Nostr notes by Leah McElrath

What if what is often decried as the self-reinforcing nature of ...

2026-07-27T15:47:57Z

What if what is often decried as the self-reinforcing nature of social media might also be functioning for many of us as an accountability mechanism helping us to maintain our values within a larger political environment of unceasing moral injury?

Maybe some silos are good, actually.

Another interesting data point is that Netanyahu and Zelensky are ...

2026-07-26T00:04:17Z

Another interesting data point is that Netanyahu and Zelensky are both scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. (It’s unclear if their respective meetings are related or not.)

The language used in the Arabic posts by the IRGC spokesperson is ...

2026-07-14T17:23:47Z

The language used in the Arabic posts by the IRGC spokesperson is even more dramatic:

“Today we write history in the language of fire that knows no turning back.”

“What will happen tonight is
unprecedented…the world will never return to what it was afterward.”

We’ll see how this plays out.

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Israel cultivated Ahmadinejad to become an Israeli asset and ...

2026-07-13T13:12:27Z

Israel cultivated Ahmadinejad to become an Israeli asset and replace current Iranian leadership.

(It’s hard to see how this story will not get the former president of Iran killed.)

Gift link:

Inside Israel’s Secret Operati...

On the WSJ front page, no less: ...

2026-07-06T14:01:44Z

On the WSJ front page, no less:

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WOW WOW WOW WOW: NORWAY DEFEATS BRAZIL 2:1 FINAL ...

2026-07-05T22:05:12Z

WOW WOW WOW WOW:

NORWAY DEFEATS BRAZIL

2:1 FINAL

🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

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2026-07-05T21:53:18Z

HOLY SHIT—NORWAY 🇳🇴

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL NORWAY 🇳🇴 HAALAND AGAIN!!!

2026-07-05T21:52:22Z

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL NORWAY 🇳🇴

HAALAND AGAIN!!!

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office calls the story ...

2026-07-03T15:06:16Z

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office calls the story “fake news”:

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Wow—Netanyahu reportedly used to refer to President Obama as ...

2026-06-15T19:39:22Z

Wow—Netanyahu reportedly used to refer to President Obama as “boy”:

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2026-06-13T03:02:10Z

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

There are almost 40k people watching, lol. For now though, it ...

2026-06-12T17:42:10Z

There are almost 40k people watching, lol.

For now though, it appears the scaffolding necessary to remove Trump’s name has been completed, but the workers have left.

Not sure what the timeframe is for their getting started with actually removing the letters.

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Hard not to love Wemby. ...

2026-06-04T03:50:23Z

Hard not to love Wemby.

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Nellie Bowles, the wife of Bari Weiss, is in the Epstein files ...

2026-06-03T18:36:36Z

Nellie Bowles, the wife of Bari Weiss, is in the Epstein files enthusiastically setting up a meeting with him in 2018.

She was a NYT reporter at the time.

(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)

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Hunter Biden is a poaster. ...

2026-06-03T16:09:09Z

Hunter Biden is a poaster.

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Ivanka and Jared Kushner are building a massive resort on Sazan ...

2026-06-02T14:45:41Z

Ivanka and Jared Kushner are building a massive resort on Sazan Island, a private island in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania that used to house a Soviet military base which reportedly contains more than 3,600 nuclear bunkers.

Seems like a story deserving of more investigation overall, tbh.

quoting
nevent1q…qeqa
ALBANIA — Seems like it should be a bigger deal that Ivanka Trump & Kushner’s luxury resort project is being massively protested, with the people demanding the PM’s resignation and firebombing homes over the corruption of their project partners.🤷🏼

The Trump grift is endless.

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Talarico just might win. ...

2026-05-29T23:53:32Z

Talarico just might win.

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Hahahahahahahahahahahaha (Analysts at JP Morgan get paid hundreds ...

2026-05-12T16:16:09Z

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

(Analysts at JP Morgan get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to write this bullshit.)

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The assessment of the transmissibility of this variant of the ...

2026-05-11T14:09:59Z

The assessment of the transmissibility of this variant of the Andes hantavirus appears to be fluid, but the changes in classification and contact tracing of the known infections point to possible airborne transmission.

However, there continue to be NO known cases outside of the people on the ship.

“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf” is pretty funny. ...

2026-05-09T19:18:13Z

“Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf” is pretty funny.

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Before the advent of trauma theory, the impact of ...

2026-05-05T23:09:27Z

Before the advent of trauma theory, the impact of trauma—especially childhood trauma—was largely disregarded. We somehow swung the opposite direction, and some now believe EVERYTHING is due to trauma. Both are simplistic and misguided perspectives. Human beings are complex. Our brains especially so.

