“Iran has not publicly confirmed its participation in more talks…
Iran [said they] would not attend under “the shadow of threats” — an apparent reference to Mr. Trump’s vow to target Iranian power plants and civilian infrastructure if a deal isn’t reached.”
Pay 💰
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
Arrogance vs Opacity
“Trump is impulsive and temperamental; Iran’s leadership is stubborn and tenacious,” said Robert Malley, who negotiated with the Iranians in the lead-up to the 2015 nuclear deal…”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...
Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.
He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).
Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.
And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.
Remember this.
Here’s the sculpture:
Governor Tim Walz — "We are sick of this. A weak, reckless, Idiotic president just threw us into a war nobody asked for. No threat existed. No objectives were set. No exit plan exists. This is pure fascism." #cdnpoli
@suzzisulli.bsky.social Three?
I took this photo in NYC of a man walking a trio of dachshunds and did a climate story in 2010.
www.frankejames.com/what-can-one...
Continued
“It gives more freedom to all the other wannabe autocrats round the world to use that sort of language and those sort of tactics, targeting civilian infrastructure and civilians in a way that completely breaches international law.”
““The idea suddenly that it is OK to say, ‘We are going to blow stuff up, we are going to bomb you back to the stone ages, destroy your civilisation’ – normalising that kind of language is really dangerous.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
"If [Trump] can't be impeached and removed—I mean he is literally the nightmare that the framers of the Constitution had in mind—If members of Congress can't carry out that obligation, then what's the point to Article I? What's the point to the whole Constitution? We might as well just give up."
Money-making war machine?
“Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, said that continuing the war “benefits no one,”[but war profiteers. He] followed up with a post saying that there was “deep historical mistrust” looming over the upcoming talks.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
“The US has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression.
“Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to [USA] have become weaknesses. Weaknesses that we must correct.” PM Carney, 🇨🇦
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Photo of album cover of Aretha Franklin in middle age singing
Listening to American 🇺🇸 Aretha Franklin sing, 🎶 “You make me feel like a natural woman” I think of her incredible resilience. She had her first baby when she was only 12 and another at 14. But in her song you just hear joy!
Siwash Rock, Stanley Park in Vancouver BC January 2017
Haunting
Relax, Trump is looking into it! 🥺🥴🥵
“Many of the cases involve work in high‑security fields such as nuclear technology, aerospace systems, and classified defense research—areas tightly protected because of their strategic importance to national defense.”
Capilano Suspension Bridge May 2018 Three tall trees reach to the sky
Three tall trees reach to the sky
Operation Epstein Files also works🐸
Mike Waltz has a freudian slip and calls Operation Epic Fury "Operation Economic Fury"
Canvas created by Franke James. from her story ‘What can one person do?’ https://www.frankejames.com/what-can-one-person-do/
@madtergardener.bsky.social
You might enjoy this. I took the photo in NYC of a man walking 3 dachshunds and did a story in 2010.
www.frankejames.com/what-can-one...
YAY,To President Obama, And
Mayor Mamdani......
NEWS: Top military leaders kept Trump out of situation room due to concerns about erratic behavior.
Trump muses about awarding himself Medal of Honor.
Mass shooting leaves eight children dead, youngest being one.
Trump threatens war crimes again.
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Bridge in Stanley Park 2019 Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦
Bridge, not over troubled waters
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"This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes - because it's not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin." -Hillary Clinton Warned Nine Years Ago Trump's Thin Skin Would Lead America Into a War
Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Pushes Back After [Bully] Trump Announces New Round of 💣 Talks www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
What organization?
What country do you live in?
