You may wonder why the Europeans aren't responding more forcefully to JD Vance in Budapest
1/ Because Orban looks set to lose & any EU intervention could be counterproductive
2/ Because the US is so far beyond the pale - Greenland, Iran, Ukraine etc. The EU is quietly moving on
This is real
TACO! Good night.
Neither does Congress...
Todd Blanche proving yet again the one thing he is not is an actual law abiding lawyer.
Nive piece. I have to go there routinely for professional reasons and I find it life affirming. I do find that Kyiv is - intentionally - a bubble detached from the more austere realities out east.
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
Kurds responding:
"We did not receive any weapons during the time of the demonstrations in Iran," Hejar Berenji, PDKI Representative to the USA told Fox News.
Of all the Donald Trump tweets Speaker Mike Johnson won't see, today's will be the one Speaker Mike Johnson didn't see the most.
The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.
I wonder how much European capitals have considered what their response would be if the US uses nuclear weapons in Iran this week.
He means it this time.
Remind me, which part of "Art of the Deal" was expletives laden ultimatum covered in?🤔
Not exactly giving off an "I hold all the cards" kinda vibe if I'm honest. 🤨
#GulfWar3
An important point is that on Wednesday he made a 19 minute address to America on the war and said that the Strait could be left to those who needed it like China and Europeans. The inconsistency which is a hallmark of his narcissism becomes insanity when it directs a war of global consequences.
Russian military operations are increasingly resembling something from a #MadMax movie. Lots of salvage and repurpsoed equipment. #Ukraine #Russia #Donetsk
I think we need a #Kessler clock like the Doomsday one cos we appear to be creeping closer to a tipping point. From the people who brought you "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" they ate now admitting to a second "fragment creation event" of one of their LEO satellites. 🤨 #Starlink #Musk #Space #SpaceX
And yet - as I understand it - gas sets the UK energy price! Bonkers.
Sorry, no one can convince me a holy holiday involving bunnies and chocolate eggs isn't wholly anchored in "the story of Jesus!".
Is this from 1st of April?! 👀
Trump has not been seen publicly since his primetime speech on Wednesday. 72 hours and counting despite the fact he hasn’t left DC.
NEW: The Kremlin continues to face harsher backlash from Russia’s domestic populace about its intensified censorship efforts in recent weeks than Moscow likely expected or was prepared for. 🧵(1/3)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 4, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar040426
Other Key Takeaways:
Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.
Screen grab of two adjacent blue sky tweets. Top one from Donald Trump about Iran, ending with "... time is running out – 48 hours before all hell will rain down upon them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J TRUMP". Lower one from a Shakespeare bot, reading "The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose"
Adjacency pair of the day
(with thanks to @davidallengreen.bsky.social for the first pair part)
“George’s replacement, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, is Hegseth’s former military assistant. The Army officer I spoke with said LaNeve ‘doesn’t have a great reputation.’ LaNeve won White House favor with a video call congratulating Trump on his election victory.”
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
WaPo Editorial: US cut aid to Africa. The continent proved resilient.
The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"
Someone is really beginning to think they are heading to the "wrong" destination on judgment day...
Feels like compensation.
No Easter Bondi this year.
Sometimes people say it's new that a major world power has a mad king, but as an expert I can tell you this is just regency bias.
