This 80 second clip of Justice Robert Jackson’s opening statement will send shivers down your spine. Commit it to memory like the Gettysberg address. It’s even more important than Lincoln’s speech because we forgot his words the first time. We can’t promise “never again” if we don’t remember.

It’s all war, all the time.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... May 4th last night was the last known boat strike New York Times Gift article Those we know of. Please share

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

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1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

A leader who can never find the source of his own problems isn't strong. He's loud. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

wapo.st/4tdgBRA Gift link Please share Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers Washington Post

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New neighbor. I shall call her Owlanis Morissette.

MAGA heads will explode. youtu.be/vdH7ZKsGVcw?...

Rutile included quartz. Tanzania. Private collection

striking that wurman is basically unable to grapple with the real world and turns instead to a shallow formalism that leads him to positions such as "interpretation of congressional statutes in furtherance of rights is exactly the same executive orders meant to strip rights away."

Train Travel Is An Alternative To Air Travel Chaos & High Fuel Prices

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

The landing technique of Swans 🦢

“the war in Iran has provided a road map for any country that wants to resist the United States in the future, including Russia and North Korea.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o...

Anastasia, future Ukrainian housewife and current interceptor drone pilot at the 128th Detached Heavy Mechanized Brigade.

We're releasing New Multi-Portals Comparators🙌👊 Multi Mesh Network Multiportal By Giamma🙌👊 giammaiot-multi-mesh-network.blogspot.com Obviously, there will be several fixes to be made, and the code isn't clean. As always, you can use the plain HTML locally 👋👋👋

Almost 100% of new cars sold in Norway last year were electric. Not just because of oil wealth. Because of carbon taxes, EV incentives, and thirty years of consistent policy. New newsletter: Norway: The World's Most Instructive Energy Paradox janrosenow.substack.com/p/norway-the...

Marine commandant: Every combatant command has requested an amphibious ready group

If you're legally banned from running a charity why the fuck can you be allowed to be President it makes no goddam sense

IF Americans vote overwhelmingly for Dems & give them at least 60 Senate Seats & at least 300 House seats not only could they Impeach & Remove this entire corrupt regime but they would have the votes to remove the corrupt SCOTUS Justices Too! Hope that gives you some incentive to get everyone out /1

Both the #RockSolid and #Mouthful themes hit with an American Crow for #BirdoftheDay. Finishing of a crab that it had found amongst the riprap at the side of the harbour. #Birds 🪶 #eck

Due to the NBA and NHL playoff schedule, the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band concert at Xfinity Mobile Arena has been rescheduled for May 30. All tickets for the previous date will remain valid for the new date.

The Polk Co sheriff announces the arrest of the leaders of Florida's largest pedophile sex trafficking ring, headed by two leading MAGA social media influencers with close access to Trump and his son. What's curious about this case? Almost all the reporting about it is found in overseas media.

We wanted to give a shoutout to Raleigh, NC for May Day. ✊💚

Can confirm.

💥 Russia: Ukrainian housewife kitchen drones struck the Oil Export Terminal at the Port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea in Leningrad region.

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...

We seriously should treat sports betting ads like cigarette ads: ban them.

With Acrisure Amphitheater set to open in just two weeks, dozens of big names are set to perform at the long-awaited venue’s inaugural summer season.

“The investigation culminated this week when Lithuanian officials announced the arrests of nine people accused of plotting murders and sabotage across Europe at the behest of Russia’s military intelligence service, known as the G.R.U.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/w...

By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond. Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.

Right now, Congress is considering sending more money to fund ICE and CBP. But ICE and CBP are assaulting people in the streets, tearing families apart, and creating fear. Tell Congress: NO more money for ICE and Border Patrol!

A win! Thank you for always making your voices heard. The House passed a DHS funding bill by voice vote this afternoon, ending a 75-day shutdown the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history. The GOP caved. The bill funds DHS but includes no money for ICE or Customs and Border Protection.

Maine Medical Center Nurses are demanding that Maine Health cancel its contract with Palantir Technologies, the tech company powering ICE surveillance. https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2026-05-01/maine-nurses-demand-maine-health-cancel-its-contract-with-palantir-technologies

fwiw, #Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel was an early investor in Flock… and one of Epstein's "special business partners"...

We tried the carrot. Here’s the stick. #ICE is ramping up attacks against immigrants and American citizens— and #Palantir is their surveillance backbone. Go to www.purgepalantir.com/the-palantir-payroll/ for the list of dirty politicians trading our rights for Palantir $$$ — then call them out.

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.