KALLAS: Russia keeps attacking other countries. How many frozen conflicts surround Russia? In the last 100 years, Russia attacked at least 19 countries, some of them multiple times. None of these countries ever attacked Russia.

Aaaaaand, there it is.

Since launching the full-scale war against Ukraine, russia has killed at least 650 Ukrainian children. According to the UN, more than 3,200 Ukrainian children have been killed or injured since the invasion began in 2022. These figures include only verified cases.

As ICE detention hit record highs this year, states started asking an urgent question: what happens to the children of detained parents? Several states are now rewriting custody laws in response. A thread.

⚡️Update: At least 3 dead, nearly 30 injured in Russian missile attacks against Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles overnight on April 16, hitting residential neighborhoods in Kyiv and Dnipro. Children and first responders are among the victims.

The change we want to see in this world.

Articles have started appearing again, featuring expert opinions that the Russian economy has very little time left and that the regime's collapse is rapidly approaching. Let's take a closer look at what is happening with the Russian economy.

Вічна пам'ять

“Applying total systemic friction on the cartels.” Orwell, Politics and the English Language: “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Whew! Hillary Clinton this morning on the US-Iran talks that fell apart: “This is hard, disciplined effort that has to go into diplomacy to reach any results. And I don’t see this administration either wanting to do it or, frankly, being capable of doing it…”

MAGA is convulsing on the floor over Orban’s loss, not because they care about Hungary, a place most of them couldn’t find on a map, but because it reminds them their own wannabe authoritarian can be voted out too, and that their movement will end up in the trash bin of history

Participating in democracy today in Saint Paul, MN. Erin Murphy wins best campaign button of all time.

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

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Watching the clock for the polls to close in Budapest, as one does.

We’ve gone from “I don’t care if they reopen the Strait” to “we’ll destroy your civilization if you don’t reopen the strait” to “well if THEY don’t reopen the strait then WE are going to blockade it ourselves.” What an extraordinarily embarrassing moment for this country.

For the record, I was a Swalwell supporter and had planned on voting for him in the primary. Me believing the women was not political. It's based on the corroboration of evidence confirmed by multiple news outlets, and the Manhattan DA finding enough evidence exists to open a criminal probe.

“We want to live in a free, European Democracy. After 16 years of sorrow, corruption and Russian influence. We have had enough” The organisers & singers at the massive Budapest concert told me why Orban has to go.

Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again. Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺

With this settlement the US is worse off in every way than it was before the war; Iran is strengthened by the huge new tolls in the Straits of Hormuz, paid by the whole world. (1/14)

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Today is Good Friday in the Orthodox calendar. Our Easter is Sunday.

#MN #Minneapolis

I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.

ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues. He had just asked to call his wife. They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw. Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

Ukraine will outsmart everyone. Ukrainians are survivors and their lives depend on it.

I report back from X to say that the right is in an incredibly dark place right now, building a narrative around undocumented immigrants that makes them the single biggest problem in the country, with the narrative that if you get rid of them, everything improves.

A win! A federal judge just ordered the government to hand over evidence from ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s killing of Renee Good.

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov marveled at Trump's statements about a two-week ceasefire and mocked America for "surrendering" to Iran. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO-a...

Good job, Denver!! #FuckICE

It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first:

GOOD JOB WISCONSIN!!! Love, Minnesota

NEWS: Republicans furious with Trump’s Iran deal—Lindsey Graham, demands Congressional approval. Iran celebrates as it gets more than it once had. Trump declares world peace but Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue. Democrats score major election victories from Missouri to Oklahoma to Wisconsin.

Pineda Tacos, on Robert Street in West Saint Paul, MN. #FuckICE

BERMAN: Do you think Congress should have a vote if the United States is going to make a whole civilization die? MIKE LAWLER: John, you are parsing here BERMAN: I was quoting

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

A federal board just ruled that immigration judges can be fired at will by the president, stripping the civil service protections meant to insulate them from political interference. This is a HUGE deal for asylum seekers and the courts.

FACTS.

The data we are getting out of ICE now conclusively destroys their "worst of the worst" narrative. Since the Los Angeles raids began in June last year, there has been a massive expansion of ICE arrests against people with no criminal record, while arrests of others remained flat.

Four years ago, Ukraine liberated Irpin from Russian occupation. Ukrainian forces found widespread destruction and evidence of mass executions carried out by Russian troops.

Bruce Springsteen is some good, strong, sorely needed, goddamn medicine for Minnesota. This is a concert that is, and my words won’t do it justice, amazing. Sharp, specific, resolute, angry, and inspired. Some rock shows are all about just having a good time. Something larger is in play here.

Happy Trans Visibility Day! I see you!! We need you!! You are amazing!!!!!!!

We will never forget Bucha. Or any of the others.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Stephen Miller needs to be removed. He is the architect of so many of this administration's worst actions and instincts. newrepublic.com/post/208362/...

What this shows is that a staggering 63%(!) of people arrested by ICE in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge (from December through February) had no criminal record at all.

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

"The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..." "Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

⚡️US allows 🇷🇺 oil tanker to reach Cuba amid ongoing blockade and energy crisis. The U.S. is allowing a Russian tanker carrying crude oil to reach Cuba, The #NYT reported on March 29, amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington. 🔗 kyivindependent.com/us-allows-ru... (Putin is in charge👑🇺🇸)