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[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

💥 Saint Petersburg Port Oil Terminal struck by Ukraine. The city sky is now covered in black smoke.
17km from SPIEF in downtown.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is what Trump's done to the people's house:

A third of it is rubble.

Another third is a cage match.

What a metaphor.

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

THIS IS WHERE VASYL MALIUK HAS BEEN!

Today, Ukraine finally received an answer to the question that had been on many people’s minds in recent days. SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk was not “on vacation,” “attending meetings,” or “undergoing treatment.” According to reports, he was personally overseeing one of the largest and most complex operations carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) since the start of the full-scale war.

The operation was given the codename “New Web.”

Ukrainian special units reportedly launched simultaneous strikes against five Russian airfields deep behind enemy lines. The operation is described as having been so well-coordinated and powerful that Russian forces are still assessing the extent of the damage.

According to preliminary reports that have not yet been independently verified:

• 15 Russian military aircraft were destroyed or critically damaged.
• Among them were Su-34 and Su-35 fighters, as well as strategic bombers.
• Aviation ammunition and fuel depots were destroyed.
• The operation disrupted several air bases from which Russia had regularly launched missile attacks against Ukrainian cities.

[Ghost of Hellas @ghostofhellas]

A gold spiral bracelet shaped like a snake, originating from the Greek culture, dated to the 3rd century BC. It was found in the Taman Peninsula, Krasnodar Territory, Russia, within the First Middle Burial-Mound on Vasurinskaya Mountain. Currently preserved in the Hermitage Museum.

[Ghost of Hellas @ghostofhellas]

Spiral finger ring, Hellenistic, 200 b.C.- 100 b.C.

Medium: Gold

From the Museum of Cycladic Art

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

Donald Trump ran for office for three reasons:

1) stay out of jail
2) exact revenge on his enemies
3) line his pockets

Everything else he says is bullshit.

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

Politico reports Ukraine is increasingly using its Lima electronic warfare system to make Russian drones and missiles miss. Developed by Cascade Systems, Lima jams and spoofs satellite navigation, feeding weapons false coordinates and widening their deviation. More than 400 units have been supplied, with the system used against Shaheds, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and glide bombs. #Ukraine

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the DHS Inspector General just opened an audit into a $38 billion warehouse-to-detention scheme that Kristi Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski rammed through.

ICE bought 11 vacant warehouses in a matter of months, paying 11 to 13 percent above market value.

The properties weren’t even zoned for detention. No working plumbing for thousands of detainees. But Noem and Lewandowski pressured ICE to open them by year’s end anyway.

The result? At least $1 billion already spent on nine facilities. Nearly 50 contractors paid $1.7 billion since Trump took office.

Companies with zero immigration detention experience suddenly winning massive federal contracts.

One firm that didn’t even exist until June 2024 got a $6 million DHS contract this January.

Noem is gone.

Lewandowski is gone.

But the bill is still landing on the taxpayer, and the IG investigation is just getting started.

Accountability cannot end when the perpetrators walk out the door.

Every contract needs scrutiny.

Every dollar needs to be traced.

Every official who steered money to inexperienced contractors needs to answer under oath.
https://t.co/GGvxSniGqM

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

Ukraine is preparing a super-weapon that has been kept secret for years.

What remained under the strictest secrecy for a long time now appears ready to enter the battlefield. Sources close to the defense industry are speaking about a technology that could radically change the rules of this war.

Not just another drone.

Not just another missile.

Something far more serious — something the Russians are not even expecting to see.

Ukrainian engineers worked under the conditions of total war, under constant bombardment, yet the result now seems to have exceeded all expectations.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Not getting enough attention: the one-page order from Todd Blanche to wipe out every audit of Donald Trump.

Many experts believe it’s illegal, and here’s why.

Federal law prohibits the President or his aides from directing or halting an IRS audit. Agents who carry out a politically motivated audit, or stop one at the direction of the White House, can face prison time. That is the statute on the books.

Now look at what just happened.

Todd Blanche, the Acting Attorney General and Donald Trump’s former personal criminal defense lawyer, signed a one-page order demanding the IRS drop every existing audit of Trump, his family, and their “affiliates.” One of those audits reportedly could have cost Trump more than $100 million.

The Treasury Department’s top lawyer resigned over it.

The acting top IRS lawyer had to recuse himself because he previously represented Trump in his tax cases.

There is no precedent for an Attorney General ordering an end to audits of a group of taxpayers. Many experts say the Attorney General has no authority to do this.

