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)

Canada shares a 9,000 km border with a country that is no longer under the rule of law. The threat to our country is real. Here are ten steps that every Canadian should take to protect our democracy and sovereignty in this time of gangster politics. youtu.be/xIo-CaUDvEg?...

Why is Trump bragging about taking Venezuela's oil, proposing to take Iran's oil, threatening to destroy "a whole civilization," and talking about charging his own tolls in the Strait of Hormuz? Because he's a war criminal. And he's already hunting for his next prey. My breakdown of his crimes.

RIP German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was hung by the Nazis today. “We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”

In January, the Under Secretary of War summoned Pope Leo XIV’s then-cardinal ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture. America, Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.

The commander-in-chief of the world‘s deadliest killing force is out of his damn mind. Sleep lightly, my friends.

THE PENTAGON. THREATENED THE POPE. They summoned the Vatican’s ambassador and said: get behind Trump or else. They literally invoked the era when kings controlled Popes by military force. He cancelled his US visit and said no. #Fascism #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/208820/...

The Hungarian election is about Russian oligarchy and its support of the international far right. That’s why Vance is there. He is a node in that network.

Indeed, losing for others is Trump’s superpower. His magic is that his people stick to him like gamblers, thinking that somehow each loss signals the next win. (11/14)

The UK's New Statesman magazine isn't pulling its punches in this week's edition. I expect many more magazines around the world will publish covers like this in the next few days.

It’s crazy that the vice president openly intervening in a foreign election for the candidate backed by Russia ranks a distant second in insane things happening today.

What it all boils down to is whether we can get to Nuremberg this time without passing through Hiroshima and Auschwitz. It's really that simple.

if only we’d taxed the super rich, they wouldn’t have been able to buy our government and kill us 😀

Listen to @timothysnyder.bsky.social. This is the time to say no and refuse to comply.

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.

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring

Congressional Republicans right now.

This mashup of "Closer to Da Da Da" feels accurate for the timeline we're living in.

A U.S. Army staff sergeant who is about to deploy spent this weekend at the barbed wire gates of the Trump immigrant prison where they have now locked up his wife.

Journalist: "How long can Iran sustain this? 🇮🇷Iran’s Prof: “For us, it is a fight for survival. For you, it is a fight to sustain the Epstein class who owns your media, control Govt, and start illegal wars.”🔥 #cdnpoli

🚨BREAKING: United Kingdom will REFUSE use of its bases for US attacks on civilian infrastructure.🇬🇧 Story just out, below. Legal experts warn that attacks “will constitute a war crime”.

Don't think I've ever been as terrified in all the Trump security crises. As @pkrugman.bsky.social said, "It’s the most astonishing, awful thing that I’ve ever seen, and we’ve all seen a lot of awful things." Mainly as cope, and to teach it, I keep asking why. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

If you think a Trump electoral false flag terror incident is impossible, keep in mind that Vance arrives in Hungary tomorrow — right in the middle of Orbán’s electoral false flag terror operation, which Vance will presumably endorse. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Trump: "We want Greenland. NATO doesn't want to give it us. And I said, 'Bye bye.' Okay, thank you very much everybody."

Nothing says we're doing great like firing Generals in wartime

Take the oil because it's there for the taking. There's not a thing they can do about it. Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. If it were up to me, I'd take the oil. I'd keep the oil. I would make plenty of money.“

Elon Musk's $294 million spent to return Trump to power continues to pay dividends. Democracy is incompatible with this grotesque spending. These billionaires will buy our democracy rather than live in one.

Since 2001 the US has bombed Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan and now Iran. Every single one a Muslim-majority nation. 940,000 dead. $5.8 trillion spent. We call it counterterrorism. The rest of the world has another word for it. They are not wrong.

"Corrosive ideologies" like: We did this and it was bad.

ICE agents came to a military base and grabbed the newlywed wife of a soldier who's about to deploy. The wife came to the U.S. as a toddler. She has no criminal record. None of this is how it used to work. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

textbook sanewashing

Trump's war with the Catholic Church has taken a new turn. The head of the US military chaplains has called the war in Iran unjust and is calling on service people to refuse immoral and unjust orders. This is unprecedented. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/church-sen...

Ja.

The rescue allegedly included hundreds of US troops, a makeshift base inside Iran, and the lost planes were destroyed by the US after they became stuck in the sand, their main opponents were about a dozen tribesmen and local police, many armed with WW2 era Persian Mausers.

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

🇭🇺 At Orbán's election rally, people chant "Ruszkik haza," meaning "Russians, go home." "Ruszkik haza" is the slogan of the 1956 Hungarian uprising against Soviet troops.

"The espionage accusations surfaced just as the journalist, who has reported extensively on alleged links between Hungarian officials and Moscow, exposed unprecedented Russian influence operations aimed at boosting Orban’s re-election."

If you are wondering why the White House is asking for a massive $1.5 trillion defence budget – a 40% increase, here's a great explanation.

Justin, you should be writing about how the RCMP needs to open a treason investigation. She went to Mar a Lago during our 2025 election and gave counsel on how they should interfere to help Poilievre and stop Carney's ascent. That. Is. Treason.

"I accuse Israel of crossing the red line, I condemn the massacre of Palestinian civilians, and I announce that Italy will support European sanctions against Israel." - Italian Prime Minister Meloni #cdnpoli

Gary Sick…..worth a listen. He’s making excellent points/reminders. edition.cnn.com/2026/04/03/t...

We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Elon Musk had DOGE defund USAID, the largest humanitarian organization in the world, causing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of deaths from starvation and disease - and Trump GLEEFULLY approved it. It’s the single most evil act in US history. Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

You have lived through one of history's greatest crimes. It was caused not by vast forces of history but one man's twisted racist imagination and malevolent disregard for the world's poorest people.

Found this to be informative video, that puts things into perspective. Via Max Fisher on Instagram www.instagram.com/reel/DWrsUcU...

Israeli Society Is More Brainwashed Than North Korea - Abby Martin "They know the kids are starving. They agree with it."