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Tuesday, April 07, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates " Airstrikes pounded Tehran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, hours before the expiration of U.S. President Donald Trump's latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face punishing strikes on its infrastructure.


Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) claimed that President Donald Trump once asked for dirt on his son-in-law Jared Kushner's family to break up his relationship with daughter Ivanka Trump. In an interview at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government on Monday, Christie said Trump "gets himself worked into a lather" and "will say and do anything to get what he wants" in those moments. According to Christie, Trump asked for more intel on the Kushner family so that he could end Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's relationship:


In the fifth year of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, war crimes investigations are progressing at a snail's pace, hampered by a severe lack of resources and personnel. The Public Prosecutor's Office has identified more than 216,000 potential war crimes and 253,000 victims, but only eight dedicated war crimes investigators to work the mountain of cases.

Ukrainian Victims


I can say, I have heard MANY a black people say the same thing. Even heard a black preacher, whom I call the Chris Rock of preachers, preach this stuff. Most white people don't know this stuff. ANY black person you are close to, if they trust you, will tell you that it ain't white people they have the most problems with....it's.......


A poll of 2,000 children aged 11-17 found 44% feel peer pressure to be online, leading to lost sleep, skipped meals and increased stress levels.


"Israeli air strikes on Lebanon have killed more than 1,450 people, including 126 children, and displaced some 1.2 million civilians since 2 March; over 4,400 have been wounded or maimed. Another Israeli-caused catastrophic humanitarian crisis strickens the people of Lebanon."

US Funds a Pariah Nation and Rogue State


Since returning to the White House in 2025, President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration detention, with private contractors operating much of the required infrastructure -- and reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts after making significant contributions to the president's political operations.


Monday, April 06, 2026

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is suing to strip voting access from a group of US citizens living abroad. This specific complaint targets a longstanding Virginia law that allows Americans living overseas to vote using a parent's last address in the state-- even if they themselves have never lived there.

American Citizens Living Abroad Must Still File Income Taxes


A popular conservative social media figure claims that liberals have been exaggerating their political influence, insisting that conservative voices are a silent majority suppressed by fear of losing jobs. A self-described entrepreneur and CEO, Sabina Gilman, posted her thoughts


"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday likened the rescue on Easter Sunday of a missing American airman shot down over Iran to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ," the New York Times reports. "Minutes later, speaking at the same news conference describing the military operation, President Trump asserted that God supports the Israeli-U.S. war against Iran, which has killed thousands, including many civilians." Said Trump: "Because God is good, and God wants to see people taken care of."


This whole narrative sounds way to good to be true. Read more


Trump was speaking about the Iran war during a high-stakes press conference at the White House when he made the claim that he was behind the death of Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda.


Saturday Night Live star Michael Che got raving applause from the studio audience after he cracked a joke about the President going to the theatre. He said, "What's the worst that could happen"?


Today's lunar flyby begins at 1 pm EDT. Watch live if you'd like to. Youtube video above is carrying it. Read more


Prominent MAGA figures have accused Donald Trump of going 'insane' as his unhinged Easter message enrages Christians who once supported the president but are now calling for his removal


Los Angeles has spent more than $300 million on Inside Safe since Bass launched the program in December 2022, clearing scores of homeless encampments and moving about 5,800 people into interim housing " mostly hotels and motels. The goal was to get each of those people into permanent housing, typically taxpayer-funded apartments. But even as the mayor's initiative brings more people indoors, a growing number are winding up back on the street. The longer the program exists, the greater the share of participants who have returned to "unsheltered" homelessness, according to monthly dashboards which were posted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, or LAHSA, and analyzed by The Times. Read more


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