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Wait until you are my age 😭

Worldwide flu outbreak killed 45,000 American Soldiers during World War I In September 1918 there were two killers in the world. World War I, which would claim 20 million lives by its end, and the flu pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, is estimated to have killed between at...

~53,000 military personnel died in combat in WW1. ~45,000 other soldiers died from the flu. #PeteHegseth may be ignorant of history, careless about the lives of those in uniform, but the army remembers. www.army.mil/article/2104...

Open-mindedness was the strongest predictor of *rejecting* conspiracy theories in a sample of 46,745 participants in 68 nations

In particular, participants who were threatened by people who disagree with them were the most likely to believe conspiracy theories.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The cruelty is the point 😡

Pakistan races against time to get Iran back to US talks as truce end nears But a series of escalations by the US is complicating those efforts, say analysts.

But a series of escalations by the US is complicating those efforts, say analysts.

Trump approval falls to 35% as prices rating hits a record -46 Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds the president's overall job approval at a new low, Democrats leading by 7 on the generic ballot, and a growing majority saying the Iran war is not wort

NEW Strength In Numbers/Verasight.io poll: Trump approval falls to 35% as rating for handling prices hits a record -46
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-21...

❗️Reuters: Russia has cut oil output by an estimated 300000 to 400000 barrels per day in April following Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries and ports. The disruption, combined with reduced pipeline flows to Europe, marks the sharpest monthly decline in production since the COVID period. #Russia

JFC

Five Trump Scandals You’ve Probably Missed Swirling scandals—from the Pentagon to DHS to the IRS to the Labor Department—that represent basic betrayals of public office, trust, and confidence-in-leadership that should be the table stakes of go...

Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should.

I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...

I was aware of 3 of them. The one about the cabinet member who’s fired is wild and I can’t believe I haven’t seen more coverage.

Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer all seem to have something in common. It’ll come to me, I think

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

John Roberts’ Wife Made Millions From Bribes

Roberts accepted $10 Million in bribes disguised as recruiting fees from Law firms with cases pending before the Supreme Court.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

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

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News publish pro-U.S. coverage about the war on Iran and the Trump administration’s plan to redevelop Gaza.

NEW: I found two "news" websites active on X and other platforms—Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News—that are in fact U.S. government-operated anti-Iranian military propaganda mills. Both appear tied to U.S. Central Command.

theintercept.com/2026/04/20/p...

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...

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

No previous American president, in any era, of any party, would have tolerated a drunken, erratic, absent FBI chief
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Since the US isn’t using its own diplomatic experts, they can represent other countries in negotiations haha.

Good idea to separate AI model makers from data center owners via legislation and protect displaced workers. The other problem the author doesn’t mention is the market’s complete lack of concern with problems faced by average Americans.

New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism A Danish study involving over 1.5 million children has found no significant link between prenatal Tylenol (acetaminophen) use and autism.

Well this is interesting: New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism

Hope that everyone in the 🍊🤡 administration reads this!!!

www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

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The programme is now live. You can access the programme here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...

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Congratulations!! Excellent news!!

markets are dumb

That was always going to be the outcome when they send people like Jared 🤷‍♀️

I like TJ apple blossoms

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Inconceivable

So on Friday, when there were headlines, and chyrons, and world leaders other than Trump saying "the Strait is open," it was not, in fact, open, and is even more closed now. Clearly both sides want a deal, but to get there the US is going to have to give up its maximalist demands.

Agreed

Trump continues to crater. New NBC poll has his approval down to 37-63, which is 26 points underwater.

Crucially, 50% disapprove *strongly.* Has any other president had half the country strongly disapproving?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...