Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

NVN Tuesday: A TRUE EPIDEMIC by Diane Elayne Dees

NVN Tuesday at Substack: Diane Elayne Dees’ #… “A True Epidemic” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-tuesda...

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A TRUE EPIDEMIC The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Diane Elayne Dees’ @newversenews.bsky.social #poem has a very personal perspective on the Shreveport killings and “A True Epidemic.”
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NVN Monday at Substack: Jiang Pu’s #newspoem “Out of the Shadows” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-monday...

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OUT OF THE SHADOWS The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

The speaker of Jiang Pu’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem is coming “Out of the Shadows.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/out-...

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Charlize Theron on the Night Her Mother Killed Her Father in Self-Defense

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated story. These things are prevalent in a lot of homes. Women really get a very, very unfair shake, even in this country.
Nobody takes it seriously.

NVN Sunday at Substack: Pilar Saavedra-Vela’s #newspoem “The Least of What We Do.” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday...

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THE LEAST OF WHAT WE DO The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

For her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem Pilar Saavedra-Vela adapts a verse from Matthew—not Pulp Fiction: “The Least of What We Do.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

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How did I miss this? I love going to Philadilly on my way to Who-ville

NVN Saturday: BLACK BOX by Eric David Helms

NVN Saturday at Substack: Eric David Helms’ #newspoem “Black Box” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-saturd...

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BLACK BOX The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Eric David Helms’ @newversenews.bsky.social #poem recalls Abu Zubaydah, the first man subjected to enhanced interrogation post-9-11, still in Guantanamo in a “Black Box.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/blac...

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PLEASE KEEP TRACKING ICE.

A federal judge JUST ruled that Trump improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment.

Blue Whale Photos Photographs of Blue Whales, Balaenoptera musculus. Aerial and underwater blue whale pictures from California and Mexico. Professional natural history images of blue whales. Natural history photograp...

A blue whale’s poo can weigh as much as 4 tonnes, making it the second-largest piece of shit in the world — just behind Donald Trump.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 🤷🏻‍♂️

As a Catholic, I’ve struggled with the church - but I applaud the pope’s call for peace | Margaret Sullivan These days, I’m feeling more aligned with Catholicism than I have since my first communion. I’m not alone in that

"These days, I’m feeling more aligned with Catholicism than I have since my first communion. I’m not alone in that," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

NVN Friday: WE THE PEOPLE by Mary Saracino We the people who believe in freedom are rising one heart one voice one vision, warriors united for justice standing shoulder to shoulder arm-in-arm women, men, children of every age,...

NVN Friday at Substack: Mary Saracino’s #newspoem “We The People” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-friday...

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WE THE PEOPLE The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

Mary Saracino writes her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem on behalf of “We The People.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-p...

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Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House Pontiff denounces leaders who invoke religion to justify war, after US bishops offer him support after Vance remarks

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DoorDash’s PR goes off online after White House delivery stunt The DoorDash public affairs chief responded after online backlash over a staged McDonald’s delivery at the White House.

Door Dash setting up a staged moment with Trump means I'm not using Door Dash going forward. It's pretty simple: Help promote Donald Trump and you're dead to me.

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Always an honor to have a poem
included in David McMurray’s Asahi Haikuist Network notebook at www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

So Christ-like.

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Bluesky down? Current problems and outages - US Real-time problems and outages for Bluesky. Is Bluesky down? Here you see what is going on.

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I’m so happy this is trending and of course it’s pissed off the MAGAts! 😌😂

#SheShed
#Pinks

Gordon Gilbert focuses on “The Anti-Christ” in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. Now who might that be? newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Cartoon by Nick Anderson @andertoon.bsky.social

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a silhouette of a man walking with a cane ALT: a silhouette of a man walking with a cane

April 16, 1889

Charlie Chaplin Born in London

I hope dem presidential candidates are paying attention. 👀

Life comes at you fast

NVN Wednesday: WHEN DO WE BEGIN, AND HOW SHALL WE END? by Indran AmirthanayagamThe Pope will not attend the 250th birthday party. The gold-plated arch will tower over a dwindling number of illiberal potentates, driven by armored car from the Board of Peac...

NVN Wednesday at Substack: Indran Amirthanayagam’s #newspoem “When Do We Begin, And How Shall We End?” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-wednes...

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WHEN DO WE BEGIN, AND HOW SHALL WE END? The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

In his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, Indran Amirthanayagam asks, “When Do We Begin, And How Shall We End?” newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/04/when...

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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my “Thoreauku” at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/t...

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Just 203 days until the 2026 Midterm Elections on November 3!!!