This is how communities show up for each other. Do read this by Nicola Browne from Act Now👇

I’m a pretty cynical person, yet I never thought I’d live to see a post-Jim Crow American political party take the position that “racist pogroms are good actually.”

The White House budget office is a powerful agency called OMB most Americans have never heard of. On May 29, 2026 OMB proposed a new rule that would give White House appointees complete control to approve or cancel every grant program created by Congress. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/a-rule-nob...

They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

I suggest that this guy goes and tells the violent racist rioters to their faces that 'all they want to be is Irish'

The terms “self defense” and “aggression” have lost all meaning as used by this administration.

"The Senate is responsible for the sorry ethical state of affairs at DOJ, having looked the other way when confirming Blanche the first time," Bob Bauer writes. "The question now is whether senators will take up the challenge Trump has thrown down." www.execfunctions.org/p/the-high-s...

It's always interesting to see what constitutes a riot or a protest in Fox News' eyes. Here's Fox News anchor John Roberts describing the racist destruction in Belfast as just "fiery protests" sparked by a "heated debate over immigration."

Q: Are you concerned about the latest inflation number? Trump: No, I love it. The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation.

It seems overnight the White House has been replaced by a Monster Energy Drink branded UFC cage

Doesn't have to be a fight at all if some Republicans just say "no"

Look at all the bars around MSG getting shafted BY Trump's selfish photo op:

More resources on responding to proposed OMB changes.

Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo.

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

We expect Congress to set rules *in advance*. And it did so! Then the fast-acting executive is supposed to work within those rules. When the executive disregards those rules by moving fast, courts don't look back to slow-moving Congress for a remedy. That would just put the executive above the law.

Potentially stealing $100 million or more from taxpayers

Over at @lawfaremedia.org, I take a look at which positions President Trump placed under Schedule P/C. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/insi...

"And then, when President Trump says it himself, I say that's obviously not what he meant."

Retired Air Force general Charles Boyd testifying on the new DNI position in 2004: "The coin of the realm ought to be his distance from the President, his independence of the President, his professionalism..."

Fannie Lou Hamer is one of my main inspirations. If you don't know her story, listen:

Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers as Schedule F (now Schedule Policy/Career) begins. What I told @npr.org - this is the first step of a much broader assault on the civil service system. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

“The people in this book are brave,” said Toad. “They fight dragons and giants, and they are never afraid.” “I wonder if we are brave,” said Frog.

The Separate But Equal Docket strikes again.

Eye on the ball.

Mullin refuses to commit to following court orders for DHS

i have no words

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead. Of special note: The list has no women. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

This is really outrageous when you think about it. A jury found Trump sexually assaulted Carroll. News coverage often frames it like they’re political opponents.

With Friday strike, over 200 people killed by US military in alleged drug boat strikes. Overwhelming consensus of experts, myself included, assess these to be murder because no armed conflict (and war crime if it were armed conflict). 200 killed also raises serious question: crime against humanity

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

1/ This is awful for so, so many reasons. Just to pick one: even if you thought it was lawful and appropriate to vet funded research for consistency with the government's priorities, *the president is not the government*.

It would be nice if an Inspector General's report had more information than had been publicly available before its release. But apparently DoD decided that nothing useful to know -- targeting, evidence, measures of effectiveness, legality -- could be discussed. media.defense.gov/2026/May/21/...

my god it never ends www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Why did Trump order the prosecution of E Jean Carroll? This is why.

New, from me: The self-proclaimed "Most Transparent Administration in History" wants to compel all federal employees to sign Non Disclosure Agreements. The purpose is to vastly expand the culture of secrecy in government, undermining accountability. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-want...

"The remaining 5 percent concerns only the final portion of the hill, the tendency of the boulder to inevitably roll back down to the very beginning, the eternal nature of my punishment, and the fact that Hades has not technically agreed to alter any terms."

Nobody who is remotely acquainted with the federal budget would say something this ridiculous. It’s the free-lunch fantasy that you can balance the books by targeting “waste & fraud” rather than making hard choices that will be politically unpopular.

My other view is that capacity matters a lot more than control when you're actually trying to accomplish something like policy change. That assumes the president pursues policy change and implementation through existing institutions and procedures. 2/3 review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u...

just finished this and i think it is extraordinarily relevant to our political moment. highly recommended. www.newamerica.org/insights/bos...

Greetings from Brunswick, Maine - Pentecost and Memorial Day a nice joint reminder that leadership can be dedicated to patriotism, to education, to public service.

The political appointees are literally intervening to do what the companies they regulate want, and then joining those companies as employees. It is obvious corruption of the regulatory process by an administration that has eliminated conflict of interests rules.

Congratulations on your wedding Don Jr. Sorry for distracting your Dad with this important work.

In an image made to mark the US Bicentennial, Jacob Lawrence responded to the question "What does independence mean to you?" by reflecting on the hard-won voting rights of Black Americans in a print entitled "The 1920s...The Migrants Cast Their Ballots" harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...

“Assuming courts will save us absolves our political leaders of both responsibility and accountability for allowing this kind of mischief to continue, and it absolves all of us of our responsibility to refuse to tolerate those who would just as quickly shrug their shoulders and move on.” My latest:

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”