Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Pushes Back After Trump Announces New Round of Talks

Iran has Trump over a barrel (of oil).
Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Pushes Back After Trump Announces New Round of Talks www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

New euphemism for "pure, unadulterated horseshit" just dropped

FFS

Zorhan Mamdani endorses Lindsey Boylan for City Council District three election day April 28

Proud to have the backing of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in my campaign for City Council District 3! Together we will work to deliver the affordability agenda that New Yorkers have demanded.

Yes. The brain doesn’t work like AI. It’s not a computer. We use metaphors for it from technology b/c it’s really hard to understand how the brain works and we don’t entirely understand how a pile of electrified jello does all this. But it’s definitely much cooler than AI.

What if I told you it was actually the easiest situation anybody has ever been in?

little fella claimed to be "politically homeless" just last week

There is a certain coherence to the political coverage on @ms.now that is lacking in, say, the @nytimes.com. That’s because MS NOW recognizes and acknowledges that Trump is deranged, inept, and corrupt, whereas the Times is constantly dumbfounded by his behavior and cannot explain it.

Ayup

The Chicago Pope is more popular than Trump? No kidding.

Rogan: "Thanks to President Trump"

The “Censorship Industrial Complex” was all projection. Someone tell Michael Shellenberger lol. Someone tell Jacob Siegel! 😂

My favorite quote from the Pope:

"When I asked [Pope Leo] on the plane about Mr. Trump’s remarks on Truth Social, he said the site’s name was 'ironic.'"

Kids today. Screens.

What they think of us: @zeit.de journalist spends a week trying to deAmericanize her life.

‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts Nicholas Enrich was an eyewitness to the dismantling of the US foreign aid organization by the Trump administration

Lest we forget:
‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

How Trump Helped Pope Leo Find His Voice

No, #BrokenTimes, ascribe nothing to Trump. Leo had his voice. You weren't listening.
How Trump Helped Pope Leo Find His Voice www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/w...

“Participants include the secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth; and the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy.”

Will Hegseth be reading Ezekiel 25:17?

How to Be Cultured: T’s Guides to Art, Film, Literature, Food and More A highly idiosyncratic compendium of what you need to know right now.

The Times and the last vestiges of mass media do not understand that their imagined, monolithic culture can no longer be prescribed from on high. Culture is not theirs to define. It is replaced by welcome cultural pluralism.
How to Be Cultured www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Will Participate in a Marathon Bible Reading

Jeezus H. (for Heresy) Christ....
Trump Will Participate in a Marathon Bible Reading www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Opinion | Only one thing could sink Lindsey Graham Pushing the Iran war might be the only election risk for the South Carolina senator.

Whatever it takes to rid us of this toadying jackass.
Only one thing could sink Lindsey Graham www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

They are literally robbing the Treasury.
Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine The president will direct federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Clearly, he and his cabinet are already imbibing....
Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Rainbow colored on one side
Ukraine colors on other
BLM in huge letters

Or just take it down. Declare it condemned due to shoddy and unsafe construction.

rainbow would be hilarious. or nightly projections of Trump and his administrations abuses

Trump's plan for a triumphal arch gets initial green light from federal panel The Commission of Fine Arts approved early designs for the project, which at 250 feet would be twice the height of the Lincoln Memorial and almost the same as the Capitol.

If this monstrosity is built and if we are rescued from Trump, a next administration should paint it orange as a giant memorial to the victims of American fascism: a reminder that it can happen here; it did.
Trump's plan for a triumphal arch gets initial green light www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Fear and Loathing Among the Haves and Have Mores in San Francisco The gold-rush city’s vibe has turned angry as the AI boom creates a new K-shaped economy.

The underlying problem with AI is the people who make it, own it, and make fortunes from it.
Fear and Loathing Among the Haves and Have Mores in San Francisco
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/fear...

Skimp on Yogurt, Splurge on Skydiving: The Rise of the Frugal Rich High earners are embracing thriftiness—unless it’s for something really fun.

It used to be called "slumming it". The well-to-do are shopping at Walmart but, unlike the masses, still have income to dispose of on "something really fun."
High earners are embracing thriftiness—unless it’s for something really fun www.wsj.com/economy/skim...

Pisses me off

MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.

NEW:

Much of MAGA is now convinced that the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, PA was staged

www.wired.com/story/maga-i...