H.D. Gregg @hdgregg.bsky.social

Queer Catholic anarcho-syndicalist. Settler on Hoocąk / Kaskaskia / Bodwéwadmi land. Registered nurse. Immigration and labor activist. Waffle supremacist. Dodgers Fan. Not a Democrat.

The United States is on the brink of a moral and political catastrophe. This is the inescapable conclusion to be derived from Donald Trump’s press conference on Monday.

www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/07/qchq-a07.html
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A few minutes later, Trump escalated his threats against Iran, writing, “The Iranians don’t seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways. The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate!”
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Disturbed by Iran’s control of the strait and the fact that this is being reported widely by the corporate media, Trump posted on Truth Social at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, “The Iranians are better at handling the Fake News Media, and ‘Public Relations,’ than they are at fighting!”
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Reports from multiple outlets since Tuesday show that Iran retains control over the passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with shipping still restricted and, in some accounts, subject to Iranian oversight or tolling arrangements.
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Emphasizing that a return to warfare was on the agenda, Trump repeated himself, “But we’re loading up the ships. We’re loading up the ships with the best weapons ever made, even at a higher level than we used to do a complete decimation.
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Trump made clear that the Pentagon is replenishing its weaponry during the pause in the air assault. He said, “We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best weapons ever made—even better than what we did previously, and we blew them apart.”
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Trump’s remarks are an unmistakable indication that the two-week pause in the US air assault on Iran he announced on Tuesday has resolved nothing and is being used to prepare the next stage of the war.
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On Friday, during a phone interview with the New York Post, President Trump said US warships were being reloaded with weapons to be used against Iran in anticipation of a failure of the ceasefire talks taking place in Pakistan.

www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/11/hvdg-a11.html
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social
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Cartoon by
Robert Ariail
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
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Awarding Markwayne Mullin with the
"Best Stock Trader" award. He rejects it. 🤣
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BREAKING: The US has agreed to 'release Iranian frozen assets held in Qatar and other foreign banks' and this is 'directly linked to ensuring safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz', according to Reuters report.
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Yep, and the "Good Americans" did very little to stop it. When a system is producing genocide, it has to be shut down.
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A wonderful 38ft mural of the late great KURT VONNEGUT - who left us 19yrs ago today - in his hometown of Indianapolis.
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Plutonium Nyborg @johnunderwood.bsky.social
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social
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In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙
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W.M. @minuteman04.bsky.social
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Reports make it fairly clear that ICE detention facilities are worse than most US prisons. And for the most part they're crammed full of people who haven't been convicted of any crime.
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Apple is closing down the first of its US stores to unionize.

Apple says that because of the collective bargaining agreement with these workers, they "couldn’t offer to transfer them to nearby locations.”

The union is outraged, and exploring options to hold Apple accountable.
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inblacknwhite @imagetree.bsky.social
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AKA, I will keep arming an illegal, apartheid state of war criminals, rapists, and child killers.
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Democrats love Trump because he's carrying out their unpopular policy objectives and taking the heat so they don't have to.
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"Schumer, a longtime supporter of Israel, held a press conference criticizing Trump for the war and the ceasefire — making critiques not necessarily of the concept of war with Iran itself, but of [Trump's] way ... Jeffries directly stated he wouldn't be backing an impeachment effort."
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Including the stock ticker symbol here is a nice touch
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Our economic might might be a thing if the past but Hungary can keep J.D. Vance if it’s helpful.
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This reporting is extremely thorough and the allegations are horrific. Swalwell’s attorney is trying to undermine this woman’s credibility by saying she kept working for him afterward. It’s tired victim-blaming rhetoric. She was 21 when it started. I believe her and I hope she is okay.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social
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“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-like-sardines-congressional-oversight-arizona/
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"Democrats chose genocide over winning ... When does this stop?"
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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The details in here are horrifying but needed to be made public. Please take care while reading.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social
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Promising pardons to criminals is something only a criminal would do.
www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-promises-mass-pardons-to-staff-before-leaving-office-d7274d32?st=BntPAf&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus
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“Triumphal arches have continued to be built into the modern era, often as statements of power and self-aggrandizement by dictators. Adolf Hitler planned to build the world's largest triumphal arch in Berlin.”

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumphal_arch?wprov=sfti1 href="/search?t=posts&q=Post-Roman_triumphal_arches">#Post-Roman_triumphal_arches
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Today In 1947: Branch Rickey issues a historic press release: "The Brooklyn #Dodgers today purchased the contract of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson from the Montreal Royals. He will report immediately." #MLB #History
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