I mean we’re going in the direction that a country that acts like this goes. It’s like natural consequences. It’s character is destiny. abcnews.com/Politics/thi...

It’s patently obvious that by obliterating the Voting Rights Act the Supreme Court unduly restricted the electoral power of Black citizens But since SCOTUS allowed partisan gerrymandering, that also means millions of Americans-in each party-will be disenfranchised Just an unmitigated disaster

WE ARE UNDER-REACTING‼️ If you needed any more proof that the Voting Rights Act is still necessary, just look at what’s happening right now: red states rushing to wipe out Black representation the second SCOTUS gutted it. What went down this week is going to have devastating consequences. 🧵

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Sources: OpenAI employees have raised alarms internally over failures to alert law enforcement when users describe plans for real-world violence to ChatGPT (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The makers of the abortion pill mifepristone filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Saturday urging the justices to pause a lower-court ruling that temporarily blocked Americans from accessing the drug through the mail. https://cnn.it/49iRHbV

When Trump pulled out of the international nuclear agreement with Tehran in 2018, Iran lacked even a single bomb's worth of uranium. Since then, it accumulated 22,000 pounds of enriched uranium. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hey if you're in the Twin Cities, or within close enough driving distance that you could get to Minneapolis by noon tomorrow, you should go to the MAYDAY PARADE because Minneapolis's Mayday Parade is AWESOME.

JetBlue is struggling too, hence they pulled out of the spirit deal way before all this happened.

I knew Mumford and Sons were a shitty band before I learned that they were white supremacists. And yes, their music still sucks and the politics are hateful. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

So, 11 weeks to go until July 4. Still no statues, no site, no approvals - and no admission from the White House that it ain't happening.

In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9

"Our neighbor was kidnapped here" Seen tonight at the corner of Pulaski and George in Chicago

Cats breaking the news

Participants in new studies were able to decipher answers to logic and math problems while asleep. But messing with the body’s time of restoration has its risks. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

WATCH: The DOJ quietly closed 23,000+ criminal cases in the first six months of the second Trump administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases. Full story: propub.li/4tHp2Wd

The higher costs that took down Spirit are squeezing the entire industry, especially budget carriers. on.wsj.com/4cKIGe6

The Epstein files are not the only documents the government is hiding.

The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with Jeffrey Epstein. n.pr/4wckn0q

TIL that the Hungarian director of Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, managed to get his mom out of Budapest but his sister, her husband, and their three children were sent to Auschwitz. The sister lived. (Many of the extras playing both Nazis and war refugees in the movie were actual war refugees.)

The woman who knows too much: Why Ghislaine Maxwell will get a pardon open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Trump is putting his name on currency, building a triumphal arch, and demanding taxpayers fund a $400 million ballroom. Only 28% of Americans support it. His cost of living approval just hit net -40. He is not on the ballot in November. Every Republican who is will answer for it.

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

#tdih 1963 Birmingham "May 2nd, is 'D-Day' as students 'ditch' class to march for justice. In disciplined groups of 50, children singing freedom songs, march out of 16th St. Baptist Church, 2 by 2. When police arrest each group, another takes its place." ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ch...

Pope Leo also promoted The Rev. Robert Boxie III, a chaplain at Howard University. “The Harvard Law School graduate has called attacks on diversity ‘un-American’ and ‘un-Christian’ and expressed concern about the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs.’”

“At a Friday morning news conference, Boxie choked back tears several times as he spoke about the significance of his promotion. The Black Catholic Messenger, an outlet that covers African American Catholics, said he is the first Black bishop to be appointed in the United States in nearly a decade.”

Small plane makes emergency landing on Highway 61 in Duluth More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-highway-61-in-duluth

Maryland becomes the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, as other states including CO, CA, MA, IL, and NJ consider similar bills (Sanya Mansoor/The Guardian) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

ICE flights. Saturday, May 2, 2026.

The polio booster is currently recommended for travel to the UK, along with I think mad cow or dropsy or something. It’s not covered by insurance. They charged my wife $120. They gave me a discount and charged me $84. I came home and mentioned that to my wife and then left the room.

The edits CBS made here are severe, and depict a man who is much more petulant and incoherent than the broadcast would suggest. trib.al/xaPuJZc

Hey friends, jumping on Substack live at 8:30 pm ET to talk about some points of lights amidst the Trump-induced darkness. Join us? open.substack.com/live-stream/...

These billboards could play a huge role in mobilizing local resistance to Trump’s detention camps, but we need your help to fund them — please pitch in if you can.

Trump’s detention camps are massively unpopular in every community where they’ve been proposed. But many people don’t realize DHS is planning a concentration camp nearby. That’s why we’re putting up billboards to let local residents know there’s a proposed or existing detention camp in their area.

Andrew posed for a Hello child protection campaign saying he “simply could not sit back and do nothing.” Weeks earlier he’d been photographed in bathrobes with Epstein and Mandelson at Martha’s Vineyard. The Sunday Times just dropped the receipts. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A2xenIGNbSEq...

Trump is Putin’s puppet.

“A 34-year-old male mentor said he saw what appeared to be a turkey in the woods. He then knelt and helped the 3-year-old stand in front of him, aim, and pull the trigger. Instead of hitting the bird, the 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun blast struck a 40-year-old man and his 7-year-old child.”

@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social

“Davis was diagnosed with Stage 4 CTE in 2017, after his passing. His family filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in 2020. Recently, a jury awarded the family $30 million in compensatory damages and $110 million in punitive damages, for a total verdict of $140 million.” @profgoldberg.bsky.social

Airlines are passing on rising jet fuel costs to you. Prices are rising from your groceries to your trips thanks to Donald Trump’s war with Iran.

What a finish - Golden Tempo wins the Kentucky Derby

somehow, the current bid is $40 even though the market price for a single Post-it is like $0.001; pls keep this unhinged energy going: new.biddingowl.com/item/persona...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018... John Brennan tweeted: “Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes & misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin.””

Thank you, Donald Trump!!! What would we ever do without your stable genius?

just imagine what airlines are contending with... here's the cost to fill a Boeing 777-300ER today: Chicago $213,111 Dallas $179,779 Minneapolis $181,695 New York City $182,269 Los Angeles $217,708 Seattle $225,849

NEW: Defense for Cole Allen, the man arrested at White House correspondents dinner, seeks court help in getting Allen removed from jail suicide precautions They cite: Constant lighting, padded room and vest that’s like a “strait jacket”

For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.

Read more and apply: www.chicagofreedomschool.org/news/applica...

Montana is planning to move hundreds of prisoners to a Mississippi prison, Montana Free Press reports:

this is a great book — highly recommend it