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Dems need to keep hitting the corruption issue HARD. Make the word inseparable in voters’ minds from Trump and the GOP. Ossoff does a good job here—and it’s an immense relief to hear him talk about Kushner:

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

Same. I keep pushing this. We need this to be a huge success. Step it up. #MayDay

Imagine the Third Reich but with the surveillance capabilities of AI-enabled tech.

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry. These points stand out:

The most striking bits of the Shadow Docket docs: Lots of hand wringing over costs to power plants, not even a mention of the benefits of cutting CO₂ pollution. Yes, the 5:4 SCOTUS majority doing the fossil industry's bidding, and not even trying to hide it www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In January, Donald Trump's ICE killed in cold blood Reneé Good & Alex Pretti...and then smeared these innocent civilians as "domestic terrorists". Incredibly, hapless and supposedly cash-strapped Stormont is now funding one of ICE's powerful tools.

The Supreme Court is fundamentally corrupt & after the NYT reporting there's a big opening for Democrats to make a huge stink about the shadow docket and that it was born to stop the first Black POTUS's climate agenda. We must talk about how the shadow docket has become a racially weaponized tool.

Abolish ICE.

“Iran is once again demonstrating that…it holds significant control over the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway can be opened or effectively closed, at Tehran's discretion, reinforcing its role as a central lever of power.” Danny Citrinowicz Former head of Iran branch of Israeli defense intellligence

This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

Wow—equipment normally wielded by SWAT had to be used to breach the doors of Kash Patel’s room at one point because he was non-responsive to efforts to reach him:

Loss of energy output in the Middle East due to the Iran War will take about two years to recover, according to the International Energy Agency.

A budget is a declaration of priorities. Trump has made clear that you and your family aren't one of his.

We need to be honest about what we are seeing here. The Iranian government is still the same theocratic dictatorship and the Iranian people are in desperate straits after the US promised them liberation. The Iranians still control the Strait of Hormuz, still maintain their right to collect tolls...

What was their first clue? Trump's support, moving her to a Beverly Hills camp, or Todd Blanche's ass-kissing visit?

Agree with Citrinowicz that Iran has emerged stronger and the Strait of Hormuz is effectively now the “Strait of Iran,” as Trump referred to it. (Citrinowicz is former head of the Iran branch of Israeli defense intelligence and has been outspoken in opposition to the war as it has been conducted.)

Read that again. This Louisiana bill forces homeless people to choose between jail and "treatment"—and if they can't pay for the latter, they will be forced to perform unpaid labor. The historical precedents are clear: convict leasing, Black Codes, debtor's prison.

The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that Europe has roughly six weeks’ worth of jet fuel remaining before airlines will be forced to begin conducting cancellations, adding more damage to the global economy if the Iran war continues.

“An army marches on its stomach” The photos in here are grim:

1/7. We Americans have a hard time seeing ourselves in the world, and so even when we want to criticize our fascist oligarchs we fail to see the international networks of which they are nodes.

CPAC chair Matt Schlapp is feeling the heat. Lol. 1/

Don't forget that this happened. #Fascism

Two years ago, we devoted an entire issue to the rise of a new American oligarchy. Since then, this system has only become more entrenched, ever concentrated around a crew of tech titans going all in on AI. Our newest cover story investigates these new AI overlords and their consolidation of power.

“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters…as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore.” ~ Pope Leo www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

FIFA’s response

Ahmed Shihab Eldin has been held by Kuwait without charges for over 6 weeks. Not only was his arrest for Iran war coverage wholly unjust, but there’s practically zero prospect of a fair trial under Kuwait’s “national security” laws. Tell Kuwait to #FreeAhmed NOW. newlinesmag.com/running-note...

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at this point anyone arguing about how they aren't concentration camps needs to just be ignored and discussion with them moved on from

INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

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It looks like JD Vance has stepped in deep doodoo, again. Formal pronouncement by the Chair of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, below. And it's about JD Vance's falsification of Catholic doctrine, again. Maybe he should have stuck to being a snake-charming Pentecostal.

Danny Citrinowicz savaging Richard Goldberg was the cage match I didn’t know I needed. (Citrinowicz is former head of the Iran branch of Israeli defense intelligence. Goldberg is with FDD, a pro-Israel advocacy group who appears to be influencing Trump admin policy on Iran.)

With the Trump DOJ moving to vacate the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions against key members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, it’s worth remembering some of the video and audio evidence presented in their cases. 🧵

Absolutely brutal all-staff call currently taking place at the BBC. Up to 2,000 job cuts coming in Sept. BBC bosses painting bleak picture of finances. "Our funding model has reached end of life," interim DG Rhodri Talfan Davies said, per one insider. deadline.com/2026/04/bbc-...

The testimony being given at a press conference by one of the women accusing Swalwell of sexual misconduct is bad. She says he drugged her drink (one glass of wine), had her accompany him to his hotel room to get paperwork for a business event they were going to, and then raped and strangled her.

Gaza devastation & war crimes 1/14/26

In advance of midterms, Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 presidential election. Once-fringe actors, including people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election results, now have access to vast powers.

Also, the rise of AI coinciding with the spread of COVID is a lot worse than people realize, I think. I have a friend whose 16 year old got COVID five times. You can't tell me that these kids aren't being cognitively affected and that they're using AI instead of their own brains because of it

This is a major statement & stark warning: •China expects others “not to interfere in our affairs”. The implication is clear: The US is interfering in Chinese affairs •The agreements China has with Iran include Iranian ships and Iranian ports en route to China •”Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz”

I’m already angry in anticipation of all of the “tell-all” books by White House staff and access journalists that are no doubt going to be published once Trump is out of office.

This woman is a handpicked Trump supporter from Arkansas and she is less anti-trans than the median Atlantic columnist

Taking Trump at his word, just for a second, if THAT'S how he thinks doctors dress, then he's still equally deranged.

Trump completely and unsurprisingly lying at a presser as he bizarrely accepts a McDonald’s delivery. Did you post that picture of yourself as Jesus Christ? Trump: I did post it, I thought it was me as a doctor. It's supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better.

Thus, today's election is not really the end of an authoritarian regime. Rather, it is the first step in a much longer unwinding process. It is massive and absolutely necessary first step — one that anyone who believes in democracy should celebrate. But it's more a beginning than an end.