The Unabomberbros

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The government agency that operates the immigration militia associated with so much violence is still posting religous content that shatters the barrier between church and state.

We Don’t Need Billionaires, and We Can Structure the Market So We Don’t Have Them Innovation does not depend on billionaires, but on how capitalism is structured, meaning inequality can be reduced without slowing progress.

The amount of inequality created by capitalism depends on how we structure it cepr.net/publications...

Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working

A better approach from David Feldman, @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social & @bengidley.bsky.social Replace the IHRA definition to separate anger at Israel or rejection of Zionism from antisemitism. Treat it along with other racism:

www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

AI Shouldn’t Be Setting Prices or Wages. States Need to Push Back. Algorithmic price setting and wage discrimination are threats to privacy and well-being, as well as to state revenues. Some states are moving to protect workers and consumers.

New from me: “When AI-driven algorithms are deployed to set prices “just for you” as a consumer or to determine the best wage “just for you” as a worker, the corporate objective is not your best interest. Not by a long shot.”

www.governing.com/workforce/ai...

So what is the actual experience of antisemitism in UK? It is hard to tell from the article. "While her WhatsApp group is not a representative sample of all Jews " The survey data cited in the article doesn't really support the conclusion either.

"It is incredibly lazy to treat...massive inequality...as the natural outcome of capitalism. It is understandable that the people who benefit from this inequality would make that claim, but it is bizarre that the people seeking greater equality would as well."
good one from @deanbarker.bsky.social

We Don’t Need Billionaires, and We Can Structure the Market So We Don’t Have Them It is incredibly lazy to treat current inequality as a natural outcome of capitalism

We can structure capitalism to produce far less inequality and it is incredibly lay to pretend otherwise deanbaker22.substack.com/p/we-dont-ne...

That didn't age well, as Israeli strikes reported in Lebanon despite ceasefire

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Pete Hegseth has issued a memo directing the Pentagon to terminate the union contracts of 300,000 workers in the Department of Defense.

This illegal move will undoubtedly be challenged in court.

"As a result of the continued fighting, Sudan faces the world’s worst humanitarian, displacement, and hunger crises. More than 13.6 million people are displaced, 30 million are in need of assistance, and over 22 million are facing acute hunger."

Ending the war in Sudan cannot wait.

The image shows the exterior of the National Archives building with large American flags hanging between the columns. A text overlay reads: "The AHA and American Oversight seek emergency court action to block Trump effort to evade Presidential Records Act."

Records that show how presidential decisions are made could be lost permanently.

These records are essential to understanding decision-making at the highest levels of government. The AHA and American Oversight have taken emergency legal action to protect them.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4ccLGzA

Trump Republicans are Defunding the Tax Police, Making America Great for Rich Tax Cheats Budget cuts backed by Trump and Republicans weaken the IRS, reducing enforcement and enabling wealthy tax evasion while costing billions in lost revenue.

Trump is soft on crime cepr.net/publications...

Aria Fani support letter -- UWJA -- April 14 University of Washington Jewish Alliance Letter of support for Professor Aria Fani https://bit.ly/AriaFaniSupportUWJA2026 April 14, 2026 Dear President Robert Jones, Members of the Board of Regents...

Today, we put out this letter in support of our colleague Aria Fani, who was removed from his position as Director of the Middle East Center at the University of Washington last month. We = UW Jewish Alliance, a member of the National Campus Jewish Alliance. Please share. bit.ly/AriaFaniSupp...

Removed Jackson School Middle East Center director speaks out Removed Jackson School Middle East Center director speaks out

ICYMI: my friend and colleague Aria Fani was removed from his position directing the Middle East Center at UW a couple of weeks ago. Aria has been speaking and commenting a lot, so I’ll share some of the coverage that centers his voice. www.dailyuw.com/article/remo... @thedailyuw.bsky.social

How are universities emerging as sites for advancing the new authoritarianism and developing a critical analysis of its new forms? How are we, as educators and activists, affected by this regime? And how are campus communities developing strategies for fighting back?

The EEOC Is No Longer Protecting Federal Workers From Gender Identity Discrimination Recent decisions mean the agency will no longer process claims regarding harassment, the denial of bathroom use, or discrimination in hiring, firing, or promotion on the basis of gender identity.

“For 10 years, federal transgender employees had an absolute guarantee that they could use the restrooms consistent with their gender identity. That guarantee has now been pulled out from under them and reversed completely.”
https://bit.ly/4tuwx2Z

The Grenada ploy:
After the US supported Israel in the '82-83 Lebanon war, shelling villages around Beirut, an unknown group bombed the Marine barracks killing 241 US & 58 French soldiers.

For a symbolic reassertion of US power, a month later Pres. Reagan ordered the pointless invasion of Grenada.

If only he’d added, “Take, for example, the time the government made my company pay a record fine for the Medicare fraud that took place while I was CEO”

US military kills two men in new strike on vessel in eastern Pacific Latest attack brings death toll from US strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean to at least 170 since September.

Latest attack brings death toll from US strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean to at least 170 since September.

"armies do not simply enter. They alter the imagination of return"

Beautiful sad reflection on the war in Lebanon and Israel's ethnic cleansing by Nada Bakri

Um, no. Put this Christian supremacist stuff aside. American warmongers have always quoted New Testament, and Hegseth’s Reconstructionism is particularly invested in it. Matthew 11:12, Matthew 10:34, Matthew 5:29, Romans 13, and, tho not so much for Hegseth, pretty much all of Revelation.

Trump nicely connecting the lawless boat strikes with his illegal war against Iran.

The killing spree at sea was an inflection point as it established that the US military would in fact carry out unlawful orders and conduct patently illegal targeting.

The U.S. Has Killed More than 160 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.

The U.S. killed five more people in two strikes on April 11. The total number of people killed by strikes in the Pacific and Caribbean is now 168.

Trump at a UFC event last night told fighter Paulo Costa he’s too good-looking to fight.

“You’re a beautiful guy. You could be a model, you look so good.”

This was what Trump was doing as negotiations with Iran imploded.

Sorry to be right.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Looks like Trump's attempt to kill US offshore wind has failed.