It's all the same bullshit around "fair wages would make everything too expensive" Even in these industries the wages aren't such a big fraction of expenses, there's room for it (and often it even boosts productivity!), but the bosses want higher margins and scared workers.

Exclusive: Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months reut.rs/4tcwBUL

Dont forget everybody tomorrow your subscription to USA Plus renews if youre on that plan

I wouldn’t wish things like the Olympics or the World Cup on my worst enemies, but that said, can someone somewhere please please please take the World Cup away from the US?

🚨 Freeze Watch issued April 14 at 10:34PM MDT until April 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT 🚨 Additional Details Here.(2/2)

ICE agents shoot a man in the face and try to frame him as the attacker. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Some big government. The current administration has added a huge portion of the national debt, has taxes/tariffs in place to add to inflation, and has already asked for a 50% increase in military spending. (Our military is designed to fight two wars at once)

Most guys bond by talking about work, maybe having a beer. These guys bond over sexually abusing kids and the occasional insurrection. God bless America, I guess.

Pinochet was literally voted out of office in a referendum he supported, bc he didn't imagine he could lose. Apparently Pinochet wasn't an authoritarian!

Last week, news of yet another lawsuit after a mass shooting occurred after rapid decompensation amplified by chatbot sycophancy. The alleged shooter used chatgpt to pick the most dangerous times and even how to take the safety off his weapon 3 mins before opening fire.

It's amazing how you can be absolute leaders in your field, shape contemporary aesthetic trends, help your employers become richer than God, and still be tossed out like a container of spoiled leftovers.

honestly i am constantly thinking things like "where are the fathers" these days

We need AI regulations yesterday.

Should have done it

This is just Trump appropriating money without Congressional authority, once again. Fake settlements look to be Trump's new political weapon to pay off allies with govt money. Dems should make clear accepting such money will invite RICO criminal investigations for extortion and bribery in 2029.

Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit to Fed as Pirro Defends Investigation

#LINK_TO_ARTICLE [RELATED MATTER] S.E.C. SETTLES ITS CASE AGAINST JUSTIN SUN, AN INVESTOR IN THE TRUMPS' CRYPTO SCHEME The decision to settle the court action is striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation. By Sharon LaFraniere and David Yaffe-Bellany archive.ph/SpFh8

This is a favorite strawman of the Religious Right, asserting that the exact phrase "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution. They ignore that there are only three references to religion in the entire Constitution, all three of which work to separate church and state.

Suspect caught after intentionally setting fires in Big Cottonwood Canyon www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... via @fox13news.bsky.social #Utah

Important context here: The men were not pardoned. They filed suit to have their convictions thrown out. The DOJ would normally oppose this, as the original prosecutors. But to do that… they’d have to assert the men committed sedition… on behalf of Donald Trump. So instead, they just fold.

Imagine 1930s Germans reading about Jews being shipped to concentration camps, and shrugging. That’s what America is doing right now.

I've seen people unfamiliar with the Catholic Church get confused when people make distinctions between adult Catholic converts and lifelong Catholics. Here's a perfect object lesson: A lifelong Catholic would NEVER say this. Never ever never never ever ever never.

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despite all the efforts of certain press outlets who have been doing their best for him

“Silicon Valley would not exist without [taxpayer-] funded research.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

apparently @societyforepi.bsky.social selected one of these doctors (ioannidis) to deliver their conference keynote this year. it's disturbing that legitimate public health organizations are STILL platforming people who spread deadly misinformation. hopefully they will read this and rethink

UPDATE: Neil DeSanti has been kicked off the ballot for 2026.

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, said this to the leader of the Catholic Church after apparent differences in theological application: “I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology.” Just an incredible amount of hubris.

Serious question: why would the Trump administration do this rather than extending the pardon to the people who previously got commutations? One possible answer is this restores any lost civil rights (gun ownership, voting). But doesn’t a pardon also do that?

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That's 3 days of back to back strikes. Sunday, Monday and today.

Worth sharing for #utpol users.

BREAKING: The Montana Supreme Court temporarily blocked a state policy that would have prevented transgender people from obtaining accurate IDs. We will continue fighting until this law is blocked for good.

Toddler Forced Back Into ICE Detention After Nearly Dying newrepublic.com/post/209065/...

Fire at Kazan gunpowder plant in Russia injures two, agencies report reut.rs/4cs4Y2X

The vice president is there with a Secret Service detail, but sure

No official headcount but by my eyeball it’s 1200 people (900 students) at the Turning Point event at UGA. Still waiting on headliners

Banning the use of AI facial recognition in crime prevention has got to become a thing. There are simply tons of awful cases like this, including one where an innocent grandmother wound up in jail for SIX MONTHS with her life ruined.

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Michigan’s top election official said in a court brief Monday that the DOJ’s stated reason for obtaining sensitive personal data on millions of voters masks the Trump administration’s true intention for obtaining state voter lists. By @statesnewsroom.com rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/04/14/r...

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100% chance these farmers vote for Vance or Rubio or whoever in 2028

The odds that we'll someday hear that Platner's raping someone was an open secret are roughly 100%.

"The most important thing members of Congress can do is protect their constituents’ ability to make polluters pay."

Sen. Tina Smith won’t let you forget: Republicans just found $200 billion for a war in Iran but are cutting healthcare for 300,000 Americans to pay for it. Families don’t get to choose between rent and insulin so Republicans can fund a forever war. #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar

Seems highly likely that someone in the White House is checking every media interview by every Cabinet member and logging whether Trump gets personally praised.

one of the things bessent asserted during this chat with bjorn lomborg (who else?) was that Argentina is economically successful and there's rising optimism about Millei... he's wrong, per El País: english.elpais.com/internationa...