Amazon Plans to Invest Up to $25 Billion in Anthropic Anthropic also committed to spending $100 billion on Amazon technologies that can help build and deploy A.I. systems.

Amazon has agreed to invest as much as $25 billion more in Anthropic, the A.I. start-up that created the Claude chatbot, the companies said on Monday.

‘Immediate Results’ vs. ‘The Long Game’: The U.S. and Iran Face Off

‘Immediate Results’ vs. ‘The Long Game’: the U.S. and Iran Face Off www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

@danielsilvabooks.bsky.social Am I the only one rereading your books in order that they were published? Feels like I’ve grown up with Gabriel Allon… one could only hope to have a real life upstanding hero as he is in fiction…

@danielsilvabooks.bsky.social Just finished A Death in Cornwall and it is one of the best Gabriel Allon stories I have read. With billionaires & politics in the headlines today, you wrote a great story incorporating your cast of characters including the goat, the filthy rich and world politics.

Book: An Inside Job by Daniel Silva.

I was looking forward to this book and @danielsilvabooks.bsky.social did not disappoint.
Gabriel Allon takes us on a journey from Venice to London, the French Riviera, and the Vatican to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.
#Booksky #DanielSilva #AnInsideJob #SpyFiction #BookPhotography

The Order by Daniel Silva

Now reading The Order by Daniel Silva. This is a library book! #BookSky💙📚 #AmReading #LibraryReads #LibraryLife

Moscow Rules Daniel Silva

Restarting the alphabet challenge. 😉

Alphabet #bookchallenge
#booksky
Today’s letter: M
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Moscow Rules
Daniel Silva

The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ Devin Stone turned punchy legal explainers into a YouTube empire. Now he’s warning that the sheer volume of Trump administration scandals is distorting reality itself.

Devin Stone turned punchy legal explainers into a YouTube empire. Now he’s warning that the sheer volume of Trump administration scandals is distorting reality itself. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

German central bank chief calls for wide access to Anthropic's Mythos German central bank chief Joachim Nagel called ​on Tuesday for all institutions to have access to Anthropic's artificial intelligence model Mythos ‌to keep the playing field even and to avoid it being misused.

German central bank chief calls for wide access to Anthropic's Mythos reut.rs/4cSkKFz

Book tour schedule coming soon! And no, he never knows what I am going to ask…..

How Iran’s Cheap, Low-Tech Drones Have Cost the U.S. (Gift Article) The United States and its allies have historically prioritized accurate but expensive defense solutions. Drones challenge that math.

Gift Article - “One of the biggest takeaways of the war… In addition to its willingness to go on the offensive, Iran has forced the U.S. and its regional allies to confront the rise of cheap drones on the battlefield.” #Drones

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Thank you!

Celebrating the judge on her 96th birthday! Feel very lucky… and yes, she is still the boss of me!

Book tour schedule coming soon! And no, he never knows what I am going to ask…..

How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration | CNN Flying to Algeria at the start of his landmark Africa tour on Monday, Pope Leo had a choice. He could ignore Donald Trump’s extraordinary overnight social media tirade against him, or he could tackle ...

Friend of Father Donati

www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/a...

Love this!

Update - “Trump says US will acquire Iran's enriched uranium as part of peace negotiations”
@cnn.com

Live updates: Iran declares Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ as ceasefire holds in Lebanon | CNN A pause in fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon could help pave the way for a deal with Tehran. Follow along for live updates.

Breaking - Iran declares Strait of Hormuz “completely open” …

www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/w...

As Breaker first reported, CBS News has invited both Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller to be guests at their tables at the White House Correspondents' dinner just days after Ellison's cocktail soiree.

You might or or might not (but I’m guessing might not) be surprised to learn that CBS News invited Stephen Miller to be their guest at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Hegseth, too.

www.breakermedia.com/p/axel-s-tel...

Trump’s arch gets overwhelmingly negative public feedback but appears poised to move forward | CNN Politics President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch project received overwhelmingly negative feedback from preservationist groups and members of the public as plans for the massive structure were present...

www.cnn.com/2026/04/16/p...

What is ‘Ozempic personality,’ and why does it make life feel ‘meh’? Doctors and patients across social media are reporting a kind of emotional flattening while on GLP-1 drugs.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Report: Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases | CNN Erin Burnett talks to Demetri Sevastopulo, a US-China correspondent for the Financial Times, about his reporting claiming Iran is using a Chinese spy satellite to target American bases.

New - FT reports that Iranians are using Chinese satellite to target US Bases @erinburnett.bsky.social @outfrontcnn.bsky.social
@financialtimes.com

www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/w...

My favorite so far.

This is stunningly good news:

How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply? Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only mad...

DIB dysfunction is bad enough that articles about it have now started appearing in the New Yorker www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Mark Meadows seeking reimbursement of legal fees from DOJ Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is asking the Trump administration to reimburse him for legal fees in connection with former special counsel Jack

Mark Meadows seeking reimbursement of legal fees from DOJ

As President Trump threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.” nyti.ms/4cuATjd

Another Woman Accuses Eric Swalwell of Sexually Assaulting Her The woman said Mr. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon, raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. She said she believed she was drugged.

Breaking News: Another woman accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual assault, saying he drugged and raped her in a hotel room in 2018.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.