I've never seen a series finale as funny, emotionally impactful and downright spectacular as last night's Late Show! What a pleasure it was to meet the hundreds of staff members and thank them personally (and pose for selfies) for entertaining us for more than a decade. ♥️🙏-mh #GoneButNeverForgotten

Now that we know Trump's "settlement" with IRS will nix audits, potentially saving him millions, Jamie Raskin's push to force Repubicans to vote on this whole fiasco looks more urgent. Make Rs defend this with Trump 31 points underwater on the economy: newrepublic.com/article/2106...

The defeat of Republicans who dare - even if tepidly - to stand up to Trump is a vital reminder that even as his national approval rates circle the toilet bowl, he still holds sway in the country he believes that he governs: the confederacy.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

1. 1100 words is only very long if you’re an amoeba. 2. Asking an LLM a question is not a skill. 3. One dead teen is actually too many unless you are a sociopath. 4. You’re welcome.

On being firm and clear as hell regarding Congress's right to determine number of justices as a matter of law, and also: "The Court can’t review the legitimacy of the basis of its own existence. That is simply a matter of logical principles."

Susan Collins has reported raising $603,105 this cycle from AIPAC. She raised $343,711 from Mainers. Explains a lot.

Two young women made content about the downside of data centers and Kevin O’Leary went on Fox and accused them of being Chinese communists. They hit back and this is the media we need to encourage. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pfenYb/

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

You've done it again, @anntelnaes.bsky.social

I love him so much.

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

BREAKING: Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has announced a balanced budget with no cuts to essential services, no property tax increases, $4 billion more from the state government, and a new tax hike on the ultra-wealthy. prospect.org/2026/05/12/m...

This is happening, and the US is complicit while we fund it.

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Perspicacious take on our messed up nation

Cory Doctorow's “enshittification” describes platform decay: from good for users, to good only for businesses, to good only for owners. JV Last extends the metaphor to a “scrappy” startup called the USA. Americans deserve better than scraps from the Enshittifier Class. digbysblog.net/2026/05/07/r...

One chart can't explain everything but this one says quite a lot.

Darcy knows things. burnery.substack.com/p/force-at-f...

We did an emergency pod on the Live Nation Ticketmaster verdict, going through the entire history of Live Nation, how the Justice Department tried to sabotage the case, & what it means for Live Nation and other large companies that state AGs stepped up and won. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/emergency-...

Added to my daily reads

Choices.

VOUCHER SCAM: “Welfare for the wealthy. We just gave $300 MILLION for private school vouchers.” MEMPHIS Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social on why he oppose the @WilliamLamberth @GovBillLee voucher expansion bill that passed the house tonight. (@repgillespie voted yes)

Many of the components stuck in the Persian Gulf (with now double blockades) specifically impact the semiconductor sector, which was already devoting more attention to AI data centers than consumer electronics, making everything we buy costlier. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story.

Today was a very long, but very good day. Honored to help @flyingwithsara.bsky.social bring her vision into the world. Please follow @unionnow.org and if you can chip in a few bucks to help us organize the shit out of this country.

How is it that I have only just started listening to Dropkick Murphys?

“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV

We got hit with a community standards violation for posting links asking you to contact businesses about the Forest Service dismantling. But it worked Patagonia listened. Because of the issue on FB, we’re building a dedicated website for that kind of action. We’re hoping to have it live by Monday!

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for issuing secret guidance instructing immigration agents to enter homes without a warrant. Sending masked, federal agents with military rifles and no judicial warrant to invade homes is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE

I'll need another slow read to absorb this adequately, "extend and pretend" is a handy phrase to help me visualize it.

10 days later out little fluffy nugget is starting to turn into a slightly larger muppet 🪶 🐣

In three months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by fast food and delivery companies -Cracked down on bad landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.

It's become harder to sympathize with people who gave themselves over to Trump's MAGA movement. Anderson Clayton, the 28-year-old who chairs the NC Democratic Party, urges better. Clayton said, “I’d pull up a chair and have a conversation with them any day in my life.” digbysblog.net/2026/03/23/t...

Make ducks, not war.

Worse than the mob, the promoter said. This is an excellent listen.

Dig this. youtu.be/ugjwNgnH0Kg?...

For some reason, The Handmaid’s Tale didn’t make it into this Venn diagram, but perhaps The Tradwife’s Tale will.

This is one story that should be blasted every day

If we can block the SAVE Act with a filibuster, do it. "But if some end run is proposed...Senate Democrats should insist instead on ending the filibuster altogether."

Every single word of this.

This from professor Richard Florida about Dubai, but more about identity and place and kinship and the lack of such.

‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Director: “This is about how you lose your country — through small acts of complicity: when a government murders people on the streets, when oligarchs take over the media… we all face a moral choice. But even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

Says Kuttner: "The substantive strategy of one part regulatory constraints on predatory landlords, one part new federal housing money, and one part eased zoning and other bureaucratic restrictions also perfectly chimed with the “Mamdani moment.” Warren! Love her so very much.

The Iran war is showing that renewable energy is a national security imperative, and that fighting renewables tooth and nail as the White House has been doing since day one deeply undermines national security, as @ryanlcooper.com writes. prospect.org/2026/03/13/i...

It's genuinely terrifying that my country is at war and I can't tell the difference between a press conference by the Secretary of Defense and a pro wrestler hyping an upcoming match. This is not hyperbole. Hegseth is emotionally incapable and intellectually void and that is an important job.

I hope the pilots flying these planes know they too will be put on trial for their role in this.

Shout out @lyndonhood.bsky.social for making strangers dreams come true while I'm still running around orange county and eventually making dinner 🥰🥰