Barry G - @barry_grau on Threads

Donald Trump is lying again about elections. You might recall, this once lead to an insurrection in the Capitol where police officers were attacked. The legacy media wants us to say this nicely, but they can go fuck off. Support Democracy Docket instead. bit.ly/41Owd2z

@sahilkapur He plans on making a last stand there on January 20, 2029

Lindsey Graham makes his case for Congress funding the ballroom: “This is not about Trump. It’s about the presidency of the United States. It’s about the person who occupies that office not being put at risk if they choose to go off campus.” nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

New: Republicans are split on using taxpayer funds to build Trump's ballroom Graham/Britt/Schmitt announce a bill to male taxpayers foot the $400 million cost. Numerous Rs tell @NBCNews it should be private money. Dems remain opposed. Uphill climb. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

AOC: I believe in guaranteed single-payer healthcare. We need to drive toward an America where every single person in this country can see a doctor without fear of having to choose between their insulin and their rent. I believe in an America where we are actively transitioning ourselves out of dependency on Russian and Middle Eastern oil, and the volatility of that, so our energy prices can be lower. I think we need to be talking about universal gun safety and very common-sense measures—background checks, making sure that the people most likely to kill people with assault weapons don’t get those weapons in their hands, and holding people responsible who put those weapons in their hands. We’ve got a lot of work to do, and I think that for me as a progressive, having a very clear vision for that means making sure we don’t get into foreign wars that are just endless entanglements, that we’re actually fighting for everyday people, and for the love of God, getting big money out of politics.

This is terrible for America - foreign dictatorships owning 50% of the biggest American media companies. But it's good for the Trump billionaires that profit from foreign takeovers of our news, so the FCC will no doubt greenlight it.

New: Paramount has asked the FCC to sign off on the Middle East investment in its Warners mega-deal. The company says in a filing viewed by THR that "indirect foreign ownership of equity interests in Paramount will be approximately 49.5 percent."

Trump gave Iran a tool to bring the world to its knees. If there was a Nobel prize for idiocy, Trump would be the hands-down winner.

@jbillinson The neural network is missing a few neurons

I don’t really understand the ballroom connection at all? Is the president never going to speak in a large room anywhere else once this gets built?

@Osint613 Now, that's what I call an opening bid.

Iran's ambassador in Cairo listed Iran's red lines in negotiations with the U.S.: 1. No ceasefire based on "neither war nor peace." Iran wants the war ended across the entire region, not just with Iran. 2. Removal of the U.S. naval blockade. 3. No negotiations under threat. 4. Removal of all sanctions on Iran. 5. Release of Iranian assets in the U.S. 6. Full preservation of Iran's nuclear rights. 7. Iran manages the Strait of Hormuz, citing over 1,000 km of Persian Gulf coastline.

@BarakRavid Ask me if Bibi cares

🚨🇺🇦🇮🇱 A senior Ukrainian diplomatic source tells me that if the vessel PANORAMITIS, which is allegedly carrying wheat stolen from occupied Ukrainian territories, enters the port of Haifa and unloads its cargo, it will lead to a crisis in relations between Ukraine and Israel 🚨"We are tracking this new vessel and won’t let this slide. If it’s permitted to dock and unload, there will be fallout, specifically for our bilateral ties", the Ukrainian diplomatic source said 🚨The Ukrainian diplomatic source added: "If this ship and its cargo isn’t rejected, we reserve the right to deploy a full suite of diplomatic and international legal responses" 🚨The Ukrainian diplomatic source said Israel has "essentially shrugged off" our demands regarding the previous vessel that unloaded stolen wheat in Haifa port 🚨"⁠⁠Frankly, this feels like a slap in the face given the strategic goodwill Ukraine has extended - from designating the IRGC as terrorists to criminalizing antisemitism", the Ukrainian diplomatic source said 🚨"Profiting from stolen cargo should be beneath Israel’s dignity", the Ukrainian diplomatic source said

Thousands of Israelis celebrated Independence Day on the ruins of Ras ‘Ein al-‘Auja, the largest Palestinian community in the Jordan Valley, which the military expelled just months ago with the help of settler militias. The lives of the 125 families in the community – 625 people, 333 of them minors – were violently upended by the Israeli regime. Since October 2023, Israel has expelled 59 entire Palestinian communities and partially expelled 16 more: all in all, 4,510 people driven out of their homes to promote Israel’s policy of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. See the full list of expelled Palestinian communities >> btselem.org/settler_violen…

Taking credit for solving a problem they created, as usual for the autocratic Trump Corporate Klepto-oligarchic regime, but they didn't solve aything. wsj.com/livecoverage/w…

If you EVER have an opportunity to see an August Wilson play, PLEASE do yourself a toiva and go see it. New Yorkers. nytimes.com/2026/04/25/the…

@BarakRavid Oh, I get it. This is part of the surprise attack. No one will expect it at the start of the markets week.

@BarakRavid Doesn't he want to wait until Friday afternoon so he doesn't roil the markets ?

🚨President Trump is expected to hold on Monday a situation room meeting on Iran with his top national security and foreign policy team 🚨The meeting is expected to discuss the current stalemate in the negotiations with Iran and potential options for the next steps in the war

@donwinslow How did they recruit the shill, get Secret Service buy-in, and not leave any evidence? It's a conspiracy theory, and you're destroying your own credibility. How will anyone except other conspiracy take you seriously after this? I know I can't.

WHY when we are at WAR and AFTER 2 PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS would there be "A LOWER LEVEL OF SECURITY" with the PRESIDENT, VP AND SEC OF STATE all present?? It makes no sense. This is not a conspiracy theory. This was a FALSE FLAG imo.

@SarahLongwell25 @NormOrnstein She never fails to impress. I hope I have the chance to vote for and see AOC as president.

This a kind, responsible statement from an American politician. One the current President of the United States would never offer a political foe. (In fact he celebrates their deaths) And all the comments are just unhinged vile attacks on her for what? Modeling decency?

@MaryBethO_ Yeah but only about 25% make it to that first year.

Most #alcohol and other drug relapses occur in the first year. By year 5 of continuous sobriety, we only have a 15% chance of ever picking up again.

Best of luck, Hugo

@sandibachom How do they recruit the shill, get the Secret Service to play along, and prevent the game from being exposed?

🎬🎥📹 I grew up under the Hollywoodland sign in the 40s. My parents were in the movie business, my uncle was pioneer in the early does a television, he broadcast Gorgeous George wrestling matches. They would go down in the huddle and they would have a razor blade or a sack of blood and then they will come out of the huddle dripping in blood, and they would pump their fists in the air in victory . My dad was a film editor at Disney on Bambi, Pinocchio and Fantastia, and became a film editor in television after the war. I used to take the $.25 to swim in the Hollywood high pool and go watch a double bill on Hollywood Blvd. I was a producer in advertising for 45 years so I know how possible it is to fool the eye. Remember Trump, Srone and Bannon are show people first. If you haven’t seen the Parallax View and the original Manchurian Candidate and I’ll throw in Clockwork Orange and Dr Strangelove. DO.