For sure. Night!

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Would anyone have a copy of Mark Robson’s essay on Hester Pulter in English Manuscript Studies 9? Ordered it up in BL but apparently I needed two days’ notice…am only in London for the day

With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.

Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.

Trump administration begins refunding more than $166bn in tariffs Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffs

So you and I and everyone else are in effect now refunding American corporations for import tariffs, although we paid for most of them in the form of higher prices — which they won’t now lower because they have monopoly power to keep prices high.

The Art of the Deal.

A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media | CNN Politics As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.

😳 “A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media” 😳

Trump says Energy secretary ‘totally wrong’ on gas prices not dropping to $3 until next year President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year.  “No, I think he’s wrong …

Gaslight [verb]: to grossly mislead or deceive (someone) especially for one's own advantage.

Trump and the IRS are in talks to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax records The president's lawsuit, filed this year, alleges that the IRS failed to take the necessary steps to prevent the unautho

Billions in foreign real estate deals while serving as head of state.

Billions in crypto deals while gutting regulation of the industry.

Suing his own government and negotiating a settlement funded by the taxpayers.

We're so numb to Trump grifting off the presidency that hardly anyone notices.

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BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel files $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over its report on his drinking.

MS NOW'S Carol Leonnig has analysis:

We are reading Measure for Measure, and my students are on fire with this play! I love that, of course. But wouldn't it be great if this play stopped being so relevant?

Opinion | The Republican battle royal that’s consuming Washington Embattled GOP lawmakers trying to re-open DHS find themselves besieged on all fronts by their fellow GOP lawmakers.

OPINION by MS NOW writer @hayesbrown.bsky.social

"The clock is ticking but, incredibly, with little time left for legislating, Republicans have yet to even agree what’s on their agenda, let alone the steps to carry it out."

READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/gop-...

Yeah. "I disagree with the Court's legal analysis" is one thing, but "the Court isn't using legal analysis to decide cases" is another. The latter is no longer in the realm of law and should not be treated as if it is.

Iran vows a swift response to the US seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel Iran’s military has vowed a swift response to the U.S. seizure of an Iranian-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Oman.

Iran’s military vowed a swift response to the U.S. seizure of an Iranian-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Oman, state media reported on Sunday.

Oh, you mean ACTUAL viewpoint diversity? From the perspective of the whole range of intellectual traditions, rather just maybe 3?

Live Updates Trump Says Navy Struck and Seized Iranian Ship as U.S. Prepares for Peace Talks President Trump said a Navy destroyer had attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The White House said it is dispatching a high-level delegation, including Vice President JD Vance, to Pakistan for negotiations.

Breaking News: The U.S. military attacked an Iranian cargo ship trying to get past the American blockade of Iranian ports, President Trump said. Follow live updates.

US politics timeline cleanse

With a handshake, Spain and Mexico put diplomatic tussle over their colonial past behind them Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has laid to rest a diplomatic spat between her government and Spain over the Spanish colonial past.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has laid to rest a diplomatic spat between her government and Spain over the Spanish colonial past.

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Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

Court Rejects Trump Administration Climate Lawsuit Against Hawaii

Not enough to pollute for free; fossil fuel gets Republicans AGs to provide taxpayer-funded free legal service.

Ghoulish levels of greed.

Rep.-Elect Analilia Mejia won big. Now, she's ready to take on Trump & the oligarchy New Jersey just elected Analilia Mejia, a progressive, to fill the seat vacated by the centrist Democrat Mikie Sherrill, who’s now the state’s governor. In her victory speech, Mejia referred to herself as Congress’ “unbought, unbossed, sassy new member,” calling attention to her independence from corporate interests and fearless criticism of Donald Trump and his billionaire backers. “This connection between oligarchs and a corrupt administration is costing the American people money, and they're waking up to it,” she tells Ali Velshi.

NJ's Rep.-Elect Analilia Mejia @analiliafornj.bsky.social won her special election by a landslide. Now, she's sounding the alarm on how oligarchs are working against Americans. "You also have to fight the stranglehold that corporations are having in our democracy and our economy." #Velshi

‘It's time for them to hit the panic button’: GOP midterm anxieties grow Republican-held Senate seats in Ohio and North Carolina are looking more vulnerable due to Trump’s declining popularity. Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher says this weakens Republicans across the country. “What that means, from a campaign perspective, is that Republicans now have to think about defending more seats now than they certainly were thinking about a year or so ago.”

The Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish on flipping both the House & the Senate. Data journalist @gelliottmorris.com says an unpopular White House is responsible. Pollster Cornell Belcher says “It is impossible for Republicans right now to move away from the President.” #Velshi

Egg fried rice

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Have been wondering when candidates would start talking about this. One of the biggest corruption scandals is U.S. history playing out in real time.

Claire's on BBC Radio WM speaking to Darren Harriott at 11.46am today, talking all things Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit tour - including our performance at Wolverhampton Arts Centre on 28 April!
Listen on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

A brilliant and thorough set of theses exposing the "viewpoint diversity" ideology in higher ed for what it really is (and isn't).

What a depressing story.
Roberts apparently makes rulings based on how offended he feels & how much something will COST BUSINESSES?
Doesn't sound like LAW based decisions to me.
What a hypocrite.
He later handed the 🍊💩 virtual IMPUNITY.
What a pig.