...How patriotic they are. I draw parallels with the Battle of Britain & people defending their homes & homeland. An invading force like Russia is, that’s not the same as defending your homeland.” www.twz.com/44965/u-s-f-...
F-15 Eagle Driver On What It Is Like Flying Against Ukraine’s Fighter Pilots: An F-15 pilot's firsthand account of how Ukrainian fighter crews' performance in training made it no surprise they have kept Russia at bay.
..."I don’t think everyone realizes how much these people love their country...
Marie-Thérèse's son said his story "was like a bad American film. Every morning I wake up and tell myself none of it is true, that it was just a nightmare". www.bbc.com/news/article...
Last week, in his first public appearance as acting attorney general, he lied again when he insisted the Justice Department was not focused on going after Trump’s political enemies. #Corruption www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) told reporters Monday her panel has been giving “technical assistance” to Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) right wing panel while lamenting the breakdown in the appropriations process as she wants it to appear both ways, as usual. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
"More than ever, I’m hearing concerns from foreign officials that critical information about geopolitical dynamics is simply not reaching the president because his aides won’t tell him hard truths." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
"Members of Congress dropped in unannounced. Rep. Analita Grijalva talks about what she saw on a surprise inspection of the facility." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
"Clearly, Herod is not the only one wrong in the Acts passage. Also wrong are the people who likened him to a god. It was not two weeks ago that Paula White, a spiritual adviser to Trump, told him he was just like Jesus." www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
"Egypt wants to increase the share of electricity coming from renewables in its grid from around 10% today to 45% in just the next two years. And it can’t happen without help from Beijing."
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"The UAE is not alone. Since Feb. 28, the first day of the war, press freedom organizations have documented crackdowns across the Gulf as governments sought to manage the visual narrative of attacks in a region seen as a safe haven." www.semafor.com/article/04/1...
114 years ago, the #Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 PM. 2 hours 40 mins later, it went to the bottom of the Atlantic.
"Forbes estimates Trump’s net worth is now $6.3 billion, soaring 60% from before he returned to office, a striking development given how much the Trump Organization struggled before. The problem of conflicts of interest goes back a decade to when Trump first ran for office..." #Corruption
"The value of World Liberty’s primary token, known as WLFI, has lost 74% of its value since August, and as of Monday it was trading at around 8 cents." www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
“We do really try to emphasize that this is a conservative estimate. There are lots of additional costs that just simply aren't quantifiable. We really tried to follow where there was actually data available to quantify the costs.” www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
"In his first year, the EPA lost and forced out employees at more than twice the rate of other agencies, bringing staffing to a “40-year low,” with disproportionate losses of staffers with doctorate degrees and people working on public health." newrepublic.com/article/2089...
Eric Swalwell to resign from Congress following sexual assault allegations
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Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on Monday announced his plans to resign from Congress following calls from lawmakers on…
Meanwhile, Trump's WH has been pedaling back American commitment to green energy - last week it reversed a key scientific ruling that supports all federal action to curb emissions.
So Beijing finds itself in an unexpected position: at the helm of a renewables revolution. www.bbc.com/news/resourc...
Trans troops said “highly trained professionals have been removed from positions with little planning, leaving their teams short-handed. When they disappeared from their jobs, they stayed on DOD books for months unable to be replaced and being paid to do nothing.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
“Every day that Republicans stand in the way of Democratic efforts to end this war,” Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said Thursday, “is another day that they own the chaos, the bloodshed and the economic volatility that has resulted.” www.ms.now/news/democra...
"Tests of intelligence and brain function showed the same results whether or not people drank fluoridated water growing up, a highly anticipated, long-term study found." www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting
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In a devastating blow that exposes the true horror of Putin’s failing invasion, Russia has suffered a staggering 89,000 soldiers killed or seriously wounded in the first three months of 2026 alone.
Robert Rowley ty for sharing
#Stunday Yellowstone national park fall
Good question! The Artemis II crew successfully completed a 10-day mission around the Moon, setting a new distance record for human space travel. They tested the Orion spacecraft's systems and conducted a lunar flyby, paving the way for future Artemis missions.
Having Artemis II withdrawal symptoms? This is the 56th anniversary of Apollo 13 and you can listen "live." The accident will happen less than 12 hours from now... late evening US time, early morning UK time. apolloinrealtime.org/13/
"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." ~ Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
Born on this day in 1923 was actor, comedian and director, Don Adams. Don was best known as Maxwell Smart in the situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970), which he also sometimes directed and wrote. He was also the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo (1963–66) and Inspector Gadget (1983–86). #OnThisDay #botd
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
—Thomas Jefferson
Front side of Thomas Jefferson's gravestone "HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FATHER OF THE UMIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
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Interesting fact about Jefferson is that there is no mention of being President on his gravestone. He wrote his own epitaph and supposedly he disliked the position of President and preferred to be known for what he created in his lifetime.
