Scott M. Strand

NEVER FORGET! NEVER FORGIVE! SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦

"We cannot be tired when Ukraine is fighting for its survival..." ...Our response must match the scale of the threat" - Kaja Kallas Great woman 😉

Emma Stone is among the 1,200 celebrites that are vowing to not work with Israeli film institutions that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people

German actress and supporter of Israel, Uschi Glas, hired a genealogist hoping to discover Jewish roots Only to find out that her father had been a member of the Nazi Party

Elizabeth Banks explains why the SAVE Act is all about voter suppression: “The SAVE Act? You gotta stop it. It’s unconstitutional. We are not gonna require people to go get a passport to vote. This is a right enshrined in the Constitution. Stop making it harder for people to vote. Start making it easier. We know who benefits and who doesn’t”

BREAKING: Trump is left reeling after the New York Times reveals that Iran’s attacks have bombed EVERY American military base in the Middle East so badly they are “virtually uninhabitable!” Thanks to the Trump administration’s criminal lack of preparation and shocking understimation of Iran’s military capabilities, the US military is now working remotely in the Middle East, putting civilians in danger as they work out of hotels and makeshift operations centers in civilian areas. “The result, according to current and former military officials, is a war that is much harder to prosecute.” The Times reports that “many of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable, with the ones in Kuwait, which is next door to Iran, suffering perhaps the most damage.” Iranian officials have even accused the U.S. military of using civilians as human shields by putting American troops in hotels. This is sure to prompt another furious tirade from Donald Trump who we now know is not getting the full picture of just how badly this war is going for him and is instead just getting a highlight reel of war porn, watching our tax dollars blow things up for two minutes every day. This is a perfect demonstration of the blind hubris of the Trump administration. After two decades of watching America uncontestedly bomb the poorest people in the world, Trump and Hegseth couldn’t even conceive of an enemy with a sophisticated military and able to fight back, despite all the evidence to the contrary. They took no preparations, expected no reprisals. They didn't evacuate anyone from the Middle East until AFTER the war had started. They didn't bother to prepare for drones. They attacked Iran because they are cowards and bullies, thinking that they could impose their will on Iran by simply killing one old man. They were very, very, wrong, and now they’ve started a fire they cannot put out with lies and bombs.

Americans now have to pay a dollar more on average for a gallon of gas because of Donald Trump's war with Iran. But don't worry! Our beloved president is moving heaven and earth to make sure he...can golf all day at his private golf course this weekend.

🚨 ÚLTIMA HORA: Mark Ruffalo habría invertido $369 mil en especial TV “Donde la verdad guía, la justicia sigue”. Revela documentos inéditos y nuevas acusaciones. Sería antesala de demanda contra 13 figuras; Pam Bondi sería la primera.

Y'all, Dash Crofts has died at the age of 87. Dash, shown here on the right with musical partner Jim Seals, was half of the iconic 1970s soft rockers Seals and Crofts. Both Dash and Jim were Texans. “Dash” Crofts, whose real name was Darrell, was born in Cisco, Texas on August 14, 1940, alongside his twin sister, Dorothy. The nickname “Dash” stems from his mother, who entered the twins in a beauty contest when they were babies, under the names Dot and Dash. Crofts played baseball and took piano lessons at five years old before pivoting to drums. He was two years older than Jim Seals, who grew up an hour south in Sidney, Texas. They met while they were both in the local band the Crew Cats, and later joined the Champs, moving to California. They had a monster hit song, "Tequila," as part of the Champs. “The song took off and scared the s**t out of all of us,” Crofts told Rolling Stone in 1971. “We were literally stars overnight. In one sense, I guess it was a fantastic experience. We were awfully young, the whole rock scene was really innocent, we met a lot of different people and went to a lot of places. But God, it was a hard life. Hard in every way. We were constantly on the road in a bus.” In 1969, the two formed Seals and Crofts and hit the big time with "Summer Breeze (makes me feel fine)," "Diamond Girl," "We Will Never Pass This Way Again," and "Get Closer," earning four gold albums, two platinum albums, and two Grammy nominations. In 1983, the pair went their separate ways before reuniting in the 1990s and, in 2004, they teamed up for their first album since 1980 with "Traces." Jim Seals died in 2022. RIP Dash Crofts!

