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"Reform is launching a drive to raise funds from wealthy offshore donors in low tax jurisdictions including Monaco, UAE and Switzerland..." (FT) It would be nice if the world could stop feeling like a dystopian parody for a while.

Am starting to think widespread civil disobedience is the most effective way to tackle Labour's policy of punishment beatings for trans people to please right wing bigots. And this can't fall on the trans community - cis allies too are going to have to start using the 'wrong' toilets.

It's only been the law for six years.

Oh. Joe Kasper, Pete Hegseth's Chief of Staff, resigns. Can't wait to hear the backstory on this one. 🍿

New in PN: Lisa Murkowski reveals the ugly nature of Trump's rule "Trump is not a normal president who governs through persuasion and political savvy. He constantly resorts to coercive threats. A system where that becomes normal isn’t a democracy. It’s a reign of terror."

Opinion: The US does not have the aid, the technology or the market access to exert control over global trade the way it once did, and Trump’s erratic behaviour is rapidly increasing the probability that it never will www.ft.com/content/c2eb...

Many of Trump's decisions make a lot more sense when you remember that Putin owns him.

SECOND JUDGE IN SECOND CASE ORDERS ADMINISTRATION TO BRING A SECOND ILLEGALLY DEPORTED MAN BACK FROM EL SALVADOR (1/6)

The head of Harvard is doubling down on his defiance against Trump — saying he "will not compromise on certain issues" despite the funding threat. "We are defending what I believe is one of the most important lynchpins of the American economy and way of life." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Pete Hegseth installed Signal on a secure Pentagon computer—then used it to leak strike plans straight from a classified system. This isn’t a “glitch.” This is deliberate, dangerous, and disqualifying. He’s a severe national security threat. Fire him. MORE: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Today in America, the rich are getting richer & working families are struggling. What is Mr. Trump doing about this? He's getting ready to give tax cuts to billionaires while making it harder for Americans to access the Medicare, Social Security & veterans benefits they earned.

Our cover this week.

JUST IN: Karoline Leavitt now says there will be “no unilateral reduction in tariffs against China,” reversing course after Trump admitted the tariffs were too high and reports surfaced they would be lowered.

The world stands with Ukraine. We reject Russia and its Trump regime puppet government in D.C.

Happy Earth Day, friends. Our homeworld, seen by the crew of Apollo 8 in 1968.

Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

This will change our planet forever. On this Earth Day, look at how humanity has increased global greenhouse gas concentrations (here in CO₂-equivalents), compared to the natural changes over the preceding 130,000 years:

Atmospheric CO2 has passed 430 parts per million. The last time atmospheric CO2 was at 430 ppm was during the ancient Pliocene Era, three to five million years ago, and humans didn’t exist.

The US has imposed tariffs of 3,521% on solar panel imports from Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. 🙄

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

NEWS: Trump deploying U.S. combat forces to the Middle East as conflict with Houthis escalates

Insanity. Sheer insanity.

Representatives from Ukraine, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States will meet in London on April 23 to continue talks on a potential ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on April 21.

scoop: NPR is mobilizing. In response to White House plan to rescind federal funding, NPR tells member stations it is pushing up its timeline. "We strongly urge you to communicate and meet with your Members of Congress this week."

They have no regard or care for the dignity and well-being of others.

Art of the Deal my ass.

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old American citizen born in the U.S., was jailed in Florida under a controversial state immigration law, even though he had a valid U.S. birth certificate and Social Security card. A judge confirmed both documents were real, but said she

National security clearances? Overrated. Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan! youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...

BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Russia and Iran are now strategic allies. Putin just signed an agreement confirming a commitment to developing military-technical cooperation and joint military exercises. There’ll also be a Russia-Iran payment infrastructure and media cooperation to "counter disinformation."

Somehow the Times managed to get four sources on a group chat that had twelve of the people closest to Hegseth. Literally everyone must hate this guy.

We have every confidence in the management to turn around this run of defeats.

i wonder what S&P will do when it can't download downscaled NASA data anymore for their (dubious) country level climate risk projections

⚡️Update: Russia violates Easter 'truce' over 2,000 times, Zelensky says. The military reported 67 Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions, 1,355 instances of shelling, and 673 uses of Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones throughout the temporary "ceasefire."

As the Mayor to a city of more than one million Catholics, I want to express my sadness, and the sadness of all Londoners, at the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. He was a man of courage and humility who demonstrated how cooperation between faiths was a force for good.

⚡️Update: Russia violates Easter 'truce' nearly 3,000 times, Zelensky says. The military reported 96 Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions, 1,882 instances of shelling, and 950 uses of Russian FPV drones throughout the temporary "ceasefire."

Ouch! What a headline. RIP.

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“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis

Global business confidence was high before Trump took office. Now it’s collapsing.

Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contempt

⚡️ 'We know what we are fighting for' — Zelensky's Easter address to Ukraine in full. Zelensky lauded Ukraine's "resilience, compassion, and humanity," adding the country's faith has "not faded over 1,152 days of full-scale war."

Senator Chris Van Hollen on Sunday accused the Trump administration of “outright defying” court orders to return a wrongly deported man to the U.S. from El Salvador, and he urged the administration to stop releasing unfavorable records about the man.

⚡️ Fox News labels Kyiv a Russian city, Ukraine calls for 'apology and investigation.' The error reportedly remained on screen for 20 minutes.

This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables. www.theguardian.com/business/202...