“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

- 1984, George Orwell

"If the strait is opened tomorrow, we're not really going back to the previous energy world, we just can't. This is sort of like one of those the toothpaste can't be put in the bottle kind of moments."

Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway on the long-term energy impact of the Iran war.

As part of the restoration of the rule of law, every lawyer in the Trump admin who touched this file needs to go to jail.

Sanctions and disbarment are what you do for private abuses of the legal system. Abusing the government power of criminal indictment is another matter, and they keep doing it.

Men, We Need to Talk About "Rape Academy" This isn’t about women. This is about us. And it’s long past time we had this conversation

Social media analytics show that I lose followers every time I share my article about men needing to stop being pathetic little manbabies and instead step up and hold other men accountable to stop rape culture.

Oh, whoops, sharing it again. And won't stop either
www.qasimrashid.com/p/men-we-nee...

Tucker Carlson Issues Somber Apology For 'Misleading People' Into Supporting Trump: 'We're Implicated In This'

A little late for that, Tucker.

Letters from an American
April 21, 2026

The right gambled, tried to rig the election, lost, and now it’s excuses and tears.

Thanks for everything, Virginia. 🙏🏽

Iran fires on container ship in Strait of Hormuz Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship and further raising the stakes as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to materialize.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship and further raising the stakes as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to materialize.

Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections this week

Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll

Trump Keeps Trying to Pressure Ukraine. Zelensky Doesn’t Care. The American president is trying to use leverage he doesn’t have.

Steve Witkoff has visited Moscow seven times yet never traveled to Kyiv. For some reason, the Trump administration isn't playing its cards against Vladimir Putin.

Perhaps the patriarchal folklore which reinforces the notion that it’s a man’s world, needs to be tested - by men.

This is a must-read for those gentlemen in society willing to shoulder, rather than perpetuate the myth that men have the right to hurt the souls around them.

All credit to you.

Keep the boot on their neck like your life (and rights) depend on it.

So the Southern Poverty Law Center has informants deep inside neo-Nazi organizations reporting on their violent and hateful activities, and Trump’s DOJ is indicting them for that? Are you fucking kidding me?

These people are evil.

College student from China charged with illegally taking photos of US military planes A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip.

A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip.

Any indictment coming out of this DOJ should be treated as presumptively fallacious. The real story is more likely to be the weaponization of DOJ against opponents of the regime. And the target should be given ample opportunity to respond and contextualize high up in the story.

Planet of the Camps Podcast Episode · Next Comes What · April 9 · 25m

The Trump regime is trying and succeeding in sending detainees to lawless countries with no connection to them—places like South Sudan, Libya, Cameroon.

Andrea Pitzer on why we can't forget Trump and Miller's global offshore detention network as we fight to close the camps in our neighborhoods.

Yeah Trump is simultaneously trying to pressure Iran by saying we’ll bomb them again while being so facially scared of bombing them that he’s unilaterally and unconditionally extending the ceasefire, which is a long-winded way of saying we are completely at Iran’s mercy

I’m sure Trump has put the US in a very strong bargaining position by issuing two ultimatums with hard deadlines only to back down both times after Iran called his bluff.

4-D chess from the cult leader.

Of course. Senate Republicans released a budget blueprint that would clear the way for a filibuster-proof bill to provide up to $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol bypassing Democrats who have refused to fund the agencies without immigration enforcement restrictions. #DefundICE

A list of 8 targets, all oil facilities, in Arab countries.

There are several new Lego videos, I think released today.

They're different.

One accuses the US of piracy (legally correct, IMO).

The other includes a target list.

As if this has become a negotiating portal.

Underlying these disputes is the likelihood Trump will bail out of the problem he created by launching a war against Iran by letting RU fix it.

Screenshot of a tweet by Acyn (@Acyn) quoting Senator Jon Ossoff saying that with subpoena power, Pete Hegseth would have to testify under oath about reports that his stockbroker was buying defense stocks days before the Iran war, and that Jared Kushner would have to testify about his Middle East business dealings while conducting diplomacy. The embedded video shows Rachel Maddow interviewing Ossoff on MSNBC, with a chyron reading "Sen. Ossoff on Trump Family Corruption: 'They're Crooks.'"

Re-elect Sen. Jon Ossoff, Georgia. And push out the Senate GOP majority, America. Think how things would change.

Don’t you dare call Trump TACO!

i think if you want to say that the VA plan is vengeful and Becoming The Monster and all of that you need to explicitly grapple with the 2031 reset to nonpartisan redistricting.

otherwise i just kind of assume you don't realize it sunsets

We need investigations of this after Dems take over the House majority beginning Jan 2027.

Chicago Public Schools, CTU agree to make May 1 day of civic action; school will remain in session Chicago Public Schools has agreed with the Chicago Teachers Union to declare May 1 a day of civic action, the union and the school district said.

May Day has been declared a day of civic action in Chicago schools, which means buses will be provided for students and educators to join the rally in Union Park.

RFK Jr. Says Measles Outbreaks Not His Fault: ‘I’ve Never Been Anti-Vaccine’ The HHS secretary, known for spreading disinformation about vaccine safety, falsely claimed people aren’t getting vaccinated because “the government lied to them during COVID.”

New from me: RFK Jr., who has spent decades pushing disinformation about the safety of vaccines, insanely insisted to Congress today he's played no role in fueling the resurgence of measles in the U.S.

"I've never been anti-vaccine." www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-me...

For hours, Democrats pressed Kennedy on the damage he's caused with his anti-vaccine rhetoric.

And for hours, Kennedy said it's not his fault that measles, which was eliminated in the US in 2000, is surging back as he uses his job to cast doubts on vaccines.

“It has nothing to do with me."

A truly insane hearing.

Dem Rep. Debbie Dingell told RFK she's had 7 measles cases in her district in the last 2 weeks.

“I’ve met with the family of one of them," she said. "I said, ‘Why didn’t you get immunized?’ They said, ‘We’re listening to our government. Our government tells us not to.’”

It's almost like they don't want people working against hate groups