The Virginia referendum is a textbook FAFO moment for Republicans

I like AI… mostly

But the risks are horrendous

“I am an extraordinarily brilliant person”

—Something no even mildly bright person would ever feel the need to say.

Donald is deeply damaged—and extraordinarily stupid.

Interior Department crafted talking points for public lands sell-off agenda - High Country News The agency’s leadership distanced itself from the controversial proposal even though staff helped research public-land sales.

The Trump admin and Sen. Mike Lee are conspiring to destroy public lands for short term profit. Teddy Roosevelt is rolling in his grave.
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Note: Trump voted by mail

It was a waste of time. Neither use nor ornament

Blocked AI bollocks

Also if one ignores the sergei bit it wasn’t a terribly complicated question 🤷‍♂️

The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper nearly loses his mind listening to MAGA defend Trump's Al Jesus pic and his war with the pope.

Well shadows on the cave and all that…

The MAGA Crack-Up: David Corn on Iran, the FBI, and a Democracy Under Siege Podcast Episode · The Steady State Sentinel · 21 April · 48min

Kash Patel worked for a Russian funded propaganda organisation 😳🤬

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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

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.

(Published Nov. 2025)

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

What the American "drug war" looks like on the ground: Ecuadorian fishermen were attacked in a double drone strike, arrested at gupoint, taken to El Salvador and then finally released.
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Trump Keeps Trying to Pressure Ukraine. Zelensky Doesn’t Care. The American president is trying to use leverage he doesn’t have.

Steve Witkoff has visited Moscow seven times yet never traveled to Kyiv. For some reason, the Trump administration isn't playing its cards against Vladimir Putin.

a chinchilla is sitting on a hamster wheel in a cage ALT: a chinchilla is sitting on a hamster wheel in a cage

Donald Trump, getting tough with Iran. 🙄

Trump is really mad.

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NEW REPUBLIC: “Where Did Millions in Funding Go?”

$63 MILLION companies paid in *settlements* to Trump appears to have vanished (into his pocket) and @SenWarren wants answers.

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OGAdamKinzinger: #Virginia Good job, Virginia!! vt.tiktok.com/ZS9dsLf1f/

Nice piece of writing (true too)

The verdict of a prominent conservative website and magazine:

"A 79-year-old man who has long dealt in chaos is now being consumed by that chaos. His episodes are becoming more frequent, his good days further apart. What he has lost is not a sense of decency or decorum—he never had those...

The question was genuine.

Sergei however is a fictional character. A mole who sells kebabs of dubious quality. Part of the zaniness that is #wulferhampton

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

Will Wins Wars. We’re Forgetting That. Power = Will × Resources.

What’s happening in Ukraine and Iran? This might help. My latest in the @thebulwark.com

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Son of Piss?

Well at school I knew a Jones major AND a Jones minor.

Does that count?

😂

Wow. They’re so thick it’s almost impossible to credit.

❗️Hungary and Slovakia confirmed they will support a €90 billion EU package for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia once Druzhba oil supplies are restored, Czech foreign minister said. #Ukraine