IDF Central Command chief admits unequal enforcement against ...

2026-05-03T17:46:52Z

IDF Central Command chief admits unequal enforcement against Palestinians and Jews in the West Bank

Israeli troops are allowed to use live fire on Palestinian stone-throwers—but not against Jewish “settlers” because of what he says would be “severe sociological consequences.”

Report: IDF Central Command ch...

Excuse the sourcing, but I haven’t seen this reported elsewhere ...

2026-04-26T15:04:01Z

Excuse the sourcing, but I haven’t seen this reported elsewhere yet:

The alleged WHCD gunman had an account on Bluesky and boosted posts critical of Trump

(His account was started in November 2024 and was suspended this morning.)

Suspected WHCD Shooter Boosted...

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2026-04-26T04:21:26Z

I do, however, defer to Mother Nature.

⚠️ Another US aircraft carrier and presumably its strike ...

2026-04-22T18:29:54Z

⚠️ Another US aircraft carrier and presumably its strike group are on the way to the Middle East.

The USS Bush is scheduled to arrive in 3-5 days—which is also how long Trump has said his ceasefire extension will last.

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This would be the most fascinating slow motion car crash to watch ...

2026-04-21T20:35:29Z

This would be the most fascinating slow motion car crash to watch if we weren’t all inside the car.

TL;DR: THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS STILL CLOSED. Iran maintains the ...

2026-04-21T20:31:31Z

TL;DR:

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS STILL CLOSED.

Iran maintains the upper hand because time is its weapon.

“Vibes” head at Palantir markets a branded “chore coat” ...

2026-04-21T14:24:44Z

“Vibes” head at Palantir markets a branded “chore coat”

(Yes, this is real.)

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“An army marches on its stomach” The photos in here are grim: ...

2026-04-16T20:52:35Z

“An army marches on its stomach”

The photos in here are grim:

Families fear US sailors are h...

Miriam Adelson again leads the pack among donors to Republicans: ...

2026-04-16T16:16:54Z

Miriam Adelson again leads the pack among donors to Republicans:

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Not sure what you’re laughing about, but your disrespect for me ...

2026-04-16T16:08:27Z

Not sure what you’re laughing about, but your disrespect for me is noted.

Anger about inflation and baseline price increases is part of ...

2026-04-16T15:58:40Z

Anger about inflation and baseline price increases is part of what helped usher Ronald Reagan into office during the presidential election in 1980.

We didn’t have the internet or social media, but inflation and price increases were widely reported in the media and a frequent topic of conversation.

People were in fact VERY angry about inflation and nominal ...

2026-04-16T15:47:40Z

People were in fact VERY angry about inflation and nominal baseline price increases in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

You were not alive yet, but I remember it well.

The phenomenon of that period is still referred to as “the Great Inflation”:

www.investopedia.com/articles/eco...

Understanding the Causes of th...

“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is ...

2026-04-16T14:40:29Z

“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters…as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore.”

~ Pope Leo

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Apostolic Journey to Camerun: ...

“Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God ...

2026-04-16T13:49:05Z

“Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

~ Pope Leo

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Powerful people saw people without power using the internet to ...

2026-04-16T12:59:48Z

Powerful people saw people without power using the internet to connect across communities and borders as a problem.

So they infiltrated the infrastructure.

That still didn’t work.

Now many of the same entities are degrading the infrastructure.

First came infiltration, then came enshittification.

Pay close attention to this part in the ...

2026-04-16T12:33:46Z

Pay close attention to this part in the @barrettbrownlol.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy piece:

Social media infrastructure was infiltrated by entities with links to US defense and intelligence and weaponized to undermine the US (and GLOBAL) left-leaning organizing that was happening in the early days of the internet.

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⚠️ US WIDENS BLOCKADE ...

2026-04-16T12:08:05Z

⚠️ US WIDENS BLOCKADE

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This article by Jeff Giesea published by the journal for NATO ...

2026-04-16T11:56:06Z

This article by Jeff Giesea published by the journal for NATO Strategic Communications is referenced:

IT’S TIME TO EMBRACE
MEMETIC WARFARE

stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfi...

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Social media influencer Ashley St. Clair reveals details about ...

2026-04-16T11:52:09Z

Social media influencer Ashley St. Clair reveals details about the the pay-to-play MAGA messaging operation that now dominates former Twitter aka X.

(She is also the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children.)

Full video here:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTk5tfpGy/

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LOTS of familiar names in this piece, including: General Michael ...

