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"The Republican Party now has a very different vision of fatherhood to offer, courtesy of Elon Musk," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:

🔗 1url.cz/@rometv-iren... 🎥 „Nestačí dát Roma na 70. místo kandidátky.“ 📢 Irena Biháriová s Jarmilou Balážovou v exkluzivním rozhovoru pro ROMEA TV

⚡️ President Volodymyr Zelensky signed new sanctions on Russian individuals and entities, including actors, singers, athletes, and companies involved in military production.

The Suwałki Gap is a crucial choke point along the border with Poland that's seen as one of likeliest areas for any future Russian attack on the EU and NATO. Lithuania is making moves to upgrade and fortify a second route through the zone.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has come out swinging with a threat to tax the advertising revenues of digital services if trade talks with the US collapse. Five reasons why the threat could be more bluster than substance 👇

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Read more: cnn.it/43TU3ML

⚡️ US reportedly closing 3 military bases in Syria, cuts troop presence. The closures include Mission Support Site Green Village, MSS Euphrates, and a smaller unnamed facility. U.S. commanders will reportedly decide within 60 days whether to further reduce the troop presence.

Phrases dealing with climate, women and security have been rephrased in new NATO legislation, in a bid to avoid retaliation by the Trump administration.

⚡️Russia may attack Ukraine's energy grid ahead of Easter, Zelensky says. "We know what Russia is preparing for. Now, ahead of Easter, and after it, new Russian attacks are possible," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "We will continue to defend our country, our energy sector."

If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.

KOMENTÁŘ 💬 | „Vznikla situace, kdy po faktickém stahování USA z Evropy a snahy o co nejmenším angažmá v ukrajinském konfliktu by právě Francie na sebe mohla vzít roli vůdčí evropské síly. Nejen ve válce na Ukrajině,“ píše Libor Dvořák pro Český rozhlas Plus. irozhl.as/v1E

Through new policies and aggressive cuts, the Trump administration is taking steps that will encourage more pollution while muffling the science that shows its harms. The very air that Americans breathe will likely become less safe, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports:

Tesla is no longer selling the majority of new EVs registered in California

JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

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📰 O případu čtěte zde: 1url.cz/@romea-advok... 🧑‍⚖️ „Ještě že jsou ze ZŠ Plynárenská. Řešení se přímo nabízí.“ Takhle psal na Facebook o dětech romského, arabského a asijského původu Vítězslav Kroupa. Jeho advokát Michael Mann se výrokům zasmál a označil jeza „vtipný sarkasmus“.

KOMENTÁŘ 💬 | „Česká muniční iniciativa se stala určitým předobrazem účinnější spolupráce a akceschopnosti. (...) Až cynicky tak vyznívá ujištění místopředsedy ANO Havlíčka, že pokud se hnutí ujme vlády, nebude v iniciativě pokračovat,“ píše Jiří Leschtina pro Český rozhlas Plus. irozhl.as/v0K

A top adviser of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday as part of an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, a U.S. defense official said.

“What can Americans do now if a recession is truly around the corner? Build up a buffer,” writes Marc Novicoff.

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

„Tam (v Sumské oblasti) se Rusku nabízí potenciál získat další teritorium, které může využít v budoucích jednáních, ale také k vytvoření nárazníkového pásma,“ říká analytik Michal Smetana. irozhl.as/v0d

„Žádná vláda - bez ohledu na to, která strana je u moci - by neměla diktovat, co mohou soukromé univerzity vyučovat, koho mohou přijímat a zaměstnávat a jakým oborům se mohou věnovat,“ prohlásil rektor univerzity Alan Garber. irozhl.as/v02

Britain and the EU are closing in on a new defense pact, which they hope to sign next month. But it all depends on fish.

⚡️ Zelensky's 'always looking to purchase missiles' — Trump dismisses Ukraine's request to buy Patriots.

US President Donald Trump described Russia’s double ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy that killed 35 and wounded 117 as a “mistake” by the Russians. But it’s no such thing.

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

KOMENTÁŘ 💬 | „Pokud je ve slovenské politice někdo, kdo připomíná perpetum mobile, tak je to Slovenská národní strana. Neuplyne týden, aby toto uskupení nepřišlo s nějakým novým absurdním nápadem,“ píše Kamila Pešeková pro Český rozhlas Plus. irozhl.as/uYP

Breaking News: Pennsylvania authorities have arrested a 38-year-old man who they said had set fire to the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

"...Spain is one of the EU’s main exporters to China and has recently secured $4.3bn [€3.77bn] investment from Chinese electric battery firm CATL and carmaker Stellantis to build an electric vehicle battery plant in northern Spain." euobserver.com/EU%20&%20the...

Sergei Beseda, said to have provided Putin with the (flawed) intelligence that persuaded him to invade Ukraine, is now one of the chief negotiators with the US. from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/russia...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is suspending tariffs on 89 products in order to ease pressure on companies affected by Washington's trade war.

The government plans to call Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to the witness stand. The trial is expected to run nearly two months in a federal courtroom in Washington.

Senator Sanders and Reps. Ocasio-Cortes, Jayapal, and Khanna rising to the occasion.

Fomenting Antisemitism open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

We Used to Live Here open.substack.com/pub/andreico...

Britain is banning travelers from the EU from bringing meat and dairy products into the country as foot-and-mouth disease spreads across the continent.

Give yourself a treat and listen to these words in this voice. NEW ORLEANS 2025: Aprés le dèluge open.substack.com/pub/andreico...

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

⚡️ Putin to meet US envoy Witkoff to discuss Ukraine, Kremlin confirms. A possible meeting between Trump and Putin could be on the agenda, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole. Why? Because an algorithm said so. 1/

Former Apple employee and whistleblower @ashleygjovik.bsky.social has reached a settlement with #Apple over unfair labour charges. Gjovik faced retaliation after raising concerns about toxic chemical leaks in the workplace: www.theregister.com/2025/04/10/a... 1/2

Five Harvard students or recent graduates had their visas revoked, apparently for exercising their constitutionally-protected right to free expression. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

An American citizen jailed in Russia, Ksenia Karelina, is returning home to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Karelina, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison colony for treason after she donated about $50 to a U.S.-based Ukrainian charity.

⚡️ Russian drone injures 12 in Nikopol, including 16-year-old boy. A 16-year-old boy is in serious condition, Governor Serhii Lysak said. A dormitory and five cars were damaged in the attack.

Any traders with inside information that Trump was going to walk back his tariffs — some of them, presumably, Trump family members and cronies — just made a fortune. It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... They are stacking these shit birds deep.

In any other administration, the president would already be huddled with advisors trying to stave off collapse

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

The Internal Revenue Service has reached an agreement with immigration authorities to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.

Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS. (Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)