The U.S. killed two more people in the Pacific yesterday. And they suspended the search for the shipwrecked civilian from April 11. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings now exceeds 170.

"Trump Has Cut Legal Immigration More Than Illegal Immigration" www.cato.org/blog/trump-h... via @CatoInstitute

I can't even breathe. Evil so off-hand it's just dismissed one of those things that happen. It hurts. Starving millions because maga would rather feel emotions than know facts. I will never forgive them and I will never forget. www.rawstory.com/trump-usaid-...

A Trump guy who was part of the team dismantling USAID didn't think political appointees could grasp the concept of drug-resistant tuberculosis so he asked workers to explain it as "Super TB" in "Barney-style" slides. www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."

This is culturally really dangerous. Functioning societies depend on most people mostly following the rules even when they could probably get away with not doing so. That breaks down very fast once a critical mass decide that makes them saps and suckers.

Private prisons are an immense moral failure. The U.S. political system is sickeningly corrupt and increasingly built to create mega profits from harm. No one should profit from prisons. If the nation determines someone needs imprisonment, the nation should bear the burden of doing it.

For context: 129 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz daily (on average) before the war began, via UNCTAD.

No one thinks Trump supporters are stupid more than Trump himself.

Good morning.

7. Furthermore - and this was my first point - a US blockade requires the US Navy to prevent ships from many other countries - whoever Iran is willing to let through - from entering or exiting the Straits, by force in necessary. The primary ships still using the Straits are Chinese.

1. A lot of people are focused on the apparent contradiction/absurdity of Trump blockading the Strait if he wants to open it. And yes, that is a real issue. But the even more immediate concern is what the U.S. Navy must do to actually put this plan into effect.

I don't want Trump to apologize. I want people to recognize him for the unapologetic rabid lunatic that he is.

Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor and still, they threw him out and you know what? they did it by voting don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter

The P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is in the 27-29 range, versus a historical average of 16. So no, truly bad news is NOT being priced in, at least not in any realistic sense.

holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true

People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption.

Are you registered to vote? Great time to confirm.

Ongoing denial about the implications of the Iran war—Trump got the US into a bad strategic position and there’s no good way out—is because a lot of politicians, media, business, and public still tell themselves that empowering corrupt, incompetent, immoral, lawbreaking fascists wasn’t that bad.

Good morning and happy Sunday.

We are the dumbest country.

You can and should donate to PCRF if you want to help Gazans, instead of shady spam accounts on social media: www.pcrf.net

women were kept out of meetings and career opportunities at Pixar because John Lasseter was so much of a sex pest that people decided it was easier to simply not have them in the room with him how many talented women didn’t get a fair chance because one guy couldn’t behave himself?

the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing you can just Not Do That there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard

Handel’s best flavor is Graham Central Station 😋

Democrats are treating Rep. Eric Swalwell like a person who has been credibly accused of sexual misconduct, including rape. It doesn’t matter that he’s a Democrat — they’re appalled and not in denial. That’s the difference between the two parties.

A silent catastrophe.

This is great because you get a visceral sense of the acceleration. h/t @jdotj.bsky.social on the video app.

Great point!

YAY ARTEMIS II That was so cool. Look at what we can do when we use rockets to take us all somewhere and not to bomb each other. Also, math is amazing. Plan a 500,000 plus-mile 9-day journey around the damn moon & say you’ll splash down at 7:07, & you splash down at 7:07. Wow

“Oh but Republicans would…” Lemme stop you right there. I know that Republicans are okay voting for men accused of sexual assault. Republicans are also okay with voting for racists, child rapists, genocidal maniacs, and whatever the fuck pathology is a “Ted Cruz.” So miss me with that argument.

I still do not understand why Democrats in Congress did not pick an enormous fight over this.

I’m very proud of my wife for sharing the details she did. I’m disgusted by all of it. She found herself in one of those moments where she didn’t care what she lost if it helped one other person. The reality is the truth don’t care who tells it, but she told it. Love you @allysammarco.bsky.social

Is the fact that the Iran war wasn’t congressionally authorized something we no longer talk about? Seems like the reporting/discussion now just assumes that Trump can just do whatever he wants wrt the use of force

So, Iran is admitting they did mine the strait, lost some of them, and lacks the capability to find them. Meaning the only way to really open the strait is to send in US ships. Which requires a full truce. And it means the strait remains closed indefinitely. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...

Bought the Artemis II Lego set ”for my kid.” This thing is stunning.

Zampolli was an Epstein business partner; in Mar 2025, Trump made him "Special Envoy for Global Partnerships". One of Zampolli's initiatives was letting Russian athletes back into international sports. This week he helped JD Vance campaign for pro-Russia dictator Viktor Orban. It's a small world. 5/

Multiple times per day, every day , he does something that 10 years ago would have stopped the world in its tracks and had the president forcibly removed from office. It’s getting exponentially worse over time.

Seems like testimony under oath in front of Congress would clear this right up.

I did not know Epstein on a boat I did not know Epstein with a goat I did not know Epstein in the air I did not know him anywhere!

The best campaign message for midterms: Trump's reckless spending will translate to an extra $3-4K in added taxes per household. Do you have that extra money?

Commentary: Vivek Ramaswamy says Ohio has too many universities. Ohio’s public universities weren’t built to compete with each other or with private institutions. They were built to serve different regions, populations, and economic needs. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/09/r...

Somehow, the bodycam footage of Alabama police arresting a Black pastor watering his vacationing neighbor's flowers makes the story even more surreal than the headline suggests. They keep threatening to cuff a man who is *actively spraying planter boxes the entire time*.

A country that would rather let people suffer and die than go against the quacks leading its institutions

CBS News has a bombshell interview with a U.S. soldier who survived the deadly attack in Kuwait on the first day of the way -- he says Pete Hegseth is lying about the attack and that the base "was unprepared to provide any defense for itself." www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...

It says a lot about Republicans that they’ll make draft registration automatic and mandatory, but not voter registration.

CATO: “.. Large industrial investments need multi-decade stability, but modern US politics makes that almost impossible. .. High-profile US project cancellations are already piling up ..” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...