2026-04-16T11:28:22Z

LOTS of familiar names in this piece, including:

General Michael Flynn
Peter Thiel
Jeff Giesea
Charles “Chuck” Johnson
Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer
Pierre Omidyar
Jeffrey Epstein
Alan Dershowitz
and others

Plus Palantir, HBGary, 4chan, 8chan, GamerGate, Encyclopedia Dramatica, Daily Stormer, and more

New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew ...

2026-04-16T11:05:19Z

New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer aka “Weev” became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging “memetic warfare” against their enemies.

By @barrettbrownlol.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Help...

Relevant to to Schumer’s votes regarding bulldozers and more ...

2026-04-16T00:28:21Z

Relevant to to Schumer’s votes regarding bulldozers and more arms to Israel:

quoting
nevent1q…xs8m
Senator Chuck Schumer at the annual NY Jewish Community Relations Council meeting today:

“I’m going to fight for aid to Israel—all the aid that Israel needs.”

(Source for quote above and screenshot: x.com/jacobkornblu...)

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“A contest over who can sustain more pain” is one of the best ...

2026-04-15T21:40:43Z

“A contest over who can sustain more pain” is one of the best and most succinct definitions of war I’ve ever heard.

Danny Citrinowicz, former head of the Iran branch of Israel defense intelligence on the Iran War:

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Personalist regimes substituting loyalty for expertise in their ...

2026-04-15T17:13:24Z

Personalist regimes substituting loyalty for expertise in their intelligence services comes at a cost.

Israel’s new spymaster is a Ne...

Republicans shit-talking about the Pope in advance of midterms is ...

2026-04-15T16:53:23Z

Republicans shit-talking about the Pope in advance of midterms is certainly a choice.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is even weighing in now: ...

2026-04-15T16:41:47Z

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is even weighing in now:

“When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ.“

(www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...)

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Substitute Mike Johnson for JD Vance: #nevent1q…zsut

2026-04-15T16:21:05Z

Substitute Mike Johnson for JD Vance:

quoting
nevent1q…zsut
When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember that JD Vance lectured the Pope on theology.

Oh my, it keeps going. Goldberg devolves into ad hominem, and ...

2026-04-15T16:11:35Z

Oh my, it keeps going.

Goldberg devolves into ad hominem, and Citrinowicz ends with, “Stay safe Richard. You have my deepest sympathy.”

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Danny Citrinowicz savaging Richard Goldberg was the cage match I ...

2026-04-15T16:06:56Z

Danny Citrinowicz savaging Richard Goldberg was the cage match I didn’t know I needed.

(Citrinowicz is former head of the Iran branch of Israeli defense intelligence. Goldberg is with FDD, a pro-Israel advocacy group who appears to be influencing Trump admin policy on Iran.)

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I realize Magyar is a “center-right” politician. It was just ...

2026-04-15T15:44:29Z

I realize Magyar is a “center-right” politician. It was just a bit startling to see his apparent embrace of Trump and Netanyahu back-to-back on my feed this morning.

I hope he at least follows through on his commitment that Hungary will return to the ICC.

Hungary’s PM-elect vows return...

OTOH, this is savage: ...

2026-04-15T15:31:39Z

OTOH, this is savage:

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I hope Magyar doesn’t turn out to be a milkshake duck. ...

2026-04-15T15:28:44Z

I hope Magyar doesn’t turn out to be a milkshake duck.

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Pope Leo with the Rector of the Great Mosque of Algiers ...

2026-04-15T15:17:37Z

Pope Leo with the Rector of the Great Mosque of Algiers

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Some staffers on the Hill are memorizing the faces of TMZ's ...

2026-04-15T15:10:15Z

Some staffers on the Hill are memorizing the faces of TMZ's new Hill correspondents and planning alternate routes for lawmakers to travel through the Capitol complex to limit interactions with TMZ reporters—but they’re also talking about TMZ’s practice of paying for tips, lmao.

TMZ in DC: How congressional s...

“We have different beliefs, we have different ways of ...

2026-04-15T14:42:03Z

“We have different beliefs, we have different ways of worshipping, we have different ways of living, we can live together in peace.”

After Trump’s latest broadside...

More fractal goddesses please. We need a world made of goddesses ...

2026-04-15T02:03:13Z

More fractal goddesses please.

We need a world made of goddesses all the way down.

Quite fond of this wee goddess who wears a tiny version of ...

2026-04-15T02:00:22Z

Quite fond of this wee goddess who wears a tiny version of herself around her neck:

Idol of Pomos: A 5,000-year-ol...

When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember ...

2026-04-15T01:39:55Z

When you feel imposter syndrome sneaking up on you, just remember that JD Vance lectured the Pope on theology.

