Minnesota writer Eric Chandler examines the attacks on Venezuelan boats, the snatching of Maduro, Trump's invite to oil company execs & Congress's passive response to murder and war crimes.

Up to 157 killed in 45 strikes now. No legal framework (military or peacetime) that allows this.

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This is working for me lately.

From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks

The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.

- Kurt Vonnegut

A photo of two lanterns shining from Old North Church's steeple in Boston.

On this night 251 years ago, two men climbed Old North Church's steeple. They held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were heading to Concord by way of the Charles River.

Their famous “one if by land, two if by sea” warning ignited the American Revolution.

This is the most incredible shit I’ve ever seen.

If you thought OH-58 drivers firing rifles and dropping grenades out of their cockpits was cool, wait until you get a load of Ukrainian pilots flying 1970s prop planes and blasting drones out of the sky.

I fucking love these crazy bastards.

BWCA latrines are now referred to as “Staubers”

This is called a Stauber, after yesterday’s Senate vote.

Boooooo

Duh. It’s where they sell corners.

Idles

Joy as an Act of Resistance -Idles

It appears that there is a bit of good news today. I always wait for action rather than just words these days, but happy to see positive movement here!

#mepolitics

Up North by Sam Chandler on Apple Music Song · 2021 · Duration 6:42

I know a guy who wrote a song about the Boundary Waters. Check it out after you call your senators and tell them to vote No on House joint resolution 140. music.apple.com/us/album/up-...

Praying for the people, animals and wild places in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness tonight. It is not theirs to give away.

Photo credit: Dawn LaPointe

Every president since JFK was warned about climate change John F. Kennedy was warned about "climate control" in February 1961, becoming perhaps the first American president to learn about people's impact on planetary

I read a great book this year by Douglas Brinkley called Silent Spring Revolution. In it, he shares how presidents have been warned all the way back to JFK. This article backs that up. This ain’t new. www.eenews.net/articles/eve...

This is what we’re fighting for!

Because of you, calls are coming in strong and your voices are being heard in the Senate. It’s making a difference.

Keep going!!! Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140.

Supposedly they are voting today. Please call your senators especially if they are GOP.

Stand for the Land No matter where you live, tell your senators to vote NO on HJR 140. The Senate votes this week

I put a bunch of phone numbers in this post to make it easy for you. Please consider making a call this week. If they succeed in using the CRA to overturn a public land order, they'll use it everywhere. open.substack.com/pub/ericchan...

The Senate is back in session today. If you meant to, but hadn't because they kept pushing the vote back since February, please call your senator this week and tell them to vote NO on HJR 140. If they don't vote by the week of 21 Apr, Stauber's CRA shenanigans run out of time. Keep calling!

24 yo Lt Col Charles L. Chandler commanding 57th Mass Vols shortly before getting his arm shot off at the North Anna River outside Richmond.

Dead Charles L. Chandler is stoked to hear this.

SUPER excited about these new MWG opportunities! Took a ton of work and years to get it off the ground. Highly recommend MWG members apply for these fully funded writing retreat opportunities!

U.S. Southern Command: On April 14, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Four male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCEASSIFTED 0:14 3:45 PM • 4/14/26 • 122 Views

We murdered four more people in a boat today

It's National Poetry Month! Here's another good one: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57311/...

My pop says, "Life is full of choices." They didn't have to choose to shoot my neighbors in the face and the back of the head. They didn't have to go to Northfield and fuck with my daughter's old high school classmate at his apartment because of how he looks. Choose better maybe.