I wonder who could be propagating these lies.....
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Immigration officer is charged with assault after protest outside Colorado ICE facility, DA says A Colorado district attorney has charged an immigration agent after a protester was seen being held in a chokehold during demonstrations against the detention of an immigrant father and two children.

A Colorado prosecutor said Wednesday that an immigration officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into the treatment of a protester seen being put into a chokehold.

Peptides, explained: Answers to your top questions Catching you up on the flood online information

And another excellent -- and very well documented -- column today on #peptides

Peptides, explained: Answers to your top questions
by @kkjetelina.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Washington is pretending to look busy with phony investigations—but don't let them distract you from the cover-up.

The Epstein files remain hidden, and Pam Bondi still hasn’t appeared for questioning.

No hearings. No deposition date. No answers.

Kennedy’s perplexing peptide passion Just three years ago, the FDA stated that peptides “present significant safety risks” - cancer, and liver, kidney and heart problems.

Another excellent column today by @garyschw.bsky.social

Kennedy’s perplexing #peptide passion

Wellness woowoo steering a federal health policy flip-flop
garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/the-perple...

It's the new math. 🙄 🤡

Hope John Roberts, who assured us that absolute immunity would prevent presidents from going after their predecessors, sees this

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.

Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

This indictment really is absurd. Trump’s DOJ and FBI are accusing the SPLC of sponsoring far-right extremism instead of combating it. Even though the FBI worked with SPLC to combat extremism until last year.

The indictment is ridiculous.

This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.

One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.

Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

Vermont prevails in multistate lawsuit over gender-affirming care for minors - VTDigger “We will continue to fight to ensure that gender-affirming care remains safe, effective, and protected,” said Attorney General Charity Clark.

“We will continue to fight to ensure that gender-affirming care remains safe, effective, and protected,” said Attorney General Charity Clark.

Vermont prevails in multistate lawsuit over gender-affirming care for minors
vtdigger.org/2026/04/21/v...

Flu spreads efficiently especially in close quarters like military troop lodging facilities. If you are in the military you are required to get several vaccines because of how devastating outbreaks can be to troops and also because they are more likely be targeted by agents of biological warfare.

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges related to past use of paid informants The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges related to its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

The apparent theory here--SPLC was defrauding donors by paying right-wing extremist org informants, and also took completely legal steps for obscuring the money trail for very obvious reasons on this totally legal thing to do--is ludicrous even by the notoriously malleable standard for wire fraud.

Hormuz disruption raises risk of global food shock, traders warn World ‘on borrowed time’ to avert crisis as higher gas prices squeeze fertiliser production

Hormuz disruption raises risk of global food shock, traders warn ft.trib.al/CLwvbw2

Shining a bright spotlight on those snakes in the #GRAS 👏 👊

New York passes sweeping food chemical reform law
per @cspinet.org
www.cspi.org/statement/ne...

"Court documents show Trump knew he was going to tear down the East Wing at least two months before doing so, but he never told the public."

Companies already have to collect this information, so what’s the big deal about disclosing it. Makes you wonder what they’ve got to hide.

RFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.

loyalty to the family is everything . ALT: loyalty to the family is everything .

Good grief.

"President Donald Trump said he’d remember companies that decline to seek refunds on duties paid after the Supreme Court struck down a large swath of his tariffs."

news.bloomberglaw.com/internationa...

Opiate Alkaloids on Poppy Seeds Opiate Alkaloids on Poppy Seeds

"Let me bring you love from the field: poppies red and roses filled with summer rain..."

Songs from the Wood
youtu.be/z4UYX2qpUK0?...

Opiate Alkaloids on Poppy Seeds
www.fda.gov/food/natural...

WTF is "biblical masculinity" ?

Trump Attacks the Pope for His Old Tweets I read the Pope's entire Twitter history, and here's what I found

Donald Trump has mocked the Pope, insulted him, militarily threatened him, and is now digging into his old Tweets to attack him some more.

I read the Pope's entire Twitter history, and this is what I found — including what scares Trump the most about Pope Leo.

a stop sign with a clown in a car next to it ALT: a stop sign with a clown in a car next to it

Trump and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event
apnews.com/article/trum...

Retail sales up 1.7% in March from February driven by a spike in gas prices due to the Iran war Shoppers accelerated their spending in March from February, but they spent most of their money at the gas pump.

Shoppers accelerated their spending in March from February, but they spent most of their money at the gas pump.

Disqualifying

a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying `` yea ok '' . ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying `` yea ok '' .

"Kevin Warsh told senators at his confirmation hearing that he would be “strictly independent” on decisions related to interest rates and that he was unbothered by President Trump’s calls for lower borrowing costs."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

I remember the Vietnam War well. Trump should too — we're the same age.

I was too short to serve and lost good friends in the war. Trump pretended to have bone spurs.

That war was characterized by lies, arrogance, and stupidity.

What's happening in Iran is starting to feel a lot like Vietnam.

The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have...

The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan

by @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/seba...

"Nearly a year ago, Gorka declared a national #counterterrorism strategy “imminent.”

"To date, no strategy has appeared, and no explanation for the delay."

The State of the World’s Human Rights: April 2026
@amnesty.org
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Amnesty International paints a grim picture In its 2025/2026 report, the human rights watchdog Amnesty International calls out the "predatory behavior of the powerful" and calls for action to defend the global order.

In its 2025/2026 report, the human rights watchdog @amnestyuk.bsky.social calls out the "predatory behavior of the powerful" and calls for action to defend the global order.
www.dw.com/en/amnesty-i...