Russian social media influencers are speaking out against what Putin has done to Russia. They fear this is their last chance before they lose all internet freedom in Russia.

so is this being filed to satisfy the Liar in chief?

I mean Trump didn't let the fact that the Wall Street Journal wasn't lying stop him from suing about the epstein birthday Book

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

How many different ways does he want Americans to suffer & die?

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

Tice failed to pay £100,000 tax on profits of firms linked to Reform — story via The Sunday Times

Richard tax-cheat Tice.
And remember when Farage’s partner bought his Clacton house somehow, so he could avoid paying taxes on it?

That is all Reform UK Party Ltd exists for: money.

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in general

Oh come on @theguardian.com, no need to over analyze this. It's about one thing: the Pope criticized him. There's nothing deeper or religious about it.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

had a quick look on conservative reddit... they're very confused about how who is closing the strait again since Iran's got no military and they think IRGC is pulling a trick by bringing up Lebanon because that wasn't part of the ceasefire... no prizes for guessing where they get their news from

Asked the LEGO store in Century City if they had any Iranian play sets. Best they could do is this Straight of Hormuz Tanker.

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

-- Albert Einstein, who died #OTD 1955

Germany just activated its largest ever solar installation — one farm, 1.5 million homes, zero carbon. The #CottbusSolarPark covers 3,500 hectares and produces 2.1 tw-hours annually, replacing two coal plants that operated on this same land until 2022. #SolarPower #ActOnClimate #Renewables

like what the fuck is American Catholicism about if they didn't go to Mass every Sunday, hear their priest list off whatever conflicts going on around the world and pray for peace

it is absolutely bizarre but yet again the truth is like other Trump supporters they're in a different cult now

I always listen to Bulwark focus groups podcast and today they were focused on Trump and Harris Catholics... and sorry but the Trump Catholics have lapped up all Trump bullshit and think Leo's is way 'too political' for saying peace is good

There's nothing more that a majority of Americans want to see than JD and DJT being walked on a path out of the White House in handcuffs!

Cartoon by
John Deering

The authors of the four Gospels of the New Testament.

So I guess there is Finally one country that's not going to tolerate Trump's incessant lies

A large crowd as always at the weekly march in Tbilisi. Georgians have been protesting in 8+ cities every day for the last 507 days.

Re: nostalgia for VHS tapes and other analog media, I saw someone say like "a VHS tape never sold my information to a nazi" and yes that's true! But the reason it's true is actually because Congress passed a law in 1988 specifically making it illegal for video stores to sell your rental history

French MPs withdrew a bill against 'new forms of antisemitism' after 700,000 people signed a petition opposing it. The bill would have effectively banned criticism of Israel — It is attempt to weaponize antisemitism to shield Israel from criticism

Baking set to opera. Found this weirdly satisfying.

Right out in the open, Donald Trump is suing his own IRS to try to steal $10 BILLION taxpayer dollars.

I just introduced a bill that would make this theft ILLEGAL.

a level of acceptance some of us can only dream of... sigh

Some of you may remember that a while ago I started a relationship with my Hollywood crush Sam Neill

Things are moving forward…

😕

At Harvard antisemitism conference, Trump official defends ‘list of Jews’ legal strategy in Penn case - Jewish Telegraphic Agency EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas said “there is no other way to protect victims.”

My Jewish students, including my Israeli Jewish students, all tell me that they are far more terrified of ending up on a government list of Jews than they are of any campus antisemitism that the administration claims to be fighting. www.jta.org/2026/04/16/u...

🔥 🇭🇺 MAGYAR: “It feels good to be here — this factory of lies will be put to an end.”

Hungary’s prime minister-elect Péter Magyar vows to shut down the country’s state broadcaster M1 (Hungary’s Fox News) after his landslide election victory over Orbán.

Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich

Well, today we're taxing the rich...

Pilot shot down in Iran visits the White House. Looks familiar, can’t quite place her though