And while you're at it, ask the same questions of those saying America is a Christian nation.

NEW: The U.S. paused ammunition deliveries to Estonia (especially HIMARS rockets) due to the war with Iran, likely for months, not weeks.

Estonia says it has enough anti-tank weapons but may seek alternatives or rethink purchases if delays continue.

Source: ERR

having to convince an ai voice menu repeatedly that ‘no. i really need do need to speak to an actual person’

wait on hold again and then have my call drop because tmobile can’t see fit to fix or disconnect the faulty cell tower that my phone defaults to when i’m at home

i am finding it incredibly frustrating that to get in touch with a person at a company

(here Symantec)

i have to dig through pages and pages of dreck to find a phone number that first requires two factor authentication
after logging into my account

Like... I'm sorry, but to win future elections, you need a good chunk of the people who sat out in 2016 or 2024 to vote for you, and I just don't think that sneering at them and saying it's their fault that things are the way they are right now is going to win them over, even if you truly believe it

For most of the time I worked on the Gaza humanitarian response at USAID, this smuggling ring was the bane of our existence. It dramatically impacted price and market stability in Gaza and made the truck drivers jobs far more dangerous. We all knew it was the IDF running it.

Williams says that the bill wouldn't apply to "appropriate drag," and said that it's written in a way that obscenity could be determined by individual law enforcement.

Conservatives *want* the vagary inherent in the law because it makes them, and their police, the arbiter of morality. They don't like the idea of justice being blind.

"Of course we won't go after Shakespeare!" they say honestly, and they're correct.

They'll decide what drag is "appropriate."

Critics of new bill say Ohio women would be banned from sports bras, bikinis in public 'The peak of fear mongering.'

Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill.

HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.

Rep. Sewell Presses HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Comments Suggesting Black Children Should Be “Re-Parented” Congresswoman Terri Sewell

Here is the exchange (and lies) by RFK Jr denying he said what he said re the forced removal of AA kids from their family. I really wish the adoptee rights community would be calling this out. You don't have to share what I share, as I know I also call out Ds too. sewell.house.gov/2026/4/rep-s...

e-bikes are cheating just like graphic novels aren’t reading

You should never work for a company that does this.

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

As an Indian this fills me with a particular flavor of dread and recognition of how fully genocidal Israeli policy in the West Bank is

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

This is the broader pattern with surveillance technology in general. It doesn’t work nearly as well as advertised, but it does provide a pretext to make constitutional protections pretty much null and void.

The Court finds the decision to proceed with the 15th Street Cycle Track Removal to be arbitrary and capricious because the record does not reflect that the defendants examined the relevant data and articulated a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made. It further finds that the defendants’ invocation of the highway modernization categorical exclusion, and their conclusion that the Removal Project would not have a significant impact on public health and safety, to be arbitrary and capricious as well. Therefore, the decision to proceed with the Removal Project as described in the March 31, 2026 NPS Decision Memorandum and the March 31, 2026 NPS and FHWA Categorial Exclusion documents, as well as in the February 23 NPS and February 27 FHWA Categorical Exclusion documents to the extent they were not rescinded or nullified but only elaborated upon on March 31, is hereby VACATED and REMANDED to the National Park Service and the Federal Highway Administration

A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration's effort to rip out the 15th Street bike lane on the national mall—which substantially reduced crashes and injuries—holding that the move was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the law: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Scales Begin to Tip: Assessing Ukraine's New Strategic Momentum in 2026 A special assessment that reviews whether Ukraine has developed new strategic momentum in 2026 through the lens of eight measures of success the encapsulate the character of this war.

“The central question is whether Russia’s prospects for the military success Putin needs to justify this war have dimmed. The evidence suggests they have. The strategic costs for Russia is heading in a direction that Putin may not be able to reverse.” mickryan.substack.com/p/the-scales...

The Jerusalem Cross is a symbol of the Crusades. Disingenuous people argue it’s “just a representation of Christianity and not bigoted”

But we all fucking know the Crusades was about massacring anyone that wasn’t Christian.

Pete Hegseth has a HUGE one tattooed on his chest

It’s a symbol of hate.

FASCISM Springer Spreads Old Lies About the Jews • This is the fifth installment of a book-length feature on Harvey H Springer, self-stuled cowboy pastor of the Englewood, Colo., Baptist Tabernaele. BY THEODORE WILSON IN THE columns of The Western Voice, personalities are the rule, not the exception, especially where Jews are concerned. We saw last week the snide remark about Sidney Hillman. Here are some about Walter Winchell, a favorite target because of his exposure of fascist elements in America! "Walter Winchell, with his super-ra. of speech is struck down. No lengthy cial conscience and 'persecution complex, details of facts are needed. hey are which he evidently inherited, is doins already notorious; far more so than will more to awaken true Americans to the be wished ten years from now. stark reality of what's coming than any "Colorado knows that a broadcast of living American." (From "SENTENCE purely Gospel preaching was taken from SERMONS," by James Bryan, Novem the air, the speaker being insulted, ber 16, 1944.) harassed and abused. If this had been a Under the heading of "Walter Winch- mere outbreak of passion and prejudice ell, the Pop Gun Patriot," a blast is the baser maddened by made against the columnist in which he whiskey and hounded on by some wily is termed "character assassin," politician to serve some immediate pur- "phony patriot" and an "all-American -a mere exceptional affair, it might faleer." Included with the artiele io « be allowed to But the leadere ot photograph of an idiotic-looking youth this violation of free speech are gentle- with a silly smile, who says "Sure, I'm men. They were men who pride them-for Walter Winchell." selves upon their respect for law and TIRADE・…・ order. .. We hear two voices: one denouncing the Jews who were respon- The of February 23, 1943, sible for contained an this and another, 1len Under the heading deprecating and regretting that such a "Winchell's Chickens Come Home." Par: program was on the alr. When …

It's notable how frank some US newspapers were in the immediate post-war period to call out American fascists using the "f-word." The people they were describing called themselves "Christian patriots" and "anti-communists," but they were clearly American fascists and many papers called them that.

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The thing about the photo of the IDF soldier beheading a statue of Jesus in south Lebanon is that the Israeli military has an effectively near 0% conviction rate for its soldiers and so this will just keep happening over and over and over and over. This is simply what unlimited impunity breeds.

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats • The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.

(Published Dec. 2024)

when are they going to put the coke back in the cola though

And this is with the EPA's well-known, severe undercounting of methane emissions from fossil fuel infrastructure. The reality could well be worse.

In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips The state’s high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees as leverage for plea deals.

Under Iowa law, the state can recoup the cost of a public defender or court-appointed lawyer from defendants, even if they can’t afford an attorney. Between 2012 and 2022, the state charged low-income Iowans $151.2 million for their lawyers.

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

As foretold by prophecy, LAPD used their "first responder" drones to spy on No Kings protests and anti-ICE protests: theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration expects banks to comply in collecting citizenship information from customers.

Major alarm bells over this. Bessent wants US banks to require customers send in copies of their passports etc. to prove citizenship, which would be far beyond the know-your-customer checks that they're required to do already. Implies this could result in closing bank accounts over non-compliance.

A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."

The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.

According to sources inside the IDF they measure success in Lebanon by the number of buildings destroyed per day. This has nothing to do with Hezbollah, their primary objective is to target civilians. It's a Lebanese Nakba.

Responsible leaders must be honest with their societies.

Russia is already waging a war against Europe by systematically targeting civilian environment - the systems that enable everyday life. These attacks take concrete forms:⤵️

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY

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