Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

"Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel."

~ Nesrine Malik

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/20/trump-presidency-evil-absurd-frightening-ideology

"White Christians are the ONLY reason Trump ever became president, either time, since in 2016 every other religious/ethnic group voted in a majority for the Democrat. And no group has supported Trump more emphatically than white evangelicals. It’s not even close."

~Joy-Ann Reid

#Trump #WhiteChristians #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://www.joyannreid.com/p/is-donald-trump-the-antichrist-some

If Zarah Sultana MP had not entered this into the public record by saying it in the House of Commons on 14 April 2026, today it would be illegal to print this in any UK media.

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-04-14

#UK #Palestine

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com

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#PUTIN DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY: BUSINESS CEOS SHOCKED Vlog 1384: War in #Ukraine

#VladimirBoglaev, head of the #Cherepovets #Foundry and #MechanicalPlant, spoke out against #Kremlin policies. According to him, Russia’s leadership is disconnected from reality. As a result, the country risks facing serious upheaval. He warned that #Russia is sliding into both economic and social #crisis. In his view, the country is falling behind ...

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“OpenAI Staffers Horrified When Senior Leadership Hatched "Insane" Plan to Pit World Governments Against Each Other”

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-staffers-horrified-insane-plan

Missed this when it was originally published, but it explains why they were so intent on cratering public sentiment with constant doooooom predictions.

TRUMP CRIME FAMILY!

Unusual trading patterns in financial markets have preceded several major announcements by President Donald Trump during his second term, raising questions about potential insider trading.

Allegations fly as Trump announcements tied to potential insider trading schemes
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews

More News at @Free_Press
https://share.newsbreak.com/i6qxw3sb

#WritersCoffeeClub April 20. What have you tried to immortalise in your writing?

Human stupidity.

As Harlan Ellison remarked, "the commonest elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity."

This is a lesson that needs to be hammered home in every generation. Supporting evidence from real life: the English language news cycle since January 20th, 2025.

NEW: Trump and administration officials are working aggressively behind the scenes to court Joe Rogan, even as the podcaster torches the president over the Iran war. https://t.co/1EnoVkXOE8

The racist #Canadian government intends to destroy the evidence taken in testimonial from #Residential School survivors. Shameful, all these documents should be preserved as vital remembrance of cultural #genocide.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/canadas-residential-school-abuse-survivors-face-fresh-battle-to-stop-testimony-being-destroyed

It is deeply funny to me that Mastodon is a place where AI bros cry because they can't get any traction, but a single picture of moss can give anyone, no matter their other content or follower count, positive feedback for the rest of time.

https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/the-media-blackout-of-jared-kushners?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

“The Woman Who Knows Too Much” Amanda Ungaro says Paolo Zampolli abused her, seduced her underage, recruited girls for Epstein, had a hold on Melania (who worked undocumented for years) He had her deported as they battle for custody. He still works for Trump. She is willing to testify.

I just got a WhatsApp message from my friend in Tehran.

I don't want to speak for her, so I will just pass on her words:

I can't believe I'm alive
We had massive explosions in my neighbourhood
So close
So terrifying
Broke the windows
Shaked the building
I feel numb
The city is not the same
Neither people
Neither life

Then our connection dropped.
#Iran

RE: https://ioc.exchange/@shac/116433030121165575

I'm laughing at the "deep reasoning" Claude was allegedly capable of before Anthropic turned off its "high" level "thinking".

AI, LLM, whatever -- none of it is capable of reasoning or thinking. "It doesn't get happy, it doesn't get sad, IT JUST RUNS PROGRAMS." (***) All it can do is vomit up bits and bobs of the hand-prepared entrées it stole.

(***If you get this reference, you're probably one of my fellow olds. 😜)

Via Bruce Sterling

#Congress April 16

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) spoke on the Senate floor in support of a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s disastrous war of choice in #Iran. Once again, Senate Republicans struck it down. What will it take to get Republicans to think for themselves and stop blindly following orders?

Senator Murphy: It’s just extraordinary that we haven’t had a single hearing in the United States Senate on this war with #Iran.

Republicans block any oversight. There hasn’t been a vote to authorize the war, but there also hasn’t been a single hearing. Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseths have *not* shown up to Congress at all, to answer questions in a public forum.

Every week, Democrats bring resolutions before the #Senate asking our colleagues to vote to withdraw us from the Iran war. #Epstein republicans block congress from voting on the War Powers Act.

Gas prices are going through the roof, the global energy supply chain is in meltdown, and more war with Israel attacking Lebanon.

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/why-is-congress-not-being-briefed

#news

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gerd_Brodowski/116430578870445143

Look, I know I don’t say this nearly enough but FUCK ISRAEL!

Palantir pulished bizarre manifesto denouncing inclusivity and regressive cultures https://xcancel.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312

I am no expert but they want strong military hard power (which you know always goes to everywhere in the world causing many issues like recent energy issues), traditional national service, and a rejection of modern culture and political correctness.

No thank you. I really hope they go out of business. More here https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/palantir-posts-mini-manifesto-denouncing-regressive-and-harmful-cultures/

MAGA Sycophant Elise Stefanik says that college students chanting "from the river to the sea" is an open call for genocide against Jewish people, but Trump's threat that "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," is mere diplomacy against Iranians.

So a chant by helpless college students that also appears in the Likud charter is suddenly genocide, but a threat as civilization-wide death by the guy who has the nuclear codes is "diplomacy."

Reprehensible hypocrisy.

@Free_Press he will not go to the hague unless he is made to. who will make him? if the democrats regain power have they mentioned any plans to do any of these things? have they mentioned any fucking plans at all?