‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

Kind of struck by how the VA redraw was *extremely* brazen compared to CA

Going from 43-9 to 48-4 is really kind of minor compared to going from 6-5 to 10-1

CA went from 82% —> 92% D seats
VA went from 55% —> 91% D seats

And they released the map in advance! It was kind of insane! lmao

Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.

Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Her platform already being palatable to someone as far right as Liz Cheney is not making the point you think it's making.

Slop

You want inputs? We got ‘em.

You want outputs? Go to hell. Don’t be a cuck.

This is a choice.

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world The documents show the fallout for the US in Bahrain, Indonesia and Azerbaijan as it struggles to catch up with pro-Iran messaging.

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world

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today, in statistical findings that really should not surprise you and if they do, I'd perform some serious reflection:

Failure to compile a list of the disappeared combined with tribunals in addition to reparations will constitute a failure of whatever comes after this administration, mark my words.

Franklin Graham’s role, along with political pastors like him since 2016, is to convince evangelicals that the blasphemous and sinful things Trump does on a daily basis really aren’t blasphemous and sinful. Trump couldn’t care less about religion or these people, he uses and mocks them.

This is not how a public servant talks in a democracy. This is how a dictator’s henchman talks.

France seeking release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE “Given her age, we really want her to get out of this situation as soon as possible,” a French official said.

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She married a former US army captain a year ago. He died. Now we're holding her in a hell hole. She's 86.

We don’t have a capitalist system in any foundational sense. The U.S. economy stays functional via a highly dynamic state sector that intervenes constantly — via bailouts, subsidies, backstops, etc.

“Socialism” has also lost nearly all meaning in discourse today.

This is not real. You should remove it.

kinda funny how Republican voters are inarguably happier when a Dem is president. they don’t actually want to be in charge of shit, they want to roll coal and whip themselves into a frenzy over wholly imaginary liberal tyranny. now they’ve caught the car and it fuckin sucks

Yep. I also think a next GOP standard-bearer may run promising they will have Trump as a “virtual VP” or otherwise consult with his AI self regularly.

Trump TS post featuring an illustration of himself as a Christian faith healer

I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help.

maybe it wasn't a neurodivergent arm spasm but who knows

One year ago, Peter Navarro touted 90 trade deals in 90 days

It is extraordinarily dark — almost too dark to contemplate — that this man has $800b and owns the global public square.

In Donald Trump’s America, the rich get tax cuts, the well-connected get stock tips, and everybody else makes sacrifices.

I’m being completely serious when I say Rubio will be the heir to whatever is left of MAGA because Rubio is handsome and approachable while Vance is not.

interesting that he sent out vance to eat shit on iran while he brought rubio along to this clown show. a clear sign of who he thinks his heir is.

A Syrian man buries his wife and 4 children killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week.

A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week.

My step-dad died of pancreatic cancer. It was brutal and I’d do anything to prevent another family from having to go through it. Livid.

Noting again that DC's neoclassical Rome-a-palooza lacks a triumphal arch because they are primarily associated with the post-republican imperial examples. They are monuments built by Caesars to themselves for their personal triumphs. That's why the one in France is Napoleonic, they're for emperors.

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
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Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, according to people familiar with the remarks.

At the same time, Trump is also turning the DOJ on his enemies. The incentive structure is clear. Break the law for me, and you will be protected. Don’t, and we may turn on you.
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Love that this 58-year-old’s just constantly discovering himself anew each spring. The eternal surprise of the under-developed worldview — the fresh disorientation of the mind as a baby fawn, or that college roommate who tries on punk then goth then preppy each semester, and thinks that’s growing up