What are the odds Trump attacks Cuba during his son’s wedding that he’s not going to?

Congress should pass a law outlawing the use of the overused term “weaponization” in any context where real weapons are not involved.

Trump defends gutting a bipartisan law, backed by industry and enviros, that *he* signed into law. And every factual claim here is completely false. The new refrigerants (a long word for him) work just fine. The supermarkets that adopted them are doing just fine. And shoppers won’t see any savings.

No one who is secure in his cognitive capacity would brag about these tests.

The King of Saudi Arabia doesn't vote here. (Maybe if the SAVE Act passes. 🙃)

Trump is not going to deflect from high gas and grocery prices by sabotaging the bipartisan, industry-supported replacement of the dangerous refrigerants called HFCs. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The Republican Party was founded in 1854, George F. Will writes. "For a decade now, it has been a passive emanation of the current president. The obedience to him by almost the entirety of the party’s elected officials is either canine devotion, or toadyism in the service of careerism."

Trump says he wants to get rid of the HFC phasedown law entirely. He has forgotten that the AIM Act was Republican-led, bipartisan, industry-supported legislation that *he* signed into law in 2020. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Over and over, Trump and his flunkies claim the HFC rules would force supermarkets to replace *existing* equipment. WRONG! It affects only NEW equipment.

Man’s oval belly-button steals show at Trump’s Oval Office rollback of safeguards against dangerous HFC refrigeratants. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Americans spend $2.3 trillion/year on groceries. This rollback saves at most $32 million/year, according to EPA. So at best, it'll cut average shoppers' bills by one-100,000th of their annual spending on food. And even less, because using -- and leaking -- more HFCs will cause their price to rise.

Trump may still command MAGA voters, but he is ever more toxic with the majority. Senate Republicans delay budget votes as they balk at Trump’s fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

Fake concern for affordability. As grocery cost soar, no consumer will notice a penny of savings. But HFC leakage will keep driving up temperatures, raising everyone’s costs. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is so sad. Rafe was a climate champion, a pioneer, and a friend and colleague for decades. He also helped achieve the Montreal Protocol to phase out CFCs and save the ozone layer. May his memory be a blessing. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Fine art apparatchiks. Federal Panel Approves Trump’s Plans for a 250-foot Arch in Washington www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

“Shoppers will not notice any cost savings from this. EPA is catering to a small group of straggling companies. But the industry at large supports the HFC phasedown and has already invested in installing new refrigerants and equipment in thousands of stores.” www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

Grocery industry leaders are already switching from super-polluting HFCs. This is just a gift to a few foot-dragging supermarket chains. At a time of soaring food costs, no American shopper will notice any relief from this latest environmental rollback.

Dancing with the scars. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

This is nuts! Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Next president will turn Trump’s ballroom into a data center.

Castro’s gonna apply to the Anti-Weaponization Fund… www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Impeaching Todd Blanche, if he’s still around, has to be high on the agenda for the next House of Representatives. And then disbarring him.

“Great drone empire”?

“Mr. Morrissey has served the United States Treasury with both honor and integrity.” This is what they say about people who quit the corrupt Trump administration, not those who serve in it. Top Treasury Lawyer Resigns After Creation of ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...

Outright looting the Treasury, stealing from taxpayers. Justice Dept. Sets Up $1.8 Billion Fund That Could Funnel Money to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

It’s really quite a trick for EPA deregulatory-in-chief to alienate both MAHA and environmental organizations by weakening protections against PFAS poisoning. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Also worth noting that Democrats won two seats on the state public utility commission last fall — sleeper statewide races that underscore the shift in GA politics. Can Anyone Beat Jon Ossoff? Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

Interpreting the judgment fund this wildly surely makes it an unconstitutional delegation. Let’s see where the conservative legal stars are on that.

Interesting coincidence: “Chutzpah” is a panagram in today’s NYT Spelling Bee and also the Words with Friends word of the day.

Ironies abound: the DOE rule would actually help domestic car makers (to paraphrase the great Wayne Gretsky) skate to where the world market where it is going -- to electric vehicles. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Which of the five climate skeptics from DOE Sec. Chris Wright’s failed Climate Working Group do you think ghost-wrote this post for Trump?

The man with no friends thinks Xi (of all people) is his friend. Trump Calls Xi a ‘Friend.’ But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/w...

Kashier him. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

The first time he said this, Trump accidentally stepped on a rake. This time he purposely jumped on it.

I have always believed certain politicians take the Hippocritic Oath.

Reid is right that the conservation movement began, and continues, as a movement to protect nature and animals. But he doesn’t see that it broadened into the *environmental* movement in order also to protect human health, and nature, from industrial pollution. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Will all this demand for new planes raise the price of new planes?

Dunno why they're not blaming it on TikTok.

If we keep letting climate polluters go wild, soon we'll have no snow for the winter Olympics and too much heat for summer games and the World Cup.

Republicans make us pay more for gas, groceries, and a multitude of other things, make us pay for their wars and bombing campaigns, want us to pay for Trump’s ballroom, and now want us to pay $1.7 billion to “compensate” convicted J6 criminals he pardoned. Vote them all out.

Cleaner cars, especially electric vehicles, save drivers hundreds of dollars -- billions when added up across the country -- at the pump. So it's especially stupid for the Trump EPA to delay clean car standards when gas prices are through the roof. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

“Cooling breaks” were not a thing in pro soccer until a couple of years ago. Why do you think that might be? ☀️ ☀️ ☀️

🎶 The drain in brains falls mainly at Justice Main… 🎶 By George, I think she’s got it! subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

It should be so obvious : the trade winner will be the country offering forward-looking clean energy, and the loser will be the one offering backward-looking dirty fuels. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Reeks of racism. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Affordability? Nah! subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

A 10-year-old wrote MAGA Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for a school project. He chose to write about an electric vehicle tax credit. He thought it was good for the environment. Virginia responded by attacking him and his teacher for being propagandized. These people have power over your life.

What better way for Trump to demonstrate that he doesn’t think about ordinary Americans’ financial situation. www.wsj.com/finance/jho-...

Time for Trump to cut Kennedy loose. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

"Bounces off me and sticks to you" is not what we should expect from the FBI director -- or any Senate-confirmed appointee.