if we actually get a senior political figure excommunication then just a heads up that every single medievalist on here, we’re gonna lose our entire shit

Dumber than he looks

The Pope is a White Sox fan. The redemption angle must be irresistible.

File under back-stabbing lame duck.

Maybe its just me but this sounds like a pickup line that would work on me in a pub: "Two women buried 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have no business being genetically mysterious." dailygalaxy.com/2026/04/gree...

This might be the dumbest thing I've read in a week and considering what else has been put out there, that's really saying something.

Capital Economics' projections for GDP growth in Qatar in 2026 went from +4.9% to -13% due to Trump

Trump Slump

Over the next few days the last tanker with gulf crude will unload, and the supply gap will hit

I regret to inform you, that the Chinese tanker did not run the blockade.

The results are in from last night's By-election in Terrabonne. Poilievre's Conservatives polled just 3.3% of the vote, 10% below the predictions. Sane people are finally getting wise to demagogues and the damage the inflict. Seems to be gathering momentum. 🤞🏻

Tonda MacCharles: Pierre Poilievre called you badly educated in economics Mark Carney: Did he? Wow.

‘We were never friends’: Kremlin plays down loss of ally following Orbán’s election defeat

Persons familiar say the White House is "hopeful" of new talks with Iran and think they may need more preparation this time.

KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.

Peter Magyar’s election is an earthquake for MAGA. He says Orban’s regime paid for CPAC events in Hungary, that is a “crime,” and he’s ending the practice. CPAC conferences in the U.S. & Hungary are key ideological events for the far-right. Now they’ll have to pay for it on their own in Hungary.

Drawing way to much optimism from the Hungarians, I wonder if the autocratic tide is also going out on Ontario's Orban ™️

Trump has cut legal immigration more than illegal immigration, as I predicted. While illegal entries have fallen, they continued a prior trend, falling more before he came back. Meanwhile, Trump has drastically cut legal entries, reversing the prior upward trend. www.cato.org/blog/trump-h...

You know I knew that Door Dash woman looked familiar

Conservative party candidates in tonight's by-elections significantly underperformed compared to the previous election, by 10-15% of the vote. It's like Canada is fed up, and sees where it leads. 🇨🇦

I'm going to bed before something bad happens

The president is weak on decency.

Carney secures majority as Liberals sweep Toronto by-elections. With 173 seats and four years to govern, the Prime Minister's "Canada Strong" vision now has no obstacles and no excuses. The work of building a more sovereign, resilient Canada begins in earnest. 🔽

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

As usual, not even a day has passed, and the Russians are already in a state of hysteria following Orban's election defeat.

Shot fired.

It's genius, or a sort.

WTI May futures are up 8% from Friday. No idea why.

Viktor Orban's political party was absolutely crushed in today's Hungarian elections. A change in Hungary's government will lead to the unblocking of a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine as well as the passage of additional sanctions on Russia. Russia and Trump just lost their spy inside the EU.

Yeah I think this is the way. Assuming a good midterm result, do nothing but tee up prosecutions and drive the admin's popularity down. Build capital that way and then spend it all as quickly as you can in 29-30

Besides the usual suspects, on my early morning walk today I heard American Woodcock Bohemian Waxwing and saw 50 Evening Grosbeaks !

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.

They're celebrating in Ukraine

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I have a feeling that the next couple weeks are really going to weigh on President Cankles. And I'm so here for it.

Another retired US general talking about the importance of allies for your daily spit take

Trump on Fox predicting Iran will give him everything he's demanding of them. 100%. Says they have no cards, despite the fact that they have a strait. 🥁 b'doom tsisss

for sure, congratulations to magyar. but the real heroes imo are those in civil society & journalism & rank-and-file opposition & academia who have fought against the disintegration of rule of law, the weaponization of the courts/media, & so much more for so long. 🇭🇺

Hungary: TISZA now projected to get 138 seats out of 199 with 72.44% of the votes counted. 5 seats beyond the needed 133 super majority to amend the Constitution and replace all Orban loyalists in the government. Time for Orban to face justice.

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

The fate of Viktor Orban at the hands of the EPP is the fate of any mid-level don who thinks he can defy the Commission by setting up a rival syndicate on its territory

Current US administration is obviously though a huge help to those fighting against its populist candidates in Europe.

Orbán concedes and focuses on Hungarians voting from neighboring countries (and supporting Fidesz overwhelmingly) as his team looks on shellshocked. The man on the far left, János Lázár (in a political sense actually far right) will be angling for the party. Mark my words.

Orban is not conceding because he's honourable. He's conceding because his defeat is so comprehensive even he can't pretend he won.

can't wait for the NYT piece about how actually JD Vance always thought backing Orban was a bad idea

WHOO HOO

jd vance negotiating with Iran