Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam war.

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

It's funny how every once in a while his decaying brain fires a few neurons and it'll always be
1) pure, unfiltered, Id
And
2) the kind of skeleton key to Boomer grievances that historians would otherwise spend decades trying to prove but nope he just said it out loud explicitly.

Why America is falling out of love with Israel Public opinion and elite sentiment has turned decisively against Netanyahu

Ed Luce: "There should be no mystery why younger Americans are as pro-Palestinian today as their forebears were once pro-Israeli. Rabin staked his life on peace. What will posterity say of Netanyahu?" My column on why America is falling out of love with Israel. www.ft.com/content/353e...

How the math works on a $1.75 trillion SpaceX valuation Elon Musk’s SpaceX is seeking a $1.75 trillion valuation in its forthcoming initial public offering. How far into the stratosphere is that?

Wild math:

"SpaceX would carry a price-to-revenue multiple of 56 and a price-to-EBITDA multiple of 109. Tesla which Musk also leads, is valued at 12 times expected revenue and 79 times EBITDA."

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products. n.pr/3Ovl8k8

Trump's war hurt the US but helped China as NY Times reports: "China appears poised to profit from high energy prices and depressed oil inventories caused by the war, as countries turn to it, warily, for the renewable energy technology they need to replace fossil fuels." (Plus Trump helped Russia)

This is your fault, Martha’s Vineyard dinner party hosts. If only you had been as nice as the people on Epstein Island, this poor beleaguered man would still be cited on Fox News as “even liberal Alan Dershowitz.” But not anymore. You just had to take it too far.

We have an OK Corral style shootout in the middle of urban America and it's just another day that ends with y thanks to the Republicans and their gun policy.

Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...

New reporting shows the election denial movement isn’t on the outside looking in anymore—it’s now embedded in the machinery of government.

Over the past several years, billionaires + right-wing foundations poured tens of millions into building that infrastructure. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

There is no greater fraud than this cross Atlantic attempt to silence students who have no power while ensuring people with power can speak without criticism. That's what this is all about. Protecting power and gaslighting us that it is about protecting speech.

German central bank chief calls for wide access to Anthropic's Mythos German central bank chief Joachim Nagel called ​on Tuesday for all institutions to have access to Anthropic's artificial intelligence model Mythos ‌to keep the playing field even and to avoid it being misused.

German central bank chief calls for wide access to Anthropic's Mythos reut.rs/4cSkKFz

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

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

These schools want to get public funding while also REJECTING 4-YEAR OLDS because their parents are gay or transgender, just to be clear

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...

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

BBC Investigation: “Some analysts say it bears the hallmarks of illegal insider trading.”

Break Up the Big Court The federal court suffers simultaneously from lawless leadership and chronic understaffing. Let's fix both problems at once.

“The Roberts Court, supine and submissive as it is to its Caesar of choice, will suddenly rediscover its constitutional role again the moment the White House changes the color of the drapes.” www.liberalcurrents.com/break-up-the...

Trump says talks to take place Tuesday, as Iran says it has ‘no plans’ to attend US president says he's optimistic on prospects for deal, threatens to blow up bridges and power plants if Tehran doesn't agree to demands; Netanyahu says war is ‘not over yet’

“A senior Israeli official admitted that it is impossible to gain a full read on Trump’s intentions, saying, “If we put Trump’s statements into ChatGPT, it will implode.”

www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-u...

Browsing this company's website and the only way I can describe what I'm seeing is imagine a school shooter was a management consultant

Record US drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices The contiguous United States is experiencing record drought levels for this time of year, according to weather data.

US drought sparks worries

The biggest concern is around agriculture and then food prices. If America has a poor crop year because of the drought, it could be a global problem, as a strong El Nino often reduces crop yield in other places, such as India.

apnews.com/article/drou...

The Weird, Twisting Tale of How China Spied on Alysa Liu and Her Dad Years before the figure skater became an Olympic superstar, a Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and monitored other US residents deemed dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.

Years before the figure skater became an Olympic superstar, a Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and monitored other US residents deemed dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning. www.wired.com/story/the-we...

If you’re looking for an example of technofascism this is it: Palantir’s manifesto.
See also my article on technofascism link.springer.com/article/10.1...

North Korea conducts ballistic missile tests: KCNA Supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the Sunday launches follow other recent weapon tests including ballistic missiles, anti-warship cruise missiles and cluster munitions.

North Korea has test-fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles, the government news agency reported Monday, the latest in a recent flurry of launches by the nuclear-armed state.

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04...

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

Climate science pals: How much methane abatement would be needed to reduce the risk of AMOC collapse to a tolerable level (e.g. <1-5%)? How much carbon dioxide abatement? Could you use those two results to define an exchange rate between CH4 and CO2, like a GWP but specific to this tipping point?

Key U.S. Ally Delivers Scathing Review of Trump’s America “The U.S. has changed, and we must respond,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declared.

“The U.S. has changed, and we must respond,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declared.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

Traders placed over $1 billion in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Damn. She doesn’t mince words 💥

“JD Vance telling our Pope to be very careful about speaking about theology. It’s a veiled threat. These guys are thugs and murderers.”

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

(Reuters) - European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

MAGA influencers in your stream: Fakes.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...