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A senior Western security official confirms that the head of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has been killed along with four top leaders of the spy agency, causing panic- "Everything is falling apart there." - WaPo

I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change

It would be cool to have a legislature that acted to defend its own constitutional prerogatives and, maybe as a treat, the interests of the people it represents too.

What the F*** Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

Heather and I had a LOT to say this morning about the attack on Iran.

www.youtube.com/live/yiFHTyw...

Killing a bunch of elementary school girls to distract from having raped a bunch of middle- and high-school girls is pretty fucking grim.

This is likely true. Israel does NOT want democracy in Iran. It certainly doesn’t want anyone who care about Iranian sovereignty and territorial integrity behind the wheel. x.com/tariqali_new...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have told vessels through VHF transmission that 'no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz' -Reuters

President Trump's approach to Iran is reckless, the editorial board writes.

"He started this war without explaining to the American people and the world why he was doing so. Nor has he involved Congress, which the Constitution grants the sole power to declare war." nyti.ms/4rLzhbh

the former host of celebrity apprentice and the former host of fox & friends weekend are launching bombs and destabilizing the world for generations all because voters decided their biggest issue was a trans kid playing jv tennis with their friends 4 states over

The cries of anguish. Jesus Christ.

10,000 acres of California are now back in the hands of the Washoe Tribe - a historic land return that will expand tribal land stewardship, support cultural revitalisation, and enable ecosystem restoration across sagebrush, forests, meadows and wildlife habitat

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hey guys, just a heads up:

Gonna do the AMA tomorrow evening around normal time. I have a sneaking suspicion that we may have more to talk about tomorrow 😑

When you think about it for more than 5 seconds, it really is both insane and outrageous that *HILLARY CLINTON* - a woman who apparently has never met with nor corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein was one of the first people deposed.

You sound like an unhinged person if you in plain words describe what’s happening, but the Trump admin demanded Anthropic’s AI be able to kill things for it w/out human approval and also do mass surveillance.

Anthropic said no, and now the admin is trying to destroy the company in retaliation.

Pakistan in an open war with Afghanistan, Pakistan defence minister says Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Friday that the country was in an "open war" with neighbouring Afghanistan, declaring that Islamabad's patience had run out as tensions escalat...

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said that the country was in an ‘open war’ with neighboring Afghanistan, as tensions escalated overnight, with both sides reporting heavy losses reut.rs/4aDG9kP

CNN Braces for Ellison's Control With David Ellison poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery, a chill has settled over CNN as staffers fear for the future. "The panic at CNN right now is off the charts," an insider tells Stat...

Suffice to say, the mood inside CNN is not good tonight.

“We are doomed," one staffer texted me.

“The panic at CNN right now is off the charts,” an insider added.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cnn-david-...

Stunning and historic result in the Gordon and Denton parliamentary by-election in the UK.

The anti-genocide Green Party led by Zack Polanski has won the seat from Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK and its odious candidate Matt Goodwin beaten.

GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has OFFICIALLY started clinical trials. GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

This thread is now dedicated to organizing aid for trans refugees

If you need help or have help to offer, please @ me

Instructions and updates to follow in below 🧵

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

Even if you don't think trans people are worth the fight since they're just 2% of the population, it's vital that you remember that the Republican Party is not merely an anti-trans movement, it is a fascist movement.

They'll perfect tactics on a small minority that will one day be used against you.

FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the ouster of least 10 employees involved in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, four people briefed on the matter told CNN. https://cnn.it/4r7IXMc

Watergate is an overused benchmark, but it's the one most Americans are familiar with.

That scandal involved a president trying to cover up a crime that was basically breaking and entering by his subordinates, a misdemeanor in most places.

This one, meanwhile ...

It is very hard not to have a safe choice to use the bathroom in public.

It may be impossible to continue living, working, eating, etc without a valid driver's license if your life was built around driving and the assumption that your license wouldn't be invalidated overnight by the legislature.

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

1:30p: I-25 back open in both directions.

#HuronFire #COwx

So yeah, not content with gender-affirming care, they're gonna ban birth control next. That's what nominating Casey Means is designed to lead to. That's her whole thing. They got abortion, they got gender-affirming care, they're making a solid pass at escalating to banning vaccines, they'll do it.

This was entirely about trans people, by the way. Trump was screaming about ripping away trans rights, Democrats didn't applaud, and he berated them for it while they sat there. Not a word from the Dems or media today.

In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

“Any mail that’s getting dropped into a blue box is not getting postmarked on the same day, and likely not on the day after either,” says the leader of a postal workers’ union.

This could have tremendous implications for voting: