https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/trump-administration-gun-show-loophole
Friday, May 1, 2026
US reinstates ‘gun show loophole’ amid rollback of firearms restrictions
DoJ announces changes including ‘loophole’ that allows people to buy guns at shows without background check…
Conversation View Iran supreme leader issues defiant statement on strait of Hormuz
Mojtaba Khamenei says Tehran will eliminate ‘enemy’s abuses of the waterway’ and guard its nuclear and missile programmes…
Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, Senate hears
Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in Iran…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/pete-hegseth-iran-war-hearing
This is horrifying #duet #vote #women #votingrights #maga #cult
MAGA / Christian nationalists don’t want women to be allowed to vote.
Jeffries lays out more targets for gerrymanders in response to GOP’s renewed push - POLITICO
“All options are on the table as we get through the 2026 election and look to the future,” Jeffries told POLITICO by phone Thursday. “As many governors have already indicated, we will be prepared to respond in states like New York, Illinois and Maryland, as well as in Colorado, in advance of the 2028 election.”…
Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon - POLITICO
While previous threats from Trump have not come to fruition, he’s ratcheted up his anti-European rhetoric in his second term, from threatening to pull out of NATO due to allies’ failure to join the Iran war to warning he might seize Greenland.
Trump’s latest threat to the transatlantic alliance comes just days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the U.S. was being “humiliated” by Iran at the negotiating table. Trump continued to launch broadsides against the German leader on Thursday, calling for Merz to “spend more time” on ending Russia’s war with Ukraine and solving European energy and immigration problems “and less time on interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/30/trump-germany-troop-pullout-pentagon-shocked-00900619
Hegseth says Iran war can continue despite legal deadline - POLITICO
“This is going to pose a really important legal question for the administration,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) warned the Pentagon chief. “We have serious constitutional concerns here.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/30/hegseth-iran-war-legal-deadline-congress-00900826
GOP unity cracks with latest Iran war vote - Live Updates - POLITICO Inbox
Just two Republicans — Collins and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — joined Democrats to support curtailing Trump in a 47-50 vote. Unlike Collins, Paul has supported all attempts to rein in the war. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania continued to be the lone Democrat to oppose the effort...
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/30/congress/gop-unity-cracks-iran-war-collins-00901408
Taxpayers might pay millions more to fight wildfires as jet fuel skyrockets
Last year, those planes burned through about $50 million worth of jet fuel. Every fire season is different, but if this year is the same as last season, that fuel bill would almost double to nearly $100 million. That's because the price of jet fuel has skyrocketed since the war in Iran began in late February. Ultimately, taxpayers will be the ones to shell out tens of millions of dollars more to fight summer wildfires this year...
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5775794/fuel-costs-iran-war-wildfires
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
From Louisiana and eastward to North Carolina, there are at least 15 House districts now at risk of elimination, according to an NPR analysis conducted earlier this year. (That list grows longer if taking into account newly redrawn districts in Missouri and Texas, which were not included in the analysis.)…
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus
Michigan Supreme Court approves rule banning civil arrests, including by ICE, at legal proceedings
Specifically, the new rule, which will go into effect on May 1, states that “Parties, attorneys, and subpoenaed witnesses are not subject to civil arrest while going to, attending, and returning from the places they are required to attend.”…
Michigan gas prices soar up to -- and past -- $5 a gallon
Analysts blame the disruption caused by the war with Iran and refinery issues for the huge price spike this week…
Iran's supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader vowed Thursday in a defiant tone to protect the Islamic Republic's nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war's shaky ceasefire
Key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years as Iran war spikes gas prices | PBS News
An inflation gauge monitored by the Fed rose 0.7% in March from February, up sharply from the previous month, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Compared with a year ago, prices rose 3.5%, the biggest increase in almost three years...
Congress ends record shutdown at DHS : NPR
The House passed a bill funding DHS, minus dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The measure passed by voice vote on what was the 76th day of the shutdown...
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5806054/congress-dhs-shutdown
Oil price tops $126 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’
Markets spooked as US president appears willing to keep up naval blockade and Iran keeps Hormuz strait all but shut…
Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act
They have flipped key elements of the US constitution to achieve the exact opposite outcome to that which had been enshrined. And they have gone against the clear will of Congress which reaffirmed the Voting Rights Act almost unanimously on multiple occasions.
“The hubris of John Roberts and Samuel Alito!” Graves said. “They think they have the right to set aside the will of thousands of legislators, expressed over decades, to defend voting rights in America. It’s extraordinary, and fundamentally illegitimate.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-roberts-alito
Are Young Men Really Turning to Religion—or Is This Overhyped?
A new Gallup poll sparked headlines claiming young men in the U.S. are becoming more religious—but the reality is more complicated. Yes, the data shows a noticeable increase: about 42% of men ages 18–29 now say religion is “very important” to them, up sharply from just 28% a couple years ago.
But zoom out, and the bigger trend hasn’t changed. Religion in America is still in long-term decline, with rising numbers of religiously unaffiliated people and lower overall participation across most demographics. Even among Gen Z, a huge share remains non-religious, and experts caution there’s no evidence of a broad religious revival—just a more limited, uneven shift among certain groups of young men.
Let's talk about what the Gallup data actually shows, why young men may be driving this short-term uptick, and why headlines about a “religious comeback” are misleading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf3KwsbubrQ
LIVE DEBATE [God is Imaginary] 1-23-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)
TIMESTAMPS
- 6:00 Ratonymous - Friendly greeting
- 7:53 Servant of yeshua - Presupp crash out
- 19:30 sammyvada [Hindu] - The bridge between sensory experience and our subjectiveness is the Hindu God; Consciousness and complexity
- 39:19 dumb christian - Did Jesus lie in John 7? Caller: there is no major theological contradictions; Justin goes to the Mosaic Law
- 1:08:30 (dumb christian) - Should we follow the Law forever? How about the test of the bloody sheet? Caller: it is a good law and is okay to unalive innocent women. Pro-baby paste
- 1:47:43 killzwithdignity - Energy is God; A lot of bad physics
- 2:08:57 foobarbazbat - What does it mean to fulfill in regards to the verse about abolish vs fulfill?
- 2:18:10 deathbymod - The logic of the Trinity; Did Jesus return in 70 CE? Caller dropped as a troll
- 2:41:00 YapHous - God is everything
- 2:47:10 Carlos - Stopping by to say hi
- 2:48:20 Manar Reports [Muslim] - Gross call; M’s joins; Caller is okay with child brides; When are abortions okay? Are morals objective? Then swinging back to asking when is it okay to marry a girl
- 3:43:13 Rock - Caller has a book recommendation for M’s
- 3:45:20 Matt [Deconstructed] - What is some good advice for going public as an atheist?
- 3:48:30 Marky - What proof do we have for the resurrection? Should we still follow the Mosaic Law?
- 4:19:25 (Marky) - What prophecies did Jesus fulfill? (Jeremiah 31)? Did Jesus sit on the throne?
- 4:47:20 (Marky) - What is your life’s purpose as an atheist?
- 5:13:15 Superchats and wrap-up
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