NBC projects that YES will win in Virginia.

TODAY: Virginia voters decide a referendum that would allow the redrawing of Congressional lines

It could swing four U.S. House seats in Virginia from red-to-blue next year

Netanyahu claimed last week that Magyar invited him to Hungary.

Today Magyar said that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary:

“I made it clear to the Israeli PM — we will not back down... If a state is an ICC member and a person who is wanted enters that territory, they must be detained”

Tesla's Last Hurrah in Texas: Robotaxis Expanded to Dallas and Houston Texas still has lax robotaxi laws that are set to become stricter from May 28th, after which Tesla may stop its occasional driverless rides.

Don't get fooled by Tesla's "robotaxi" expansion to Dallas & Houston: it's only 2 more cities within Texas, where robotaxi laws are still the laxest in the US.

From May 28, it's over: Texas robotaxi laws will require proof of Level 4 autonomy.

Link: bradmunchen.substack.com/p/teslas-las...

Before Trump started the war in Iran:

Iran was not building a nuclear weapon

The Strait of Hormuz was open

Thousands killed during the war were alive

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

I have frequently said that it is hard for me to imagine how Trump could further damage the institution of the DOJ, but that only demonstrates the limits of my imagination.

I did not imagine Trump putting Joe diGenova in charge of investigating his political enemies. It just got worse.
GIFT LINK

1/n Wash Post

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...

BREAKING: Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkiye remains “optimistic” that the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States, set to expire on Wednesday, will be extended.

Displaced people returning to their villages following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, cross the destroyed Qasmiyeh bridge near Tyre city, south Lebanon. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]

Displaced residents wave a flag with the image of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem as they return to their villages, in Zefta, southern Lebanon. [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo]

Residents drive past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. [Bilal Hussein/AP Photo]

Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client, Ayman al-Zein, inside his shop, damaged in an Israeli attack that also damaged the latter's shop, in Dahiyeh. [Hassan Ammar/AP Photo]

Displaced Lebanese families return home despite Israeli attacks https://aje.news/lknu25

All of the Founders' worst fears about how American democracy could go off the rails - lack of separation between church and state, a populist demagogue assuming dictatorial powers - are happening just in time for the 250th birthday

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

More of this, less of bombing other countries

(From @acyn.bsky.social )

I don’t even recognize us.

Weapons for war of aggression, ethnic cleansing and genocide. We are on the wrong side of history

There’s No Such Thing as a 'Defensive Weapon' Politicians call them 'defensive weapons' to make arming Israel sound unobjectionable, but the US military, Netanyahu, and Trump all know better.

There’s No Such Thing as a 'Defensive Weapon'

Politicians call them 'defensive weapons' to make arming Israel sound unobjectionable, but the US military, Netanyahu, and Trump all know better.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

In Trump’s Orbit, Women Aren’t the Only Ones Concerned About Their Looks

the male gaze www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/s...

🔥😬 “because they’re crooks. And everybody knows it.”

(From @ossoff.senate.gov @acyn.bsky.social )

This message needs to end with “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” the IRGC

Wow.

US, you can do this.

Quite beautiful to watch

If it wouldn't involve kids getting kidnapped, a big part of me would actually be eager for I.C.E. to show up and face-off with Philadelphias..

..because I'm quite confident how things would end for I.C.E.. #philly

After pretending to be horrified by Trump’s policies @joerogan is in the Oval Office standing up to Trump…

Just kidding! He’s kissing Trump’s ass. Because of course he is.

(From @atrupar.com )

It’s a breath of fresh air to hear the voice of reason l

It’s wild to watch how shocked Iran war supporter Bill Maher is to hear jake sullivan break the news to him that Bernie and the 40 Dems are right to cut off Israel because the war was immoral from the beginning

BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market.

Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, ​a $760 million bet that oil would go down.

These orders were much larger than anything else at the time.

Unusual.

Sanctions bravado meets quiet backtrack. #econsky

Trump is a lame duck president.

The grift never ends. Most corrupt regime in history

📌The cold-blooded murderers of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Keith Porter Jr. and Silverio Villegas González are still being protected by the lawless Republicans, and we can never forget that.