They left out admin keys for govcloud accounts for 6 months in a public github repo in a file called importantAWStokens. Any script kiddie could have compromised critical government systems with that. Who knows how many state actors did so. gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...

REED: How many taxpayers' returns were leaked by the IRS in the 2020 breach? BLANCHE: Excuse me? REED: 405,427. One of them was Donald Trump, correct? BLANCHE: Donald Trump and his family. REED: And Donald Trump was president at the time. So it was his IRS that allowed this breach of privacy

It’s all a grift

Breaking news: The EPA proposed repealing limits on four types of “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The proposal would end the Biden-era restrictions on four PFAS compounds and give utilities more time to comply with limits on two others.

Ring the bell because for the first time ever: Jim Cramer is stunned silent. Just like the rest of us, he’s seeing the President commit insider trading right in front of our very eyes.

NEW: Donald just STOLE $1.7B from us to pay insurrectionists. I have some important info about this. Please share widely.

Wow, now they did it! The DOJ has established a $1.776 billion fund to compensate Trump's allies for Biden's supposed weaponization of DOJ. Those allies could include J6ers who attacked police and did violence in support of a tyrant—the opposite of the meaning of 1776. (news link in thread)

Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

Trump didn't settle a lawsuit. He dropped the lawsuit so there's no lawsuit to settle. He's just stealing this money. The lawsuit was just for show so he could say he settled a lawsuit.

Today Trump "negotiated" with his private criminal defense lawyer—a man he made AG for this corrupt purpose—the theft of $1.8B in taxpayer money so that it could be given to far-right terrorists in open rebellion against America. It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.

There is no way the republicans would be anything less that outraged if Obama had taken almost $2 billion of taxpayer dollars and given it to people he pardoned for trying to steal an election. Every republican in congress who doesn’t speak up and prevent this is complicit

This whole IRS situation is impeachable, or should be.

Virginians voted to give Democrats the VA House Virginians voted to give Democrats the VA Senate Virginians voted to give Democrats the Governorship Virginians voted to pass a gerrymandering referendum Despite all this VA Democrats appealed to a MAGA SCOTUS, and lost. This Is Cowardice. Enough.

NEW: ICE violently arrested a US citizen, filmed high-res videos of the operation + made viral social media content out of him Christian Cerna, LA native, speaks out about his arrest at gunpoint while driving his baby + toddler and the turmoil in his life that followed "They tried to humiliate me"

Truly a must read essay by @karenattiah.bsky.social “our current crop of tech titans wants to design a frictionless world that will be tasteless, odorless, and soulless.” This observation 👇🏽 from @robingivhan.bsky.social is perfect. Truly perfect.

If Canvas remains down through the 12th/beyond, higher ed will completely implode. sdcitytimes.com/news/2026/05...

Fun Fact: vaccines are why so many more of humans are alive today than 100 years ago. Get the fucking vaccine, people.

The semester is so Close To wrapping up I Must Persevere…

It’s almost like machines aren’t the answer…

The weed killer Roundup and its active ingredient glyphosate are being sprayed in record amounts in a surprising place: California’s forests. Is it safe? The latest investigation from our friends at @revealnews.org:

The U.S. Mint is legally required to sell only domestically mined gold. But a New York Times investigation has found that the Mint buys gold that comes from foreign pawn shops and drug cartels, then claims it is American. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Wait… the man who refused to go to every single Correspondent dinner suddenly decided to attend this one and is using the shooting as fodder for his vanity project? Shocking

The world is on fire, but sure, let’s debate which celebrity wore it better.

The bills seeking to shield oil companies from lawsuits send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s really a thumb in the eye of places that are affected by climate change.”

Yes, he’s one man… but he’s surrounded by similarly dangerous sycophants and psychotic evangelists. It’s insanity soup.

War crimes are morally and legally wrong. But they also don’t win wars or get us beyond politics. Insofar as there is a logic to this it is to provoke the Iranians and then act shocked and go for a coup domestically. See my essay "The Next Coup Attempt" snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

“I’m probably gonna do a genocide tonight. Not sure though. Maybe not. But probably so.”

It is absolutely bonkers that we exist at a time when the president runs our country via social media, presumably while sitting on the toilet, and we all are just supposed to go about our day like usual while being continually terrorized by this raging narcissist.

Trump’s Easter greeting, “Praise Allah”, and “you’ll be living in hell”.

We are all frogs in the cooking pot.

The presidency is a giant ATM machine for Trump and his family.

This Is Real? This is the real. His name everfuckingwhere… This putrid sack will not stop until every single baby born in these disjointed states has his GD name tattooed on its ass apple.news/ApIamOTsEQRG...

Eat the rich.

Every single one of us needs to stop worshipping at the alters of celebrities. To stop worshipping wealth. To instead celebrate those among us who truly strive to be their best selves and to care for their fellow humans. Extreme wealth is a corrupting force.

The complete inability of Dems in DC to understand and rise to the moment is not in the least surprising, but it is perpetually infuriating and depressing.

There is no limit to Trump’s depravity and spite.

ALA is disappointed that the House Committee on Education & Workforce moved forward dangerous federal book banning legislation yesterday. HR 7661 contains vague, confusing, and overly broad language, inviting government censorship. More from ALA: www.ala.org/news/2026/03... (1/2)

Making more weird shit to cope with all the real weird shit.

“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted.”

Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett: “If the war were to be extended it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy at all. It would hurt consumers…but that's really the last of our concerns right now.”

🔥🔥 RAND PAUL confronts Trump DHS pick Markwayne Mullin at hearing: "I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

“It's toddler AI misinformation at an industrial scale. It’s very risky for the developing brain.” Inside the AI slop that's all over the internet—and preying on your kids www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

Why are we all so fucking stupid?

It was revealed last week that Trump got a $10 billion bribe for helping steal TikTok and give it to his right wing billionaire friends under the pretense of national security and it barely enjoyed a two hour news cycle

I think the President musing about killing people "just for fun" would have resulted in every major paper demanding impeachment in the before times.

They want to ban books because books allow us to live many different lives in so many different ways, and the more we do that, the less susceptible we become to their lies and propaganda. Read so that you become ungovernable. Read so that you keep hold of your humanity.

wait, we doing real life deadpool now?