The Trump White House intervened directly in a criminal probe directing the destruction of evidence so as to prevent the Tates from being charged with serious felonies. The action was unprecedented.
Two men in fatigues with their hands ziptied being arrested by Capitol Police
Dozens of people in fatigues lined up in the Capitol Rotunda with signage demanding an end to the Iran War
Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War.
Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social
As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes. theatln.tc/bXd5oFwm
Someone knew.
$760 million bet that oil would crash placed 20 minutes before it did. This wasn’t a fluke. It happened three times in six weeks.
The feds are investigating. The question isn’t whether someone had inside knowledge of U.S. war decisions. It’s who.
Undocumented immigrants contribute $97 billion yearly in federal, state, and local taxes. They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022.
Bessent is galactically stupid.
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Astronaut standing on moon next to MTV flag
The only reason to announce a total victory before reaching a signed deal is to manipulate the markets for profit taking.
Heck, maybe even be forced to pay your employees a living wage 🤷🏻♀️
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Trump’s EPA & Lee Zeldin rolled back health limits on toxic soot pollution that causes cancer, miscarriages, birth defects because they said it cost too much to comply.
False.
EPA’s documents show >90% of power plants akready met the safer limit with already installed pollution control equipment.
BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.
The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.
Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.
Maine lawmakers pass nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers
By Joanna Slater
Legislators in Maine on Tuesday passed the nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers, part of a growing backlash to the energy-intensive facilities that fuel the rise of artificial intelligence.
Gift
LA28 set aside tickets for LA and Oklahoma City residents, but some say they faced exorbitant prices and high fees
Asking again if an intelligent civilisation would use ancient decomposed liquid forests that require transporting around the planet for just-in-time delivery or everyone freezes and starves as its apex commodity www.ft.com/content/4dbf...
“Americans shouldn’t tolerate in Congress what any other workplace would fire you for,…”
Push to Expel Swalwell Could Touch Off Chain Reaction of House Removal Votes www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...
Or put differently, punish those NATO members who sought to uphold international law.
The US is blowing its entire inventory of latest-generation deep strike cruise missiles on a war of choice against an adversary it barely considered important enough to mention 6 months ago.
”Dumping the Army chief of staff in the middle of a war, without explanation, is a reckless move even by Hegseth’s standards,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
If you ever meet an Air Force PJ, buy them a drink.
They’re some of the bravest MFs you’ll ever meet.
They’ve been at this all day trying to find the WSO, despite taking fire every time they go out.
“These Things We Do, That Others May Live”
There’s currently a frantic search taking place for two US pilots who were shot down in Iran, and this idiot is talking about taking the oil.
Greg Jaffe Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt on the byline with a source on background saying the dismissal was tied to refusal to comply with Hegseth’s directive to remove the 2 black and 2 female officers from the promotion list to one star general
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
Italy has refused permission for US military aircraft to land at a Sicilian air base en route to the Middle East, reports Corriere della Sera. The exact number of aircraft involved and the specific timing of Rome's refusal remain undisclosed. roma.corriere.it/notizie/poli...
The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf.
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Iran War to be paid for out of cuts to state and local programs for Americans.
“To sum it up,” Pete Curran, a staff meteorologist for Watch Duty, a nonprofit that tracks wildfires live and sends updates to users in real time, and former chief of the Orange County Fire Department, put it bluntly: “We are scared shitless.” wapo.st/4uMpUd1
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Two pilots dead at LaGuardia. A lone controller managing two simultaneous emergencies. The FAA is 3,000 controllers short. We will blame the human. We should fix the system.
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Ever since I covered MH-17 I've felt like the international system governing airspace in conflict zones is deeply flawed.
This fantastic reporting by Benjamin Katz at the @wsj.com is a great reminder: just because you can fly somewhere doesn't mean its safe.
www.wsj.com/business/air...
The war so far:
— In UAE, one of the biggest refineries in the world is shut
— Saudi Arabia’s largest crude processing plant was temporarily closed
— QatarEnergy’s LNG facilities were hit, triggering fires
— Iran’s giant gas field is partially closed
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