I am being informed that chocolate is, in fact, sort of a drug ...

2026-04-15T01:23:22Z

I am being informed that chocolate is, in fact, sort of a drug (separate from the caffeine).

I love my smart and well-informed followers 🫶🏼

I usually only get chocolate cravings as part of the prodromal ...

2026-04-15T01:17:14Z

I usually only get chocolate cravings as part of the prodromal phase of a migraine, but it’s also reportedly a migraine trigger.

Life is cruel.

If chocolate isn’t a drug, why drug-craving and drug-effect ...

2026-04-15T01:08:32Z

If chocolate isn’t a drug, why drug-craving and drug-effect shaped?

Big chocolate is lying to us.

She says she knew he was married and his wife was pregnant at the ...

2026-04-14T17:22:19Z

She says she knew he was married and his wife was pregnant at the time, and she thought he was “my friend.”

She says he told her he would help her with business connections.

By the time they reached his hotel room, she says she could not move.

Link to full video:
www.c-span.org/program/news...

c-span.org/program/news-c...

The testimony being given at a press conference by one of the ...

2026-04-14T17:15:39Z

The testimony being given at a press conference by one of the women accusing Swalwell of sexual misconduct is bad.

She says he drugged her drink (one glass of wine), had her accompany him to his hotel room to get paperwork for a business event they were going to, and then raped and strangled her.

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In advance of midterms, Trump has systematically demolished ...

2026-04-14T16:50:06Z

In advance of midterms, Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 presidential election.

Once-fringe actors, including people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election results, now have access to vast powers.

Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take...

⚠️ CENTCOM claims it’s supporting “freedom of ...

2026-04-14T15:44:24Z

⚠️ CENTCOM claims it’s supporting “freedom of navigation” while enforcing a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

More than 10,000 US service members are being put in harm’s way for this endeavor.

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Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground ...

2026-04-14T14:31:46Z

Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

Archived, paywall-free link:
archive.fo/2026.04.14-0...

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⚠️ Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground ...

2026-04-14T14:29:16Z

⚠️ Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia's Contacts With Nazi Germany

(Non-paywalled link below.)

Declassified files expose Jewi...

We understandably focus a lot on the influence of far-right ...

2026-04-14T13:53:58Z

We understandably focus a lot on the influence of far-right networks in bringing about illiberalism, but the legal prohibitions against criticizing Israel that are being instituted in the UK and Europe are another important part of the picture. They stifle freedom of speech and political expression.

THIS is part of how illiberalism is being spread in Europe: ...

2026-04-14T13:47:44Z

THIS is part of how illiberalism is being spread in Europe:

French lawmakers set to push bill criminalising speech on Israel

French lawmakers set to push b...

It’s about time we saw this coverage: “As the president ...

2026-04-14T12:47:49Z

It’s about time we saw this coverage:

“As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as ‘lunatic’ and ‘clearly insane.’”

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

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⚠️ “Ahmed Shihab-Eldin’s arrest comes as part of a wider ...

2026-04-14T12:01:39Z

⚠️ “Ahmed Shihab-Eldin’s arrest comes as part of a wider crackdown on online speech in Kuwait and other Gulf countries during the Iran war.”

Known as @ASE on Twitter, his account on that platform has been disappeared as well. He and I had been mutuals for 15 years.

Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shi...

Good piece—and, as I’ve argued with Stancil about before, the ...

2026-04-14T11:48:57Z

Good piece—and, as I’ve argued with Stancil about before, the lag effect between price increases and our acceptance of those price increases as a new normal is part of the picture.

quoting
nevent1q…h4tc
The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...

It's the Prices, Stupid

Trump will continue to decompensate through escalation unless he ...

2026-04-14T11:29:13Z

Trump will continue to decompensate through escalation unless he is removed from office or otherwise externally contained.

The escalation will occur on domestic and international fronts, and his failures on each front will serve as feedback loops for one another.

He won’t stop: he must BE stopped.

Trump will only become more belligerent as the limits of his ...

2026-04-14T11:22:43Z

Trump will only become more belligerent as the limits of his power become more obvious.

For Trump, failure does not lead to lessons learned.

For Trump, failure leads to fear of humiliation which leads to more aggression.

⚠️ Negotiating teams from US and Iran could return to ...

2026-04-14T10:32:24Z

⚠️ Negotiating teams from US and Iran could return to Pakistan later this week with possible negotiations over the weekend, per Reuters

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⚠️ China calls US blockade of Iran “dangerous and ...

2026-04-14T10:27:59Z

⚠️ China calls US blockade of Iran “dangerous and irresponsible.”

Xi says China will play “constructive role” in promoting peace talks.

