Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

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Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Iran Update Special Report, April 20, 2026 US and Iranian delegations will reportedly meet in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second round of talks in the coming days.

"Decapitating" the Iranian regime is having second and third order consequences. Anybody with enough of a brain to listen to their intelligence and diplomatic advisors (weakened as they are) would have known this.
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I hope the takeover of InfoWars by @theonion.com and @timheidecker.bsky.social that resulted from the bankruptcy brought on by Alex Jones’ evil attacks on the victims of Sandy Hook brings you as much joy as it does me.

We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Quite literally Nazi propaganda.

No kidding...

Pulp Fiction Sermons, Raccoon Dicks, and Breaching Protocol The Three Stooges of a Tequila-Soaked, Competence-Allergic Shitshow

“Because what we are dealing with here is what happens when The Hangover and Bachelor Party raw dog in the back of a conversion van at a Nickelback concert, have a baby, and then let that baby be raised by Roseanne Barr and Rob Schneider…”

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So we get multiple conflicting reports, including from Trump himself, that Vance is or is not leading the US delegation for peace talks on Tuesday, then we get multiple reports from Iran state media that they have no plans to attend peace talks on Tues & didn’t know about it.

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

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Damn. 😕🇺🇸

Good morning and happy Sunday to everyone. This replaces a previous post in which I said "if you're right-brained, you will see an elephant. If you're left-brained you will see a donkey." My apologies. I meant to say release all the Epstein files.

Trump post on Truth Social: Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom. That wasn't nice, was it? My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations. Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it. They're helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day! The United States loses nothing. In fact, many Ships are headed, right now, to the U.S., Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to load up, compliments of the IRGC, always wanting to be "the tough guy!" We're offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and ! hope they take it because, if they don't, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They'll come down fast, they'll come down easy and, if they don't take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT'S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Here we go again

Sheinbaum, Lula y Petro cierran filas en Barcelona para revertir el giro a la derecha de América Latina Los líderes latinoamericanos apuestan en la IV Cumbre en Defensa de la Democracia por consolidar una alternativa progresista a los desafíos que entraña Trump y formar un frente común en un año elector...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addresses a meeting of Hispanic left leaders in Barcelona: “The right wing is on the decline. People are realizing that they have no vision or solutions, just hatred and empty slogans. All they’ve brought to the world is war, inflation, inequality, and social division.”

Fox News beta cuck Sean Hannity: “As of today, I no longer consider myself a Catholic.”

Not only selling out your dignity and integrity but also your eternal afterlife for a man who would push you in front of a bus if you got in his way.

Good work.

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Christian Nationalism is a Cult of Convenience

The Iranians are playing this brainsick dullard like a yo-yo.

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.

In the months leading up to the midterm elections, hundreds of accounts have emerged on social media featuring A.I.-generated pro-Trump influencers posting at a rapid pace. Several accounts have already amassed thousands followers. Some of the posts have more than half a million views.

“Part of me is glad he’s wasting his time on bullshit, because it’s less dangerous for rule of law, for the American public,” one official told me, “but it also means we don’t have a real functioning FBI director.”

When a prosecutor finds that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute one of Trump’s enemies after a thorough assessment of the facts and law, he just fires the prosecutor and gets a new one to hack it up. Authoritarianism 101 from Trump’s Gangster Lawless DOJ.

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

As psychopath Trump, his serviles, and the Republican cretins in Congress lie, cheat, and steal to advance their own egos and interests, Earth’s ecosystems are changing faster than climate scientists and oceanographers had estimated.

Kinda feel like a Trump administration that thinks it's in a position to designate an antipope should at least have a minimal understanding of what Scripture is in Scripture? 🤔

Any lip readers in the audience??

God, this is the most amateur hour clown show of an administration.

Shiller's measure of long-term price-earnings ratio suggests stocks are overvalued, at least in historical terms. CAPE is now at levels last seen during the 2000 dot-com bubble