He flunked the test. And now Trump has his fall guy.

Witkoff does better managing his personal fortune than managing peace negotiations.

Échec total. Tu as raté ton coup JD.

Pedro Sánchez pide a la comunidad internacional que no se permita “una nueva Gaza en Líbano” social.elpais.com/fil…

Le Monde: Viktor Orban est très gêné par la guerre en Iran, qui contredit totalement son message autour d’un Donald Trump “président de la paix” Autrement dit: “président de la paix” mon cul !

This guy is essential reading. And if you get the chance, listen to any of his video posts. This guy is as close to "Definition-Theorem-Proof" style of writing and explaining that even legal nincompoops like me can understand.

The reality is the same in any language. Trump lost. Le Monde: Le président des Etats-Unis et son secrétaire à la guerre, Pete Hegseth, ont claironné le 7 avril un succès total, mais la réalité leur résiste opiniâtrement.

Avec le pape d’Avignon on va danser, on va danser

Des zones résidentielles de Beyrouth pilonées par l'armée Israélienne

Iran posted this. What a humiliation for Trump.

Israel's targeting residential areas of Beirut - after the cease fire - gets attention from foreign press.

Agostina Páez, Argentinian tourist (and a lawyer no less) was arrested in Rio earlier this year for gesturing like a monkey in front of a black employee in a bar. Not say racism doesn't exist in Brazil, but the legal framework for such arrests exists - IN THE CONSTITUTION.

What's Fox News up to at the moment?

As a partner in the war against Iran, the current government of Israel will be complicit in the war crimes Trump and his administration are promising to commit.

Bernie Sanders on Lebanon #ethniccleansing #landgrab #warcrimes #Netanyahuisawarcriminal

Le Monde: En cas de refus, les ponts et les centrales électriques seront massivement bombardés, a-t-il juré, faisant fi des crimes de guerre que cela constituerait. Faudra-t-il arrêter les fonctionnaires de haut niveau qui arrivent sur le sol européen pour complicité dans ces crimes

This is for you, Pete Hegseth

The centralization of state power by a leader who sees Christianity as inseparable from government legitimacy, once a pipe dream of people like Pappin, is now a model advanced by senior figures in the American government. Vance insisted last year on the importance of a “Christian moral order,”

YOU GOTTA READ THIS TO BELIEVE THIS Pappin, like Vance, is Catholic.. questioned the separation of Church and state. He once predicted that Trump would dissolve Congress, at which point the pope would anoint Melania Trump, who is Catholic, to rule the United States as queen.

A Cuban perspective. Evelyn "migrated" to São Paulo but eventually returned to Cuba Evelyn reconhece os ganhos de um projeto que produziu mobilidade para sua família, mas aponta os muitos limites atuais.

Snyder has been one of the few people here on bsky with "credentials" to seriously "think ahead" to this kind of dénouement. Always a possibility in much of the world (certainly in Latin America) but a fringe notion here in the US, where reliance on customs and the constitution is the default mode.

Cet homme .. est devenu le quatorzième ressortissant mexicain décédé dans un centre de détention migratoire depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche,

All his base are belong to him.

Emmer is (or soon will be) complicit in the commission of war crimes. Along with a bunch of others, including Mike Johnson.

More context: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant...

Some context www.youtube.com/shorts/uCcnk...

Giovana Madalosso: Eleger um texto que conta a história de um poeta fascista exímio em levar o mal ao limite diz muito sobre o momento em que estamos vivendo. Sobre o inferno que andamos projetando na nossa mente todos os dias, inertes como inertes estávamos naquele auditório.

Mike Johnson among many others should beheld responsible for the war crimes that will be committed,

Donald Trump packages up & brands his insane propaganda to serve several functions. It turns BOTH opponents & supporters into data mules, & does so on his terms, AND by doing so reinforces polarization. If you must screen cap repackage it to disrupt branding. Or just quote the most insane bits.

It gets worse. Le Monde: Mais voilà, après se l’être attribuée, Florent Montaclair se met en tête de décerner la médaille à d’autres. Pour lui succéder au palmarès en 2017, il choisit, en toute simplicité, Noam Chomsky. Et ça marche.

Very Trumpy. 10 years ago, dude gets "Philology Gold Medal Award". Turns out the recipient himself invented the award, the awarding institution etc. Kinda like the "Fifa Peace Prize" of the "America First Prize".

Au contraire, we should pay attention and find out all the details. This could be a lifesaver for travel in these times of high energy costs. I'm surprised Trump or Hassett or any of the admins geniuses haven't brought him in .. or even the Trumps sons. Looks like a real moneymaker to me.🙃

L’âge de pierre.

« Nous assistons au plus grand déclin de l’histoire de notre nation », s’indigne la diplomate américaine Wendy Sherman

The MAGA mantra "Trump's secret weapon is his unpredictability" Hmm. Iran has that weapon too. Who would have "unpredicted" its shutting down Hormuz? The question is now who can use it better?

Selon CBS News, un membre de l’équipage du F-15E abattu en Iran a été secouru

Huh? Weren't we told -- with an air of authority --that Iran's air defenses were "decimated"? Did they really mean just a 10% reduction in these defenses?

We don't know how the people interviewed here voted in 2024, although we could make some statistically well-founded guesses.

A short thread with some brutal "truths."

Lemme think...

It's in the Times, so it must be true

Good points here from @radiofreetom.bsky.social, but I'm sure that were I to go the gym today in the 4 - 6PM time slot I'd read in the subtitles "Will Cain" or "Jesse Watters" laughing off the woke nit-picking by the left of a courageous wartime speech addressed to the "real" (or "reel") America.

Hormuz Nuz. Portugal in the 16th century Local trade was already working very well without the Europeans, but since they had cannons, the Portuguese decided to sell security. "The Portuguese introduced something new to the Indian Ocean, which was naval warfare with long-range gunfire,"

Any news on the ballroom? That's all I care about!😀

Jeez listening to Sauer is grating.

Exército promove primeira mulher à patente de general

Israeli mil. officials pressed local leaders to "force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shiite Muslim communities .. as Israeli bombardment flatten Shiite towns, according to local Christian, Druse and Shiite leaders who spoke to The Times. The Shiites make up the majority of southern Lebanon. "