China slams US blockade of Ira...

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2026-04-13T23:51:58Z

(And it’s all really exhausting.)

⚠️ GONZALES TO “RETIRE” ...

2026-04-13T22:48:32Z

⚠️ GONZALES TO “RETIRE”

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President Pezeshkian of Iran posted a statement on X in English ...

2026-04-13T22:35:08Z

President Pezeshkian of Iran posted a statement on X in English and Persian condemning Trump’s insults to the Pope and his “desecration” of Jesus and tagged the Pope.

In his Persian post, he used the honorific “peace be upon him” after the name of Jesus.

(Jesus is revered in Islam as a prophet.)

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⚠️ SWALWELL TO RESIGN ...

2026-04-13T21:29:59Z

⚠️ SWALWELL TO RESIGN

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I’m already angry in anticipation of all of the “tell-all” ...

2026-04-13T19:54:39Z

I’m already angry in anticipation of all of the “tell-all” books by White House staff and access journalists that are no doubt going to be published once Trump is out of office.

Memes sent to a reporter from people in “Trumpworld” about ...

2026-04-13T19:47:00Z

Memes sent to a reporter from people in “Trumpworld” about the current mood in the White House:

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Former Pakistan ambassador backs up reports by Iran that the US ...

2026-04-13T17:32:41Z

Former Pakistan ambassador backs up reports by Iran that the US "shifted goalposts" (his phrase in the interview) late in the talks, specifically he says with regard to enrichment of uranium for peaceful purposes.

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I feel like Galatians 3:28 is right there, ready and waiting, for ...

2026-04-13T13:38:45Z

I feel like Galatians 3:28 is right there, ready and waiting, for Christians seeking a more progressive view on sexuality and gender:

“…There is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

But I don’t expect Catholic Church doctrine to change in my lifetime.

When it comes to LGBT issues, Pope Leo maintains the stance of ...

2026-04-13T13:22:09Z

When it comes to LGBT issues, Pope Leo maintains the stance of his predecessor, Pope Francis, of welcoming all people as children of God while also emphasizing that Catholic Church doctrine is unlikely to change.

Pope Says Catholic Doctrine on...

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2026-04-13T05:07:19Z

Dolly Parton is WEAK on Nuclear Weapons.

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2026-04-13T03:18:13Z

(He really is insane.)

That post might be what finally sends me over the edge. I can’t ...

2026-04-13T01:33:36Z

That post might be what finally sends me over the edge.

I can’t stop laughing, and I’m worrying myself.

This Trump post is really too nuts to summarize, but here are a ...

2026-04-13T01:20:14Z

This Trump post is really too nuts to summarize, but here are a few pull quotes:

“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.”

“If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican…”

“Leo should get his act together as Pope…”

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2026-04-13T01:11:54Z

I’m going to end up Catholic at this rate, lmao.

‼️ TRUMP ATTACKS POPE LEO (Yes, this is real.) ...

2026-04-13T01:10:59Z

‼️ TRUMP ATTACKS POPE LEO

(Yes, this is real.)

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⚠️ SWALWELL OUT OF RACE FOR GOVERNOR ...

2026-04-13T00:45:29Z

⚠️ SWALWELL OUT OF RACE FOR GOVERNOR

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I was wondering how the talks with Iran went from proceeding to ...

2026-04-12T23:01:55Z

I was wondering how the talks with Iran went from proceeding to breaking out into expert issue area discussions to total implosion at the end.

According to Araghchi, the US shifted the goalposts when they were “inches away” from a memorandum of understanding:

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2026-04-12T20:03:04Z

FUCK FASCISM.

‼️ Orban publicly concedes in speech, says results are ...

2026-04-12T19:40:19Z

‼️ Orban publicly concedes in speech, says results are “painful…but clear”:

(www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...)

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Let’s hope Trump sends out JD Vance to campaign for Republicans ...

2026-04-12T19:37:42Z

Let’s hope Trump sends out JD Vance to campaign for Republicans in the midterms.

⚠️ Magyar has also now posted on X that Orban called him to ...

2026-04-12T19:34:18Z

⚠️ Magyar has also now posted on X that Orban called him to concede:

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⚠️ Orban has reportedly congratulated Magyar on his electoral ...

2026-04-12T19:19:25Z

⚠️ Orban has reportedly congratulated Magyar on his electoral victory in Hungary

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Reading these “red lines” makes it clear the talks with Iran ...

2026-04-12T18:34:11Z

Reading these “red lines” makes it clear the talks with Iran were basically theater from a US perspective.

(I’m only surprised they didn’t go ahead and throw in “Convert to Christianity”…)

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