‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Maddow on what keeps despots in power and why they fall apart: "Nobody actually likes a corrupt despot. They all just support him because they think he's going to be in power forever so you need to stay on his right side in order to get anything for yourself."

"The pope is WEAK on crime" is one of those Trump lines that is in a vacuum so genuinely funny I'm a little jealous.

Les lobbyistes de l' #agro-industrie avaient torpillé le texte au parlement #Eu la #France le remet au menu ! #Nutriscore la transparence obligatoire.

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭

Le Québec a une première ministre. Pas fâchée que Legault soit parti et qu'une femme prenne la relève pour quelques mois.

The bills seeking to shield oil companies from lawsuits send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s really a thumb in the eye of places that are affected by climate change.”

Looks like a bloodbath for Viktor Orbán in Hungary With 29.2% of votes counted, the opposition TISZA party is up to 132 seats in the projection while Orbán’s FIDESZ trails with 59 TISZA needs 133 seats to secure a two-thirds majority to repeal Orbán’s authoritarian constitutional changes

NEW: There is real appetite among House members in both parties to expel Swalwell, Gonzales, Cherfilus-McCormick and Mills in one go and be done with it, @axios.com has found. "We want a full house cleaning," said one Democrat. "Get the garbage out of here." www.axios.com/2026/04/12/s...

Trop drôle. Angine de Poitrine qui inspire les artistes graffiti du métro de Londres.

Turkish President Erdogan's message to Israel- "If Israel doesn't stop playing with fire and creates hurdles for peace process in the region, we will make sure Israel learns a good lesson. Any attack on Lebanon and Iran now will be considered an attack on Turkey" #cdnpoli

The Art of the Deal indeed.

"The marketing of menopause products has gotten very aggressive. It's pervasive. Before spending lots of money on products that make big promises, find out what's been proven to help — and what could be harmful. It really pays to be very skeptical.” abcnews.com/Health/wireS...

That's $10,000,000,000 per year! I'm sure Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Boeing will love hearing this, since they're the ones who used to benefit from the formerly strong North American strategic partnership. Canada will also see thousands of new jobs in the Maple Defense Industry. Ouch.

This is the message of the day. And this will have repercussions. I’ll write an article on that.

The story of The Reluctant Negotiator has the most predictable ending possible, yet outlets that were carrying Vance’s water 24 hours ago are still toeing the line by talking about how hard he worked (“marathon” negotiations, etc.)

The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office.

Vance: No agreement reached. Iranians rejected all terms, incl ending the enrichment leading to a nuclear weapon. He spoke to DJT, Rubio, Hegseth and team consistently. "Iranians rejected out terms, so no deal has been reached" (..) We leave here having presented our last and best offer".

not good folks!

If we had continued on with Obamas investments in solar ,wind, clean energy and electric cars the straight of Hormuz could have gone and fucked itself by now.

Always 🤮

Steve is trying his best to turn stone into wine. If successful, this could solve the bar tab problem long term!

Oops.

The #Artemis II livestream continues to be the best thing on the internet. 😍 The return-to-Earth live coverage begins at 6:30pm Eastern (in about 90 minutes) with splashdown in the Pacific scheduled for 8:07pm Eastern. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

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

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

1/ Strange times in the #Yukon. Last night, around supper time, 4x F35s flew over my neighbourhood. Why 🇨🇦 Canada is allowing a rogue administration - that threatened our sovereignty & began an illegal war in the Middle East - to refuel in YXY, is beyond me. (Image courtesy of #Wikepedia)

Per OpenRouter, that aggregates access to AI models, usage between 3/30-4/5 reached 27T tokens. Chinese models accounted for 12.96T, exceeding US models (3.03T) for 5th consecutive week. The 6 most-used models on the platform were all Chinese, led by Alibaba’s Qwen3.6 Plus and Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2-Pro.

This needs to be the message! Democrats in Congress need to make it clear that they are keeping a running tally of his impeachable offenses and will be unleashing weekly impeachments the second they gain control over congress that will only end when the Senate votes to remove or when Trump resigns!

2026 marks 40 years since the 1986 explosion at #Chernobyl nuclear power plant What Happened at Chernobyl explores the events that led to one of the most catastrophic man-made environmental disasters in history and what we can learn from them

“Quite literally, Trump is directing his DOJ to help an asset of Russian intelligence because that asset helped Trump. It demonstrates how Trump and Russia work together to achieve the same objectives. It’s a symbiotic relationship.” open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...

Canada's economy adds 14,000 jobs in March after February's whopping losses #Canada Labour force survey from February showed a loss of 84,000 jobs www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...

‼️People can’t afford groceries or to fill up their tanks‼️ This multimillion-dollar vanity project had better not ever see the light of day. When asked who the arch was for, Donald Trump reportedly answered: “Me. It’s going to be beautiful.” Construction is expected to begin later this year.

After a ten-day mission around the moon, the Artemis II astronauts will have traveled nearly 700,000 miles. Today is the final hurdle: reentry. Here's where we stand right now: www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

“.. the initial shock caused by the war will be a movement in two parts with the first observed in March and the second in April in which we expect a possibility of real wages, which slowed to 0.3% from 1.4% previously, may turn negative ..” @joebrusuelas.bsky.social

Hall of fame FT correction

1/5 - ** De l'urgence de colmater les brèches que le caquisme a causé dans nos institutions et contrepouvoirs - exemple 28997 ** Il faut préserver l'indépendance de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (@cdpdj.bsky.social) #polqc #contrepouvoirs #CDPDJ #chartes

🌡️ Vous vous souvenez de l'épisode de #froid notable de début janvier ? Qu'il parait bien loin et isolé... Depuis, les plages de températures (souvent très) au-dessus des valeurs "normales" de saison s'enchaînent.

Naturally. @reuters.com 🇷🇺 www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"Rather than weaken Iran, Trump handed them control of a major international waterway and a lucrative new stream of revenue. And that’s in the positive scenario, where he doesn’t restart the war, digging deeper into a strategic hole." Really well-argued rundown of how epic Trump's failure has been:

This is what happens when schools inject ideological bias into their universities. This guy never should have been in this job. He's delaying a report because it shows how effective the COVID vaccinations are. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/h...

Is there an equivalent North American or Canadian initiative?

Covid et cancer du sein. Le Dr Pat Soon-Shiong est chercheur biomédical à l'UCLA.

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

Des images ont été prises hier, lors de la vague de frappes israéliennes sur Beyrouth. Elles montrent bien le coût humain d’une guerre qui n’est pas terminée … et qui ne fera pas de gagnant. 📸 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti apnews.com/photo-galler...

“The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” - US Constitution Article II, Section 4 IMPEACH AND REMOVE

De 1, les 🇺🇸 s’ingèrent depuis belle lurette De 2, que fait-il là en Hongrie? Il s’ingère

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