"Traders placed a series of bets worth $430M on a drop in crude prices just 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump ​said he would extend a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday."

Reminder that the top official at the SEC responsible for investigating insider trading was recently forced out.

Hello?

Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.

SCOOP: Palantir's 22-point manifesto is alarming even its own employees—but it's just the latest move by leadership that's incensed workers.

More on the internal dissent growing inside the company:
wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/

MADELEINE DEAN: Why did you lie to the New York Post about your relationship with Epstein?

LUTNICK: The House Oversight Committee and I agreed--

DEAN: Reclaiming my time. I do not accept that answer. We are our own committee. You're dodging the question. The coverup continues.

Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.

Inside Palantir, people are finally waking up to the fact that they might actually be the bad guys

Great reporting once again from @makenakelly.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/palant...

UPDATE: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into Israel’s killing of Amal Khalil.

She said they threatened to “separate her head from her shoulders” before they killed her.

cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-...

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ICE has violated almost 100 court orders.

Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order.

That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

Eric Trump went on FOX to brag about winning ANOTHER multimillion-dollar contract from the Trump administration.

I've been sounding the alarm and pushing for answers.

Is the Pentagon just a cash machine for Trump’s kids now?

This looks like corruption in plain sight.

Criminals gonna crime.
The most brazenly corrupt administration ever.
They are not governing. They are looting - the Treasury, the American people - while most are struggling to just get by, pay rent, buy gas, pay for groceries.
It's Us vs. the Epstein Class, and it has reached Critical Mass.

Oversight Committee: "Maxwell is a monster. She was the enforcer. She facilitated, aided and abetted Epstein's crimes." Why won't Trump rule out a pardon for her?

We need to end ICE's violence — now.

A “former Palantir executive recently confirmed what many have long suspected. In a public stmt, the whistleblower said it plainly: Palantir intended to take over the US government, & many of his former colleagues are now installed inside the federal apparatus. He called it an occupied nation.” 1/

with zero sarcasm this is good government and we should do this immediately

I will do my part to make the bug eyed loser furious. IJS.

Data centers have contaminated ground water in Oregon.

They've released smog into the air in Memphis.

And they've contributed to electricity bill spikes — all while receiving millions of dollars in tax breaks.

Is it any wonder why a nationwide backlash against AI data centers is brewing?

Scoop: U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan with some very sensitive elements.

So, MAGA keeps bringing up how Obama released to Iran $1.7 BILLION in cash to release prisoners and how this was the worst thing ever. Trump is gonna release $20 BILLION in frozen funds to Iran for uranium, which Obama had a deal for. Yet, not a peep from MAGA. Hmmm. www.axios.com/2026/04/17/i...

Outright corruption and nepotism in plain view. Document all of it. Every word. Every financial transaction.
Just because we can’t stop it now, doesn’t mean we can’t prosecute when the time comes.
They’re all guilty. They’re all going to jail.

We have heard nothing from Pam Bondi or her legal team. She didn't show up for her scheduled deposition, and half of the Epstein files are still unreleased.

We are left with no choice. Contempt charges are coming.

NEW: The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to ​records obtained by Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/trumps...

'They Don't Seem to Give a Shit': Trump and GOP Push Food Aid Cuts as Iran War Costs Soar | Common Dreams "It’s disgusting," said Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts. "We ought to be able to end hunger in this country. It's a political condition. We have the money."

appalling priorities. republicans seek WAR funding at expense of feeding children
www.commondreams.org/news/republi...

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Virginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal coming The appeal is expected to move swiftly — and could ultimately land before the Supreme Court of Virginia, which will have the final say on whether the voter-approved map can take effect.

NEW: A republican judge has blocked the redistricting effort in Virginia, invalidating yesterday's vote. But it's a pause, not a defeat. Read more here: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say Authorities say a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant has killed two people and sent about 30 others to the hospital, including one person in serious condition.

Two people are dead and 30 others hospitalized after a chemical leak at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute, West Virginia. Officials say a violent reaction involving nitric acid and hydrogen sulfide occurred during a cleaning process. Seven first responders are among those injured.

If we’re supposed to arresting the criminals, deporting “the worst,” then perhaps we should address the adjudicated rapist/convicted felon stealing everything he can while threatening the entire world.

Painting by Emma May Riley,
‘Glass of Water’ 2013.
Oil on Canvas.
Size 23.6 W × 35.4 H

I'm panicking too
This is the chance for We, the People to get rid of him
VOTE! against him
And if you don't vote, you deserve what happens next...

Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 19 to hospital, officials say Authorities say a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant has killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, including one person in critical condition.

apnews.com/article/west... There was a time when this would be some of the biggest news of the day.

Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, U.S. appeals court rules The ACLU said the decision "tramples those rights" of families "to choose how, when and if to provide their children with religious instruction."

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up.