AOC is all sensible Americans right now, Americans who have completely lost patience with the wildly incompetent, lying loons currently running things who undermine our sanity, wealth, and wellbeing.
MADELEINE DEAN: Beyond Adfin, what other financial ties do you have with Jeffrey Epstein?
LUTNICK: As I said, I'm gonna answe---
DEAN: You're the Commerce Secretary. We have a right to ask this question and get it answered
Republicans in April 2026:
Why is GDP growth poor: Biden
Why is the debt exploding: Biden
Why is inflation up: Biden
Why is gas so high? Biden
Why are we at war with Iran: Obama
Why are groceries high? Biden
Why are you talking about a $1.5T military budget: Biden
over at the newsletter I wrote about the White House Correspondents Association dinner, and the pitiful complicity of our broken brunchlord access press
SCOOP: Palantir's 22-point manifesto is alarming even its own employees—but it's just the latest move by leadership that's incensed workers.
More on the internal dissent growing inside the company:
wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/
🗞️ My new #GetWithThePOgram Substack post!
There is something deeply infuriating about Mike Johnson’s moment of silence after a tragic preventable mass shooting in the town where he was born - Shreveport, Louisiana.
pomurray1.substack.com/p/mike-johns...
@newtownaction.org
The infiltration continues: “USDA and Palantir sign $300 million software purchase agreement” 4/22/26 www.reuters.com/business/usd...
И в чем он не прав ?? Свободный интернет и свобода слова умирает в России. Мы превращаемся в пародию КНДр или даже хуже
Russians debating Pavel Durov criticizing the blocking of VPN apps by Apple in Russia.
This in a chat that usually discusses the Ukraine war.
“And in what is he wrong?? The free internet and freedom of speech are dying in Russia. We are turning into a parody of North Korea or even worse.”
DeLAURO: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs the US lost per day during the first year of President Trump's second term?
LUTNICK: I don't know
DeLAURO: More than 100 per day. This isn't a trade policy that delivers for working people.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta tells @macfarlanenews.bsky.social the proposed merger between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. is under active investigation—and “not a done deal.”
Bonta says there are “red flags everywhere.”
The state will decide within a few weeks if it will sue.
"The indictment is a grotesque attempt to recast white people as real victims of racism. In the DOJ’s telling, advocates who spent decades dismantling the Klan are its secret benefactors, 'enriching' themselves by secretly creating racism — something in such short supply it can only be generated."
Disappointed to see an org I was so involved with for so many years taking nearly $500k in blood money from ICE. Seriously disappointed with SANS today.
I get that the economy is bad and sales are hurting. But taking money from ICE is *a choice*
sam.gov/workspace/co...
Last week we revealed Indian companies had shipped more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa over the past three years – where the opioids had not been approved by regulators. Not read the investigation yet? You can find all of the data here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...
A 16-year-old boy charged with killing a man in Brighton Park has three separate gun arrests in his background, prosecutors said Tuesday.
cwbchicago.com/2026/04/16-y...
Quite a day at O’Hare.
Customs agents searching luggage seized a dead monkey and 125 pounds of beef that separate travelers were trying to smuggle into the country from Africa.
cwbchicago.com/2026/04/dead...
A takeover robbery at a downtown diner left one man hospitalized overnight.
Four victims, including patrons, were targeted.
After the holdup, the crew moved on to rob a convenience store in Logan Square.
cwbchicago.com/2026/04/take...
🚨New research reveals how two sophisticated surveillance actors exploited the global telecom ecosystem and, for the first time, directly links combined 3G and 4G network attacks to mobile operator infrastructure. citizenlab.ca/research/unc...
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How well do you really understand what's happening inside a Kerberos exchange? In our latest blog, @codewhisperer84.bsky.social breaks down the full authentication flow and demonstrates how to interact with every stage using the Titanis toolset. Read it now! trustedsec.com/blog/kerbero...
The American people want immigration reform.
Republicans backed away from a deal so Donald Trump could campaign on chaos.
Now our hospitals and schools are understaffed and in limbo—when great immigrant talent is ready to serve.
“They said we will separate your head from your shoulders”
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil spoke about threats from Israel before they ultimately just killed her, then bombed rescuers.
The timeline of her murder: today.lorientlejour.com/article/1504...
Damn
WATCH — @pabloreports.bsky.social : “Who do you think Trump should fire next?”
🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “Is he out of women? Trump only seems to have the capability to fire female secretaries. If you’re a man in the Trump administration, it seems that they reward misconduct.”
New by me - Microsoft Vibing. A very strange fake open source project published by Microsoft employees, which gathers screenshots and voice recordings of users with unique machine identifiers attached. Not sure how this one has happened.
doublepulsar.com/microsoft-vi...
Donald Trump ordered the US Navy to destroy any boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and to expand mine clearing operations at a “tripled up level.” #US
Ukrainian forces have eliminated 6 Russian troops, 2 motorcycles, and communication antennas near Kostiantynivka. The strikes by the 44th Mechanized Brigade come as Russian advances in the area slow but have not fully stopped. #Ukraine
❗️EU has adopted its 20th sanctions package targeting Russian oil transport, shadow fleet vessels, and sanction evasion networks. The measures add 117 individuals and 60 entities, restrict maritime services, and tighten export controls linked to Russia’s military industry. #EU
Dutch Defense Minister Yeşilgöz-Zegerius welcomed the €90 billion EU package for Ukraine, calling it “decisive on the battlefield” after months of negotiations and political disputes before final approval. #Ukraine
