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Iranian officials warned that its oil exports cannot be restricted while “expecting free security for others,” through the Strait of Hormuz.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

In a nutshell. 😊

Is that bad? Seems bad

Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump’s endorsement. https://to.pbs.org/4dAk34x

Todd Blanche is trying to turn political prosecutions into a routine matter. He is claiming it's Trump's duty to go after his enemies and purge the department of career lawyers. He is a dangerously good liar that we cannot underestimate.

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*many people are saying* it sure looks like the White House wrote this for Pakistan’s PM, who posted it then quickly deleted the top part 😬

@ronanfarrow.bsky.social and Andrew Marantz asked Sam Altman whether running an A.I. company was a job that came with “an elevated requirement of integrity.” This was supposed to be an easy question.

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

1. Impeachment starts in the House, not the Senate. 2. Republicans control the impeachment process. 3. You’re literally calling for a “strongly worded letter.”

CNN: "In the initial statement from DHS, they said these two migrants had attacked the ICE agents in Minneapolis with the shovel, but what this video shows is this was not the case ... the two ICE agents made false statements under oath."

23 people could stop this genocidal war criminal. That’s it. 23. 20 Republican senators and 3 republican reps in the house and he’d be out of politics forever. But they won’t. They’re addicted to power. A drug so strong they’d rather see a civilization die than give it up.

Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz Iran gets $2 million a ship for passage Iranian regime remains in power Iran keeps its enriched uranium Iran makes no political reform Iran gets US sanctions lifted — The Art of the Deal

Yep. It was connected.

BERMAN: Do you think Congress should have a vote if the United States is going to make a whole civilization die? MIKE LAWLER: John, you are parsing here BERMAN: I was quoting

Average U.S. gas prices per gallon on April 7, per AAA: • Regular: $4.14 (⬆️ $1.16 since war in Iran began on Feb. 28) • Premium: $5.02 (⬆️ $1.16 since war began) • Diesel: $5.65 (⬆️ $1.89 since war began)

Welp. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

"Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite," write Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope of @coveringclimatenow.org

Whoops, maybe benching three plates isn’t a good qualification for secretary of defense

I AM GOING TO BURN DOWN THE SHED UNLESS WE HAVE PIZZA ROLLS FOR DINNER TONIGHT [mom sighs, rolls her eyes, writes "pizza rolls" on the grocery list for next week] I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO BURN DOWN THE SHED

Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment

These are not reassuring. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

The President of the United States is a madman.

A madman has control of the most powerful military in the history of the world and the leaders of his party are too afraid to say or do anything to stop him.

Imagine being in Iran right now. Waiting. Waiting for 8 PM, knowing a man halfway across the world just said your entire civilization could be wiped at that hour. Your family in the next room. Your phone buzzing. No one knows if it’s real, bluff, or the last normal hour you’ll ever have.

Today I learned there was a synagogue in Iran. Wish I’d known about that before Israel bombed it. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

@aoc.bsky.social spitting truthbombs here. x.com/i/status/204...

That red line is doing something unusual. www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/...

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Call Congress and tell them to do their job: 202-224-3121

“.. Strip away the shock value for a moment .. This is not a stray remark at a rally. Nor was it a misstatement quickly corrected by staff. This is a public declaration, .. during an active and escalating international crisis.” @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

This doesn’t seem hyperbolic now

Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.

What if the United States had a Congress?

I mean there it is.

The law applies a 9.9% income tax on income over $1 million.

Cosplaying working class Rafael Cruz went to Princeton and Harvard. When he flees his constituents without power, he stays at the Ritz-Carlton. His wife, Heidi, is Managing Director at the fancy investment firm Goldman Sachs. They are not men & women with callouses on their hands. They are elites.

The call is coming from inside the house.

“The inquiry on behalf of the high-profile potential client was flagged internally at BlackRock, according to the people familiar with the matter.” Seems bad!

Day 1: 'We've already won.' Day 8: 'Unconditional surrender.' Day 30: 'Actually, we've had regime change.' Meanwhile, Iran says they'll decide when it ends. Words are weapons — and Trump has no trigger discipline. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

NEW: While police say they won't use Flock for "traffic violations" and only serious crimes, Georgia State Police used the networked surveillance camera system to issue a ticket to a motorcyclist who was allegedly looking at his cell phone while riding, 404 Media has learned.

This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.

NEW: The FBI went down to Georgia, looking for some ballots to seize. Now, in an Atlanta courtroom tomorrow morning, the government must defend a search warrant built on recycled fraud claims & glaring omissions. My primer on Fulton County’s battle for ballots: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fult...

This is probably the least surprising piece of news ever.

“That just doesn’t make sense to me — when the richest people have the smallest effective tax rate, that does not seem like a very fair system.” #LiftTheCap

a friend summarizes: We need 2500 marines for the not-war we already won that won’t have ground troops also please send ships, world. All of this was part of the plan.