Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

This is monstrous. Just profoundly shameful behavior by our government.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Whoever you are, whatever you're doing, you need this. 😻

Who in the world likes authoritarian rule, and how would they fix democracy? The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.

Historically, 31-38% of citizens in westernized nations approve of/desire authoritarian governments, with 31% being the median. Pew did an excellent but disturbing study. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

The @nytimes.com just revealed a massive power grab by the Supreme Court under Justice Roberts, which has mainly been used to support conservative policies and quash liberal ones, without sound legal justification or even explanation to the public.

Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.

Olga Trehub - Dity “Dity” means “children” in Ukrainian. This project began when my world changed... In March 2022, I fled Ukraine with my 13-year-old daughter and my little niece, who was barely two. We found safety i...

Long shot- but if anyone reading this has art gallery connections- a friend is hoping to find a location to show her #Ukrainian Refugee photography series, based on her child’s experience.

Here is her information:

olgatrehub.myportfolio.com/dity

Women in uniform missing from abortion study after Dobbs decision, researcher says Ibis Reproductive Health could recruit only three women in uniform for a 2024 survey on the effects of the decision that ended protection of abortion.

When a research team tried to document how US female service members were faring two years after Roe was overturned, only 3 subjects stepped forward, compared to 300 in a similar 2019 study. The team said reasons might be heightened fear, surveillance, professional risk, and a rise in sterilization.

The Art of the Self-Deal

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.

An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass. n.pr/489bla1

“You suggested that Black children on ADHD medication should be re-parented.”

Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell calls out Health Secretary RFK Jr. for saying Black children should be taken away by the federal government from their families.

Then, he denied reality.

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anybody in the LA area need a couple of absolutely gorgeous cats named, seriously, Kit and Caboodle?

DOGE turbocharged the deficit.

budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wea...

DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy - The Washington Post

Can someone out there please count up all the CPAC speakers who ranted about George Soros funding left wing causes?

Be sure to take breaks and stretch every hour or two.

Here she is at the March on Washington wearing her Resistance medals, incredible flex

Opinion Editorial Board America’s income tax is progressive The rich already pay more than their fair share

Unbelievable stuff from the Washington Post on behalf of Jeff Bezos today.

Video: Opinion | Trump Pardoned Them. Now They’re Committing Crimes Again. When President Trump returned to office, he pardoned about 1,500 Jan. 6 offenders. Since then, many of them have been charged with new crimes, including assault and child abuse. As the midterm electio...

Trump Pardoned Them. Now They’re Committing Crimes Again. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

This will also kill a lot of businesses and houses, because the Forest Service fights fires!

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Still relevant

Apologies but this is mostly a Hungarian election account for the next couple days

Science is good. We should fund it.

Black and white photo of a young white teen girl with curled hair in a white blouse and darker skirt, posing for a photo outside with a gorgeous, robust longhaired tabby cat in her arms.

Glorious ruff! Photo from my collection, 1957.

Johnson to skip defunding Planned Parenthood in party-line bill Mike Johnson, an anti-abortion movement ally, is not considering the language as Republicans attempt to pass DHS funding through reconciliation.

1) they're cooked and they know it 2) it appears that a big reason Planned Parenthood won't get targeted like it did last year is because Democrats refused to fund DHS, effectively forcing Republicans to focus their second reconciliation bill on funding the secret police

A New Law Voids IDs of Transgender Kansans. It Also Threatens Their Voting Access. Kansas Republicans barred trans residents from getting licenses that reflect their gender identity and canceled existing IDs. The move also risks blocking their access to the polls.

A new Kansas law retroactively cancels the licenses of some 1,700 trans Kansans who had already obtained state IDs that matched their identity.

It also threatens to impede or even outright block their access to voting:

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC.

"All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources."

blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

Democrat Wins Mayoral Race in Republican-Leaning Waukesha, Wis.

Voters in Waukesha, Wisconsin — a Republican-leaning Milwaukee suburb — just elected a Democrat as mayor, according to The Associated Press.

Alicia Halvensleben, the Democratic president of the city's Common Council, defeated Scott Allen, a result that could signal a political shift in the suburbs.

Fourth. This is a fascinating window into how much WORSE — more expensive and with US assistance?! — the future shipping picture might be post-war. An astounding setback for the oil industry and shipping industry, which will be built into the price of gas going forward. bsky.app/profile/prch...