The US senate has voted against a motion to severely limit Donald Trump's ability to carry out further strikes on Iran, should that be planned in the future. (Sky News) news.sky.com/story/iran-w...

Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits A majority of registered voters, 57%, said they believe the risks of AI outweigh its benefits, compared with 34% who said the opposite. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

ICE is arresting delivery drivers at a San Diego military base. According to an attorney interviewed by Kate Morrissey, military police at the gates call ICE on any driver who is not a citizen or green card holder, even if they have permission to be in the country. capitalandmain.com/ice-has-arre...

This is fucking huge and I love it! NYC has long needed this.

the conservative obsession with children's genitals now extended to wanting to breed teenage girls tell me why democrats stopped calling these weirdos weird

Important article: “Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion *** ‘This has never happened before,’ one government employee tells WIRED. ‘I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.’” 4/14/26 … 1/

North Korea is showing a "very serious increase" in its ability to produce nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says.-AFP

Russian pro-war blogger detained in St. Petersburg for “discrediting the army” after posts about Kadyrov and corruption in the “DPR” Alexander Vaskovsky is the latest Kremlin loyalist facing prosecution under wartime laws designed to stifle dissent.

a small price to pay for speed and convenience.

6/ Reuters report on Trump administration's efforts to create "antifa" as a foreign intelligence threat (which is a key to unlocking Section 702 surveillance authorities, and then open to FBI through "back door") Trump admin effort for a global summit:

5/ "The Trump administration is quietly working to designate antifa as a top counterterrorism priority—despite the protestations of experts who say this is a pretext for targeting domestic dissent." @juliaioffe.bsky.social (who had the first scoop on this) puck.news/trump-moves-...

Back on the Greenland kick, again. But does he really mean Greenland? Or could he possibly mean Iceland? Given this guy's brain, you never quite know. theintercept.com/2026/01/21/t...

new video from @covertshores.bsky.social

AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)

It’s not just the US shooting themselves in the dick at the moment, every single ally who was promised repeatedly that they could count on them if only they could find the money to send them is much less safe all of a sudden.

This is one of the most self destructive policies in US history. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Encouraging thread here

Magyar: I know exactly what is going on in Serbia,know about the ties that exist between the Orbán government&Vučić-led Serbia,just as I know what connections exist between Slovakia's Fico&Orbán I also have a general idea of who stands behind all this-who the godfather of those great friendships is

Hungarian Prime Minister-designate Péter Magyar is going for the jugular immediately.

While not a new information still nice to see confirmed. Hungaries new PM states that Orban bussed immigrants to Slovak border to help Fico in elections with manufactored migrant 'caravans'. Very common russian/Belarusian/MAGA technique

one thing that got memory-holed is trump has a civil conviction for rape by normal journalistic standards, its totally acceptable to refer to him as a rapist in coverage & commentary, without added 'alleged'

ATESH with a win out in Sverdlovsk. Appears the Russian military is down some telecom equipment. Happy Wednesday 🔥

JD Vance says stopping funding for Ukraine is “one of the things I’m proudest we’ve done in this administration.”

Sanders: The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Jeff Bezos wants to raise $100 billion to automate factories in America and around the world. It means there will no longer be manufacturing jobs in the United States.

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

🚨🚨Was too late to brief @elisabraun.bsky.social on this, but this is a great report on the incoming Hungarian PM's wow for #Hungary to join the #EPPO which has powers to potentially reopen scrutiny of how #Brussels funds were used under Viktor #Orbán’s rule. 🧵 www.euractiv.com/news/eu-pros...

Russia starts blocking BlueSky (It's because they're tired of my shitposting) therecord.media/russia-crack...

New: Thomson Reuters, which runs the CLEAR database ICE uses, fired a longstanding employee for speaking out against ICE, a new lawsuit says. Billie Little led an internal effort raising concerns; was fired. We've shown CLEAR is linked to ICE's Palantir tool www.404media.co/thomson-reut...

Are you a company that sells things? Thinking of going to #Substack? Not sure your options? Reach out! I have been doing newsletters since 2015. I can help you come up with a strategy that is cost effective and actually makes sense for your audience, without Substack. erniesmith.net

Internal emails obtained by @wired.com reveal that one conservative legal group got direct access to FCC leadership to escalate complaints -- namely about Jimmy Kimmel -- sidestepping the standard FCC process:

Meta recently added new restrictions around "Antifa content" on Facebook and Instagram. Internal documents I reviewed show it applies when a user merely uses the word "Antifa" in a post. theintercept.com/2026/04/14/f...

conservative free speech is when they speak and you listen or suffer the consequences

so just this week, Substack made this announcement, on top of promoting Andrew Tate's newsletter as their number 1 bestseller. they recently announced a polymarket partnership. and they've had a nazi problem for years. it's time to get off substack, folks.

"Musk’s companies had cheered on the idea, promoting the “spicy mode” of his AI chatbot. The flood of fake images, including some of children, prompted government investigations on five continents" How people can rationalise still using this website is truly beyond me

“Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: ‘I don’t want…Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.’” @propublica.org 10/17/25… 1/ www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Canadian government obtains majority after by election wins, previous defections from opposition parties www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys. Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.

The U.S. killed two more people in the Pacific yesterday. And they suspended the search for the shipwrecked civilian from April 11. They don't want the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate these murders. Full story, @theintercept.com

burn it all down.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

SNEAK PEEK to our event Wednesday!! John Sipher hosted our guests on his podcast MISSION IMPLAUSIBLE. (We think practice will make perfect.) WATCH: youtu.be/qoI9UDDgH6s?...

I will say this again, if you ever come across someone wearing these in public and it’s safe to do so be sure to leave the glasses broken and the person wearing them convinced that buying a new pair would be a poor life choice

DOJ Is Using A Grand Jury To Force Reddit To Unmask An Anonymous User The government's reliance on grand juries to bring charges against activists, protesters, and the president's personal enemies has been misplaced. Increasingly, grand juries are refusing to give the government what it wants:…

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

Hungary’s incoming leader plans to establish new watchdog agencies dedicated to preventing graft and recovering stolen public wealth. www.occrp.org/en/news/hung...

Celebratory dance in Hungary

Remember when Facebook put Zuck out on the make Mark relatable tour of America? Now they're just like what if we made a social awkward weirdo AI clone, would that be good?