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Hungary passes a constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

As if we really need another reason to hate Viktor Orban’s government. How many reasons to invoke article 7 of European Union Treaty does the EU need?

Marine Le Pen slams 'witch hunt' against her party at Paris rally France's Marine Le Pen on Sunday denounced the 'witch hunt' against her National Rally party to thousands of supporters at the Place Vauban in Paris. The far-right leader alleged her conviction was a…

Marine Le Pen drawing on the legacies of MLK and Alexei Navalny is laughable, to put it mildly.

Obama and Harris publicly rebuke Trump’s second term actions | CNN Politics Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday each delivered remarks on the state of the country under President Donald Trump’s second term, and criticizing the adm...

Finally

Fox News removes their Dow ticker as stocks crater from Trump's new tariffs Fox News appears to have removed their DOW ticker in a pattern for the company, choosing to block out the steep drop in DOW points after Trump's tariff announcement

I wonder why…

Latest Polls: Do Americans Approve of President Trump?
Increasingly NO!

I can't wait to see these poll numbers after the tariffs take hold.

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Perhaps Mr. Musk should go back to selling cars. Once again, if I were a shareholder, I would be PO'd. Deliveries undercut already weak expectations.

Gender diversity not new, nor just about being woke – DW – 03/29/2025 Alternatives to the "male" and "female" gender binary have existed in many parts of the world for centuries.

Happened to catch this on Deutsche Welle. 15 fascinating minutes on gender across cultures and history - not so binary. Zapotecs, south Asia, Albania...

Globalisation will triumph over Donald Trump Economic incentives outweigh politics in the long run

The US runs the risk of being cut out of global trade. We think we are more important in trade than we may actually be. I don't think this would be very good our economy.

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Since it looks like #47 and crew are standing by Waltz (for the time being), I wouldn’t be surprised if they look for a way to blame Goldberg (the Atlantic editor) for the Signal group chat.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

You can’t make this stuff up. Not a good look.

Betting markets see rising odds Elon Musk leaves the White House this year as Tesla stock struggles On Polymarket, the probability that Musk will leave the administration by the end of the year spiked as high as 48% on Monday, the day Tesla shares plummeted.

Can it be soon? Their love affair has already lasted too long.

I would laugh if it wasn’t all so f’d up

Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...

This is what Democrats need to do: not be afraid to go and speak in “hostile territory”

Becoming Persephone - Reading and Traveling by Suzanne Bolos Westhues Learning to rule the realm where you’ve been taken A DISPATCH FROM THE UNDERWORLD At the beginning, … More

Suzanne’s latest piece… a meditation on the myth of Persephone

Ohio's J.D. Vance rebuked by the Pope, denounced by NATO allies, ridiculed for bizarre rant • Ohio Capital Journal J.D. Vance has really done Ohio proud these last few weeks, hasn’t he? Vance has managed to be firmly rebuked by Pope Francis, denounced by outraged NATO allies, and widely ridiculed for his bizarre ‘...

“The lapdog vice-president…” from the Ohio Capital Journal. JD, it seems some folks back home aren’t too happy.

Captain eyeliner and that limp handshake of a man mascarading as commander-in-chief really outdid themselves today. That was beyond embarrassing for our country.

Austrian Parties Reach Deal to Form Government Without Far Right The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.

The beauty of true multi-party systems with a keen sense of history, is that they can act as a buffer to the lunatic fringe. Thank you to all the left of far right parties in Austria. USA, take note.

Mostly other car manufacturers whose fleets are largely gasoline-based. It will be interesting to see how this changes as other manufacturers increase their EV production

So, perhaps it shouldn’t all be credited to the US government, but overall governmental regulation.

I could not find an accounting for the source of all their “regulatory credits.” It is hard to discern. Roughly half of Tesla EVs are manufactured in China. In 2023, about 40% (volume) of Tesla EV sales were in the US.

39% of Tesla's operating profit comes from the sale of federal government-issued carbon offset credits. Tesla owes a lot to the federal government. Setting aside tax breaks to buyers and the company, the sale of carbon credits has been increasingly important to Tesla's operating profit.

DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team included a big error.

Oops. If I was an investor in Tesla, I would have some questions about leadership competence there. Back when I was a consultant, if any of us had made an error like this with a client, our tenure would be quite short-lived.

So I finally decided to visit the DOGE site, which is really just a Twitter feed at its core. Their language is pretty rich considering it is an unconstitutional agency staffed and led by unelected bureaucRATS.

Opinion | Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans Trump’s attacks on trans people are on the wrong side of history and humanity.

“Some of the most deplorable episodes in U.S. history involve the government wielding the power of the state against minority groups […]

Rather than understanding this history, President Trump is borrowing from the worst of it.”

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COBOL to our defense. It is used a lot in government. It is stable. There are no 150 year old social security recipients. COBOL counts dates from 1875. Musk and friends should have exercised some critical thought before speaking.

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When Mitch McConnell is the "voice of reason" in the Republican party, you know things are bad.

I used to read books about life in the Soviet Union and marvel at the ways normal folks communicated in the face of totalitarian oppression. Today I scroll through federal bureaucrats using code words and carefully placed asterisks on Reddit and I’m like, ah shit.

Only in Finland: overheard two guys talking about what they already had to drink at the airport. The time was 6:06 am.