The front page of the Star Tribune on April 22, 2016, following the passing of Prince.

This after it was 90° a few days ago….

Are you ready for some war crimes? | Press Watch Trump may be giving unlawful orders imminently. You’ve been warned.

Given Trump’s renewed threat this morning, I am pleading once again for news organizations to raise the question: Should members of the military refuse orders to bomb civilian targets? presswatchers.org/2026/04/are-...

Live updates: Trump hints at resuming attacks if ceasefire with Iran expires without a deal U.S. President Donald Trump says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran, after Tehran said it had fully reopened the strait to commercial vessels but threatened to close it again.

BREAKING: Iran has reimposed restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, accusing the U.S. of violating deal to reopen it.

This one might be worse…. 😳

A picture shared by a U.S. Marine on the USS Tripoli, which is helping enforce a naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Some U.S. service members aboard ships in the Middle East are having to ration their food, family members say. And mail delivery to military ZIP codes in the region has been indefinitely suspended — so care packages with snacks and supplies are delayed and in limbo. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

How the AI oligarchy devoured America How the AI oligarchy devoured America.

1/ we have an incredible package out today on our AI overlords and how the entire world is being ravaged in their pursuit for domination www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran

Horrible news that journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been arrested in Kuwait. Journalism is not a crime! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Return of Family Detention Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect.

A toddler nearly died at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. After more than a week in intensive care, she was sent back. Sarah Stillman reports. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Israel is losing America’s youth | INSS A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the end of March and published last week indicates that a majority of the American public—including Republicans under the age of 50—view Israel unfavorably or...

Remember the @pewresearch.org data on the decline in Israel's standing in the US published last week? We asked them for the crosstabs which they graciously shared with us, and we're publishing for the 1st time.

Bottom line: total collapse of Israel's standing among young Americans across the board.

One of the ways news media often fail us is by giving us the microscopic rather than the telescopic view. Everything I mention in this essay is well-documented, but the dots are mostly not connected to make visible this death by a thousand cuts our country is undergoing.

Opinion | Gaza’s Rubble Is the Grave of Our Future

A powerful essay from writer Ghada Abdulfattah in Gaza:

More people died in Israel's latest bombing of Lebanon than died in the 2020 Beirut port blast

Brilliant reporting by @rayajalabi.ft.com

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Caroline was The Washington Post’s Amazon reporter when the paper laid her off (along with hundreds of others) in February. Now she’s a senior tech reporter at @sfstandard.com, with a scoop right out of the gate on a discrimination lawsuit against… you guessed it, Amazon! Follow her work.

Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, according to the network and health officials there, as well as two Lebanese journalists in that country, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and one of their networks. Mohammed Wishah was targeted in a drone strike in west Gaza City. In Lebanon, where Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah killed more than 180 people Wednesday, Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with Sawt Al-Farah, and Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour Radio, also died.

Among those killed in Israeli strikes today were 3 journalists:

- Mohammed Wishah, an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza

- Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with Sawt Al-Farah in Lebanon

- Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour Radio, also in Lebanon

Lebanon: ICRC outraged by deadly strikes in densely populated areas The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is outraged by the devastating death and destruction in densely populated areas across Lebanon today following intensified military operations.

Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this.

"Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings."

ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas

Israel launches massive strikes on central Beirut after Iran ceasefire Israeli military fires barrage of missiles on Lebanese capital as it vows to continue war on Hizbollah

Israel launches massive strikes on central Beirut after Iran ceasefire ft.trib.al/NWi6z9m

IDF strikes kill 8 in Lebanon after Netanyahu says deal excludes Hezbollah EU Commission Spokesperson: EU Calls on Israel to End Its Operations in Lebanon. JD Vance Says Iranians Must Negotiate in Good Faith to Reach Agreement. Kuwait, UAE Says Air Defense Dealing With Morning Wave of Iranian Drone Attacks

IDF kills 8 in Lebanon after Prime Minister Netanyahu says the ceasefire deal excludes Hezbollah. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/i...

APNewsAlert: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military official says the country is still attacking #Iran, after White House said Israel agreed to ceasefire.

Live updates: Trump warns a 'whole civilization will die tonight' but says Iran could still capitulate President Donald Trump has warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not capitulate ahead of a deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's language of annihilation on Iran: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

#BREAKING One gunman killed, two others wounded in shootout outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul: local governor

Annotation of the geolocation of the strikes which destroyed the Rafinia Synagogue in Tehran.

At least two buildings, one of which appears to be the Rafinia Synagogue, were destroyed in U.S.–Israeli coalition airstrikes in Tehran. Geolocation: 35.704231, 51.401546.

Live updates: Iran rejects ceasefire deal as Trump's deadline for attacks on infrastructure nears Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war as U.S. President Donald Trump's ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer.

At least 18 people killed in airstrike targeting Iran's Alborz province, state media reports. Follow AP's live updates.

Iran rejects ceasefire as deadline nears on Trump 'hell' ultimatum The Iranian response consisted of 10 clauses, including an end to conflicts in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait ​of Hormuz, ​lifting of ⁠sanctions, and reconstruction.

BREAKING: Iran conveyed its response to the US proposal for ending the war to Pakistan, rejecting a ceasefire and emphasizing the necessity of a permanent end to the war, the official IRNA ‌news agency said reut.rs/4vd7uCH

US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images

US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images https://aje.news/fnp5w7

Live updates: Two US aircraft went down in Middle East and one crew member is missing One U.S. service member was rescued and at least one was missing after Iran downed a U.S. military plane.

BREAKING: The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says an airstrike has hit near its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard and damaging a support building.

Follow AP's live updates.

Refusing to accept an AI-poisoned future of journalism Humans, however flawed, are

“For those whom volume & access to power are paramount, shortcuts and plagiarism aren’t detrimental to their final product. But for those who value foremost being seen as journalists of quality, originality, and integrity, the machines serve none of those goals.” www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t...

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