So we have a likely illegal order, signed by the President’s former lawyer, on behalf of the President, protecting the President. And the only people with jurisdiction to investigate it work for the President.

I will fight this with every tool I have.

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

"I dOn'T rEMemBeR GaSBudDy tAlKinG aBOuT pRiCEs wHeN BiDEn wAS pReSIdeNt aNd GaS HiT $5" it's been my job to talk gas prices at GasBuddy then and is now, no matter political stances

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

REED: How many taxpayers' returns were leaked by the IRS in the 2020 breach?

BLANCHE: Excuse me?

REED: 405,427. One of them was Donald Trump, correct?

BLANCHE: Donald Trump and his family.

REED: And Donald Trump was president at the time. So it was his IRS that allowed this breach of privacy

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reed: You talked to Ghislaine Maxwell. A few days later, she was transferred from a high security prison to a very comfortable—

Blanche: That’s not true. She was not in a high security prison. She was transferred from a low security prison to a low security prison.

Reed: I don't think at the other prison she had her own room. She had access to a private shower. She could have pet therapy. Why did Trump send you down to talk to her.

Blanche: You think President Trump called and asked me to go interview a witness in federal prison?

Reed: Yes, I do. He needed somebody to talk to her and find out what would she say if she was asked about Jeffrey Epstein, and you were the perfect choice. And you went down there and suddenly Shazam, she's out

[Acyn @Acyn]

Maddow: So in January, Trump buys hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Nvidia. Then a week later, his commerce department approves the sale of Nvidia chips to China. 

Also in January, Trump buys between 50,000 and $100,000 worth of stock in AMD. One week after he buys it, his commerce department approves AMD doing business in China as well. 

The following month, in February, Trump buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell. Nine days after he buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell, Trump veers off script in a speech in Georgia to tell the crowd literally, quote, go out and buy a Dell computer. 

Then in March, Judd Legum at Popular Information reports that Trump repeatedly buys up Thermo Fisher stock, and then he goes and visits Thermo Fisher on a presidential visit and praises the company.

That same day, Trump bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Apple. And then that same day he bought the stock, he did another event where he singled out Apple and Apple CEO Tim cook for praise. Apple a great company.

Then after that, Trump buys Micron stock. The very next day, he calls into the Fox News channel and tells them Micron is one of the hottest companies.

CNBC reporting Trump makes seven separate purchases of Palantir stock. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Palantir stock. Then he gets on truth social and praises Palantir.

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

the vice president is a shameless, soulless liar

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

🇺🇦 Ukrainian specialists have created the first effective Ukrainian guided glide bombs (KABs), which have successfully passed all tests and are now ready for mass deployment.

Incredibly, in just 1.5 years, Ukrainian engineers developed a completely original guided aerial bomb from scratch. This is not a copy of Western or Soviet designs, but a unique Ukrainian-made system created specifically for the realities of modern warfare.

The new KAB is designed to strike fortified positions, command posts, and other targets dozens of kilometers behind the front line — possibly even farther after launch. Most specifications remain classified, but it is known that the warhead weighs 250 kilograms 💥

Having our own long-range strike systems is critically important. It means relying less on imports and less on the political mood of certain partners.

Very good news. The swamps will definitely appreciate it 💯

[Whale Insider @WhaleInsider]

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump traded stocks over 3,700 times in Q1 2026 - averaging 59 trades per day, 9 per hour, or one trade every 7 minutes.

[Marwa ElDiwiny @MarwaEldiwiny]

Silver Swan Automaton… no motors, built in 1773 and still working perfectly.

The Silver Swan is powered entirely by mainsprings and brass clockwork gears.

Why did we stop creating such elegant engineering and beautiful pieces of art… timeless and built to last?

[Hugh @CoonCatt]

Who are the "right people ? "

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Acting AG Todd Blanche: "There's a ton of evidence that the election was rigged. We're very focused on finding out whether the right people voted."

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have carried out a major breakthrough on the front line!

Ukrainian troops rapidly broke through Russian defenses in a key sector. Within just a few hours, several strategically important settlements came under AFU control. The main Russian forces found themselves trapped in operational encirclements.

The enemy is in complete panic. Russian units are retreating en masse, abandoning equipment, ammunition depots, and even wounded soldiers. Some columns are simply stopping and surrendering. Roads are littered with abandoned T-72 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, Grad rocket systems, and fuel trucks.

Ukrainian assault groups are operating quickly and in perfect coordination. Artillery, drones, and infantry are functioning as a single mechanism. What the Russians spent months building is collapsing within hours.