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Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' ahead of deadline for Iran Trump's threat is among his most extreme rhetoric toward Iran since the war started.

Trump is unhinged and this insane rhetoric is undermining and creating panic. STFU and end it.

Allies Fear They Are Tied to an Erratic U.S. and Now Have Nowhere to Turn Friendly countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are frustrated with President Trump but reliant on the U.S. for their security.

It’s not surprising that they’re thinking it, it’s that they’re finally saying it.

www.wsj.com/world/allies...

Nice interactive article that explains and shows that the tariffs didn’t do much of anything positive for people, the economy or the nation.

Today, I launched my ActOn Lowering Costs Affordability Agenda that includes my steps for lowering the cost of living, helping Ohioans keep more of their money by cutting taxes, putting money back in people’s pockets, and building an Ohio that delivers for working families.

Rising costs are overwhelming far too many Ohio families.

@amyactonoh.bsky.social has a plan to reduce costs and put money back into your pocket. ⬇️

Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum WASHINGTON—Threatening to continue issuing threats if the Islamic Republic did not quickly agree to his demands, President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday to accept his ultimatum or face the wrath ...

“Lay down your weapons now or I will have no choice but to ask you to lay down your weapons later,” the commander in chief wrote on Truth Social

I think if you defy a subpoena then you deserve the consequences. It's the law. You don't get to decide the legality of it, that is for the courts. Equal application of the law to everyone is bedrock to the system.

So here’s the thing

If the markets expect TACO, and thus don’t react to, say, possible war crimes, he’s not inclined to TACO and is not dissuaded from doing said war crimes.

(Not that the markets should be the guardrail. Lookin’ at you, Congressional Republicans.)

Yale report links Russian oil sector to child deportation from Ukraine Leading Russian state oil and gas companies Rosneft and Gazprom supported wartime camps where more than 2,000 Ukrainian children were taken, facilitating transportation and providing funds, Yale Unive...

Tens of thousands of children from Ukraine have been stolen by Putin.

We sent a bipartisan letter urging the Administration to hold Russian oil companies – benefiting from Trump waived sanctions – accountable for their direct involvement in these abductions.

The execution of payroll is easy; I want ML to show me bad input and output data, and maybe AI can suggest some fixes. If I have good data, I have a good, easy payroll. My concern is that we might lean too much on AI to make up for bad, sloppy and expensive data & processes.

The IT department: Where AI goes to die Ethan Mollick on why employers should treat AI as what it is: weird

And then there is this thought that maybe we are approaching it all wrong anyway, which I think has some merit

www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/04/01...

This is one reason I struggle to embed AI tools in my payroll landscapes. The cost of making mistakes is pretty high. Who would accept the disclaimer that your payroll might not be accurate, on time or compliant because the embedded AI in it might make a mistake?

As the Artemis II crew journeys to the Moon, these images are a reminder of our shared home and humanity. At Easter, as the world reflects on hope and renewal, Gabby and I pray for strength, and for the fighting in Iran, Ukraine, and elsewhere to give way to dialogue and peace.

🚨 Ever Alvarenga, an asylum seeker, was driving to work Thursday morning when he was rear-ended by an ICE vehicle. He is still in the hospital after suffering significant injuries to his head, chest, back, & hands.

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Hostile Takeover A Right-wing Billionaire Took over Twitter. Twitter @eel_crust I Rule Now! As If Fox and Newsmax Weren't Enough, the Right Wing Is Taking over Cbs, Tiktok, and Cnn. No Libs Here! Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting Has Been Buying up Local Tv News Stations. Up Next: Immigrants Are Scary! Local Newspapers Have Been Gutted. The Biweekly Foghorn 4 Pages Educators Are Being Harassed for Teaching American History. The Civil War And Yet... The Problem with You Kids Today Is That You're Not Open to Other Points of View!

This week's comic on the authoritarian takeover of US media

Mike Rowe doubles down after blasting Kimmel’s ‘tone-deaf’ plumber jokes Mike Rowe doubled down on his criticism of Jimmy Kimmel’s “tone deaf" monologues mocking new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for being a former plumber.

“What do their credentials and diplomas have to do with their actual competency?”

Sometimes, a lot. This isn’t a judgement on someone’s character, it’s about having some training for the job. Nothing wrong with wanting someone properly credentialed for a job.

www.foxnews.com/politics/mik...

Washington business owners fear socialist ‘millionaires tax’ is driving businesses out — and they’re next Fox News Digital travels to Washington to speak to business owners who fear the state's new 9.9% millionaires tax could soon target them as well.

Everyone loves to bash taxes & wants to pay less. But no one wants to give up what those taxes are used for - streets, public safety, services and so on. You can’t get something for nothing, not sustainably anyway. Which is why we struggle with a deficit & debt.

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Think about Eisenhower’s conduct during WWII – his clear sense of mission, his diplomacy toward allies, his acceptance of personal responsibility if things went wrong.
Compare that to the toddler in the White House now. How far we have fallen.

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This week, it was great to be back for our third visit with the Boys Book Club at Rothenberg Prep. We’re reading ‘Class Act’ and they’re already on page 152!

“Do What You Love” Campaign for PD Awareness Month

The American Parkinson Disease Association has kicked off #Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month (April) by launching a new public service announcement (PSA).

Explore the PSA and meet the eight inspiring cast members at www.apdaparkinson.org/PSA

Another one of those what-if-it-happened-in-another-country moments:

The president is suing the government for $100 million dollars for searching his home for the classified documents he stole, and the attorney who represented him on those charges is currently leading the Justice Department.

In Jan 2025, he said Elon Musk was going the balance the budget with DOGE finding fraud.

On 2/2/25 he said tariffs would balance the budget.

On 6/2 he said OBBB would balance the budget.

On 6/12 he said Trump Cards would balance the budget.

Now he says Vance will do it.

This Is Us The commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon, Reid Wiseman, took this photo of the Earth as the spacecraft speeds away our planet. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light

Great photo of the whole Earth taken from NASA's Artemis II spacecraft. "There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun." Wow. [kottke.org]

Wise words

News is too fraught right now. Don’t screw around with April Fools garbage today.

When it comes to the vast majority of everyday business tasks where total reliability is not required, the available LLMs are fine. But in my field of #Payroll, the cost of making mistakes is very high; we need reliably accurate and compliant results.

We’ve entered the grift part of the January 6 whitewashing of history.

Mainstream journalists are abdicating their duty. Cartoonists are the real heroes of the moment.