2 dead, 5 hurt after planned fight leads to mass shooting at Winston-Salem park Two people have been confirmed dead after a mass shooting at Leinbach Park in Winston-Salem, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation announced.

Mass shooting in Winston Salem NC kills 2 kids and 8 injured Schools nearby all went on lockdown all day! Not even a blip on the radar really. 😔🤷🏻‍♀️ #NC #NCpol wlos.com/news/local/m...

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social in Barcelona—VERY strong, very elegant. Going worldwide to unite progressives, defend democracy, crush corruption. That’s leadership. Some people do rallies for themselves. Chris is building alliances for the free world. Smart, tough, bold. We LOVE to see it.

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

The US is one kegger away from disaster.
From the cabinet to the courts incompetence and alcohol reigns.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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I can't get out of my mind something a cab driver said to me in Belfast last week:

"There's something about America I can't understand. It's a country with so much potential and so many good people in it. How could such a terrible man get elected twice to run it?'

Take a moment and watch this until the end.

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.

Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House Pontiff denounces leaders who invoke religion to justify war, after US bishops offer him support after Vance remarks

Pope Leo XIV: “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ | Pope Leo XIV | The Guardian

Really sickening. They are complicit in Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing. I’m so sick of Dems who abandon human rights when the matter has anything to do with Israel.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

Trump's latest Fox interview raises new 'dementia' concerns: 'Nothing but grandpa moments' President Donald Trump sparked another round of concerns about his cognitive health with a disordered interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.The president shrugged off Chinese aggression, to...

The issue of his dementia will never take hold if the Washington press corps keeps ignoring it. That said, if the press corps does focus on it, that’s Trump done. It would be a sign of elites throwing him under the bus. We might expect that after the midterms.

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Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

Insane!

“.. Inflation was coming down in the United States — and then Trump’s tariffs happened.”

@heathmayo.bsky.social

A lot of people complaining about how Democrats aren't in the majority, and that's all true enough, but there are actually going to be two votes on Wednesday to block weapons and you should in fact press Schumer and Gillibrand (and everyone else) to vote for them.

Just a reminder that we’re being ruled by monsters.

Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the White House. Photo: Jim Watson via Getty Images

Mehdi Hasan: “Prominent right-wing conservative Christians are saying this is blasphemy — why would he post this?

And it's like it took you 11 yrs to work out what the rest of us realized on day 1 — that he’s the most unchristian, anti-religious, amoral, immoral man to ever run for the presidency”

Racism is one helluva lethal drug, tho:

The message left by Pope Leo XIV in the guestbook of the Great Mosque of Algiers: “May the mercy of the Most High keep the noble Algerian people and the entire human family in peace and freedom.”

Hillary Clinton "This is hard work. You don't just show up in Islamabad, talk for a bunch of hours, and go away. This is hard, disciplined effort that has to go into diplomacy to reach any results. And I don't see this admin either wanting to do it or, frankly, being capable of doing"

Marge not holding back

No more debate—just a historical fact. This presidency isn’t a failure; it’s a collapse. Record incompetence, zero accountability, and damage that will outlive the term. Worst. President. Ever.

First Canada
Then Australia
Then South Korea

Now Hungary

Next — America

Fascism is failing - democracy is winning

Barring a massive boots on the ground commitment, he’s correct bsky.app/profile/whst...

Agreed.

chart of daily transits through the Strait of Hormuz.

If anyone believes that the impacts from this shock to the fossil fuel supply can be ameliorated before the end of the summer doesn't understand how the appreciate the complexity of the global energy system.

Oil tankers travel at the speed of a bicycle as they traverse the globe.

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

A regime of idiots: A complete inventory of Trump stooges They will remain, festering, awaiting the next opportunity for soul-selling.

"While the end point is unclear, Trump’s would-be dictatorship is politically broken. And as Trump’s mental and physical dissipation increases by the day, it’s increasingly important to focus on the network of stooges that have built and sustained his regime." — @davidrlurie.com

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran

NEW: Ratcliffe told Trump that Bibi's war with Iran proposal was "farcical." Rubio chimed in and called it "bullshit." General Caine said it was an "over-sell." Vance said it would cause chaos and untold numbers of casualties. Cheung said people didn't vote for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

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