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Today @who.int declared a PHEIC—a public health emergency of international concern—for the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in DRC/Uganda without convening an Emergency Committee. That is unprecedented. The situation is catastrophic. Six experts explain why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKag...

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) #$AZO

Article in Stars and Stripes: Poland and South Korea are the only foreign countries with strong public support for hosting U.S. military bases, according to a new poll that found opposition in 90 of 97 countries surveyed. www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...

Iran is at it again. This time they added the Tesla logo. 😂

Jesus Lawd 😤🤬

⚡️ WATCH — JUST NOW — 99% white Tennessee House Republicans pass a racist 9-0 map stripping majority Black Memphis of congressional representation

DEVELOPING: DOJ is investigating $2.6B in suspiciously timed oil trades made right before Trump's Iran decisions. The corruption is finally catching up to them. Please like and share to get the word out! www.adamkinzinger.com/p/breaking-t...

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

In the Scottish Parliament election Reform are promising to bring back opencast coal mining, abolish renewable Energy Subsidies and increase / fast-track oil and gas licensing as a core part of its 2026 Scottish manifesto. Energy isn't a devolved matter.

Democrats Win Key Special Election in Michigan https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/06/democrats-win-key-special-election-in-michigan/

Rich people buying elections is a bad story, as Robert Reich points out robertreich.substack.com/p/sergey-bri.... Rich people buying the media is even worse. Why is this hard for progressives to understand? Somehow, only campaign ads affect votes, but not what people see between the ads?

From Associated Press Lots of interesting elections today - Tuesday, May 5, 2026. apnews.com/article/prim...

De Marc Murphy : "Dessiné il y a 7 ans aujourd'hui. Il a été rejeté et qualifié d'injuste et d'alarmiste." From #MarcMurphy: "Drawn 7 years ago today. It was rejected and called unfair and alarmist." #Trump is destroying the STATE OF LAW.

Let me get this straight. The DOJ is indicting someone who allegedly broke through security with intent to kill leaders including the VP & Speaker of the House. Has EVERYONE forgotten that Trump pardoned convicted felons who stormed broke into the Capitol with intent to kill the VP & Speaker? 1/

If Dems win the Senate 51-49, Fetterman will swap parties giving control back to the GOP.

The memes never me let down

Delaware launched a new elections task force that will focus largely on protecting the state’s voting system from unconstitutional interference from the Trump administration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We Built VoteROI. Now We Need You to Try It. open.substack.com/pub/american...

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Texas republicans illegally gerrymandered their maps and never once asked voters how they feel about it. California and Virginia let voters decide. That’s the difference. They started this fight and Democrats are going to fucking finish it.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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We can replace all of them.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Minority Report run by the most vile minority in America - maga www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Interesting comment from Bloomberg News writer Carla Canivete. The chart she provides is also of interest. She indicates that the U.S. may not have the capacity to make war on Iran and block transit of Iranian oil in the area of Iran & the Strait of Hormuz.

Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!

“Your government is run by pedophiles” is honestly hilarious.

Katie Lane, who has been nominated to the federal court in Montana by President Donald J. Trump, received a “not qualified” evaluation by the American Bar Association to become a federal judge. By @darrellehrlick.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2026/04/09/a... #mtnews #mtpol #montana

Lina Khan helped Joe Biden set this up, but he never pushed it hard to take credit for it. Now, with Khan working for Mamdani, he's doing it for NYC residents. And actually telling them he's doing it. Good policies aren't good politics unless you take credit constantly for them.

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...

[Alt text for excerpt from @publicporpoise.bsky.social & @videotroph.bsky.social' @moneyontheleft.bsky.social piece on how to turn Seattle's municipal finance "leak" into a "loop"] --------------------- Here is how it works: 1️⃣ Seattle passes legislation, issuing debt to finance vital programs;

One of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war

From the CWS ARCHIVE. Good Friday 2024.

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

The Middle East is full of religious extremists who blindly revere evil men. Oops! I meant *The United States* not The Middle East.

*talking to teenage militant atheist self* current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

Spoke to abc news about the Iran War and international law. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...

This article highlights something really important: it is absolutely bonkers how many massive, energy + water hungry data centres are being built in Sydney suburbs that are already subject to worsening climate impacts and heat island effects. They'll make both worse

Trump: I used a mail in ballot. You know why? Because I'm President of the United States, I did a mail in ballot for Florida because I felt I should be here. Reporter: But you were in Palm Beach

Here’s what Charlie Kirk thinks of Black people. This is a TPUSA thread from September.

Add the Supreme Court to this bill as well!

Told @ABC that Trump had told regional leaders that this war would only last four days. Now, the admin is saying that the war can go on for weeks, even months. This does not suggest that the war is going as well as the White House claims. abcnews.com/video/130857...