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To all those urging Ukraine to enter peace talks with russia — please, take a close look at this photo. This is Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. In 1999, it was reduced to rubble by russian forces — just three years after russia signed a peace treaty with Chechnya. Russia couldn’t win the war, so it took a break — only to come back and destroy the country, killing hundreds of thousands of Chechens. The only language russia understands is the language of force. They must be decisively defeated. Otherwise, the world will remain at the mercy of an evil empire, ready to attack any country, at any time.

Did you know that Donald Trump could appoint two more Supreme Court Justices?

Fabric softener is a scam. Quaternary ammonium compounds, the active ingredient in most fabric softeners and dryer sheets, are documented aquatic toxins. They kill fish, algae, and the small invertebrates (daphnia, copepods) that everything else in the food chain depends on. Up to 81% of the chemicals leach into wash water and pass through wastewater treatment plants into local waterways. They biodegrade slowly and contribute to harmful algal blooms. They also coat your dryer's moisture sensor over time, which makes the machine run longer than it needs to and uses more electricity. Wool dryer balls do the same job for years. Three to four balls in the dryer separate fabrics, reduce static, cut drying time by 15 to 25%, and don't poison anything. A set is $10 to $15. They pay for themselves in electricity savings within a few months. For scent, put a few drops of essential oil on the wool balls before tossing them in. Or skip the scent, since most "fresh laundry" smell is the same chemicals doing the damage downstream. Your laundry will be soft and the fish will be alive. Everyone wins.

Scientists have discovered AI data centers are even worse for the environment than we thought. Big data centers create "heat islands" that raise local surface temperatures an average of 3.6°F, enough to potentially devastate local wildlife and water supply.

The irony is in the record and it is worth naming directly. Before taking office, Kennedy used FOIA aggressively. He filed requests about vaccines and his Secret Service detail and sued the government for not responding fast enough. Trump filed FOIA requests with the IRS and the National Archives when he was under scrutiny. Now Kennedy runs a department that has closed multiple public information offices virtually overnight, routes all requests through a central platform with a 267,000-request backlog, and averages 490 days to respond - 24 times the legal deadline. Pending requests that have received zero documents include records about a school using electric shocks on disabled children and the internal documents behind Kennedy's widely criticized gender dysphoria report. Kennedy has authority over Medicaid coverage decisions, vaccine policy, and abortion medication access. The records showing how those decisions were made are public by law. The department has functionally stopped producing them. Mother Jones sued in November. ProPublica sued the Department of Education this year for the same reason. The mechanism for public accountability - the one Kennedy himself used as a weapon when it suited him - is being systematically dismantled across the federal government.

“Keep the fires of freedom burning in our hearts, so that no matter what happens, ain’t gonna let nobody turn us around...Thou has sent us to fight, not just for ourselves, but to fight for this nation so that democracy might exist here for the whole world.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLK #BelovedCommunity #Nonviolence365

Russian asset Trump has removed all military assistance to Ukraine from the $1.5 trillion U.S. military budget. Ukraine is the only fighting defender of the West against russian armed aggression. Trump gets his orders from the Kremlin and obeys without question. He is a traitor.

Professor Derek R. Peterson, a University of Michigan historian and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, thanked “pro-Palestinian student activists” during a graduation speech today, for “opening our hearts to the injustices and inhumanity of Israel’s war in Gaza.” Peterson teaches history and African studies at the University of Michigan, where he also became chair of the faculty senate in 2025.

"Everything you do irritates me. And when you're not here, the things I know you're gonna do when you come in irritate me." The Odd Couple premiered at Radio City Music Hall in NYC 58 years ago today on May 2, 1968. Did You Know? Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison on Broadway, for which he won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play (1965) #otd

Eyes on #Louisiana: Black voters disenfranchised, elected position eliminated in a Black community, etc. #Racism #VoterSuppression #JimCrow #AntiBlack

Hungry children CAN NOT learn

@DeAngelisCorey Democrats value public education. Republicans depend on an under-educated electorate. And you’re a dick.

This administration refuses to take responsibility for any of their actions. Spirit specifically cited why they couldn’t stay in business: skyrocketing fuel costs due to Trump’s war. And the Trump admin is still trying to blame Biden for everything. Biden?! You could maybe get away with that if it were February 2025, but it’s May 2026. Trump was the “I’ll make everything cheaper on day 1” guy. The “no new wars” guy. Own your actions.

Attorney and journalist Katie Phang is taking the fight to Todd Blanche. She just filed suit to force the release of the hidden Epstein files—including documents allegedly pulled back because they named Trump. Read the full story: dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-trump-re…

The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first 6 months of the second Trump administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases: propub.li/4wntM5p

“I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. There can be no great disappointment where there is no great love. I am disappointed with our failure to deal positively and forthrightly with the triple evils of racism, extreme materialism and militarism. We are presently moving down a dead-end road that can lead to national disaster.” Rev. Dr. #MartinLutherKingJr From ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence’

Vanessa Redgrave (88ans) participe à une manifestation pour Gaza devant la mairie de Lambeth. Elle a également dédié tout son discours aux Oscars à l'antifascisme et à l'anti-sionisme en 1977 et s'est fait démolir pour ça à Hollywood. Assurément une très grd dame MADAME Redgrave.

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

My son’s school is not your church.

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents surrounded the WRONG HOUSE for NINE HOURS… got a warrant… and still arrested the wrong person. They were looking for Gerson Manuel Portillo-Escobar, a human trafficking suspect who lived at 919 Hamilton Crossings Station, Antioch, Tennessee. Instead, they targeted someone at 939… a completely different home… and arrested Miguel Antonio Blanco, who has no criminal record. Agents saw Miguel go inside his own house and decided he was their suspect… Even though they had the correct name, address, and a photo of the actual person, who lived a few houses away. Miguel told them repeatedly they had the wrong person. They ignored him. For nine hours, they called out someone else’s name and tried to get inside. Then, they got a warrant… forced entry… and took a man who wasn’t on that warrant. This is a Fourth Amendment violation… you can’t have probable cause if you have the wrong person and the wrong house. It also raises due process concerns under the Fifth Amendment… because the government doesn’t get to ignore facts and detain someone anyway. They had the right information… They just didn’t use it.