🚨 Immorality – April 21 2026

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Lead: The Most Moral Army In the World

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The Israeli Defense Force says it will investigate this photo of an IDF soldier destroying a statue of Jesus on the Cross by taking a sledgehammer to the head. The image, unsurprisingly, prompted outrage online.

The IDF responded that “the soldier’s conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops.”

Well, that’s not what the troops themselves say.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz published a report on what it calls the “moral injuries” experienced by former IDF soldiers after what they did and witnessed in Gaza.

Moral injury is not the same as PTSD, which was originally developed as a diagnosis for Vietnam veterans experiencing trauma. Moral injury refers to trauma caused by one’s own actions.

“Moral injury happens due to exposure to incidents that are perceived as a fundamental violation of basic moral values – of oneself or of others – and typically involves feelings of guilt, shame, rage, disgust, alienation, loss of faith and a breakdown in identity, meaning and a sense of humanity,” according to Professor Yossi Levi-Belz of the University of Haifa.

IDF soldiers told Haaretz about what haunts them. One recounts killing an old man and children. Another, a sniper, describes shooting people seeking aid. Others describe drone strikes that killed civilians. One reservist says he saw civilians fired upon and then buried with bulldozers. Another describes looting of Palestinian homes and the abuse of detainees.

All of them living in fear of retribution and shame.

“Maybe in some way I want to die, to get it over with,” one said. “I don’t kill myself because I promised my mother, but I admit I don’t know how long I can keep it up.”

The IDF does not formally recognize moral injury or have programs in place to treat it. How could they? They would have to accept blame for what they sent them to do.

“It’s pretty obvious that a sociopolitical statement is being made here,” said a mental health officer in the reserves. “After all, if we recognize that many soldiers are suffering from moral injuries, how does this fit with the cliché about the most moral army in the world? So, instead, they chose a phrase that shifts responsibility to the soldier, as if there were a problem with his identity rather than the actions his leaders sent him to perform.”

So the question becomes harder to avoid:

What does it mean to call an army “moral” if carrying out its orders is leaving its own soldiers psychologically and morally broken?

Energy Lockdowns Coming to Europe

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The European Union is “recommending” that people work from home, use public transportation, and stay home more often due to the looming energy crisis tied to the war in Iran. For now, it is a gentle request but how long until it is required?

Brussels has begun exploring incentives for companies that allow their employees to work remotely at least once per week. It is also considering lowering VAT taxes on solar panels, batteries, and electric cars.

One EU official said this to The Financial Times: “If we face energy shortages, it’s our responsibility to make sure citizens know what they can do to cut back usage. We’re not micromanaging people’s lives.”

Oh really? Tell that to the people who lived in Europe during the Covid pandemic. Europeans had to show a QR code proving a vaccine or recent negative Covid tests to walk in outdoor parks! The tests were given at personal expense. People were tracked and forced into lockdowns by the government if they had simply been in a room with someone who had tested positive.

Staying at home was initially a “recommendation” during the pandemic too, and so was mask wearing, but it escalated quickly and not based on science.

So it’s not unreasonable to ask: if energy shortages deepen, how long before today’s suggestions become tomorrow’s requirements?

This Isn’t About Recess. It’s About Control.

What if the modern classroom wasn’t broken… but built this way?

A new documentary, Death of Recess on Angel, pulls back the curtain on who’s shaping today’s education system—and why things keep moving in the same direction despite declining outcomes.

Test scores fall. Funding rises. And the parts of childhood that once mattered—movement, freedom, unstructured time—are quietly disappearing.

This film connects the dots most people never see.

It’s not just about schools.
It’s about who influences the next generation—and who gets left out.

That’s why platforms like Angel matter—bringing stories most outlets won’t touch.

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News by The Numbers

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Dozens. That is how many veterans were arrested protesting the war in Iran in a Congressional building on Monday, including old ladies.

18. That is how old Justin Bieber was when Katy Perry grabbed his butt in this newly-surfaced photo. Ew.

5%. That is how much shares of Blue Origin’s parent company AST SpaceMobile were down on Monday morning after the company placed a customer’s satellite in the wrong orbit on Sunday. Oops!

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