Donald Trump is calling the war a great victory. It doesn’t look like one alongside his scant progress in fulfilling the conflict’s three most persuasive aims. Register for free to read what they were

Pope Leo XIV and President Trump are escalating a high-stakes clash over immigration and the Iran war, exposing a rare and widening divide between the Vatican and the White House.

Show Us the Gulf Oil Tankers www.wsj.com/opinion/iran...

Gotta wonder what’s going on, Hungary is a small country yet Trump and Vance are obsessed with Orban. Hungary first foreign policy? Hungarians…. I hope the Trump endorsement is the kiss of political death it should be

Swampy www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Promising pardons to criminals is something only a criminal would do. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Four-byline alert: 🚨 (WSJ) - Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles in its arsenal that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, according to American officials familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

If I have to spend time saying my opponent has no cards then they have cards. @bloomberg.com

#gradeschool talk www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

The Pope’s response to being threatened by the Pentagon? - Cancelled his July 4th US visit. - Spending our 250th birthday on an island where African migrants wash ashore. - Told Catholics to call their reps and demand an end to the Iran war. The first American pope. He will NOT be bullied by Trump!

Melania Trump wants these photos and emails to be scrubbed from the Internet. Please stop liking and sharing them. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Love to see this: A new poll conducted in Hungary has shown that JD Vance's visit to Budapest caused Putin puppet Viktor Orbán's party to LOSE 3% of its support. ⬇️

SCOOP: Meta today began removing ads from attorneys who were seeking clients that claim to have been harmed by social media while under the age of 18.

Trump, who has promoted "Buy America" policies and vowed to protect American steel, has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for his $400 million ballroom project, report @anaswanson.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

The leaked phone call revealed that Hungary's far-right leader told Putin that he was prepared to help Moscow “in any way" to win the war in Ukraine. www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-tr...

Today both Tucker Carlson & Jon Favreau called end aid to Israel. Netanyahu’s government has alienated a broad spectrum of Americans. Tucker called it “masochism” to continue to fund them as they act against our interests.

"The coverup is ongoing... lack of investigation is an element of a coverup. And Kash Patel could be looking into some of the additional information that has been uncovered and they're refusing to do so to protect the president." @timmiller.bsky.social and @repsuhas.bsky.social talk Epstein.

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#artofthedeal Confusion is not the friend of successful negotiation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

hard to see the iran-israel component of a ceasefire holding. whether that breaks the broader us-iran agreement is an open question.

Coultergeist has the dirt on the worst administration in history.

ROME (AP) — Pope says President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” as deadline approaches.

How it started… how it’s going From Nashville to the White House 🤷🏼

The Farm Labor Shortfall Bites. Immigration strategy of fire ready aim. @whitehouse-47.bsky.social www.wsj.com/opinion/farm...

Trump's discolored, swollen hand as photographed Monday (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty)

Iran may be pummelled on the battlefield, but the regime is winning the energy war. The country’s oil machine has adapted in ways that make it more resilient to strikes and sanctions

Sounds like another from the B team. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Presidents are usually asked to speak in ways that Don’t make others in the global community feel less sympathetic to us if terror attacks happen

What up #California. @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Good morning to everyone who wasn't shitposting on TruthOptional™ until 1am. Here's one from 12:30. It features Somali people shopping at the Mall of America to the song "Mad World." He’s an insane bigot.

ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u... #warriorethos?

Watched a #draftkings ad tonight on responsible betting while showing people in Buffalo breaking tables. Both are fine, but dont see them in the same 30 sec ad.

The NFL's decision to let Tom Brady work for Fox and own a piece of the Raiders has opened the door to a new way for teams to get a competitive edge -- hire a broadcaster.

BREAKING: U.S. special forces rescued the second crew member of the F-15 fighter jet that was shot down over Iran, three U.S. officials tell Axios.

The view in Beijing is that America is lashing out at Iran because it feels its power ebbing. Register for free to learn why people think Donald Trump’s lack of a strategy has set America up for failure

Trump has not been seen publicly since his primetime speech on Wednesday. 72 hours and counting despite the fact he hasn’t left DC.

General Mark Hertling: “There's all kinds of conclusions on why George was fired. But when you talk about all 3 of them together, It's much more damaging — there's a whole lot more to this story. They were standing up for something”

The downing of the American planes came two days after U.S. President Donald Trump said in a national address that the United States has "beaten and completely decimated Iran." The U.S. and Israel had boasted that Iran's air defenses were obliterated. https://to.pbs.org/4sb4wM3

"This is clearly the week when the costs of the war are so exponentially larger than the benefits," David Brooks says. "Russia is now getting all this revenue. Iran is getting all this revenue. The European economy and the world economies are in crisis. NATO is in shreds." https://to.pbs.org/41QYWDO

Trump Seeks $152 Million to Begin to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison. This is #bait. Would be the worlds most expense prison to fix and run. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

1. Iran establishes a toll for Hormuz passage. 2. China begins issuing licenses for rare earths. “.. The lesson is that the way to deal with American economic coercion is to fight back.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

Hungary is the most corrupt country in the EU. Its election is the best chance in 16 years of getting rid of its unscrupulous strongman, Viktor Orban. If the opposition wins, liberals everywhere should study what it got right econ.st/3O1FYr1 Photo: Reuters

Per @nytimes.com Ms. Bondi’s precipitous fall laid bare a cornerstone truth of Mr. Trump’s second term: Loyalty, flattery and obeisance are prerequisites for power, but they don’t provide durable protection from a president intent on carrying out his maximalist personal and political goals.

Estimates show Russian forces have suffered more than one million casualties in the war against Ukraine. At the same time, its territorial gains have been some of the slowest in modern history. https://to.pbs.org/4scfYHy