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“A US. Air Force officer who, along with another crew member, ejected from a jet shot down in Iran on Friday was rescued by US forces Sunday morning. President Trump announced the rescue on social media, calling it, quote, one of the most daring search and rescue operations in US history.”

“Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban... has lost his reelection bid to opposition leader, Peter Magyar, ending his sixteen years in power.”

“Oil is a globally priced commodity, so even though we won't have a physical shortage here because we've got Canada for heavy oil and we produce our own, the reality is that the price is global and there's a real physical shortage. And so we don't escape that price impact, and that translates to what it costs a refiner to buy the crude and therefore what you pay for gasoline at the pump.”

“The astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere going nearly 24,000 miles per hour. One source of anxiety, the heat shield. After a test flight without a crew found some unexpected damage a few years ago, NASA investigated and changed the reentry procedures to deal with this issue.”

“Trump said the rescued officer sustained injuries, but quote, he will be just fine. This was the first time Iran has shot down a US fighter jet since the war started. President Trump also issued a profane threat to Iran on Easter Sunday morning. He said starting Tuesday, the US will bomb power plants and bridges if Iran doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz.”

“The federal government has awarded $50,000,000 for EMS agencies around the country to expand prehospital blood transfusion programs.”

“Israel says it's seizing from Lebanon to create what it calls a buffer zone where Hezbollah can't fire rockets.”

“The Trump administration is taking steps toward automatic registration for the military draft. The selective service has required eligible men ages 18 to 25 to register since 1980. The agency says it will begin registering men automatically instead of requiring them to sign up themselves.”

“Thousands gathered in front of St. Peter's Basilica for Mass where Pope Leo led his Easter message with a prayer, offering a reminder of faith and continuity for Christians around the world. The Pope also called for peace and urged the world not to grow numb to war and suffering.”

“President Trump says the US Navy will begin a blockade of the Strait Of Hormuz, a key waterway near Iran.”

“They were not going to let even the president of the United States mess it up because there was a real belief that he would do something to either order them to do something stupid or leak it. And either one of those scenarios would have resulted in that that F-15 backseater either being dead or being an Iranian hostage. And they realized that it should tell you a lot that the people who actually are on the pointy end of the stick with our military do not trust their commander in chief.”

“Alex Jones is out like completely fireballing Trump now and says that Americans should hang their flags upside down, which is the universal symbol of distress. I'm like, Alex Jones? Gay frog, Alex Jones? ... This is not Alex Jones talking to the deep state. This is Alex Jones talking to MAGA base. It's a seismic shift and it continues on.”

“Iran's foreign ministry says it won't be involved in talks unless Lebanon is part of the deal. Israel insists its fight with Hezbollah is not part of the two week ceasefire between The US and Iran and continues hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Wednesday, Israel struck multiple targets including in Beirut, killing more than 300 people.”

“They muted Richard Engel. They muted a member of the American press at a press conference in the middle of the war.”

“In this, her first Easter sermon since becoming spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, Sarah Mullally pleaded for an end to, quote, the violence and destruction in the Middle East. She added, may all people of the region receive the peace, justice, and freedom they long for.”

“Surging gas prices helped push inflation to 3.3% in March, the largest increase in nearly two years. That's according to the latest numbers by the Labor Department. The average price for a regular grade is now $4.15 per gallon.”

“Who is the dissident? The dissident is the person who says, I'm not moving. You're in the way of me living my normal life, right? You're going to have to move. I'm not moving out of the way. The pre-political are all of these sort of conditions of life that we take to be sort of normal. Like, you want to be, it's not political to want to be a good neighbor, to see somebody's rights being violated and acting on it.”

“In his Easter address, Pope Leo said that peace cannot be achieved through weapons or threats. At a time when political leaders in the United States and in Israel have employed religious language to justify the war in Iran, the Pope said that the Christian story is one of non-violence.”

“Gasoline prices have jumped sharply since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran. That's expected to push the annual inflation rate back above 3% when the price index for March is released on Friday. Core inflation, which strips out volatile energy and food prices, is also expected to be higher in March than it was in February.”

“Vice President JD Vance is expected to be the top US negotiator in potential peace talks between the Americans and the Iranians.”

“Cash Patel is increasingly seen inside the FBI and the administration as somebody with a drinking problem. He is not going to win this fight because he has over a dozen sources who said, He drinking. This isn't good. Cash Patel's security detail needs to get the jaws of life to pry open his hotel room door so they can get him because he won't respond otherwise.”

“Just have oil pipelines going west through the Arabian Peninsula, right up to Israel, right up to our Mediterranean ports. And you've just done away with the choke points for forever.”

“Vance calling Netanyahu out on the fact that there seems to be no chance that a popular uprising will topple the regime as the Prime Minister of Israel promised our president.”

“But it turned out that there are places where even the president doesn't get to go when the military doesn't want him to... What's the word I'm looking for? Leak shit from the most classified possible operation they could be conducting. Or have him in the room acting like a crazy motherfucker. Those are why they kept him out of the room.”

“the right wing is ripping itself apart, really not helpful towards midterms or beyond.”

“JD Vance is running for president in 2028 And I don't think he fired Buckley just because Tucker's saying shit about Donald Trump. I think he fired Buckley because he recognizes that when he wants to run for president, Tucker is one of those people who could be a potential candidate in a primary against JD Vance. And that makes JD Vance extremely no bueno.”

“Reopening of the Straits will be slow because it may have been mined. Also, the logistics of getting all the ships that are trapped in out and the ones that are out in will be slow. Repair, there's been a lot of damage to infrastructure. We don't know how bad.”

“This Easter, only about a dozen priests were praying inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where it's believed Jesus died and was resurrected. Auxiliary Bishop William Schomali says holy places without pilgrims is like a body without soul, and he urged politicians to choose the way of peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation.”

“So now, we have Energy Secretary Chris Wright, one of the many people who likes to go on a Sunday show and really fuck things up, saying that gas may stay above $3 into 2027 Great stuff. Love it. The Arap war has driven up prices as we were told. None of this is a surprise in any which way, and Wright is just trying to defend it.”

“it's not impossible that new records, with prices eventually rising above $5 a gallon remain possible.”

“The scientists found that the same neurons that fire when someone looks at an object also fire when a person imagines that object. The finding supports earlier evidence from brain scans suggesting that seeing and imagining activate the same circuits.”

“At the weekend box office, the Super Mario Galaxy movie took the top spot with an estimated $130 million in ticket sales. That's the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film. The Illumination and Nintendo co-production capitalized on kids' spring break vacations, and despite mixed reviews, audiences were happy.”