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An Iranian gunboat has attacked a container ship 15 nautical miles off Oman.

It was so good! I thought I was going to have a heart attack.

Fuck off. How much did Russia pay you to help make in happen?

Disgusting.

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Quite literally Nazi propaganda.

Just saw him in Phoenix!

BREAKING: Israel has breached the fake ceasefire, destroying multiple civilian and commercial buildings in Beirut, Lebanon - and is currently flying drones over the country, preparing to strike again.

'Bell removed Romeo and Juliet from his syllabus because “in Act III, Romeo and Juliet have sex, and that falls under this very broadly defined sexuality [topics ban].” He also didn’t teach about Joan of Arc this semester.'

What an actual lack of freedom of speech looks like in universities. 3/3

Jacob 'Bell, who teaches medieval history, is headed to the City University of New York, where he will “be teaching the exact same thing, but unredacted.” In order to keep his spring classes from getting held up in an opaque, monthslong course-review process' 2/3

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

John Roberts Is The Activist Judge He Warned Us About Secret memos show the lawyer who cast himself as a champion of judicial restraint became the Supreme Court justice leading the charge to wield unprecedented activist powers to help corporations.

🚨Documents show John Roberts proudly casting himself as a leader of the opposition to “activist” judges.

Now, newly revealed secret memos show he led the charge to wield unprecedented judicial activist power — to make sure corporations would never be forced to reduce pollution.

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.

Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.

Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

Ossoff: I don’t know who placed those trades, but I’ll tell you this: the SEC better find out. And if they won’t, when you elect this new majority in Congress and you give us gavels and subpoenas, we will.

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say One attorney wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke a detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone.”

www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Leaked memos show John Roberts circumvented procedure to rule against Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Also—very smart of lib justices to leak in order to undermine the Court itself. Like what Gingrich did to Congress, but against the bad branch this time.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

“On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Four Democrats voted with the GOP on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.

If you’re represented by Gluesenkamp Perez, Golden, Gottheimer, or Suozzi, ask them why they’re siding with the Trump regime on government surveillance.

Makes sense because they’ve faired so well in politically targeted cases so far. 🙄

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Judge rejects US Justice Department effort to obtain Rhode Island's voter data A federal judge ​on Friday rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to force Rhode Island to ‌turn over non-public data on nearly 750,000 registered voters so the Trump administration could probe "election integrity" in the Democratic-led state.

A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to force Rhode Island to turn over non-public data on nearly 750,000 registered voters so the Trump administration could probe "election integrity" in the Democratic-led state.

Trump: "The U.S.A. will get all Nuclear 'Dust,' created by our great B2 Bombers - No money will exchange hands in any way, shape, or form. This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, either, but the USA will, separately, work with Lebanon, and deal with the Hezboolah situation in an appropriate manner. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!! Thank you! President DJT"

Trump: "The U.S.A. will get all Nuclear 'Dust.' This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, but the USA will, separately, work with Lebanon, and deal with the Hezboolah situation. Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater.

This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning.

Never doubt your power to change the system.

DOJ wants do-over for ‘legally deficient’ demand for state voter rolls The pleas for a re-do were derided by one state as a bid “to rescue their current, legally deficient demand."

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking courts in 13 voter roll data lawsuits for a mulligan on its original demands for states’ voter roll data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

Germany prepared to send minesweepers to the Strait of Hormuz

www.politico.eu/article/germ...

ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.

Far-right election clerk caught illegally purging voter rolls: report An election clerk in a far-right Michigan county has been purging voter rolls without authorization, Votebeat reported on Tuesday.According to the report, the Michigan Bureau of Elections "sent a letter to Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop on Tuesday saying it had received information suggesting s...

An election clerk in a far-right Michigan county has been purging voter rolls without authorization, Votebeat reported on Tuesday.

Lawyer John Eastman Disbarred for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election The California Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that said Mr. Eastman, had violated the rules of professional ethics.

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the lawyer John Eastman disbarred for his role in seeking to overturn the 2020 election in favor of Donald Trump.