NEW: Dogmatic power seekers within the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, have found common ground with characters whose controversial ideas were once seen as representing the face of hate in America. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/the-fight-...

Mikie Sherrill’s state police destroyed the mutual aid tent for families of the detained that had been in operation at Delaney Hall for more than a year, providing clothes, food, even stuffies for the kids. They just trashed it. I’m pretty speechless at the kind of person you have to be to do this

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Think the proposed OMB rules only affect scientific research? Nope. These rule will apply to all federal grants. That includes Medicaid, education, transportation… So much of the federal money sent back to states is delivered in the form of grants. This will impact most everything.

How did George Carlin used to put it? Ah yes, I remember ... "And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care."

She reported a sexual assault at North Lake. ICE deported her before the investigation was over. michiganadvance.com/2026/06/01/s... Via @michiganpublic.bsky.social

tRump ignored experts on the Reflecting Pool pipes & now his 'renovation' risks becoming a swampy algae debacle. Costs blown to $13M via shady no-bid deal. Another impulsive ego project that could fail spectacularly while he blames everyone else. tRump can't even fix a pool right. mcsp.short.gy/RRHg

Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.

“trust him”????

The DOJ agreeing to abide by court order pausing the slush fund for 2 weeks is not enough. Besides, do you want a cookie for following a court order? The fund needs to be permanently dissolved, never to be revived. Including the tax audit immunity for Trump and his crotchfruit.

I didn’t know truth social had an autopen feature.

Out of all the people targeted by the dictator Trump, I fear for Somali immigrants the most. He says “they’re all crooks“ and “garbage,” from a land that’s “filthy, dirty, disgusting.” He says “they’ve destroyed our country.” This is the rhetoric of ethnic cleansing, of mass cruelty and even murder.

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The fund was actually put on hold by a judge. Republicans in Congress have yet to get ANY kind of guarantee Trump will drop the fund permanently. www.reuters.com/world/trumps...

Plaintiffs aren’t convinced Trump Admin is truly closing its slush fund Democracy Forward watchdog group: “Until the administration fully abandons the scheme, it's beyond dispute that it will not recur, and our clients' harm is remedied, we will be in court challenging..”

As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.

"It's dead for now." Emphasis on "for now." Always be vigilant and should be clear by now - peoples' voices matter.

Only 9% of Americans support naming government buildings after Trump. More people believe the Earth is flat. More people think the moon landing was faked. Trump’s vanity campaign for the Kennedy Center and federal buildings ranks below two of the most mocked conspiracy theories in America 😆

CNBC: Iran negotiators will stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, and Tehran will move to fully close the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for ongoing ceasefire violations, Iran's state-affiliated news outlet Tasnim said Monday. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

literally moments later

Ramaswamy manages to insult Chicago, Black people and women in one sentence. That's world-class assholery.

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Israel said it would sabotage peace deals and it did. Voila. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

Full breakdown of all five numbers, with sources, is in this week's newsletter. austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-by-the-immigration-numbers-4a6

Five numbers from last week's immigration enforcement. Each one tells a story the news cycle didn't slow down enough to explain.

What does Trump have on Jared Polis, who is clearly compromised? abcnews.com/US/2020-elec...

Here's a news clip from 1935. A lot of Americans today have no use for history, so they don’t know it's an echo of the past when a dictator calls an entire ethnic group “garbage” and posts an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ.

Sen. Bill Hagerty: "I look just like Ryan Gosling, only handsomer."

Yikes — Gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social community noted for lying about who knocked over the barricades (spoiler: it was the police)

Great to see former FBI employees band together for support and reform. “Law enforcement and national security work should be resolutely apolitical.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

“Wilson told Jong-Fast, "And you're going to start seeing (Trump) mentioning senators or governors that he likes. You're going to see him play the game. He's going to throw meat out there to make them all compete for his love. Just like with his children."”

🧵 Three clips. This is like watching a runaway train in slow motion .. just waiting for the final moment of impact. Cover the right side of your screen and just watch his poor wife‘s expression as Platner’s disembodied voice tells one lie after the other. 1/3

U.S. and Iran exchange fire over the weekend as peace talks drag on

The midterms are our last chance to save our democracy but turnout must be overwhelming to have that chance! It will take years to recover from the damage caused by this disastrous regime but far, far longer if we can’t keep it secure this Fall.

And yet, they keep demanding we believe #ThatAsshole to be the "most transparent in history".🙄 It is time to IMPEACH. #impeach #VOTE 👇 “As I see it, the goal of the #NDA is to chill employees who would otherwise whistleblow on unlawful activity or mismanagement.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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“We clearly need to restore trust in some binding leaders and institutions, lift competent people above the noisy ones, ease people through the AI transformation, find more common ground and common truth, and shift attention to what works, not just what sucks.” Note: MAGA has no competent people!

Fun Fact: James Talarico is an eighth-generation Texas. Ken Paxton was born in North Dakota.

It’s amazing to me that Republican senators are against the slush fund because they don’t wanna defend it on the campaign trail, but they want to fund ICE and CBP and are cool with defending *that* on the campaign trail.

A pop culture/political crossover post about a trend that I believe speaks volumes about what's happening in America. Let me know your thoughts. The reason why DISNEY screwed up Star Wars and Marvel isn't due to this nonsense anti "woke" bullshit promoted by bad faith right-wing grifters. 1/

Important thread! Read and read the articles linked!

Brooklyn Dad Defiant ~

Meanwhile he’s traipsing around a golf course

Punch is going for the second bucket with corn 🌽 🤣

Owner died. Little social gal. 🆘🆘‼️💛💛💛🩷🩷💛💚

Bream question focused on the people using credit cards for necessities. Hassett answer focused on CEOs not worried because people are still paying just taking longer. I am glad that the administration is focused on the comfort of the executives. 🙄 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

Republicans calling Talarico dangerous while nominating Ken Paxton is like warning people about the health risks of blueberries while smoking meth through a leaf blower. Pls read, subscribe, & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-texas-...

The fact that the GOP has somehow hoodwinked both the voters and the media into believing this decades-long BS narrative that they are somehow "the party of fiscal responsibility" is absolutely astounding. #ResistTrump