STATEMENT: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately. On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy. We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy. 5:26 PM · Apr 22, 2026

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Official account for the Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs, Chief Pentagon Spokesman & Senior Advisor to SECWAR.

🚨From #AlachuaCounty, #Florida

With all the ongoing fires in the region, we encourage residents to use the Florida Forest Active Wildfire Dashboard. This will have information on a fire's location, size and containment.

🔥 #FloridaFires

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This fixed income senior citizen would be more than happy to gift him an article.

[Wabash talks about his entry into the US intelligence field]

Mr. Wabash: I go even further back than that. Ten years after The Great War, as we used to call it. Before we knew enough to number them.

Higgins: You miss that kind of action, sir?

Mr. Wabash: No, I miss that kind of clarity.

And Augustine Wept The Pope rightly calls out the objective moral evil of this indefensible, immoral war.

"There is, we must begin to recognize, a new MAGA America in the world, deeply hostile to Christian values and Western civilization, theocratic, bullying, racist, violent, greedy, and imperialist."

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🚨 Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Will & Cook County, IL! Expect 60mph gusts, potential damage to roofs, siding, trees. Stay alert for possible tornadoes. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure's interior room. Stay safe, Chicago! 🌩️

TORLOT The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southeastern Kendall County in northeastern Illinois... Northeastern Livingston County in central Illinois... Southwestern Will County in northeastern Illinois... Grundy County in northeastern Illinois... Western Kankakee County in northeastern Illinois... * Until 1015 PM CDT. * At 923 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes were located along a line extending from near Seneca to near Odell to near Pontiac, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * These dangerous storms will be near... Dwight, Odell, and Mazon around 930 PM CDT. Gardner around 935 PM CDT. Morris, Coal City, Diamond, and Braceville around 940 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these tornadic storms include Channahon, Braidwood, Wilmington, Herscher, Lakewood Shores, Elwood, Limestone, Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Manhattan and Chebanse.

🚨 Tornado Warning issued April 17 at 9:23PM CDT until April 17 at 10:15PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL 🚨
Additional Details Here.

Over 134 Tornado Warnings have been issued today, and we're still not done. 💔

Yea, sir. The rascal’s drunk

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

The FBI responded with a statement, attributed to Patel: “Print it, all false, I’ll see you in court—bring your checkbook.”

The @theatlantic.com story:

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

Great reporting. It may make you sick, angry, or both but we all need to know what we're up against so we know how to fight it.

Great reporting, Rachel. I had no idea. I'm a baby boomer. I bet most if not all baby boomers who voted trump have no idea how they're being played. It's everything everywhere all at once overwhelming.

(alongside images of the US, megaphones, Liam Conejo Ramos’ bunny hat, and signs that read “NO ICE WAREHOUSE,” “SHUTDOWN DETENTION CENTERS,” and “NOT HERE/NOT ANYWHERE”) NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION STOP ICE WAREHOUSE DETENTION APRIL 25, 2026

On April 25, join a local event in defense of immigrants in your community. As the regime buys up warehouses to convert into concentration camps, it’s critical that we come together to oppose the literal warehousing of people in our country: www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...

Statement by UNICEF on the killing of two water truck drivers in the Gaza Strip

UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.

Full statement: https://unicef.link/4cVCyP9

Oooo, never thought of it that way before. Grab a self help book sad pathetic peoples instead of destroying America!

Yep, it's in Trump's bathroom at Mar-A-Lago.

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Hahaaaa! I've asked Elsa to write, but she prefers to dictate because of her dyslexia.

I use a touchscreen tablet and Miss Elsa insists on helping me type, so when you see typos... 😻

Extremism on either aisle isn't healthy for democracy.

Oh the irony. A Catholic convert still wet behind the ears thinks he knows more than Pope Leo, the first Augustinian Pope, who is very much aware that the principles of the Just War Doctrine came from...wait for it... Augustine of Hippo. I know you know that. I just like to chuckle as I type it.

Can someone get this to JD Vance, por favor?

New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat Daniel and Christy Kinahan have been photographed in Dubai, marking the most recent sighting of the wanted crime bosses since the US levied sanctions against the cartel.

Breaking: Kinahan cartel leader Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai. It follows a Bellingcat investigation last month that traced him to an MMA event in Dubai - providing the first proof that the cartel's leadership was still in hiding in the UAE. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

A public safety graphic from the City of St. Louis Emergency Management Agency shows a tornado funnel touching down in the distance. Large white text in the center reads “Tornado Watch,” with the agency’s circular logo at the top and the website “stlouis-mo.gov/ema” at the bottom.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for the City of St. Louis until 11 pm. Stay alert and be ready to act quickly if a warning is issued.

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#stlwx

Iran told mediators it will continue restricting ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and charge tolls during the cease-fire.

Vessels must coordinate with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which can still block ships from countries Iran considers hostile.

Exactly! 🤝

Thanks honey. I just think too many Dems are shooting themselves in the foot. I love and cherish the Democracy that Trump's trying to destroy. The tent is big enough to hold everyone who feels the same.

Hey, both Don Winslow and Larry Sabato follow me on X so I can't be all bad. ;)

I'm verbally attacked on X often because I speak out against Trump. The same is happening here when I say I was a Republican prior to Trump. I'm tired of the purity tests. Let's make it that only cradle Democrats can vote for a Democrat, the rest of us have to sit it out, and see how far we get. 🎪

ALERT: Scott MacFarlane reveals new court filings showing Trump may receive a taxpayer-funded payout from his IRS lawsuit — while the DOJ also moves to return taxpayer money to pardoned January 6 defendants.

Your tax dollars could be going directly to Trump and those involved in the Capitol attack.