Marco Rubio when he finds out he’s the new Director of National Intelligence

Dr. Jasmine Clark PhD microbiology from Emory University, teaching anatomy & microbiology to future nurses, & tracking threats. 2017, watching the new administration removed science funding, public health infrastructure, and the institutions she had devoted her career to, she picked up a campaign.

I don’t think so, no. He’s desperately trying to end it. The new idea is a round of intense strikes (possibly this weekend) and then just declaring victory and walking away. He’s tired of the fighting (and getting hammered in the polls) and thought it would be easy to end the war whenever. Moron.

Gee, she'll be missed.

Wait, so Howard Lutnick is just straight up bribing House Republicans now? Now we know what the price of child sexual abuse is for these goblins… a paltry $5 million.

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Zohran Mamdani’s Challenge To FIFA Results In $50 World Cup Tickets

What happens when Texans voice their concern about bad water quality? They're arrested. youtube.com/shorts/1john...

Indiana residents fund a billboard for maximum visibility during the Indy 500. arsenaldemocracy.org

Epstein’s long-time personal asst., Sarah Kellen, provided info yesterday incl. what Comer claims are names of 3 “new” abusers. But, they aren’t new so what else did she say? I’ve got the details from that closed interview & analysis on the value of Kellen’s information. youtu.be/JOUVUlvXorc?...

BREAKING: The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds! A MAJOR win for Mr. Abrego. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Democrats need 3 seats to flip Congress, stop Trump, and hold that criminal megalomaniac accountable. But with MAGA and the far-right Supreme Court doing EVERYTHING they can to stop Democrats from winning… every seat counts!!

The $1,000,000 Delta Air Lines donated to Donald Trump’s 2025 presidential inaugural fund is really paying off, isn’t it? Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Seattle are all Delta hubs—and sanctuary cities. Well done, Delta!

I miss normal Presidents

lying🍕💩 President Trump said “I don’t know who he is,” when asked if he was concerned about the appearance of Changpeng Zhao—the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance whom he recently granted a pardon—being involved with Trump’s sons’ crypto business during an interview with 60 Minutes.

Looks like Trump's pardons--here, of CZ--are having a direct impact on US national security. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Ohio ICE detentions soar in Trump’s second term ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohio-...

SEN. TILLIS (R): “These people don't deserve restitution. Many of them deserve to be in prison. This is just stupid on stilts. Republicans need to speak up. This is beyond the pale… This is bad policy, bad timing, bad politics.” (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

Scientists are warning that despite the prediction of fewer storms, “it only takes one” to change a season.

Trump up at 2am posting about being mad at the TV.

"Whatever one thinks of America’s war in Afghanistan, our allies have earned their place among us. If it weren’t for them, more American combat veterans would be buried in Arlington." From the archives:

There’s always money for Trump’s vanity projects, but somehow never enough for anything that actually helps the American people. And don’t get it twisted, this isn’t “government spending.” It’s legalized theft. This is looking more like dictatorship, so what's the point of having Congress?

This is the absolute nightmare everyday websites are contending with on a daily basis. This is due ONLY TO AI. "Mitigated" means the access was blocked as malicious. Most of this traffic is automated bots trying to scrape content.

So if I understand this correctly… the GOP was gonna vote on a war resolution Bill, but when they saw that many of their members were gonna vote with the other side, they just canceled the vote??

One of its authors says “credibility of the degrees” and whether employers trust them is at stake. Already, colleges are rethinking testing and assessments.

I would love to know why people are willing to go along with the idea that it's fine for a president to keep his tax returns secret because it might destroy him if they're revealed.

Imagine being a Russian troll assigned to Bluesky: “Comrade, today you will destabilize Western democracy by arguing with poets, policy nerds, and a raccoon avatar with tenure.”

The people at @msnownews.bsky.social helped me make this little video

*chef’s kiss* 💋 perfection

Epstein victims: "Apparently we should have stormed the Capitol and beat up police officers."

The EU wants 25% of farmland to be organic by 2030. 🇪🇺🌱 To get there, member states just agreed on a plan to simplify organic rules and cut up €45.9M a year in red tape for farmers, while keeping environmental and welfare standards high. Details ➡️ link.europa.eu/xtt7wK

Go NYC! gothamist.com/news/finding...

Nice use of that New York Post front page in this "Still a classic" ☭ "Last year we said we'd fight for cheaper tickets for New Yorkers, and just like Arsenal, we got it done," Mamdani said.

Pay a fortune to attend matches, but instead end up as a foreigner in ICE detention without trial. Or stay at home for nothing and watch them on TV. That's a pretty simple choice. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Mitch McConnell had the opportunity to avert this utter madness by voting to convict and remove, but still, good to see...

What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it's actually located. [📷 wesskywalker]

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of our voter clients, we just won DOJ voter data case. We are 6-0 and DOJ is 0-7. www.democracydocket.com/cases/maine-...

The Broadview Six case was one of the highest-profile federal prosecutions from Midway Blitz. It targeted 6 people for their participation in a protest outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility on 9/26/2025. The original indictment was filed last October, then fell apart over the course of 6 months.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

The reporting on this Trump tweet has been more atrocious than most atrocious reporting on Trump's tweets. Effectively Trump is REVERSING a decision last week (possibly by Russian useful idiots at DOD) to cut 4,000 troops. He's offering Nawrocki's election almost a year ago as his excuse.

From this it sounds like they excluded jurors who disagreed with the government's theory from the *deliberations* So a complete panel is 23, quorum is 16, and you need 12 to indict. Say you have 23, 10 agree, 7 disagree, and 6 are undecided Put the 10 in the room with the 6 to convince 2 of them

SCOOP: Markwayne Mullin met with airline and travel executives at DHS last week and told them he's serious about plan to pressure sanctuary cities by cutting CBP screening at intl airports after World Cup. Execs have warned economic impact would be "devastating" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Department of Homeland Security has circulated a “Be on the Lookout” alert to law enforcement nationwide, targeting a comedian whose satire of US immigration enforcement went viral, @aurabogado.bsky.social of @injusticewatch.org reports.

“.. Customers visiting Walmart’s US petrol stations are buying less than 10 gallons per visit for the first time since 2022 .. ‘That’s an indication of stress,’ said John David Rainey, chief financial officer ..” @financialtimes.com #$WMT www.ft.com/content/4c1d...

If you are waiting for huge corporations to pass along the tariff refunds they are about to get from the government to consumers who bought tariffed products, you haven’t been paying much attention to the way things work in this country.

Finally switched to DuckDuckGo and it’s nice to not have LLM summaries anymore

The citizens of Festus, Missouri, population approximately 14,000, just voted out every single city council member who secretly approved a gigantic data center. A recall petition is also being circulated to remove the mayor and council members who were not on the ballot.

Minnesota is doing what the feds won't: holding ICE accountable www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The proper headline here is CHARGES DISMISSED DUE TO DOJ MISCONDUCT www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/u...