While attention is focused on the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Gulf, the Kremlin is testing the resolve of the United Kingdom and NATO in the North Sea and the English Channel. “The North Sea as a Theater of War”, by Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier ⤵️ desk-russie.info/2026/04/27/t...

Yes, condemn and end political violence. RIP Minnesota Representative and former Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, killed June 2025.

15/ "Now I no longer call for the kind of mobilisation I spoke of earlier, because it's pointless. We, our economy, don't even have enough weapons to arm them." /end Source: t.me/i_strelkov_2...

14/ "Right now, you can mobilise as many people as you want to the front, but they won't be able to turn the tide of the war. That moment has passed. I've been calling for mobilisation for four years.

13/ "Moreover, the enemy intends to wage it and has sufficient forces to do so. Therefore, whether it's a few kilometers, or even a few dozen kilometers, the war must be waged to win, and not to advance a few kilometers, strewing them with the corpses of our soldiers.

12/ "Even if we manage to overcome those few kilometers separating Russian forward positions from Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and other cities of the Donetsk People's Republic, the war will not end at all, not even in the slightest.

11/ "[Presidential spokesman] Peskov's statement that Russia is only a few kilometers away from achieving a peaceful settlement in Donbas is, forgive me, a lie and a bluff. Well, which, strictly speaking, is nothing new for this person and the department he represents.

10/ "This kind of mobilisation is necessary if, I emphasise again, we want to win, and this desire has been absent since the very beginning of the Special Military Operation Although what the Kremlin actually wants is completely unclear.

9/ "And only then, over time (not now, not tomorrow, and not the day after), will we achieve a military economy capable of competing with and winning the confrontation with the military economies of Europe and so-called Ukraine.

8/ "Therefore, mobilisation is, of course, necessary if we are to win at all, but not so much and not only mobilising people for the army, but mobilising people for the military industry, science, and production.

7/ "This means that large masses of people and equipment will be destroyed without achieving any success. Time has been lost.

6/ "The enemy has established such a production of drones and missiles in Europe and in so-called Ukraine itself that it is now capable of holding the front almost entirely with them, which is precisely what is happening.

5/ "We are currently waging a war of drones, capable of destroying any number of infantry deployed to battle on any front, no matter how broad.

4/ "What we need now is to mobilise the military economy. The time when we could defeat, trample, and drive the enemy into the ground with masses of infantry is, unfortunately, over. It existed in '22, '23, and '24. It's doubtful in '25, and it simply doesn't exist in '26.

3/ "Mobilisation was needed in the spring of 2022, the spring of 2023, the spring of 2024, and perhaps even the spring of 2025. Now, mobilisation is catastrophically late. Currently, mobilisation, as perceived by the majority of the population, will yield no results.

2/ A reader of his Telegram channel asks: "Question: there's increasing talk of possible mobilisation—do you think the government will take such a step? And is mobilisation necessary under the current circumstances?" To which Girkin replies:

1/ After spending years demanding a full mobilisation, Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin has come to the realisation that it would now be pointless: Ukraine's swarms of drones are capable of destroying "any number of infantry", and Russia doesn't even have enough weapons to arm them. ⬇️

His net approval ratings are around -20 now. The Iran energy disaster hasn't even hit the US yet. How much lower can they push it? How much lower can it go before elites regain a self-preservation instinct?

⚡ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has summoned Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky to deliver a formal protest note. This action follows the docking of a Russian vessel at an Israeli port, which is reportedly carrying grain stolen from Ukrainian territories.

Merz: "At this point I am disillusioned simply because the US and Israel claimed at the beginning that they could solve this problem within days. Now I must recognize: It is not solved."

Data centers are under fire for their voracious electricity use. Now communities are worried about their water use as well as we head into a dry summer

Ministers from nearly 60 countries are gathering this week in Colombia for what is billed as the first global conference on phasing out fossil fuels. The U.S. was not invited.

Trump just fired the entire National Science Board. The members will be replaced with the most malignant anti-science shitbirds imaginable. I thought science wasn’t supposed to be political, right?

A company chaired by the UAE’s national security adviser purchased 49% of WLF. Sheikh Tahnoon also chairs the firm that used $2B of USD1 to invest in Binance. The UAE, of course, has a major interest in Trump's Iran policy. Trump announced US might offer UAE financial support. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 10/

Rather than retreating from its dependence on Binance in light of these new reports, WLF is all like, "Let's do more business with them!" WLF has funded a promotion that encourages Binance users to acquire and hold USD1. It extended the promotion just last week. 8/

Trump, of course, led the US into war against Iran in Feb. 2026. Binance has continued to help Iranians evade sanctions, even after pleading guilty, Fortune, the WSJ, and NYT reported recently. 7/ fortune.com/2026/02/13/b... www.wsj.com/finance/curr... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/t...

