“Nearly all of Israel’s military equipment comes from domestic production, the United States or Germany, so the deteriorating defense ties with European countries will not have a major impact on Israel’s military procurement,” David May, a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said. “If anything, the European countries will be harmed by losing access to Israel’s battle-tested and innovative defense technology.”

"Nearly all of Israel’s military equipment comes from domestic production, the United States or Germany,"

Uh yeah it's like 85% from the US, 14% from the Germans and 1% from domestic production lol.

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

U.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.

I swear to god if we do anything even resembling a bailout for the UAE, one of the richest countries on earth and a major corrupt crypto donor to Donald Trump and the key backer of Sudan genocide

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/b...

This is the game republicans wanted to play. So let’s fucking play.

The YES has won in Virginia; voters approved the constitutional amendment to adopt Dems' congressional gerrymander.

This is likely to deliver a 10-1 (Dem) congressional delegation in November, compared to 6-5 (Dem) now.

The remaining obstacle: State supreme court will be weighing in still.

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

yiiiikes

I say it a lot, but it's hard not to see the parallels with gun violence. Children are being killed and no one wants to address the obvious solutions.

Yellow, black and white cover of Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Features yellow circle saying "National Bestseller" and an image of a traffic light covered in vines.

It's been exactly 6 months since LIFE AFTER CARS was published.

Our book tour has taken us to 27 cities around North America and seen us do more than 100 press interviews with many more to come.

Thanks to everyone who's bought the book and spread the word!

www.lifeaftercars.com

Stop Super Speeders Bill Hits a Roadblock—Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie "It's like one guy who doesn't like this stuff, and unfortunately that one guy is the most powerful guy in the State Assembly."

"We're not trying to take away your car, we're not trying to send you to prison, we're just trying to change your behavior so you don't kill people."

Making a few thousand brazenly dangerous drivers obey speed limits is common sense. Unless you're Assembly Speaker.
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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.

Torched Talks with Investing in Place's Jessica Meaney How do we build the LA we want? Join us on Tuesday, April 21 at noon on Zoom

This is today at noon on Zoom! Join me and Investing in Place’s Jessica Meaney to talk sidewalks, public works, charter reform, and the all-important capital infrastructure program

Two Palestinians killed in West Bank village attacked by Israeli settlers, witnesses say Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday after ​Israeli settlers and soldiers opened fire, witnesses said, while in Gaza health officials...

Israeli settler terrorists just attacked a school, murdering a child.

Arming and providing settlers military backing is the official policy of Israel, whose ministers openly incite violence against Palestinians.

It’s ethnic cleansing and US taxpayers are arming it.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The suit was filed Friday and on Monday the county started producing records. Gotta be a world record.

Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world’s richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.

After more than $250 billion in revenue and billions more in subsidies, Tesla has never paid taxes... that's thanks in part to tactics like pretending $18b in profits came from places like Singapore and the Netherlands

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If there is one thing that strengthens any military it is falling victim to easily preventable diseases

Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

One way Mamdani's mandate feels so novel for the U.S. is because he's really talking about a city that prioritizes children.

Universal childcare at our public schools, schoolyards greened and opened as parks, and streets safe enough that our kids can walk and bike there themselves — LA can do this!

Hey Metro - there's this climate emergency that means you can't just widen the heck out of every freeway in L.A. County. Really.

The cover of the May/June 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine depicts a drawing of two androgynous track and field athletes running on a track. In the sky, stripes in the transgender pride flag colors run parallel to the track lanes. Headline: Let Them Play, How welcoming trans athletes can improve sports culture for all by Jessica Luther.

Introducing the May/June 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @jessicawluther.com and art by Adrià Voltà.

Visit our site to become a member and receive our magazine, six times per year.

Our time is short @SaraGonzalesTX . Mass deportations will correct this, worst of the worst won’t. If Plano, Texas, of all places, has this problem, then you can see how there are 100 million illegal aliens in our country. Commence mass deportations . @nicksortor original post: At a park in Plano, TX with my 5-year-old. We are surrounded by foreigners, speaking multiple foreign languages, making it more difficult for my son to make friends. This is my hometown. It’s unrecognizable. I want my country back.

trump's former "commander-at-large" of the border patrol greg bovino says mass deportations, not deporting "worst of the worst" will "correct" places like Plano, Texas having a diverse population

🫂 Unarmed Model of Crisis Response: $5 Million INCREASE to $18.8 Million

Expanded coverage to ensure more residents have access to appropriate, non-law enforcement interventions for non-violent, non-emergency calls such as mental health crises, welfare checks, & disturbances.

🔨 Street Services: $55 Million INCREASE to $478 Million

Includes increases in hiring more employees, salaries, contractual services, liability claims, & more. Increases for sidewalk repair, pavement preservation, access/curb ramps, clean corridors program, & more.

Budget Bar chart. The bigger the category or department's budget, the longer the bar is. Department Total Budget Police ($3.6B) $3.557.628.561 Other Special Purpose Funds ($2.5B) $2,545,282,776 Fire ($1.5B) $1.514.594.136 Sanitation ($1.1B) $1.069.890,629 Capital & Tech Improvements ($810M) $810,064,173 Wastewater Special Purpose Fund $499,903,538 Street Services $478,429,289 Recreation and Park $474.630.679 Transportation $398,059,754 Housing $384,921,950 Library $365,127,957 City Attorney $314,177,826 Building and Safety $262,923,803 Prop. A Local Transit Assist. Fund $253,358,910 Engineering $242.677,110 Other Agencies $183,707,300 Mavor $154.374.858 Bond Redemption and Interest $115,952,089 Finance $112.615.965 City Planning $111,561,348 Community Investment for Families $108,447,983 Council $106.132.869 Street Lighting $92,072,310 City Administrative Officer $88,310,805 Contract Administration $84.235,266 Prop. C Anti-Gridlock Tr

MAYOR'S $14.8 BILLION PROPOSED CITY OF LA BUDGET JUST DROPPED‼️

FEW HIGHLIGHTS 🧵

🚔 LAPD: $223 Million INCREASE to $3.6 Billion

Includes increases in salaries, overtime, pensions, benefits, liability claims, & more. Includes hiring 510 officers to maintain a force of 8,555.

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

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Carr’s Drive-Thru Dinner Donald Trump’s FCC chair Brendan Carr is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Status has learned, where he will mingle with journalists and news executives at an event ostensibly abou...

CBS News has invited Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller to join them at that execrable dinner, and now, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, we learn that CBS’s parent, Paramount, has invited Brendan Carr.

Yes, that Brendan Carr.

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Joe Biden threw unprecedented amounts of money at police. More than TWICE what Obama gave them in the wake of the GFC.

Every major police union endorsed Donald Trump.

A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

This is such a powerful position; it’s a bummer that all the candidates are pretty terrible. I don’t care for Durazo and it looks like she’ll cruise to victory.