April 07, 2026: Daily Feature Links

1. Chris Norlund:   This could actually force Trump out of office
2. Democracy Now!:   Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Kill More Civilians, Including Anti-Hezbollah Politician
3. Democracy Now!:   Israeli Strikes Kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza Refugee Camp
4. Democracy Now!:   U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran Kill Dozens, Including Children
5. Democracy Now!:   Report from Tehran: "Hormuz Is Not a Tool to End the War But How Iran Wins the Aftermath"
6. Democracy Now!:   Juan González: "Latinx Freedom" Conference Will Be Landmark Gathering in NYC April 9–10
7. Democracy Now!:   "A Moral Obscenity": White House Demands $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget, Largest Increase Since WWII
8. Democracy Now!:   Trump Shrugs Off Concerns over War Crimes, Renews Threat to Blow Up Iran's Civilian Infrastructure
9. Dialogue Works:   Seyed M. Marandi: Iran SLAMS Trump's Ultimatum w/ COUNTER ULTIMATUM — War Headed DECIMATING Attacks
10. Dialogue Works:   Col. Larry Wilkerson: US & Iran NOW in Direct GROUND WAR – Air Strikes Hit DEVASTATING All-Time Peak
11. Paul Krugman:   Our Darkest Hour

    What do we do with Trump the assailer?
    What do we do with Trump the assailer?
    What do we do with Trump the assailer
    before he kills us all?
    
    No way.  No bombing tonight.  No.
    No way.  No bombing tonight.  No!
    No Way!  No bombing tonight.  No!
    Stop this crazy warring!!!
    
    Pull out the plug and put him in jail now.
    Pull out the plug and put him in jail now!
    Pull out the plug and put him in jail now!!
    Stop this crazy war!!!
    
    Cut him to pieces if he's already started.
    Cut him to pieces if he's already started!
    Cut him to pieces if he's already started!!
    Smaller than an apple!!!!
    

12. Glenn Diesen:   Scott Ritter: War Goes Horribly Wrong - U.S. Could Use Nuclear Weapons

I hope the ceasefire can be used efficiently for Trump's detractors:
1)  Iran still needs to shore up its position, perhaps even by acquiring nuclear weapons from Russia or Pakistan, but I am not an Iranian Strategest.  I just hope they address it carefully and energetically.
2) The world needs to make alliances and rules systems to permanently be ready to address people like Trump in the future.  Again, I am not a strategist, but things like cooperating to blow up the residence of such a perpetrator certainly sounds like a balanced way to address it. I hope better ones are found.
3) Congress NEEDS to get Trump out of power, AND fix itself.  This to a great extent is the fault of the Congress not doing its job.  It is also a problem of the American People not taking their government seriously enough.  It is also partly the fault of Republican Voter Suppression tactics, and the GOP should be skinned alive for this.
4) Citizens of the planet need to see each other as neighbors, and they need to see those among them who do not have the compassion to do so to be psychologically degenerate, and likely criminal.
5) We all need to make the goals of International Law compliance, Universal Human Rights Alliance, and Healthy Ecological Management as foundational to all policy, and any government does not have these clearly as primary goals must not be allowed full global citizen status, but needs to be seen as a aberrant, and a potential criminal.