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@lindsaywise @GehringJackie "I was wrong to follow the meanness of Conservatism. I should have been trying to help people instead of taking advantage of them. I don't hate anyone anymore. For the first time in my life I don't hate somebody." --Lee Atwater, on his deathbed

They're at a different level

"Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty." - Rumi 🇮🇷 Khaju Bridge, built between 1600-1650, Isfahan, Iran

Donald Trump is suffering from a case of Springsteen Derangement Syndrome consequence.net/2026/04/donald…

This is the country they want to bomb "back to the Stone Age"

BREAKING: Iranian commentator Seyed Majid Moosavi responds to a US official’s “Back to the Stone Age” remark: "Hollywood delusions have so poisoned your minds that, with your paltry 250-year history, you threaten a civilization over 6,000 years old."

This is indisputable. It often feels like @RoKhanna is the only Democrat in Washington doing anything. But he has gotten so much done, almost singlehandedly, that it makes you wonder what could get done if all the Democrats tried to take action. Instead, they’re doing nothing.

Brilliant speech by Ghazal Diani, speaking at a rally of Iranians Against Imposed War. She says, ‘People are obsessed with Iranian women wearing bikinis on the beach, as if this were the most urgent concern of highly educated, ambitious, and capable Iranian women.’

BREAKING: Iran and Oman are drafting a protocol to "monitor transit" through the Strait of Hormuz. Details include: 1. Iran says tanker traffic through Hormuz will be "supervised and coordinated” with Iran and Oman 2. Iran says "these requirements will not mean restrictions, but rather to facilitate and ensure safe passage" 3. This is reportedly a "post-war draft" and aimed to "prevent aggression in the future" 4. Iran says that even in peaceful conditions, traffic should be monitored It appears Iran is positioning for long-term control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Bruce Springsteen's opening night show in Minnesota felt like a reinvention of the way a concert can be shaped to tell a story, even if it's a story about how awful American politics have become. Read the full review: variety.com/2026/music/new…

Time to wake up! ...if you're going to the Moon. Our Artemis II crew started their second flight day with the sounds of John Legend's "Green Light" (feat. Andre 3000). "Sleepyhead" by Young and Sick roused the crew earlier today.

US household exposure to the stock market has never been higher: Equities now make up 25.63% of total US household net worth, the highest since data began in the 1940s. This surpasses the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak of 19.56% and the 1968 high of 22.01%. The percentage has almost TRIPLED since the 2008 Financial Crisis low of 8.77%. This means a significant correction in stocks could trigger a sharp pullback in spending, particularly among higher-income households who drive a significant part of consumption. Consumer expenditures currently represent ~69% of US GDP, near an all-time high. The US economy has never been more dependent on stock market performance.

@axios wait tho wasn’t Jamie/Chase Bank conducting all of Epstein’s transactions? Didn’t they pay a settlement for this?

WATCH: On The Axios Show, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon questions why the government didn’t act against Jeffrey Epstein earlier. “The government knew a lot. Why didn’t the government do something about it all those years?” “He was abusing these young women. They knew.”

@consequence Lindsey has had too much work done for a man losing testosterone #fleet

A woman identified by police as a stalking suspect threw an unknown substance at Lindsey Buckingham in Santa Monica on Wednesday. consequence.net/2026/04/lindse…

@FT needs edit to read “united” the disparate factions … etc.

Opinion: Donald Trump and Peter Thiel have untied the disparate factions of the Catholic Church against an earthly enemy. ft.trib.al/X9sHwnh

JUST IN: Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner has said that he will not take money from AIPAC or any corporate PACs. Platner is currently projected to win the seat in Maine.

Joe is right. But the problem is most of our elected leaders are bought and paid for by Israel so they won’t restrain them.

The purpose of a system is what it does: Israel is targeting the negotiators to ensure we can’t end the war & to ensure that the Iranian leaders who come next will be more extreme, thereby ensuring that the war goes on. The 1st step to end the war must be restraining Israel.

With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, it now costs almost $145 to fill up a Ford F-150 pickup truck, a new analysis finds. cbsn.ws/4sapScI

Historians may remember the performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history time.com/article/2026/0…

BREAKING: Possibility President Trump fires FBI Director Kash Patel soon, per former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin.