This is just Trump discussing his negotiating strategy with Axios

Trump and his team are now discussing what a renewed military campaign would look like, including whether to attempt to seize the strategic Kharg Island.

The one sentence in here I disagree with is "This isn't about retribution."

Yes, it is. The people who are fucking over the country need to pay.

This is a great point - its a very specific version of "the west" while excluding a lot of other values. And the abandonment of soft power seems bizarre if you genuinely believe western values are superior.

Karoline Leavitt @PressSec Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

www.pennlive.com/news/2026/04...

Good

Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary’s general election strips Israel of one of its most dependable allies inside the EU.

His departure has revived a push for sanctions on West Bank settlers amid growing criticism from European leaders.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/vikt...

Trump’s social media posts have transformed the oil trade, says Citadel Hedge fund’s commodities head says traders are struggling to adjust to volatility sparked by president’s frequent messages

Trump’s social media posts have transformed the oil trade, says Citadel ft.trib.al/XTAUy6I

The problem is the ideology.

Don’t let them flee Trump. Trump is what you get when you vote for them.

The European right is pivoting away from America Electoral logic is driving a shift as polls lay bare European disgust at the US administration

The European right is pivoting away from America ft.trib.al/5b9MJsg | opinion

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"The average IQ in Somalia hovers around 70, and that's the threshold for mentally handicapped ... they're a net drain on the society" -- even by MAGA standards, the unvarnished racism of this interview of Rep. Brandon Gill by Benny Johnson is breathtaking

Relatedly, Fuck Peter Thiel

Fuck Palantir

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There is so much wrong in this story

Employers trust them in their homes. But can immigrant nannies and cleaners trust their employers? Domestic workers — many of them lacking permanent legal status — live in fear of their employers, who they say are now more likely to use their immigration status to exploit them.

Domestic workers — many of them lacking permanent legal status — live in fear of their employers, who they say are now more likely to use their immigration status to exploit them.

this is important to get your head around the basic shape of water use out West. farmers get the overwhelming majority of it--far more than all industry and cities put together--and pay almost nothing for it

It's the most comical bind these fascist 'defenders of Western Civilization' are in, having to kick the gay philosophers of Athens out of the canon, I love it

@sirosenbaum.bsky.social caught them out last October in @flaminghydra.com

flaminghydra.com/purity-tests/

😂

"Sweden agreed with the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, that Russia was understating its budget deficit by $30bn, and had also noticed some financial indicators that could point to a future banking crisis" www.ft.com/content/04a9...

This is part of a broader push the Trump admin began in term one (that Biden didn't roll back in any way). First each visa applicant had to disclose your social media handles. Now under Trump 2, the U.S. government demands that you make your social media accounts public so they can scan 'em.

Hassett on a bailout for the UAE: "The UAE has been an incredibly valuable ally throughout this effort, and I'm sure the Treasury Secretary will make every effort to help them out should that be necessary"

America First?

I’m really so sad for these gulf oil interests that have done so much to help Trump, only to see him repay them by wrecking their economies.

Sad

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief at The Atlantic, previously told HuffPost they're standing by their reporting detailing allegations of Patel's "excessive drinking and unexplained absences."

[swift inhale, light 80s Trump voice]: Frankly, with regard to pyrrhic victories, and their role in the history of the 2020s, there’s never been anything like it. Believe me.