Louisiana’s AG threatened to remove 7 elected New Orleans officials, all but 1 of whom are Black or Latina, under an obscure 1873 law. But that threat may violate another state law, the lawmakers aren’t backing off & it’s all part of a bigger fight over Black power www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

'This is not solely a legal issue, not only a religious one. It is a structural question about the future of pluralism, institutional autonomy, and democratic accountability in India.' forbinfull.org/2026/05/11/w...

To slightly adapt Orwell: The Supreme Court told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was its final, most essential command.

Then why do six of you behave like you are? www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Witnessing southern states rush to dismantle black voting power is truly truly some heartbreaking shit to behold

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

‘The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again…’

So 'Epic Fury' is over, having achieved its objectives? Was one of them provoking the closure of the Strait of Hormuz?

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

Today the Premier League refused to accept a petition signed by over 2,500 people calling on the league to hold Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour to account for the United Arab Emirates' role in the conflict in #Sudan. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/04/28/p...

I mean, they sure are smirking a lot for people who just sat through an attempted “assassination.”

The oligarch-owned media victim blaming the opposition party. How can they not see it?

While we have your attention about the safety of journalists in harm’s way… Say her name: Amal Khalii. She was killed by US-Israel this week. She is one of 14 Lebanese journalists killed, and among nearly 300 killed in the Middle East since 2024.

Clean sweep for East Africa! Sabastian Sawe (Kenya) breaks 2 hours in a marathon with 1:59:30; Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) ran 1:59:41 after saying it was 'not possible' for him to break 2 hours in his debut race; Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) runs 2:00:28.

Absolutely dying at right-wing radio host Sid Rosenberg getting so angry that Mr. and Mrs. Met hugged @mayor.nyc.gov that he started calling them antisemites and became a Yankees fan.

Hilarious!

The most accurate reporting by any UKTV news programme channel4news.substack.com/p/mass-killi...

Vance, who became a Catholic just the other day, is telling Pope Leo, a Master of Divinity, a Licentiate & Doctor of Canon Law, & a former Professor of Canon Law, Patristics, and Moral Theology, to be careful when speaking about Theology and 'stick to morality' - like calling for peace, perhaps?

Blockading a blockage... weird.

Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets

“The Israeli military has demolished entire villages as part of its invasion of south Lebanon, rigging homes with explosives and razing them to the ground in massive remote detonations.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Israel killed more than 250 people in Lebanon in a barrage of air strikes it said targeted Hezbollah, insisting that its offensive was not subject to a recently agreed ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. www.semafor.com/article/04/0...

'[Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge] Colby said [to the Vatican’s US representative], according to a blistering new report by The Free Press, “has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.”' newrepublic.com/post/208820/...

47 is a Wizard of Oz who has utterly devalued his country... youtube.com/shorts/zyIdD...

AOC: “This is a threat of genocide & merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing & cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat”

At least *someone* occupying a significant position is calling out this insanity consistently!

Teen who went to photograph L.A. 'No Kings' rally shot, blinded by Homeland Security agent, attorney says

Don't miss our review of 2025 data on militant Islamist group activity in Africa: africacenter.org/spo... Fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups jumped by 24% over 2024, and the 8,375 reported violent events linked to these groups were the highest ever reported on the continent.

They ought to 'regret', and avoid, attacking cultural and educational sites altogether - in Iran AND in Lebanon...

So, in summary, what the president of peace is basically saying is: 'sign a deal or face war crimes'...

Stephen Miller allegedly urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis in order to win a “PR battle." trib.al/NcbpdiX

Psychopath...

Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud

The E Street Band is coming your way!

Bellingcat has now geolocated the photos of munition remnants to the northwest of the Bir Tine neighbourhood in Chad, just 650 metres to the border of the Western Darfur region of Sudan that is largely controlled by the Rapid Support Forces. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

As horrifying as the Minnesota killing spree stuff was, you need to remember that: that is what they were willing to show you in public: imagine what is happening now behind closed doors and walls.

Yes! He actually said these words.

You all saw this, right? www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Damn, Gerry Baker. 👀

#Cuba: CSW joins calls for the immediate release of Jonathan Muir Burgos, the 16yo son of Pastor Elier Muir Ávila, who was detained alongside his father in Morón on 16 March. Pastor Muir was released later the same day, but Jonathan remains in detention. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/03/17/p...

#India: The passage of the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 is another grim milestone in a long and growing pattern of state overreach. This is a sinister addition to a coordinated machinery that effectively criminalises personal conscience. Read more: www.csw.org.uk/2026/03/23/p...

Once again a dilemma arises regarding which lying liars to believe. Given that 47 reasons like a child, has a tenuous grasp on truth and reality & forgets other countries are no longer inclined to spare his blushes, perhaps it's wiser to opt for the Iranian story? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Yep.

Maybe Nixon spoke to him in a dream, like Jacob Marley's ghost in Scrooge?

A skilled iconographer documented the war crimes & crimes against humanity suffered by Tigrayans between 2020 & 2022, which the perpetrators attempted to hide through a total internet blackout & the denial of all access to the region. These victims deserve justice mondafrique.com/a-la-une/gue...