John Hatchard

Chart of the week: Russia lost more territory than it gained for the first time since 2023 Russia lost more territory than it gained in February for the first time since Ukraine's failed counteroffensive in 2023, according to independent Finnish open-source intelligence collective Black Bir...

Russia lost more territory than it gained in February for the first time since Ukraine's failed counteroffensive in 2023, according to independent Finnish open-source intelligence collective Black Bird Group.

Trailing in polls, Orban goes all-in on Ukraine Facing a real chance of defeat in the April parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban can’t stop talking about President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine. Just in the past few week...

Facing a real chance of defeat in the April parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban can’t stop talking about President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine.

Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social about Iran echoed a conspiracy theory that has been circulating online for years.

Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social about Iran echoed a conspiracy theory that has been circulating online for years. www.wired.com/story/heres-...

As the Trump administration creates chaos in Iran, Jon welcomes @camanpour.bsky.social and Wendy Sherman to make sense of the situation. New podcast drops tomorrow.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Donald Trump has said repeatedly he doesn't think he's going to heaven. If he doesn't think he's going to heaven — and he is a man towards the end, he's in the 4th quarter — what does that mean his decision making is? He doesn't care about what the American people think.

The United States gave Netanyahu over $24 billion in taxpayer dollars to fund his horrific war in Gaza.

That wasn't enough. Netanyahu wanted war with Iran. Trump gave him one.

The American people — not Netanyahu’s right-wing government — should determine U.S. foreign policy.

24,403 lawsuits and counting: How habeas corpus became the front line of immigration defense "We have to kick the door down."

“It’s just been insane. I’m going into federal court to get a federal judge to tell ICE and the immigration judge that they have to play by the rules.”

Former Neo-Nazi Martin Sellner Launches European Ethnic Cleansing Institute Former Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner has launched the “Institute for Remigration,” a new effort to mainstream his plan for the mass deportation of migrants, and even citizens classified by them as ...

Former Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner has launched the “Institute for Remigration,” aiming to advance mass deportations of migrants, and even citizens labeled “non-assimilated”, across Europe. Rooted in the “Great Replacement”, the project seeks to legitimize ethnic exclusion as migration policy.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: I know Trump very well. He repeatedly says that he's going to run for president again. I don't think he's joking. I really want to know what is his mental state is.

Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

Rubio screwed up Sunday by saying the quiet part out loud. Then shit hit the fan - especially with MAGA. It caused problems for Netanyahu. Now he’s trying to say that what he said he didn’t really say. It’s on video. He said what he said. Now he’s lying. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Q: Did the Trump administration fumble in terms of telling Americans to evacuate too late?

THUNE: I think you will see a ramped up, intensified effort to ensure Americans are being evacuated from the region

The Texas Senate primary is a battle for the Democratic Party's soul. James Talarico is a "choir boy." Jasmine Crockett is a "street fighter." Their race will set the tone for the midterms clash to come.

If you're not paying attention to the Texas Senate primary, you should be. It could decide the fate of the Democratic Party.

It's between two Democratic rising stars who couldn't be more different than each other: Reps. James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett. 1/3 🧵

Netanyahu risks American support for Israel with war against Iran By enlisting the U.S. in Israel’s battle against Iran, Netanyahu is taking a gamble that risks testing Israel’s already fraying ties with the American public.

By enlisting the U.S. in what he views as Israel's existential battle against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a gamble that could open up the relationship to the strain of a war with far-reaching consequences. https://to.pbs.org/47kgZ8A

Even Republicans are losing patience with Kristi Noem GOP senators excoriated the DHS head for dodging accountability and pouring taxpayer funds into self-promotion.

During the nearly five-hour hearing, Sens. Thom Tillis and John Kennedy criticized Noem for refusing to take responsibility for the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and for allegedly stalling investigations into the DHS while spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on agency ads.

Trump on Iran: I guess the worst case would be we do this and then somebody takes over who's as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen.

‘These Guys Can’t Help Themselves’: Cruz Pushes $200 Billion Capital Gains Tax Cut Without OK From Congress Republican senators said they were seeking to end an "unfair inflation tax on everyday Americans." But nearly all the benefits of their proposal would go to the wealthiest 1%.

‘These Guys Can’t Help Themselves’: Cruz Pushes $200 Billion Capital Gains Tax Cut Without OK From Congress

Nearly all the benefits of their proposal would go to the wealthiest 1%.

Reports of Ukraine’s Demise Are Still Exaggerated Four years after Russia began its invasion, some pundits are still forecasting doom and gloom. Never trust a weatherman.

"Ukraine’s supporters must continue to push for either a peace agreement that will create real security, or aid that will allow Ukraine to continue its defense." Why? Because Ukraine is not a lost cause, as some would have you think.

The grift that keeps on grifting.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells reporters President Trump made the decision to strike Iran after he felt negotiations had failed.

Trump is lying.

I serve on the Intel & Armed Services Committees.

There’s no intelligence that Iran posed an imminent threat to the U.S. or the American people.

JD VANCE: "There's just no way Trump is gonna about this country to get into a multiyear conflict with no end in sight"

TRUMP HOURS LATER: "Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully"

Fox: It is a full scale war, and it is bringing with it serious disruption. There is high anxiety all around the world. Energy prices have gone straight up. Iranian drones have hit the US embassy in Saudi Arabia. The price of gas has spiked. Voters are getting skittish. 59% disapprove.

He always tells us what he's going to do next. Connect the dots.

Fox: The price of oil has reached $76 a barrel. And the price of gas, woah, that is way up. $3.10 is the average price of a gallon, up about 11 cents overnight. Natural gas up about 5.8%. This is not helping stocks.

COONS: Will you rule out the deployment of ICE or CBP to polling places?

NOEM: There are no plans to have ICE officers at our polling locations

C: Would you rule it out?

N: Do you plan on illegal aliens voting?

C: I do not


N: Then there should be no need


COONS: I'm concerned by your rebuttal

WHITEHOUSE: Can you explain this?


NOEM: I'm looking at a picture of a bedroom


W: Of an airplane. You're not familiar?

NOEM: These photos are not accurate if you're referring to the airplanes DHS purchased. We're using them for command & control


W: You didn't use it?

N: I've been on it once

Kennedy: “The president approved you're spending $220 million running TV ads?”

Noem: “Yes…One thing would be helpful to know, how effective that communication has been.”

Kennedy: “Effective in your name recognition…I'm not saying you're not telling the truth. It's just hard for me to believe.”