Minnesotans tend to view anything that isn’t a root vegetable as spicy.

Cold is simply weakness, leaving the hoodie.

The depositions from Patel’s security detail will be interesting.

In the unlikely event that Congress acts, the Trump administration could (continue to) declare that the Iran War is a special military operation or something other than war which doesn’t meet the threshold for congressional approval

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Where it would, in all probability, be defeated.

If past is prologue Congress will sit on its collective hands and do nothing. 3//

Will defer to experts in this area, but if Congress were to take action to terminate unauthorized hostilities the measure would require House Foreign Affairs Committee or the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to forward a measure to their respective chamber. 2// share.google/RGCvOBWI3fzq...

Which gives Congress, if it were to act, nine days to pass a resolution or AUMF to authorize the war with Iran.

Since the HoR will not be in session from 23 April-1 March, Congess, would not vote on an extension until after the 60 day clock has run out 1//

Counselor to the AG 🫡

Mr. diGenova, 81, who served as a U.S. attorney in the Reagan era, has been given the title of counselor to the attorney general & detailed to the Southern District of Florida, where the US attorney, Jason A. Reding Quiñones, another Trump loyalist, is supervising the inquiry

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

No paywall 🎁

Trump’s former campaign lawyer, Joseph diGenova, was selected to lead the inquiry after a career prosecutor was removed from that post.

At least part of the investigation appears to be using a grand jury overseen by a federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

And for anyone who doesn't subscribe to The Atlantic yet, a gift link for you: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Couldn’t find the post on Truth Social. IMO it’s fake

In today’s episode of Currently Clean on OPSEC, Trump details the security features of the ballroom and what appears to be a secure compound beneath it.

Probably none of these features are sensitive or classified 🫡

“A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed.”

Consistent with the jus ad bellum requirement in int’l law that the use of force in self defense be necessary, eg exhaustion of diplomacy.

Jonestown Jesus does have a certain ring to it.

Not a single person working in all of emergency management has told me a single thing about World Cup preparedness efforts that would suggest this is going to go well. Nightmare all around.

1/ The Russian army has been taken over by an organised crime syndicate, says a Russian journalist. The mass recruitment of criminals means that crimes and corruption of all sorts – murder, torture, extortion, prostitution, drug and alcohol smuggling – are now routine. ⬇️

What is a naval blockade and how would it work in Strait of Hormuz? Donald Trump says that the US is going to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz. What does this mean in practice?

Centcom added that US forces would not impede the freedom of vessels transiting to and from non-Iranian ports, and that additional information would be provided to commercial mariners via a formal notice before the blockade starts. www.bbc.com/news/article...

90 minutes before polls close in Hungary more people have voted than on any previous election day at the closing of the polls. An all-time record high turnout is now guaranteed, it will likely be around or above 80%. Particularly many people are voting in cities and large towns, a bad omen for Orbán

🧵 Thread of European leaders reacting to Péter Magyar's victory and Viktor Orbán's defeat.

Ursula von der Leyen: "Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger."

BREAKING: DOJ investigates the Hungarian electorate for Mortgage Fraud

Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election

No paywall
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Turnout at 66% at 1500.

It was 68% at 1830 last time.

Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.

Watched a senior Quaker woman put her body between ICE and an immigrant they were trying to snatch.
When asked why, she said:
"Because God is not a noun.
God is a verb."
That will stay with me forever.

A primer on Hungary’s electoral system.

Hungary has a mixed-member pseudo proportional electoral system.

106 elected in first past the post constituencies

93 by proportional representation in closed lists

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Reposting this thread for one last time. Early morning participation is already at record high, on track for a record turnout. Happy voting! 🇭🇺

It's been clear since Jan 2025 that the Trump administration has been aligning the US with Russia. In Hungary, for the first time, we've seen the US and Russia interfering in an election on the same side - the side of Russia's ally. 🧵

Am encouraged by the strong turnout but concerned about the potential for Orban to monkey wrench election results in the days to come if/when he and his party lose.

Insightful 🧵