HUGE! "After entering office with a $12 billion budget deficit, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced he has balanced the New York City budget. And in California, Governor Newsom is touting his own success balancing his state’s budget, with zero deficit through 2028." open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

Lord help us

This is horrid

Jamie Raskin looked visibly shaken after reviewing the unredacted Epstein files: "Trump's name is all over these files. You will see references to...

tRump’s Interior Dept is slashing environmental reviews to rocket oil permits through in just 30 days in Alaska’s 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve—pristine Arctic tundra full of wildlife and Indigenous lands. Big Oil wins. Planet loses. Speed up climate disaster. mcsp.short.gy/d0Na

Firefighters say setting fires on purpose is one of the best ways to protect against massive wildfires later. But the Trump administration is banning or stalling preventative burning across the U.S. n.pr/4nushOs

We should see a new flurry of late night frenzied posting about the Senate parlimentarian about the $1 billion not being allowed for his ballroom. He made over a billion dollars last year. Let him pay for it. #USDemocracy www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/p...

Tough break for the Trump Ballroom Senate Parliamentarian rules the $1 billion project will require 60 votes for approval, per Senate Budget Cmte Democrats Very very steep climb

The thing about Patel — and everyone in this admin — is that they do the *absolute worst fucking thing possible* IN EVERY SCENARIO. Like, “Patel went to Hawaii and then did a luxury snorkel trip” -somewhere- would he corrupt, but expected. Why, of all places, at a sacred site?? That takes effort

It's a huge problem to live on $174,000.00 a year and get free food, medical and a housing allowance. It must be difficult. You obviously have a house in your district. And you get a housing allowance. Insider trading is illegal. Stop making excuses. #USDemocracy

Trump is pulling out all the stops to push Thomas Massie out of Congress. @smencimer.bsky.social’s profile is a must read ahead of primary on Tuesday www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Breaking: The Senate Parliamentarian just advised that the $1 billion for Trump's ballroom will be subject to a 60-vote threshold if it remains in Republicans' bill.

Pretty big setback for Trump. Thune promised when he became majority leader not to overrule the parliamentarian, but he’s done it anyway three times. On the other hand, reports are the Rs hate the ballroom and are looking for a way out, so maybe they go with it. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Of course they are 🙄 TnT www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/p...

The Byrd rule remains a real kick in the ballroom

Trump bought up to $5 million in NVIDIA stock in February. This week, he flew the NVIDIA CEO to Beijing on Air Force One. On day one of the trip, his administration approved NVIDIA chip sales to 10 Chinese companies. 🧵

Let me take you to a better time and place this Saturday night. Back when we had HOPE. 💙🇺🇸 #ProudBlue #Obama

"Especially over the last 15 years, the Court's corrupt majority has more & more openly adopted the stance that you have a powerful presidency for Republicans & a weak one for Dems. They won’t allow Dems to enjoy the fruits of political power when they win it, & that’s just an untenable situation."

Don’t let The Editors of The Free Press write nice things about you, it’s the kiss of death 😂 Jay Bhattacharya … ⏱️?

Our next president will be female She will be as revered in her capacity as the current one is reviled I am a professional prophet This is a promise There is an upcoming event That will be undeniable Ushering in a new era of rationality and progress towards equality

“.. The idea of a high-ranking government official receiving an escort from the SEALs for a recreational swim near the tomb is ‘horrifying,’ said William M. McBride, a Navy veteran and professor emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

www.ms.now/opinion/trum... ….

$1 billion taxpayer dollars for Trump's ballroom. The Epstein files. Attacks on voting rights and civil liberties. Judiciary Republicans have ignored it all, and instead held a hearing to peddle Islamophobic conspiracy theories. Shame.

Alvin Texas does NOT need a data center!

NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."

Pitiful.

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This is how you do it - if the bully gets back up you knock him down even harder and then stomp them into the dirt. The confederacy can not be allow to rise again... It's good to see people standing up to these bullies.

I was proud to join more than 250 of my Democratic colleagues last week in urging the Supreme Court to block the Fifth Circuit’s medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone nationwide.

“Corporations are just piles of papers.” At least now in Hawai‘i they are, and have no rights to dump their millions of dark money dollars to contaminate and destroy democracy. Hawai‘i is the first state to fight back against Citizens United. (Gift article, free to read)

youtube.com/watch?v=izox... Harry Sisson breaks down the new bombshell story on Trump's latest corruption scheme.

I think people are missing the point. Virginia Democrats just got their asses handed to them on Independent State Legislature Theory. That *should* prevent Trump and his minions from ever winning on that issue before the Court, as the Court's contempt here was clear. But will it? I would bet no.

The NYT story on Kash Patel’s snorkeling over a mass grave includes this tidbit: In early April, Patel brought his singer girlfriend to a closed-door meeting on combating trafficking of fentanyl. “Ms. Wilkins’s presence confused some attendees, one of whom asked the F.B.I. what her role was.”

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Trump returns from China with no Iran breakthrough — wonders "Am I a 𝘽𝘼𝘿 President?" www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/p...

I’m starting to warm to this guy. He’s very entertaining. Though, ideally, we’d have someone with a tiny bit more judgment in charge of the FBI.

A devastating story has come out about a US citizen child, Orlin, who was murdered after ICE deported his mom. This tragedy is an abject failure by ICE, and it’s why I will not give them another cent. We must stop the cruelty and lawlessness of this administration.

On today’s episode of Trump using corruption to enrich himself while Americans struggle to afford groceries, gas, and rent: news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-l...

Maggie Haberma Roasts Trump Over Gaffe — Calls BS on New Rant Attacking Reporter #Mediaite

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