DHS officials previously insisted children were not zip-tied during this raid, but in his claim, a 16-year-old boy who hyperventilated at the sight of agents assaulting immigrants said he and his mom were zip-tied outside the building.

Today's #birdoftheday theme is #songbirds. Here is a Lazuli Bunting singing. #birds #birding #nature #wildlifephotography

Late #FeathersinFoliage #birdoftheday post. Here is Mr. Hubba Hubba Blackburnian Warbler taken today. #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶 #springmigration

No American should be comfortable with the President of the United States accusing a reporter of treason for critical reporting.

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New research shows high-intensity noise associated with seismic surveys of sea floor linked to harm to marine animals Catch rates for whiting dropped by 99.9% in the first 3 months following the test. Marine life under relentless attack in all directions 😪🤬🤬🤬🤬 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Markwayne Mullin is just as crazy and drunk on power as Noem was. Case in point: DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge | TNR newrepublic.com/post/210476/...

Sec of Interior Doug Burgum has stolen $100 million in taxpayers money to give to Trump's Freedon250 grift. It has been made a subsidiary of the National Park Foundation to make Trump's & his family's theft of your money easier & harder to track. Robbing US blind www.thetravel.com/us-governmen...

This is obscene.

Every single move they make is about enriching their people and seizing more power to further enrich their people. This includes media capture.

It was great joining @jamestalarico.bsky.social and @ginafortexas.bsky.social today in Texas. They're working hard to make a difference in the lives of all Texans, and will be able to do even more as your next Senator and Governor. Let’s get it done, Texas!

Did I wake up in another country?

LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.

two things. 1. when the trump administration says that something is “illegal DEI” they are saying “you don’t deserve this” 2. the practical effect of destroying the VRA is to make it nearly futile for these americans to get relief from congress

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

RESULT: GOP’s effort to install an ally as Dem’s Senate nominee in Nebraska fails. An anti-abortion pastor has lost big to Cindy Burbank, who has signaled she’s likely to drop out to help independent Dan Osborn defeat the GOP Senator. GOP tried to kick Burbank off ballot but courts stepped in.

Epstein didn’t just exploit wealth and influence — he used control over visas to control women and girls. Telling her full story publicly for the first time, Roza told us today she feared being sent back if Epstein was displeased. That fear was key to maintaining control.

I wish I didn’t know as much about the end of Reconstruction as I do. If you understood what is being unleashed now, how it will touch every aspect of our civic life, and how difficult it will be to undo it, you wouldn’t be able to think about anything else.

Major breaking news tonight. NYU Langone has received a federal criminal subpoena over its provision of trans youth care. The subpoena originates from a grand jury empaneled in the Northern District of Texas. It's a massive escalation in attacks on trans poviders. Read our breaking story:

Not now, ticks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" is an ancient Japanese folktale about supernatural beings taking over the night. Masako Miki is bringing the tale into a colorful and even cuddly present-day. https://to.pbs.org/4dhpdjZ

In Algeria in September 1943, baseball legend Joe Takata led the Aloha team, composed of Japanese American soldiers from the legendary 100th Battalion, to a dominant victory in a game against an undefeated white regimental team. A few weeks later, he was tragically killed in action in Italy. 🗃️

SCOTUS, which ordered Alabama to create a second Black opportunity district just 3 years ago, has lifted that order a week before the primary. The Purcell principle says courts shouldn't permit chaos too close to an election—it's now an open question whether there will even be a primary on schedule.

We’ve officially reached more than 60 days of the Iran war. That is over 60 days where billions in federal dollars went to conflict abroad instead of lowering costs for families here at home. You deserve better. That’s why I introduced a War Powers Resolution to end this war. Stay loud.

Could you get any more vile?

Legal reminder: the courts have declined to recognize a federal reporters privilege that would allow WSJ to quash this thing. But, the courts have pushed back on the breadth of these subpoenas and the degree to which it was a matter of last resort.

President Donald Trump personally pushed the Justice Department to issue subpoenas to reporters covering the war in Iran in an effort to flush out their sources, according to officials familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/49fayoD

PennLive starts eight-part series on largest ICE facility in the Northeast, the "Moshannon Valley Processing Center" in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania: www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

Quelle surprise.

WATCH: Tenn. Senate Democratic Leader Raumesh Akbari explains the consequences of Republican map rigging, calling out the GOP for silencing Black voters in Memphis and across the South. #gerrymandering #jimcrow #tennessee #tndemocrats #tnpolitics

Ruben Gallego is the latest Senator to come out in support of structural reform of the Roberts #SCOTUS. Sens. Warren, Smith, Markey has come out for expansion. Booker supports term limits. Where are Sens. Whitehouse, Sanders, Merkley, Murphy, Schatz, Murray and so on? Time is now to speak out.

The Supreme Court of White Supremacy, folks. Shame, shame, shame.

Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin shot. By @deldeib.bsky.social

More terrible news. As a reminder, the decimation of all of the agencies was spelled out in Project 2025. fElon and his adolescent DOGE bros came in and fired people at random and stole money. And now SCOTUS has cleared the way for our votes to be stolen.

Will Republicans/Secretary Brainworm insist nothing needs to be done and that our immune systems can handle this? Or will they demand that people be quarantined? Regardless of their take the CDC has been severely weakened and we are all left vulnerable to any new diseases or, god forbid, pandemics?

So, about the War Powers Resolution's 60-day clock and "hostilities" supposedly being terminated...

He will be known for his wholehearted embrace of white supremacy and his gift of power to an unhinged, greedy, sadistic old man.

A new 'Jesus-centric' mobile network is launching in the US and it plans to block LGBTQ+ content. Radiant Mobile says its service will give users the option to block content related to LGBTQ+ and trans issues.

"Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reassure parents that the vitamin K shot is safe. He refused and pushed back..." www.propublica.org/article/more...

Food is a basic human right, yet this regime celebrates removing people from food assistance. Many of these people are disabled, elderly and children. They gutted the program while overseeing record inflation which drives up grocery costs. It’s a form of passive eugenics. It’s social murder.

Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate! Here's my #birdoftheday: Mama Merganser with chicks. #birds #birding #mothersday #wildlifephotography #nature

And who will people blame if it turns out some of the passengers are infected and spread it to others? Hantavirus can take several weeks to show up. A casual approach to contagious diseases is self-defeating, literally.

Meet Little Serenget – and her singular drinking style. Seven months ago, she arrived with a bullet wound. Today, her Keepers have mastered a new milk-feeding technique on her behalf. If she's happy, we're happy. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/serenget

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

"Looking back now, it’s clear that the desire to undo the Civil Rights Era — and even restore the Confederacy to a place of honor — never disappeared. It was sometimes set to the side and reshaped, but they kept the fire burning with unwavering attention."

Not content with stealing books, they moved on to potable water

For the #BirdOfTheDay #EFGH theme, here is a mama Clark's Grebe with her 3 chick's. #MalheurNWR #BurnsOr