Binance now holds about 86% of all USD1 between its own accounts and its customers. (That's way more at a third-party holder than any of the other top 10 stablecoins by market cap.) 6/ intel.arkm.com/explorer/tok...

💰️ WLF reportedly accepted donated software from Binance. 💰️Binance made WLF's USD1 among the top stablecoins by accepting it in a $2B investment. 💰️ Binance generated demand for USD1 by offering prizes for trading it. 💰️ Binance converted the assets backing its sunsetting stablecoin into USD1. 5/

The Trumps and Witkoffs launched World Liberty Financial in September 2024. Rather than shun a company that the Treasury Department said, “willfully failed to report well over 100,000 suspicious transactions," World Liberty Financial was all like, "Let's do business with those guys!" 4/

In 2023, Binance pleaded guilty in the US to “anti-money laundering, unlicensed money transmitting, and sanctions violations” and paid $4 billion in penalties. Its CEO, CZ, also pleaded guilty to related charges and was sentenced to four months in prison. 3/ www.justice.gov/archives/opa...

If @zacheverson.com writes it, we need to read it:

Any member of Congress that votes for a clean FISA reauthorization is voting to hand Kash Patel, Stephen Miller and Donald Trump the power to spy on Americans without a warrant on a silver platter.

“.. I don’t care what affiliation you are,” Mr. Snyder said. “If you’re against data centers, we’ll join forces.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/t...

We believe the future of science is ours to write. A more just, more equitable, more accountable, and more sustainable scientific ecosystem that breaks through the boundaries of DC and build bridges with communities globally. You can support our work here: www.standupforscience.net/donate 7/7

Irene Ngun will be joining him as the Assistant Director of Science Policy and Advocacy, bringing with her nonprofit, House Science Committee, and NASEM experience. 6/7

We are DELIGHTED to welcome @colesci.bsky.social to the SUFS team as our Director of Science Policy and Advocacy, bringing with him expertise developed in the White House OSTP, the State Dept, and the National Academies. 5/7

The Institute will focus on strengthening oversight of federal policy actions targeting scientific organizations; and rebuilding federal science and technology capacity in the wake of the Trump administration’s destructive targeting of science, public health, and public safety institutions. 4/7

Opening tomorrow, the Institute will serve as a policy-in-action hub dedicated to addressing the damage, protecting the nation’s science and technology ecosystem, strengthening research integrity, and ensuring democratic accountability for federal agencies. 3/7

The Stand Up for Science Foundation (a nonpartisan 501c3) is launching a new Institute to craft and implement policy that will address the damage to federal agencies and institutions, recenter evidence-based decision making, and reestablish the United States as a global leader in science. 2/7

The past 15 months have marked a dark chapter in US science; one that will require significant effort to repair. But I'm not interested in duct tape and bandaid solutions. Our system had problems before Jan 20th, 2025. So, @standupforscience.net is doing what we do best: TAKING ACTION. 1/7

1. More thoughts on the failed attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner. • The president told 60 Minutes that the Secret Service told him to get down. However, video evidence shows that Donald Trump fell.

Unnamed GOP senators connected to JD Vance are losing confidence in Pete Hegseth after ousters of Army Chief of Staff Randy George & Navy Secretary John Phelan. “The hollowing out of incredible leadership at the Pentagon has been a big concern,” said one GOP senator.

Interesting to see them shift in real time to demand that taxpayers fund the ballroom

For all the studious, self-serious, resource-sucking attention on every utterance from the president, I'm surprised this one very unique, very consistent tic of his hasn't had more attention: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

This is a new low in the use of the shadow docket. The Court blocked a lower court ruling on the so called "interim docket" (as conservatives call it). Then, quietly issued a final judgement without allowing us to even brief the merits appeal. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🧑‍🌾 WATCH: “If farmers contract cancer from this chemical, if this makes it into the Farm Bill you won’t be able to sue.” Rep Massie warns🚨about a provision protecting foreign pesticide corporations from lawsuits by sick farmers —a bill rusty grills pushes in Tennessee🤔

In 1994, a man crashed his small plane into the White House. Clinton did not build a ballroom because of it. In fact he barely mentioned it. And he definitely did not say that no one can criticize him anymore.

Republicans want an astonishing, debt-exploding $1.5 trillion military budget, more for ICE, billions to bail out failing airlines, and $400 million for Trump’s ballroom. They are looting the treasury and fleecing taxpayers to pay for Trump’s endless wars and vanity projects.

Putin: Received message from Iran's supreme leader. -RIA