Trump one month before the 2024 election: “Think of it - within one year you’re gonna have electric bills and energy bills and gasoline for your cars is going to be 50% cheaper than it is right now. That’s a big thing.”

1/ Reminder that applying a name ("Epic Fury") to operations that are part of a war is irrelevant to whether the war violates: -the Constitution (since the start of the Iran war, which is ongoing) -the UN Charter (also from the start) -the War Powers Resolution (the 60-day clock ran out on May 1)

Having all the cards is, famously, not the goal in Uno.

Trump just issued a last-minute warning to Virginians that if they vote YES on the redistricting referendum tomorrow, he will lose power: “If the Democrats get additional seats, they’re going to be making changes at the federal level.”

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging

Wow, the Trump administration is actually going to run with “Operation Economic Fury” 😬 Can’t wait for Operation Electoral Fury in November! #OperationElectoralFury

We will build a second Strait of Hormuz, and Mexico is going to pay for it. by Donald J. Trump

BRENNAN: Did they mine the strait? Because Trump also said they might not have TURNER: You'll have to ask the president BRENNAN: That's the point. Congress hasn't been briefed TURNER: It's his tweet B: You're a member of oversight and armed services TURNER: You'll have to ask the president

As little as I already thought of the man I'm in awe of what he's accomplished in 15 short months. Historic run. Basically threw away all his fire extinguishers and told every firefighter in town to eat shit, and then set his house on fire. We need a separate Mount Rushmore for morons

Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home”

Grift all the way down

I will need "Stercorem in aeternum ede, amen" on a t-shirt

Anthropic's Claude Mythos is so adept at finding bugs that its release is being delayed for safety reasons. Instead, Apple, Microsoft, the Linux Foundation and others will first use it to patch security flaws. Given Claude’s impact, 2026 is poised to be a watershed year for software engineers.

Anthropic’s new AI model can find exploits for basically any piece of software. It’s so dangerous that, instead of releasing it publicly, they’re working with 40+ companies to strengthen their systems against it. Who’s missing? The US Gov, who can’t work with Anthropic because of Hegseth’s tantrum.

After what we went through today the phrase Taco Tuesday just doesn’t feel apt. And while we should obviously be relieved, there is nothing to make light of, here. Trump needs to go.

Pope Leo XIV rebukes Trump' psychotic rhetoric: “Today as we all know there was this threat against all the people of Iran. This is truly unacceptable,” the Pope said, warning that attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.

Statement from House Democratic Leadership on Donald Trump's threat to kill a whole civilization.

Folks! Their staff are still there and volume of calls DOES MATTER. Stop the learned helplessness and defeatism. Please call. 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

You know it’s a good day when you wake up early and feel motivated to follow the whole nuclear weapons policy starter pack: go.bsky.app/8jiQV43

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

"Flatly illegal" Just Security co-editor-in-chief @tessbridgeman.bsky.social on CBS Sunday Morning - discussing President Trump's threat to attack all Iran's power plants. Notably followed here by Elliott Abrams on why it's simply counterproductive. @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social

Everything Trump is doing is a war crime. Every signal he's sending is that he sees this as a religious war. He's killing kids and celebrating it online. He's mocking Islam, ranting profanities like a psychopath, acting like a mad king. What's left to say?

President Trump has repeatedly threatened to destroy infrastructure that makes up the foundations of civilian life in Iran — attacks that in most cases would be considered war crimes. He said on Wednesday that the U.S. would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

To everyone celebrating Easter, Michelle and I wish you a joyful holiday filled with reminders of the enduring power of faith and hope.

I'm not sure about you, but I think the collapse of US hegemony, a global price spike and recession, and a new ground war in the Middle East are far worse than drag queens reading books at the library.

Behold #CatsOfBluesky #Caturday

You all deserve to watch Our Oceans narrated by Barack Obama. www.netflix.com/title/81139969

“When someone’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people, I couldn’t care less.” This is something my dog would say.

New Downfall dropped xcancel.com/i/status/203...

I heard someone say that we should be registering voters at gas stations.

honestly, if dems/progressive independents don’t clean house during midterms, it’s an irredeemable skill issue

We spoke to diplomats, advisers, scholars, experts and current and former officials in China. Almost all of them see the war in Iran as a grave American error. Register for free to read why: econ.st/4tloDIy

This is what social media is meant to be about.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

A federal panel voted to exempt oil and gas companies from complying with the Endangered Species Act when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision will have outsize impact on endangered species such as Rice’s whales, sea turtles and whooping cranes. https://wapo.st/3QbEeMn

I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”

1. In devastating news, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of conversion therapy, a practice the UN calls torture. The ruling could have catastrophic consequences, writes Jackson in her sole dissent. The ruling comes on trans day of visibility. Subscribe to support our journalism.

A new contender for best headline

The White House spent more time launching a parody porn website than lowering your gas prices this week.

San Francisco, you turned OUT! 🙌 Thank you so much to everyone who participated in any capacity. Next up, May Day! No school, no work, no shopping, on May 1 💪 #NoKingsSF #NoKings #timelapse #SanFrancisco

Protesters gathered to form a human banner at S.F.'s Ocean Beach, spelling out "Trump must go now" on Saturday as part of a No Kings Day event. Follow our live blog for the latest. 📸: Ryan Curry / S.F. Chronicle

Santa Cruz turned up in huge numbers to say “we are done with tyranny!” Great to see our community packing the streets (and sky!) with music and art and dogs for decency and justice. @indivisible-scc.bsky.social @indivisible.org #NoKings

Democrats who are polling in single digit numbers, including Mahan, should drop out of the California governor's race. Dems risk splitting the vote and ending up with two Republicans in the general -- ensuring a GOP-run California. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

🚨🚨🚨 "Ten weeks before the primary election, California Democrats still haven’t narrowed down the field of candidates enough to reduce the chances of splitting the vote so much that two Republicans make it to the ballot in November." calmatters.org/newsletter/c...

Special counsel Jack Smith's office found that Donald Trump held on to documents so secret that only six people could legally review them — and the team believed his reason for doing so was financial gain, according to newly released case records. From Carol Leonnig and Jacqueline Alemany:

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...