bsky.social will be answering readers’ questions at 12pm ET (4pm GMT) today about its implications.

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Today's #cartoon by Michael Ramirez✍️ for the Washington Post: 🤨

I put four of the several dozen messages to the X reporting system - which is unlikely to see anything happen, but this continued systemic failure to remove unlawful content is something Ofcom are meant to be scrutinising at present.

The full, unredacted Epstein files should have been released a long time ago.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/14/m... Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti-American journalist known for his work at VICE, HuffPost and Al Jazeera, has been detained in Kuwait, according to press freedom advocates, after sharing videos related to the Iran war.

From yesterday: European Court rules return of Hazara Afghan national would breach Article 3 | Jamie Bell

Get ready friends Time to get to work, our turn to stand up & fight for democracy

Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions for Confederacy groups in the state, including the United Daughters of the Confederacy (headquartered in Richmond).