#Indonesian #FinanceMinister Raises Possibility of Imposing #Toll on #StraitOfMalacca

Whether or not it was serious, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa’s suggestion is a sign of how far the norm of freedom of peaceful navigation has been eroded by the #IranWar.

“We sit on a #strategic #GlobalTrade and energy route, yet #ships pass through the #MalaccaStrait without being charged. I’m not sure whether that’s right or wrong.”

Blame the #TrumpRegime #USPol #auspol

https://thediplomat.com/2026/04/indonesian-finance-minister-raises-possibility-of-imposing-toll-on-strait-of-malacca/

Indonesian Finance Minister Raises Possibility of Imposing Toll on Strait of Malacca

Whether or not it was serious, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa's suggestion is a sign of how far the norm of freedom of peaceful navigation has been eroded by the Iran war.

The Diplomat

@oscherler @orci @GamesMissed

Maybe organise mass jail breaking through libraries to recycle immoral corporate EOL / bricking of your devices.

#library #kindle #uspol

#DOGE #USPol

From NBC News.com: A year after DOGE, former federal employees are still looking for work

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/year-doge-former-federal-employees-still-unemployed-looking-jobs-rcna265911

A year after DOGE, former federal employees are still looking for work

After he applied to his 599th job, John Burg stopped counting.

NBC News

A strange story...

According to the NYT article, "The F.B.I. believed the child was kidnapped by a transgender parent to potentially undergo gender transition surgery," so the DOJ sent one of its jets on a direct course from Virginia to Cuba to retrieve the child as part of "Project Safe Childhood," per the DOJ's website.

#USA #US #USpol

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trump-admin-flies-child-back-cuba-custody-fight-gender-identity-rcna341540
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/americas/cuba-us-child-justice-department-transgender.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump admin flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight involving gender identity

The Trump administration took the unusual step this week of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child's gender identity

NBC News

I'm so fk'in sick of these people

...“If the DOJ or Oversight Republicans are out there trying to negotiate some sort of pardon that is … not only a huge slap in the face to this investigation, to anyone, to the American public,” he added. “It’s a part of a massive cover up.”...

#Epstein #Corruption #USPOL

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/22/congress/to-pardon-maxwell-or-not-00887823

Oversight members split over whether to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, committee chair says - Live Updates - POLITICO

The only convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein has said she would testify to Congress if granted clemency — a power held solely by the president.

Politico

More war maths:

Cost for Iran to take a vessel: <$60 000 in speedboats, guns, and uniforms.

Cost for the US to take a vessel: millions in sailor salaries, weapons systems, and ships

This is the kind of asymmetric warfare that will destroy a nation.

The same was the case in Vietnam and in Afghanistan. The cost will get the US eventually

#USpol #Iran #Israel

I hate republicans

...A Virginia state judge blocked officials from certifying the approval of new congressional maps in Old Dominion, a day after voters narrowly passed them...

#USPOL #Virginia #Maps #Elections

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/22/virgina-maps-blocked/89742466007/

Virginia judge blocks redrawn congressional maps approved by voters

A Virginia judge blocked the certification of the vote approving a congressional map that would give Democrats a large majority in the state's delegation.

The Columbus Dispatch

King Hungry the Eighth

bot by @davidaugust
This is a joke, not a threat: don't have me abducted.

#satire #potus45 #funny #USpol

He's a mess and I know that none of us trust him, but he seems to be sincere here imo, fwiw.

#USpol
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/politics/tucker-carlson-trump-apology.html

Tucker Carlson Says He Is ‘Tormented’ by His Past Support for Trump

“I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people,” said the conservative commentator, who has broken sharply with the president over the war with Iran.

The New York Times