The Pentagon will stop requiring members of the military to get flu vaccines. Image Hegseth, wearing a blue suit, a tie and American flag pocket square, stands in front of an American flag. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that service members would no longer have to get flu vaccines.Credit...Pete Marovich for The New York Times The Pentagon will no longer require troops to get annual flu vaccines, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, calling the policy an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.

George Washington LITERALLY would not have won the Revolutionary War had he not vaccinated the troops against smallpox.

Meanwhile, this idiot: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Lost Art Search Requests for artworks currently in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC Lost Art Search Requests for artworks at the NGA

There are Lost Art Search Requests registered for these five artworks in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
What happens next?
www.openartdata.org/2026/04/lost...
#museum #provenance #Holocaust

Can one send you links to court documents?
www.zuckermancasefiles.com/us-court-of-...

The biggest hit came from Trump himself.

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

#ICYMI: We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says The war in the Middle East has choked up maritime traffic in ​the Strait of Hormuz.

War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says reut.rs/3OjNuhc

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

My forthcoming book, “The Fix,” dissects the mob-like tactics of the Trump regime and proposes ideas to reclaim our democracy. Available now for pre-order here.
www.barbaramcquade.com

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking

Discovery’s going to be fun in this one

F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Russian economy is faltering despite oil windfall, Sweden warns Stockholm’s military intelligence head says Moscow is manipulating data to make its economy look better

Exclusive: Sweden has intelligence indicating Russia's systematically manipulating data to fool Ukraine’s western allies into believing its economy has withstood the strain of its war spending & western sanctions, Thomas Nilsson, head of Sweden Military Intelligence, told me & @maxseddon.bsky.social

Hey Europe!
Time to de-Orbanify.
@ec.europa.eu
#putin #russia #europe

Gotta love an analysis of why hospitals are overwhelmed post covid that completely ignores the health impacts of old and new infections of covid
bsky.app/profile/mich...

If the accepted baseline for ‘low’ covid infections exceeds 200,000 PER DAY in the USA, and covid is known to damage hearts and brains and other organs, how might this be impacting hospital systems?
bsky.app/profile/mich...

Trump ist trotz Zweifels an seiner Amtsführung nicht zu stoppen In den USA halten selbst einstige Anhänger Präsident Trump für verrückt. Doch so leicht werden sie den Mann nicht mehr los.

Why America is a dangerously dysfunctional nation: belief that Trump is incompetent or even dangerously mentally unstable is now commonplace even among Republicans. But he continues to wield power that was never accorded to any president before him. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/dona...

‘more, and sicker, patients’

Patel is threatening to sue @theatlantic.com which could open the way for the discovery of documents and testimony under oath.
A frivolous lawsuit would be unpleasant for The Atlantic, but great for democracy, letting in much needed sunlight
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#FBI #Alcohol

Great that the NYT published (finally) and article pointing to Trump’s mental unfitness. But then, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social , it just disappears from the front page. And the NYT moves on.
It should be headlines every single day.
(Compare with relentless coverage of Biden.)
Do better.

What legal framework is necessary to stop the proliferation of AI bot influencers?
#law #crime #AI

Palantir.

Lost Art Search Requests for artworks currently in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC Lost Art Search Requests for artworks at the NGA

Lost Art Search Requests for artworks currently in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
www.openartdata.org/2026/04/lost...
#provenance #artlaw #NGA #LostArt

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors

Lots of $$$ made on Credit default swaps in the subprime crisis even as the markets sped straight into a wall.

How long until some bright soul suggests bringing the perpetrator and the victim together so that they can reconcile and heal?
#fuzzy #toys

The DOJ Is Normalizing Vigilantism Officials at the DOJ delivered a politically convenient one-two punch to the work of their predecessors this week.

By falsely portray prosecutions of FACE Act and seditious conspiracy as “weaponization” of law enforcement, DOJ is normalizing vigilante violence. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

How is Trump State Media Fox News dealing with his Jesus Christ post?
#foxnews #Murdoch #blasphemy

No one believes that Trump, who pardoned the convicted criminals who attacked that Capital, including the DC police, has any desire to improve security in Washington DC.