"Listen now. When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe." — Ernest Hemingway

“Keep awake, alive, new. Perform the paradox of being hard and yet soft. Survive without calcification of the tender membranes. Be a poet. Be alive.” — Tennessee Williams, born on this day in 1911

🗞️ | "Fui para Hollywood com 700 dólares no bolso, um bebê nos braços… e nenhuma promessa." Muita gente achou que eu estava sendo irresponsável. Uma mulher negra, mãe solteira, saindo de Washington para tentar a sorte em Hollywood? Diziam que era loucura. Mas para mim, loucura era continuar apenas sobrevivendo. Eu queria mais. Eu queria viver. Juntei o pouco que tinha, coloquei meu filho de um ano e meio no carro e fui. 700 dólares que mal cobriam gasolina, fraldas e comida. Dormimos em um sofá emprestado. Contava cada centavo. Bati em portas que nunca se abriram. Ouvi "não" tantas vezes que quase comecei a acreditar. Disseram que eu era "velha demais" para começar, eu tinha 26 anos. Um agente olhou para mim e falou que não via muito potencial "com esse rosto". Saí dali chorando… mas com uma decisão tomada: meu filho nunca veria a mãe dele desistir. Trabalhei no que apareceu. Fiz testes como se fossem minha única chance. Quando consegui um papel em 'Hustle & Flow', quase ninguém apostava no filme. Mas ali algo começou a mudar. Depois veio 'O Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button', e meu nome passou a ser ouvido com mais respeito. Nada foi simples. Perdi meu pai enquanto filmava. Chorava nos intervalos, secava o rosto e voltava para a cena. Porque desistir nunca foi uma opção. Hoje, meu nome é Taraji P. Henson. Já fui indicada ao Oscar, ganhei prêmios, construí uma carreira. Mas minha maior conquista não está nas estatuetas. Está na mulher que me tornei. Na mãe que meu filho viu lutar. Na prova viva de que ninguém pode apagar quem se recusa a desaparecer. Ninguém me deu nada. Eu construí. E se você está se sentindo atrasada, com medo, quebrada por dentro… lembre-se: às vezes tudo o que você precisa é coragem para dar o próximo passo, mesmo tremendo. "Não importa o que você tem. Importa o que você faz com o que te resta. A força não é herdada. Ela é construída." - Taraji P. Henson.

Africans are shocked and can't believe that Israel 🇮🇱 voted against recognizing the Transatlantic Slave Trade as a crime against humanity.

Palestine, Gaza 2026. If you see this photo, put a dot to break the Silence.

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The head of Europe’s central bank just said financial markets don’t understand what they’re in for. This is Christine Lagarde saying the damage is already done. Most people have absolutely no idea. Here is what she actually said. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. That chokepoint carries 20% of the world’s oil and gas. Markets shrugged. Investors assumed it would blow over. Lagarde told The Economist that technical experts are not talking about months for recovery. They are talking about years. Helium travels through the Strait of Hormuz. Helium is not a balloon gas. It is the invisible ingredient inside every advanced microchip on earth. Qatar supplies 35% of the world’s commercial helium. Qatar’s facilities have gone dark. Spot prices have surged past $450 per thousand cubic feet. Most chip fabricators carry less than three months of inventory. The world is building AI data centers at record speed. The raw material that makes the chips possible is now scarce. Meanwhile Brent crude has hit $99. Earlier spikes passed $120. US gasoline is up 30%. Iraq cut 1.5 million barrels a day. Saudi Arabia paused its largest refinery. Europe is heading into this with gas storage at 30% capacity. And the ECB is not cutting rates to soften the blow. It is considering hiking them to fight inflation. Slow economy. Rising prices. Tighter money. All at once. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

Spot the KGB nerd and mass murderer in 1999

BREAKING: Thomas Massie says Pam Bondi was ordered by an unknown person to cover up the remaining Epstein files.