The administration plans to use claims that "China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.” The premise, it almost goes without saying, is a total lie. trib.al/dD7xx4n

This is nuts. And very dangerous.

www.npr.org/2026/05/20/n... City of Portland, Ore., has built a community solar project to reduce emissions and lower energy bills for 150 low-income families. The city has distributed more than 20,000 free air conditioning units to help vulnerable households prepare for heat waves.

The most corrupt president in history. www.thebulwark.com/p/trader-in-...

🚨Last night in House Appropriations, all Republicans present voted to allow THEMSELVES to get settlements from the January 6th Slush Fund. I am not making this up.

Trump has dispatched Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to Nuuk with an ultimatum to Greenland: give up your sovereignty by Trump’s birthday—or else. The Trump regime calls it a “negotiation” for a permanent U.S. military presence. Greenland and Denmark see it as a direct threat to their sovereignty.

"Trump is trying to create a new status quo where his single say-so is enough to overturn the will of two thirds of Congress on all spending matters. It’s un-American. It’s emperor stuff. If they had a shred of dignity left, they’d impeach the son of a bitch today." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"Donald Trump insists that astronomical numbers at gas pumps are a small price for you to pay for an unnecessary war he illegally started, and has lost, to distract you from his sexual predation of children and looting of the US Treasury."

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

And then there's this: The settlement gets sweeter for Team Trump In a newly-posted, one-page document, the Justice Dept details that it is now prohibited from pursuing tax claims against Trump or his family in the future Signed by Todd Blanche

Literally declaring Trump and his family above the law. And that's another step on the staircase to kings.

Jesus, look at this thing: www.justice.gov/opa/media/14... The IRS is apparently "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from investigating Trump, his companies, and his family ever again because the Acting Attorney General (his old personal attorney) says so.

Q: Trump's financial disclosures show a lot of stock trades in companies he has promoted-- JD VANCE: This is a hell of a question Q: How can you argue you are cleaning up corruption when the president is doing this? VANCE: C'mon man. Have a little bit of objectivity in how you ask these questions

Keeping this false narrative alive is a corruption of public office. Audits and lawsuits have already answered this question.

Raskin: "The whole administration now just just corruption -- highway robbery every day"

No money for pediatric cancer research but there's $1.7 billion for people who beat cops and smeared feces on the walls of the US Capitol.

In 2025, HHS issued stop work order for federal research lab that studies Ebola virus and other deadly pathogens and fired its director. This lab was a world leader in accelerating development therapies and vaccines for Ebola and other viruses. 1/ www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

I love walking into @skeuomorphpress.org & finding amazing things that our students & patrons made!

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

This is THEFT. There is no other word for it. They are stealing almost $1.8 BILLION dollars to pay Trump‘s allies, despite knowing that these people are not legally entitled to any money and be laughed out of court if they filed a lawsuit for money damages.

the president of the united states sued his own government for ten billion dollars and “settled” it by directing that government to use taxpayer money for a nearly two billion dollar slush fund to distribute to his political allies at will typing it out barely feels real

Trump and his lawyers “are figuring out a way to refund the January 6 militia, presumably to get them ready for the next round of battle," says Jamie Raskin in this piece:

“Trump’s claim that he would “drain the swamp” is a cosmic joke. His administration is an ongoing shakedown of the American people.” www.thebulwark.com/p/how-corrup...

2. Primary source documents, videos, and all the reciepts:

"Fake citations have turned into a nightmare for research librarians, who by some estimates are wasting up to 15 percent of their work hours responding to requests for nonexistent records that ChatGPT or Google Gemini alluded to." open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 2/🧵

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

"[T]he settlement would create 'commission' with 'total authority' to settle 'claims' brought by those who allege weaponization. ..this not only **includes the insurrectionists**; it could even settle claims by 'entities associated with Trump himself.' ..with little-to-no congressional oversight."

And how much of this problem just goes away if they stop growing alfalfa and other incredibly low-value cattle fodder with Colorado River water? More than all of deficit. 46% of all withdrawals. 75% of all ag use. 3x more than all the urban water use combined. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Crypto hawkers have erected a giant gilded statue of President Trump at Doral, his members club outside Miami. The golfers may not mind, and neither do his mega-pastor advisers, but his support among his most devoted and devout fans is beginning to slide

New at Can We Still Govern? Trump is relocating more federal employees, this time for the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, which oversees SNAP. The rationale is to bring services closer to the public. But that is not what the data shows, says Jon Schwabish. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...

Thread. I look forward to John Roberts’ contortions to somehow make this square with anything in existing American jurisprudence.

As expected, Prof. Jamie Raskin is on it: bsky.app/profile/greg...

“Allowing a sitting head of government to select his interviewer runs afoul of ethical norms and runs counter to the editorial standards of "60 Minutes” CBS is turning into a propaganda outlet right before our eyes. Read @status.news: www.status.news/p/mathias-do...

The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville.

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

As Forbes shows, Trump is the first US president to fully monetize the value of the office of president. He's raking in billions every year. And it's all a felony, going on right in front of your eyes.

Of course, acknowledging that Operation Epic Fury opened with the U.S. killing children en masse might spoil Trump’s splendid little war.

Why is no one talking about this?! This Administration dismantled USAID, and now they want YOU to pay the bill. www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/w...

Hey @cnn.com -- So you're seriously going with this headline? "Republicans are pulling ahead in the redistricting war." How about: "Republicans are rigging the system and cheating in the redistricting war by abusing power." Don't suck up to that orange prick. He will be gone soon.

Yesterday, Trump pointed at Rachel Scott of ABC News and said "she's a bitch" after Ms. Scott asked him about rising gas prices. It will be old news by close of business today. Once again: Trump is held to a different standard by legacy media.

Those people? Children, retirees, and veterans are going hungry. Not enough money to help you or your families as costs go up, but just enough for Trump’s golden ballroom.

"He is what I refer to as a president bystander, where he doesn’t really seem to know what’s going on around him, including within his own administration, within his own White House." trib.al/ejpDiWp

The Economist has obtained a ten-page document from a trusted source on Russia’s secret plan to help Iran. Register for free to discover what we found

Should be us. This is the price of the corrupt Trump administration decision to cede this entire industry to the Chinese, just for added gasoline sales for his big fossil fuel donors. Corruption has a cost. American industries will pay.

This is a good time to remind people that the US has some of the highest covid mortality rates in the world. The “best they can” got millions killed and many more disabled. They’ve gutted the CDC. Put an anti-vaxxer in charge of HHS. Stoked eugenicist rhetoric. Hope is not a strategy.

Six months ago, the federal government indicted me, my friend Andre, and four others for protesting ICE. Our trial is this month and we are facing up to $250k in legal debt. Please help us win our case and protect all of our rights by donating to our legal defense: tinyurl.com/katandre

There's a word missing from this awful story of hundreds of thousands of trees destroyed due to DelMonte's bankruptcy: tariffs, which greatly increased the cost of canning. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...?

Big victory in a small town. Something to celebrate. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Ahh, yes, the unpopular decisions like “black people don’t deserve political representation,” or “rich people should be able to control everything,” or “women shouldn’t be in charge of their bodies.” Truly a man committed to justice.