sometimes I think fondly of how we could have had chaos with Ed Miliband but the British press thought he ate a sandwich wrong.

Today, the orange felon has ordered the complete dismantling of the US Forest Service, shutting down all regional offices as well as terminating their research program. This move will destroy public lands.

He wakes up every morning planning ways to make the world worse.

He needs to decide if he want war or peace...

This is a complaint that reads as serious as a heart attack, not performative at all.

Former Capitol Police officer Shauni Kerkhoff doesn't say how much she wants from the Blaze for accusing her of being the J5 pipe bomber, but it's going to be a big number.

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We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.

In a time when the White House is being used as a weapon against the very idea of America - dismantling democracy, wrecking the world economy, treating cruelty as a virtue …

THIS is the counter-movement. Children laughing. Leaders who actually listen.

Donald and his cronies can’t stand this 😂

This is amazing.

"Guys, this was an empty field in the autumn. Look at what is here now." -Leningrad region, RF. There is no end in sight to the "good Russians." I suppose this is exactly what Putin intended, everything is going according to plan.

US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations | CNN Politics The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in t...

The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during war with Iran & created “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in next few years.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

A rather menacing tweet from Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna.

I’m at the hearings for the four UNSG candidates. In her opening statement alone, Michelle Bachelet spoke to the challenges facing the world in a way that was both direct and compassionate, presenting a vision of the United Nations as a home for dialogue.

The full write-up will be sent out tonight.

Amid US Pressure and a Deepening Crisis, Cubans Are Braced for Change With prolonged blackouts, empty water tabs and crippling inflation, daily life on the island has become untenable

As U.S. pressure mounts on Cuba, daily life on the island has become impossible. Most citizens are wary of American military intervention but want some way out of the crisis — “something, anything”

newlinesmag.com/reportage/am...

Hearing that the chances of talks happening are dwindling from sources….

Strait of Hormuz saw minimal commercial movement on Tuesday as Iran-enforced restrictions and U.S. sanctions effectively slowed shipping to a trickle. Only a few vessels—mostly Iran-linked—continued transits, while many others avoided the route entirely.

Here's Dort RTing a thread -- multiple times -- by DataRepublican where she alleges a 'deep state' plot to stage a "color revolution" (including senior mil leaders) and that the DeepState wants Driscoll because he is a weak Ivy Leaguer, maybe even in on the plot, whereas Hegseth will stop it

Iranian state-affiliated groups are reportedly paying residents up to 1 million toman per night to attend pro-government rallies in Tehran, as conflicting reports over a possible ceasefire resumption and Islamabad talks leave the public uncertain.

iranwire.com/en/blogs/151...

Pentagon requests $1.5 trillion budget for troop raises, growing the force and producing weapons systems The $1.5 trillion request calls for raises of 5% to 7% for troops, an increase of 44,000 personnel in the force, plus new ships and weapons systems.

The Pentagon formally unveiled its $1.5 trillion budget for fiscal 2027, calling for raises of 5% to 7% for troops, an increase of 44,000 personnel in the overall force and spending half of the overall amount on defense capabilities and weapons systems.

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Makes sense if you're direct LAX-SFO or NYC-DC or such and live near the airport. Many people's typical flights are connections with few options per day and substantial home-to-airport travel time.

And in my case, massively inconvenient rebooking work flights - hours on hold plus paperwork

So is trump going eat it, or fight this war like he means it this time?

The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in the IRGC:

There are currently no negotiations, and we will negotiate only when the enemy accepts our conditions. The enemy must acknowledge that we are in the position of the victor and it is in the position of the loser.

The Russians dropped FAB bombs on Sloviansk twice overnight. A school was destroyed, and 18 apartment buildings, 3 private houses, 4 shops, and a pharmacy were damaged. 3 people were injured.

French nuclear doctrine is legitimately the most aggressive in the world.

It isn't an 'if they can't beat' - France's doctrine is that they have nuclear redlines - points at which they would use nuclear force against enemy cities.

If an enemy approaches those redlines, France's doctrine is to nuke their army as a 'warning shot.'

It shouldn't surprise me anymore, but man a lot of people have a real problem with, "this dumb, immoral thing is actually legal."

Or legal under international law even though it violates domestic law.

Alas, not every Bad Thing is illegal. Many Bad Things are perfectly legal.

It's so cool that the help desk contact email for Canvas course evals at my uni comes back as an email no longer in service, that's great. So awesome.

No hell is hot enough for the people who designed the Canvas course eval system.

I don't see how peace can be durable without security guarantees, but you could achieve that with EU membership and/or tripwire forces.

I must tell my students to do this 5-6 times a semester; today was one of those times, in fact.

"The golden age of America" (which wasn't particularly golden if you weren't a white male) was an anomaly that only existed because all our competitors had their industrial base blown to smithereens.