(FT) - Lufthansa has cancelled 20,000 flights between May and October to save fuel, one of the largest cuts by global airlines as jet fuel prices double following the Iran war.
@financialtimes.com $JETS
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Warren does at one point single out Epstein, but the full question is nuts: Warsh didn’t disclose $100 million hidden behind entities he owns, so are any of those assets owned by the Trump family or the Chinese government, have any of them facilitated money laundering, any set up by Jeffrey Epstein?
"Russia bet the farm on the theory that meat waves would overwhelm Ukraine while the United States and Hungary blocked Western support, and failed." ICYMI @brynntannehill.bsky.social:
In the Civil War, "Roughly 500,000 soldiers perished from diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, and typhoid, which killed twice as many men as battle wounds. Roughly 250,000 died from battle wounds or accidents."
Disease prevention is absolutely vital to war-fighting capability.
Sen. Warren: "Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?"
Handsome Kevin: "ummm... errr... "
His response raises real questions about whether Warsh is independent of the President and if he has the courage to tell hard truths.
New: Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is resigning from Congress.
www.notus.org/congress/she...
Sen. @ossoff.bsky.social: How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money. Citizens United was the worst court decision in modern American history. It's why members of Congress don't listen to the people
Why is Trump the approval authority for corporate mergers? He should not be involved at all, not one iota.
Sayonara!
Virginians can give President Trump the sads today.
New in PN: Speaker Johnson's beginning of the end
"Johnson has such a small majority he can’t afford to alienate anybody, & he has nonetheless managed to alienate everybody. The coming months will be brutal for him & are likely to end w/his speakership destroyed in a humiliating, titanic blue wave"
Gas prices are up more than $1 since the Iran conflict escalated.
Republicans’ message: it’s actually good news. 🤔
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Image of a Virginia Democrats' proposed congressional map that is drawn to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. The district lines are displayed over top of a basemap with major roads and cities labeled. The districts are colored by the 2024 presidential winner's margin of victory, with Kamala Harris districts in blue and Donald Trump districts in red. Darker shades represent larger margins of victory. An embedded chart shows the 2024 presidential election results and the adult population racial demographics in each district. Kamala Harris won 10 of the 11 districts, while Black voters would retain their ability to elect their preferred candidates in Districts 3 and 4, which remain safely Democratic.
Virginia votes TODAY on a referendum that would enable Democrats to redraw the congressional map for 2026 in response to new Republican gerrymanders in other states.
The map targets 4 of 5 Republicans & aims to elect a 10-1 Dem majority.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
Morland
Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.
Karma et humiliation.
Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.
Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.
But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.
Trickle down hoax.
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My brother and I drove a couple of hours north to do some hiking at Cloudland Canyon State Park in Northern Georgia today. It was a gorgeous day for a hike.
#CloudlandCanyon #Georgia #photography #myphoto
Any candidate that takes money from Palantir should not receive your vote.
Co-founder Joe Lonsdale is pouring millions into a PAC to buy off Democrats, especially in California.
techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...
On this day in 1775: American Revolution begins at Battle of Lexington
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1) It is ok to cut the mic on talk-show guests who repeat the same lies over and over, as Stefanik does here
2) And while they’re doing that, you don’t need to plug their book for them
