Just an interesting article.
Democrats are winning races " and even redistricting battles " but some in the party worry they're not yet winning the argument. Recent victories "from a gubernatorial win in New Jersey to a favorable redistricting outcome this week in Virginia, along with a string of special election overperformances " have given Democrats reason for confidence. Heading into the midterms later this year, they say they're on solid footing to win the House, and there's newfound optimism that they could also flip the Senate " something that appeared insurmountable just weeks ago. But the success has also prompted a quieter concern inside the party: that Democrats are misreading what those wins actually signal. In interviews with The Hill, Democrats warned that some in their party may be mistaking backlash against President Trump for support of their policies and rhetoric. Read more
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has rendered ineffective four pro-Russian propagandists; two are Russian Orthodox Church clerics. All four face ten years imprisonment and confiscation of personal property.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to cover the Lincoln Memorials reflecting pool in "American flag blue," marking the latest addition to his efforts to revamp several government buildings and monuments. Trump, in a video shared on Truth Social on Thursday, called the more than 100-year-old monument, which he noted was the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, "filthy dirty" and said it "leaked like a sieve." The 2,000-foot-long structure is currently empty as it undergoes cleaning for the America 250 celebrations. Read more
"On advice of His Majesty's Government, and at the invitation of The President of the United States, The King and Queen will undertake a State Visit to the United States of America. Their Majesties' programme will celebrate the historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, marking the 250th anniversary of American Independence. The King will then continue to Bermuda to undertake His Majesty's first Royal Visit as Monarch to a British Overseas Territory."
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and King Charles III will jointly attend a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Wednesday 29 April 2026
FBI Director Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel was twice arrested in incidents involving alcohol, once for public intoxication and once for public urination after leaving a bar, he admitted in a 2005 letter about disclosures on his Florida Bar application.
House Democrats Want FBI Director Screened for Alcoholism
Tasnim News Agency said Saturday it has learned that elections for city councils, the Assembly of Experts, and midterm parliamentary polls are likely to be postponed. Read more
An email has circulated within the United States Department of Defense laying out potential measures Washington could take against NATO allies it believes have not sufficiently supported its war on Iran, such as Spain and the United Kingdom, according to a US official quoted by the Reuters news agency. The internal email considers options such as suspending Spain from NATO and re-evaluating Washington's stance on the British Falkland Islands, which are also claimed by Argentina. Read more
Ohio officials say a semitruck driver charged in a fiery interstate crash that killed a young family of three fraudulently obtained an Ohio driver's license, a commercial driver's license and later U.S. citizenship under an alternate identity. The driver, Modou F. Ngom, 50, was arrested after authorities said he caused an April 11 chain-reaction crash on Interstate 71 northbound near U.S. 36, where a semitrailer slammed into slowed traffic in a construction zone and ignited a deadly fire. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the crash killed a 37-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman and a 1-year-old child from Ashley, Ohio, who were traveling in a C Read more
Newsmax host Greg Kelly delivered a no-holds-barred criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to fire John Phelan from his post as Naval Secretary, calling the Pentagon chief an "insecure FAKE." What a DESPICABLE guy Hegseth is," posted Kelly. "Frustrated that he can't remove his Real Nemesis, the Army Secretary, He Fires the NAVY Secretary, has him walked out of the building' by security. But this was NOT an Urgent matter. Could have given the SECNAV a month, maybe 2 weeks notice. You know, The DECENT thing to do. Instead this Insecure FAKE, who Lied and Conned his way thru Life (see Mom) and the Trump admin (see confidential settlement' ie Blackmail of accuser #1) Blows up Someone Else's life bc he can't Handle his own.
If you walked right past the meat aisle on your last trip to the grocery store, you're not the only one. Beef is starting to feel like a luxury...
Be honest.
Bed Bath & Beyond is coming back to California less than a year after the company's chairman vowed it wouldn't reopen in the Golden State. The home goods retailer will resurface through the rebranding of 98 The Container Store locations, including 12 storefronts in California, the company announced Thursday. Five locations are in Southern California, including one in Los Angeles and another in El Segundo. Read more
There in an important lesion to be learned from this novel written almost one century ago by Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis. I draw your attention to this heated discussion between Elmer Gantry and other Bible students taking place in a seminary one evening circa 1904 (page 92, Dell 1960 paperback edition):
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are heading to Pakistan for Iran talks on Saturday, the White House says. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is already in Islamabad to "review bilateral matters, the Iranian embassy in Pakistan says. Iranian state media report that there are currently no negotiations with the US planned for the trip.
When Mr Justin Finn's two elementary-schoolers come home, they're not turning on the TV or grabbing an iPad. Instead, they head straight to the phone -- not a smartphone, but a landline.
