This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Once again "the death of the West" meant "the death of my secret bank account."

Japan lifts ban on lethal arms exports-FT

Wow you created an entire Claude “skill sheet” of your “voice”? Why not use the free one that lives inside your brain

We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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...

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

Oh wow University of Austin opened another campus already

www.cnn.com/interactive/...

A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.

Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context.

wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...

First Draft: 🇨🇺 Is Cuba Next? Trump’s administration is discussing plans to attack and kidnap Cuban leaders, while also turning down an offer from Iran to end the war. Plus: Republicans debate whether to hate... the pope.

"according to two sources familiar with the situation...officials at the Pentagon... were quietly given a new directive that came straight from the Trump White House. The message: ramp up your preparations for possible military operations against Cuba."

Have you subscribed to our First Draft email?

Thomson Reuters Fired Worker For Speaking Out About ICE, Former Employee Says “When I saw evidence that our products were being used to harm people and undermine the law, I did what anyone should do—I raised the alarm. Thomson Reuters’ response was to fire me.”

NEW: Thomson Reuters, the technology and content conglomerate that owns the Reuters media agency but also owns and operates the investigative CLEAR database, fired a longstanding employee after they spoke out about the company selling data products to ICE.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down.

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for.

apnews.com/article/pitt...

The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was.

I got a bunch of pitches last year about how Geese cracked the algorithm—well, surprise, it was a "narrative" marketing campaign. @johnsemley3000.bsky.social with the goods: www.wired.com/story/geese-...

Pamela Jo should be testifying under oath today before House Oversight about the Epstein Files, but she is intentionally ignoring her subpoena.

I mean, as far back as Feb. 2025, Pamela Jo was hellbent on getting justice per the below Facebook post.

Let’s get the contempt process started, shall we?

Trump’s Humiliation in Orbán Defeat Stunner Is Only Just Beginning For Viktor Orbán’s epic loss in Hungary to have real meaning in America, Democrats and liberals need to proclaim themselves part of the global anti-authoritarian movement.

The massive Orban defeat should prompt Dems to align themselves more firmly with anti-fascist and pro-democracy forces abroad. There's a powerful link to be drawn between the celebrations in Budapest and the confrontations with ICE in Minneapolis. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2090...

Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo?

Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime I guess. We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a fan of Pope Leo.

North Sentinel island

BREAKING:

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result, ending 16 years in power.

Major media outlets are helping JD Vance play both sides — posing as the principled adviser opposed to the war but also as the loyal helpmate supporting his president's war. Get a grip. Vance is helping a criminal president conduct an illegal war. It’s a scandal that working the press works so well.

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again.

Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺

In his tirade against MAGA war critics, Trump blasted Alex Jones for calling Sandy Hook a hoax.

This seemed odd. So I went back and checked. At the time Trump hailed Jones as "amazing" and rebuffed demands that he denounce lies about the shooting.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2089...

he is sick.

RESULT: The right took over the Francis Howell school board, a large MO district in the St. Louis suburbs, earlier this decade; followed book bans & restrictive policies on LGBTQ students.

Tonight, the slate endorsed by the teacher's slate swept, and the last remaining conservative was ousted.

BREAKING! Excellent news!

So Trump accepted the 10-point peace plan that Iran proposed previously that Trump said was “not good enough.” But now it is apparently good enough. Art of the Deal.

Come on then, and remove him.

Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

If I were in Trump's Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment.

This is completely, utterly unhinged. He's already killed thousands. He's going to kill thousands more.