(no MSM coverage)

Reports of a shooting involving a high-ranking U.S. government official in Washington, D.C.'s Navy Yard area, according to "journalist" (he is not a journalist, but a right wing influencer, thanks for @katrinakatrinka#infosec.exchange on the comment area) Nick Sortor who is on scene.

Heavily armed Capitol Police responded rapidly, and the official was extracted in an armored Chevrolet Suburban typically used for members of Congress or the Cabinet. The alleged shooter remains at large, with officers searching the area for evidence.

No official confirmation of injuries or the official's identity has been released, and details are still developing. Law enforcement has not yet issued a public statement.

(Multiple online sources)
#WashingtonDC #assasinationattempt #USpol #Politics #News #Media #Washington #usgovernment

> Another Trillion Racks Up for the National Debt https://www.independent.org/article/2026/04/15/another-trillion-national-debt/

As that fine, upstanding mastermind of politics Dick Cheney said in 2002: "Deficits don't matter."

Yea, fuck it, just keep borrowing on the great credit card with no spending limit. Sooner or later the reckoning will come, and so the #CosmicJoker will laugh.

Blessed be the #DivineHumor.

#AmericanEmpire #ThisIsAmerica #BadEconomy #GOP #PartyOfStupid #RepublicanLite #USGovernment

US Cyber Strategy Advances with Executive Orders on Horizon

The US national cyber strategy is gaining momentum, with National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross confirming that its execution is actively underway. Executive orders are likely on the horizon, leaving us wondering what's next and who will lead the charge.

https://osintsights.com/us-cyber-strategy-advances-with-executive-orders-on-horizon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationalCyberStrategy #ExecutiveOrders #UsGovernment #CyberPolicy #EmergingThreats

#SaveYouAClick: at end of day, it depends on how lazy or not the #SCOTUS judges feel that day. (They DO have a lot of discretion to just ignore things, see also idea of "shadow docket").

> How the justices decide … which cases to decide: an explainer https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/how-the-justices-decide-which-cases-to-decide-an-explainer/

#legal #USGovernment #GovDocs #explainer

Laura Rozen reposted:

Mohamed Abbas -- @MoeRosh

"#Iran will never forego enrichment completely, the best they will do is halt it for a while.

That’s been their policy since negotiations with the #Europeans began in 2003.

#Obama understood this.

#Israel doesn’t want it and the #USGovernment seems to be an extension of [Israel] now"

#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #BenjaminNetanyahu