Sure, House Democratic Leadership is often lazy, but don't think that can't be useful sometimes!

The next six months in Iran will be crucial.

by Tom Friedman

MTV’s Cribs but it’s spiders showing off their webs.

Anti-Data Center organizing is really ramping up especially in the South.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

The Christian Nationalist Schism: Fascist Religion at the End of Empire The fight between MAGA and the pope is a preview of something much larger and more dangerous

MAGA has always been a cult, but the fight with the Pope represents something much larger taking place.

Christian Nationalism is settling into place as a post-Trump religious movement that supports neo-fascist brutality at the end of American Empire.

jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-christ...

The Democrats sense that they're gonna cruise to midterm victory by doing nothing and offering nothing and are using it as a freebie to punch left to make sure the voters don't get any ideas.

Absolutely.

"These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that."

That's a pretty simple and effective message.

Plainly telling his own staff “I will ignore the Constitution to enact revenge on my imagined enemies” sure seems to me like a valid basis for impeachment proceedings for a life-term judge in the highest court.

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

Photo of two potbellied pigs, one is sniffing the other one's cheek. text says "the least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. dr. Jane Goodall"

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Housing Not Handcuffs - Louisiana advances bill to funnel homeless people into forced treatment and unpaid labor This bill requires homeless people to pay for the very treatment they are forced into. And if the person cannot pay the cost of treatment, this bill requires them to perform unpaid labor for the…

BREAKING: Louisiana has advanced one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country. It would force homeless people to choose between jail and involuntary treatment, make them pay for it, and if they can't pay, force them to perform unpaid labor. buff.ly/d6rXj5h

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Love seeing conservatives argue for separation between church and state but only when religious doctrine conflicts with blowing people up

Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

Orban eating shit would be incredibly good news. That was the Epstein/Bannon/OG alt-right pet project for years and their model for how they want to gain permanent power. If they flip every lever there and still lose, there's real hope.

went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted

JD Vance sucks

Me seeing the news from Hungary

Photo of two baby goats snuggled together in a large cat bed covered in soft blankets.

As most of you know, we recently took in a baby goat named Janey. She was an emergency intake from a dairy and would have died if we hadn't intervened immediately. But goats are herd animals and we knew it would be best for Janey if she had a friend or two... so please welcome Cornelius and Floyd! 💕

It's so pretty and looks delicious!

Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex X.com Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4-8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enought of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace 1:32 PM • 4/11/26 • 412K Views

Pope Leo:

“Enought of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace”

ISLAMABAD, April 11, 2026:

Iran: gets a “guarantee” not to get attacked plus control of the strait with a tolling system

Trump: gets some rare Alf pogs

As newspapers continue to disappear from the Northwest, it's time for fact-based journalists to take ownership of their own work. We aren't waiting for the old institutions to fix this problem.

A conversation with ‘The Last American Roadtrip’ author Sarah Kendzior When Sarah Kendzior started writing about St. Louis in 2013, the journalist and researcher had already established a far-flung readership in a media landscape then in the throes of major seismic shifts.  She had just earned her doctorate in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis, where she quickly became regarded as an expert in […]

New interview about my book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! I actually did this interview in 2025, but the magazine printed it yesterday for the paperback release.
www.stlmag.com/culture/a-co...

It never ends with how low some people will go. I don't know why this surprised me, but it did. Please know you are in so many of our thoughts every day. Thank you for writing the truth, even though I know it takes a toll on you.
Bless you and your family, Sarah. Thank you for all you do.

NASA -- Artemis II crew

Iconic Photo

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.

I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

Araceli Her name was Araceli.

The great James Holeman walks quietly through the southwestern deserts to find the bodies the US Border Patrol creates and leaves behind.
open.substack.com/pub/jameshol...

The University of Michigan has been measuring consumer sentiment since 1952. We just got the first Iran-afflicted measure for April, and it's at the lowest level ever recorded.