JUST IN: Virginia adopted a new law yesterday to forbid sheriffs & local police from contracting with ICE — if ICE doesn't say it'll follow state laws & agree to let its agents be prosecuted.
Everyone seems to agree ICE won't promise that, and that this spells the end of ICE contracts in Virginia.
Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
What are the chances the deal on these things is 60/40 split to the Ballroom fund.
New: Kash Patel's FBI launched an unnecessary raid on the home of a former Capitol Police officer, based on Jan. 6 conspiracy theories from right-wing media outlet The Blaze.
I read on 🦋 that psychologists/psychiatrists refer to this as the Edifice Complex.
Authoritarians demand them.
Weak men need them.
Deranged dictators require them.
3 for 3 'Murica 🤬
Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
On the debate stage last night, former dues-paying Oath Keeper, Chad Bianco, said it’s time to “get over” racism.
F that dude!
"Moscow is using AI-generated videos of Ukrainian soldiers to portray the country as weak and undermine trust in its central command." www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
And the #WHPC will sit there and smile, because "access".
"Donald Trump will launch a 'revenge' attack on the White House media when he confronts them in person at a Washington dinner on Saturday night — then flee before there can be revenge,"
www.rawstory.com/trump-speech...
Step in to the portal....This morning as the sun shone through St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
Scenes from a personalist regime: Uday and Qusay go on TV to announce their great luck in winning public contracts.
Pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell would be a great way to convince the entire world that he is indeed a pedophile.
Trump reposts Marc Thiessen's tweet:
Nuclear deterrence works through capability and credibility. The US has the former, but Trump's bluster may have damaged the latter.
As @dankaszeta.bsky.social writes, If adversaries learn US nuclear threats can be stared down, that lesson won't stay confined to Iran.
warsight.com/2026/04/13/t...
An A-10 recently completed its first-ever probe-and-drogue air refuelling, a capability it's never had before.
A removable adapter, field-installable in hours, now allows the Warthog to refuel from C-130 tankers that operate closer to its speed and altitude.
warsight.com/2026/04/15/a...
Perfectly displays their mindset.
No matter what, old farts go first, women are just an afterthought.
Remember this women’s “health” conference? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“The new owner of CBS and the editor-in-chief of the news division set an explicit objective of appealing to the center right and the center left. That is a political goal. It is not a journalistic one.”
— Marty Baron, former top editor at the Washpost
ethicsandjournalism.org/2026/04/15/o...
A tool for elderly and disabled people.
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The TrumpedDOJ claims donors who contributed to SPLC's successful effort to dismantle the KKK were defauded because SPLC used paid informants...to dismantle the KKK
The transparent effort to weaken SPLC/intimidate other civil rights orgs should, and likely will, fail, as @lizdye.bsky.social explains
🚨It’s official: I’ve filed to run in Virginia’s First Congressional District.
I’m ready to fight to lower costs, stand up to corruption, and deliver for hardworking Virginia families. Let’s get to work.
“We’re not a melting pot… if you’re building temples or mosques and undermining Christianity you’re not assimilating.”
Rep Ogles continues to show he believes 🇺🇸 is only for Christians. A dim, unpatriotic view— no wonder nobody is donating to his campaign. #Pinocchiogles
He’s proud to be an Albanian, where at least he knows he’s free…from further prosecution
Sending or selling some of these amazing workhorses to Taiwan might be a good idea considering the rhetoric of their large, possessive & aggressive neighbor.
Talk about a nimble defender when/if a beach invasion begins...Warthogs have a storied past with more life left in them to wreak more havoc.
Data centre: a massive machine that converts stolen water and electricity grid capacity into wild heat and tax-free offshore profits.
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Depiction of the Milky Way in the Tomb of Ramesses VI, Egypt
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