Rising Fuel Costs And Falling Demand Spur Canada’s Airlines To Cut US Routes Amid rising jet fuel prices and lower demand from Canadians to travel to the U.S., airlines are cutting back on flights between the two countries.

Amid rising jet fuel prices and lower demand from Canadians to travel to the U.S., airlines are cutting back on flights between the two countries.

"FBI: Most Wasted" YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Thank you, Stephen Colbert
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White House Is in Full Panic Mode as Trump Doubles Down on Iran War Chief of Staff Susie Wiles reportedly called a crisis meeting with Republican strategists to discuss the midterms.

White House Is in Full Panic Mode as Trump Doubles Down on Iran War

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles reportedly called a crisis meeting with Republican strategists to discuss the midterms.

Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concerns

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

BREAKING: The Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

Stanford: Protect student privacy — reject DOJ demands for admissions data The Trump Administration is attempting to coerce Stanford Medical School into releasing sensitive admissions data that could compromise student privacy. While Stanford is not yet under a court order t...

Urge Stanford to reject the DOJ's demands for sensitive personal information about Stanford Medical School students:

Please sign & share the petition:
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Mike Johnson set to speak at Trump's Freedom 250 / Rededicate 250, "rededicating our country as One Nation under God." Christian nationalist hijack of America's birthday sponsored by Mastercard and United Airlines, among 15 companies.

Don’t forget that Trump threatened to wipe out an entire civilization in Iran.

Congress has tools to rein in this president.

But nothing will happen until Republicans grow a spine and work with Democrats to stand up to him.

I wrote about Trump’s collapsing coalition.

Amnesty International calls on states to stop predatory, anti-rights order from taking hold in pivotal moment for humanity The world is on the brink of a perilous new era, Amnesty International warned upon launching its State of the World’s Human Rights report.

Today, Amnesty International releases our State of the World's Human Rights report – warning the world is on the brink of a perilous new era.

If leaders won’t hold themselves to account, we will.

Read the report:
amnesty.ca/press-releases/state-of-human-rights-report-2025-2026/

Get used to higher gas prices this year Researchers and analysts don't see a quick drop even if the Iran war ends soon.

Trump has done major damage to the economy and that's not going away.

Economists warn that the higher prices Trump created will remain for a long time.

www.axios.com/2026/04/21/g...

Protect Week Day 2: Everyday Scams

If someone is pressuring you to act fast, stop. That’s how many scams start.

Becky Zick, Deputy Director of the Mediation Unit in our Consumer Protection Division, breaks down common scams targeting older adults and what to watch for.

#ProtectWeek

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Spike Lee is rockin’ the Pope Leo jersey for tonight’s game. 🏀 TikTok video by New York Post Sports

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The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have...

“This is the moment for the Trump administration to demonstrate that it recognizes the stakes. In counterterrorism, inattention can be deadly.” @hannahallam.bsky.social

AI MAGA girl

This MAGA girl in your social feeds? She's AI-generated, cooked up by a scammer. @ejdickson.bsky.social has the goods:

www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

Let's sum up Trump's tariffs.

1) They were illegal and also corrupt and arbitrary.
2) They did real damage to economy, esp farmers, small business.
3) Lutnick cheerled them while his spawn prepared to $$.
4) Corps (& some small businesses) finally getting refunds.
5) Consumers will get squat.

The hidden power keeping wages low For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality. n.pr/4e0RHRi

Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

Since when would it be a criminal issue bringing attention from the DOJ even if a legit nonprofit were seen to be "unfair" to right-wing organizations?

Israeli soldiers and settlers kill 11 Palestinians across Gaza/West Bank

Israeli soldiers and settlers kill 11 Palestinians across Gaza/West Bank https://aje.news/ngyuez

Read the Co-Chairs' statement on the resignation of Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam war.

www.latimes.com/politics/la-...

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

“The Great Migration” Lydia Polgreen, Opinion columnist for The New York Times, has been trying to make sense of our current era of anti-migration. “If there was a zero hour, it came in 2015, when more than a million migra...

Incredibly proud and humbled to receive the Hillman Prize for my work on global migration. www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

This coming from a guy who received five draft deferments during the Vietnam era, including one medical deferment that was attributed to “bone spurs” in his heels.

When Donald Trump gave Live Nation-Ticketmaster the green light to keep overcharging fans, guess who stepped up?

State Attorneys General. Jurors. Everyday people who are tired of getting scammed by giant companies.

This is how we win.

Edmond seeks to remove charter mandate that targeted Black candidates Edmond City Council moves closer to removing a 'freeholder' requirement for candidates, a policy tied to racist housing restrictions.

In the city charter, there is a requirement that anyone running for office must be a "freeholder": "someone who owns a property and the land it sits on." This part of Edmond's legacy from its decades as a sundown town.

Hopefully the removal process is quick.

www.oklahoman.com/story/news/l...

As fuel prices soar, climate leaders urge Democrats to equate clean energy with affordability “I don’t think they’ve grasped the political opportunity yet.”

Democrats should get louder in championing clean energy’s affordability and resilience from global shocks, according to some of the party’s leading voices on the climate.

From our friends at @theguardian.com: