"Becoming"

Jerusalem Post: Despite a “ceasefire” the IDF is giving orders to open fire on everyone in Southern Lebanon trying to go home — “Even if the person is unarmed… based on the idea that there are no civilians left in Southern Lebanon.”

www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

We can’t trust Palantir with our NHS data Is this really the company we should be entrusting with our health service’s digital architecture?

"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere."

tinyurl.com/3ejuyv89

The DOJ is now 122 days overdue to release the Epstein files.

3 warning signs for Republicans in our new poll: From the Politics Desk Plus, Republicans weigh how big to go on their next party-line funding bill.

New: Republicans weigh how big to go on their next party-line funding bill

THUNE & party leaders want a “skinny” bill limited to ICE & Border Patrol funds.

Others say go bigger: CRUZ (tax cuts), Kennedy (SAVE Act provisions), Tuberville (Iran war $$).

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Trump invokes Cold War law in move to boost energy supply His use of the Defense Production Act comes amid high gasoline prices during the Iran war.

President Trump said today he'll use a Cold War-era national security law to try and bolster domestic production of motor fuels and electricity.

hmmm…

Thanks for the education.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

He’s actually becoming the Chairman of Apple, isn’t that a step up?

Scary shit

Ex-CIA Analyst Claims Trump Sought to Invoke Nuclear Codes Against Iran Before General Caine Intervened A retired CIA analyst claims Trump attempted to use nuclear codes against Iran, but the allegation remains unverified. The claim adds tension to ongoing US-Iran negotiations.

Ex-CIA Analyst Claims Trump Sought to Invoke Nuclear Codes Against Iran Before General Caine Intervened | IBTimes UK www.ibtimes.co.uk/ex-cia-analy...

No, he’s becoming Emperor of Apple.

Haunted by ‘Dark Thoughts,’ Louisiana Father Kills 8 Children

If this man had murdered eight strangers the story would lead every news outlet. But because they are his children, it's "family violence," "domestic violence" -- undeserving of the same attention. Even though this violence is much more common
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

When your splendid little war of choice is going exactly as you hoped and you are definitely in control of the situation, that is when you send out multiple long defensive screeds on social media.

Distrust, dishonesty and Trump's elusive Iran deal "He doesn't want to fight anymore. But he will if he feels he has to."

Trump wants the war to end, now, on his terms.

But there's only 1 day left before the ceasefire expires, Iran still controls Hormuz, and the sides have been unable to even set a meeting.

The war may therefore be on the precipice of a massive expansion.

This is a good moment in @donmoyn.bsky.social's dive into the tech broligarchs: They keep talking about the "west" in order to feel like world-historical sages but they're just echoing warmed over white nationalist inanitites at this point:

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

Sure, big guy. Sure. Keep telling yourself that.

Chart showing fall in GDP per person caused by Brexit

The economic damage caused by Brexit may be almost double the 4% impact assumed by the OBR, the Resolution Foundation has revealed.

Trump is starting to echo the language he hears daily from his sycophants who are telling him how great everything is going

Never in my life would I have thought that when the nukes finally start flying, it would be because a dementia-riddled, narcissistic, billionaire sociopath is trying to distract us from his numerous crimes against children. Who would’ve thought that.

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

The DEAL that we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA, commonly referred to as “The Iran Nuclear Deal,” penned by Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the Worst Deals ever made having to do with the Security of our Country. It was a guaranteed Road to a Nuclear Weapon, which will not, and cannot, happen with the Deal we’re working on. They actually gave $1.7 Billion Dollars in “GREEN” Cash, loaded into a Boeing 757, and flown to Iran for Iranian leadership to spend anyway they saw fit. He emptied out all of the Cash from Banks in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. Those Bankers said they’ve never seen anything like it before. In addition, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was paid to Iran. If I did not terminate that “Deal,” Nuclear Weapons would have been used on Israel, and all over the Middle East, including our cherished U.S. Military Bases. The Fake News, like Lightweight Washington Post “Journalist” David Ignatius, loves to talk about the JCPOA, knowing that it was DANGEROUS, and a Complete Embarrassment to our Country. If a Deal happens under “TRUMP,” it will guarantee Peace, Security, and Safety, not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for Europe, America, and everywhere else. It will be something that the entire World will be proud of, instead of the years of Embarrassment and Humiliation that we have been forced to suffer due to incompetent and cowardly leadership! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump: "The DEAL that we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA, commonly referred to as 'The Iran Nuclear Deal,' penned by Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the Worst Deals ever made having to do with the Security of our Country."

"Not one of these companies can say with any clarity where their multi-million-dollar donations to Donald Trump’s library slush fund are, or where they will go."

-Elizabeth Warren, to me, in this piece:

"If [Trump] can't be impeached and removed—I mean he is literally the nightmare that the framers of the Constitution had in mind—If members of Congress can't carry out that obligation, then what's the point to Article I? What's the point to the whole Constitution? We might as well just give up."

Trump's plan for a presidential library, a monstrosity in Miami, combines many of the worst aspects of his imperial presidency all in one project:

newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Trump prison camp federal court ruling excoriates Trump Admin for "clear failure" to follow the law "in purchasing a large warehouse in Williamsport MD built to hold cargo and seeking to quickly convert it into a detention facility to house human beings..."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Israeli Soldier in Lebanon Sledgehammered a Statue of Jesus

This is nothing new. Palestinian Christians are in Gaza and West Bank. Israel occupies them, implements apartheid policies, and bombs their churches.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...

GOP lawyer Joe diGenova, now running Trump’s “Grand Conspiracy” probe, said Bondi had “nixed” him from the role

GOP lawyer Joe diGenova, now running Trump’s “Grand Conspiracy” probe, said earlier this month that Pam Bondi had “nixed” him from the role
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/gop...