“Moscow must decide whether to give up on Hungary, its most important asset in Europe, as it did in 1989, or double-down, as it did in 1956.”
A smart look at what’s at stake in Hungary’s elections, from @juliusstrauss.bsky.social
Russia, Trump, and Netanyahu are sweating, in addition to MAGA.
Bannon said Orban was "Trump before Trump."
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You need to see this, folks talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...
We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war.
Art of the deal, baby.
I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad
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I hope liberal and left-wing Americans defeat Trump and all he stands for, but if they want to put America's relationship with the world on a more sustainably realistic basis they need to stop viewing every geopolitical crisis or conflict as a mere externalisation of domestic American culture wars
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Aerial view of enormous crowd. Haven’t managed to source picture credit. Will post when I do
This is the massive turnout for last night’s “anti regime” concert in Heroes Square, Budapest, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Hungarian elections. Tens of thousands chanted “Russians go home”. #Orban
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
I have lost
the mines
that were in
the Strait
and which
you were probably
hoping
would go away
Forgive me
there were many
so hidden
and so deep
(NYT) - Iran has been unable to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic because it cannot locate all of the mines it laid in the waterway and lacks the capability to remove them, according to U.S. officials.
@nytimes.com
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Headline reads: White House budget seeks to scrap 54 major NASA science missions. Over an image of Jupiter.
Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch.
#nasa #artemisii
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
Good to see this meeting happening. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam should press the US to come out in favor of an immediate ceasefire -- both because the civilian suffering in Lebanon must stop and because Israel's continued strikes and incursions threaten the stability of the entire region.
OOOF, all of the wage growth over the last year erased in one month
Top Democrat on House Judiciary formally asks White House physician to conduct cognitive exam of Trump: “Experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent with dementia and cognitive decline… increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening.”
NEW: The DNC just passed a resolution condemning dark money donations - including those to AIPAC. A member of the DNC proposed a resolution condemning dark money through AIPAC, but the DNC panel rejected that and expanded it to include all dark money donations.
If Al Capone became President
Except we’ve spent $50 billion, the Strait is closed and 3000 people are dead.
@bloomberg.com
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if this is real, it's pretty wild. i don't know what assets we're talking about, but as far back as the carter administration, the united states froze iranian assets (the shah's, dip/con property, other state property) as a tool to get the release of the hostages at the us embassy.
In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has:
-Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies
-Cracked down on predatory landlords
-Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program
-Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets
This is what leadership looks like.
It is 1854. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics handing the nation over to the Pope.
It is 1960. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics handing the nation over to the Pope.
It is 2026. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics ha
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
Quite the week for the president of the United States on Truth Social.
Sunday: "Praise be to Allah!"
Tuesday: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."
Thursday: [video of a woman being murdered]
After 40 days of Trump’s war on Iran, justified by bundle of erratic war aims, there’s no public uprising, regime change, elimination of military or nuke capability. All he has to show is rubble, economic chaos, US isolation and embarrassment. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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“.. Trump’s approach to diplomacy with Iran: scorched-earth threats, scrambled markets, alarmed allies and adversaries, widespread civilian panic and an eleventh-hour off-ramp that has both sides accusing the other of being disingenuous.”
@nytimes.com
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This image, which claims to show one of the airmen rescued by US special forces from Iran, has racked up millions of views after being shared by some major influencers, and even by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
The image is AI-generated and features multiple errors.
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