Watchdog sues DOJ to block national voter database Common Cause pointed to U.S. citizen Anthony Nel, a Texas resident who had his voter registration wrongfully cancelled after being flagged by Homeland Security's SAVE system.

Watchdog sues DOJ to block national voter database www.courthousenews.com/watchdog-sue...

Ain't nobody going nowhere this summer.

Iran’s Foreign Minister says the U.S. blocking Iranian ports constitutes an “act of war” and a ceasefire violation, and adds that targeting commercial vessels and taking crews hostage is an even greater violation. He says Iran will “resist bullying” and defend its interests.

"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world." —Declaration of Independence

If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for?

The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.

Palantir wants to bring back the draft (And also the Axis Powers.)

Palantir wants to bring back the draft

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

These fishermen are lucky to be alive. We will probably never know how many of the ~180 people killed in similar US attacks were also just fishermen.

NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. #EuropeNews

Atlanta sets limits on ICE, with little clarity on what comes next

The votes mark the first time Atlanta’s top lawmaking body has formally taken a stance on the Trump administration’s deployment of federal officers to cities.

I know about 600 ppl at the local renfair who would kill this guy in under 8 seconds in a swordfight where only he had a sword

The man who introduced obligatory vaccinations to the US Army was George Washington.

The SPLC has long monitored and exposed white nationalist and Christian nationalist hate groups, so it makes sense that an administration staffed by many people sympathetic to one or both of those movements would use the DOJ to go after them.

Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...

If Trump is so great at making deals, why is he sending JD and Jared and Steve to negotiate instead of doing it himself?

U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working For the CIA, Sources Say Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as embassy staff but working for the CIA, participated in a raid on a drug lab.

Two Americans killed in Mexico, previously identified only as “staff from the United States Embassy,” participated in a raid on a drug lab.

Oregon pays $295,000 to settle transgender woman’s lawsuit stemming from alleged prison abuse Zera Zombie, a transgender woman, was housed with a known sex offender in a men's prison.

Zera Zombie, a transgender woman, was housed with a known sex offender in a men's prison.

Essential Artist Series: Prince (tune in April 21) Every month, WYEP spotlights essential artists in our library to help expand your musical discovery. On April 21, on the 10th anniversary of his death, we're celebrating the musical genius of Prince.

Pittsburgh radio station playing #Prince music every hour from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 21st —the 10th anniversary of his leaving for the afterworld.

Women Attorneys General Are Not Backing Down Democratic women attorneys defend and expand access to reproductive healthcare in the face of Trump's federal and Republicans' state-level attacks.

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general across the country have been working to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare within their states in the face of Republican-led attacks.

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) directed by Robert Wise, screenplay by Abraham Polonsky based on the novel by William P. McGivern.

Starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelly Winters & Ed Begley.

#FilmNoir
#Cinema
#Movie
#Filmsky
#Moviesky
#Cinemasky
#NoirFilm

film still from LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, dir., 2003). An exhausted man and a woman, played by Tadanobu Asano and Sinitta Boonyasak, sprawled out on a leather couch

CFP: Special Issue on Asian Crime Cinema GLOBAL STORYTELLING Carlos Rojas and Eileen Chow are taking over from founding editor Ying Zhu, as editors of the journal GLOBAL STORYTELLING, and we are currently recruiting proposals for the Spring 2027 special issue on Asian crime cinema. Topics may include-but are not limited to-issues of justice and transgression, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, violence and redemption, gender and desire, vengeance and ressentiment, institutions and heterotopias, genre and industry. We are particularly interested in projects that combine detailed analysis of specific works with broader reflections on the theoretical, methodological, and ideological implications of the analysis. We welcome projects analyzing works set in and/or originating from Asia, particularly East, South, and Southeast Asia, as well as submissions examining a broader range of works that take inspiration from them (such as Scorsese's The Departed, as a remake of Lau and Mak's Infernal Affairs). Also, we welcome projects that examine feature films, but also ones that focus on other cinematic media forms, including serialized television or video episodes, narrative games, and so forth. Please submit a 300-word abstract and short bio by May 15, 2026. For selected proposals, full submissions will be due October 1, 2026. Global Storytelling is an open-access, peer-reviewed, digital-born journal. Conventional articles are certainly welcome, but video essays and other types of multimedia contributions are also possible. **Please submit your proposals to GSTjournal@duke.edu. Please contact c.roja@duke.edu or eileen.chow@duke.edu if you have any questions.

CFP: Special Issue on Asian Crime Cinema

Carlos Rojas and Eileen Chow are taking over as editors of the journal GLOBAL STORYTELLING, and we are currently recruiting proposals for the Spring 2027 special issue on Asian crime cinema.

[LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, dir., 2003)]

Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy The Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission, run by the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) at the University of Barcelona and led by Maite Mascort and Esther Pons, has identified a papyrus conta...

I mean, we should all take some Homer with us to the afterlife, just in case we need a little epic reading while cruising on the Styx.

the fencing visualization system i worked on with rhizomatiks
is coming to los angeles this weekend 🤗

Is someone going to tell him that the flu killed more US troops in WWI than any battle did (and that war had chemical weapons so horrific that they were banned afterwards)?

STUBB: I would prefer, in the long run, to see Ukraine in NATO. I mean, what are the biggest conventional militaries in Europe right now? They're Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, and Finland. Should we not use this? And we have to understand that the Russian threat is not going away.

ICE’s Smart Glasses Are a Worst-Case Scenario The DHS is reportedly developing its own smart glasses that it plans to couple with biometric databases and facial recognition.

ICE’s Smart Glasses Are a Worst-Case Scenario gizmodo.com/ices-smart-glasses-are-a...

There Is Nothing “Qualified” About Qualified Immunity Once again, the Supreme Court twists itself into knots to extend legal protections to cops who kill.

You know the Supreme Court be playing fast and loose with the shadow docket but I'm telling you, qualified immunity cases? Some of the fastest and loosest

Let a lower court spell out why cops should stand trial, & the Supreme Court lifts it without explanation

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/smith...

Bombs Over Big Tech - Truthdig Are data centers legitimate military targets in the age of AI warfare?

Warfare has gone digital.

Strait of Hormuz saw minimal commercial movement on Tuesday as Iran-enforced restrictions and U.S. sanctions effectively slowed shipping to a trickle. Only a few vessels—mostly Iran-linked—continued transits, while many others avoided the route entirely.

Russia's internal affairs minister Kolokoltsev arrived in North Korea.

It's likely that he's going to ask Kim Jong Un for morre ammunition and/or missiles.

What will North Korea ask from Russia in exchange is the question.

1. Boy, Amazon is in a heap of trouble. Evidence made public yesterday by California AG @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov shows blatant price fixing. And there are so many examples. Here's Amazon scheming with a pet food supplier to get Chewy to raise its prices.