he’d be hiding in the engine room head🥱🥴

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Iranian Propaganda vs. U.S. Talking Points: How We Determined the Real Damage to U.S. Military Bases www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Iran is at it again. This time they added the Tesla logo. 😂

Trump decided to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue. He handed out a no-bid $6.9 million contract to a company that worked on his own pools, using an exemption meant only to prevent “serious injury” to the government. The corruption is off the charts. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

...the law binds but does not protect...

A ransomware attack on the course-management system Canvas threw college classes into chaos—and showed the fragility of a digital campus, @ibogost.com argues.

As venues are struggling to sell tickets, I bet they appreciate the "hope no one gets blown up in the parking lot" message.

Inmates at Ghislaine Maxwell's luxury prison are punished for speaking about her. share.google/QyjBC5NenbTR...

I am going to run to this beach in the rain so help me God.

Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.

Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

A little Chicago Pope light for tonight's White Sox-Mariners game Rate Field

You didn't "earn" a billions dollars, Jeff Bezos. You *took it* from your poorly paid workers.

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

As Stockpiles Fall, U.S. Sells More Missiles Worth $17 Billion to Gulf Nations www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...

Half of Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Don’t Get Treatment, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/w...

In an email viewed by WIRED, Shaotran describes Blitz Industries as “a defense company backed by big names.” www.wired.com/story/doges-...

The newly released Epstein note contains a weird a phrase "watcha want me to do - Bust out cryin!!" Well, our eagle-eyed producer @carebrose.bsky.social found it in an email Epstein sent to his brother in 2016. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

The iPhone outpaced its rivals in the first quarter of 2026, with Counterpoint deeming it the first time that Apple has led the smartphone market in the post-holiday quarter.

BREAKING from The Atlantic: Kash Patel has given out bottles of a personalized whiskey to FBI staff as well as civilians he encounters in his duties, according to eight people, including current and former FBI and Department of Justice employees and others who are familiar.

The deal is part of the Defense Department's accelerating push to embed artificial intelligence across military decision-making.

If you are in CA, vote for Steyer or Becerra, but please don’t dilute the vote by voting for one of the other 19 candidates. Rank choice, top two with most votes goes to Nov. Can be from same party. Let’s blow out the GOP by voting for the two highest dems polling, that is Steyer and Becerra

The case for shedding and renewing your friendship pool: links.profgmedia.com/3P54WGw

There is basically a cold calculus at play that Europe has been revisiting each year… Is it better to spend money on surging home defense, or giving more to supply Ukraine who will degrade the threat. The better Ukraine is at degrading Russia, the easier it is for Europe to justify supporting them.

Yikes

Tom Steyer says ICE is a criminal operation, and it should be abolished, and criminal accountability should go all the way up to Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller.

How the Fight Over Israel Is Playing Out Inside MAGA www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

Less transparency for stocks! proposed by your. SEC

BREAKING: Nearly $920 million in crude oil shorts were placed at 3:40 AM ET, about 70 minutes before Axios reported the U.S. and Iran were nearing a “14-point” deal to end the war. Oil then plunged more than 12%, with the position gaining an estimated $125 million. Unusual.

I love every headline about Ted Turner that includes "Jane Fonda's ex-husband." As if that was one of his biggest accomplishments in life. (Which arguably it is. Dude convinced *the* Jane Fonda to marry him.)

NEW: Democrats win another special election by a LOT. Harris won here by 1% in 2024.

Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD 1917 - 1983 Psychologist Dr. Clark’s research on child development and racial trauma, and her expert testimony, were crucial in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which ended school segregation in the United States. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #SheShed

Buttiigieg: "Look, when you are this deep into your second year, if your reflex is to still be trying to blame the previous administration, it really shows that you are out of ideas, out of solutions, and unwilling to take ownership of your own choices."

The subtlety of SCOTUS hits like a banjo solo in a library.

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Trump is now back to calling upon the leaders of cities like Chicago, San Francisco, and New York to call him and ask him to deploy federal troops to their cities

www.syracuse.com/politics/202... So, let’s see if I got this. He’s saying that if New York doesn’t help ICE treat citizens like shit, ICE is REALLY going to treat citizens like shit. This has nothing to do with “border control.”

The UAE, like Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing gulf nations, is rapidly shifting to solar & batteries.

US FDA flags shortage of neurosurgical pads and sponges, expects disruption through 2026 reut.rs/4d8jbSJ

No gender affirming care, clean water and air, protection from pedophiles, or guaranteed lunch at school, but kids can smoke flavored vapes with highly addicting substances, and cook their skin to invite cancer and rapid aging. These are the values we're teaching our children.

we need to talk about what Louisiana Republicans are doing to Calvin Duncan, who deserves so much better than this ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Layers on layers of surveillance

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Again Shifts U.S. Focus on Strait, Pausing Day-Old Escort Mission www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” Revisit this story from our series “The End of Aid,” a 2026 Pulitzer finalist.

Over a year ago Trump told Zelensky he didn’t have any cards & couldn’t last much longer against Putin. This year Trump told us he has all the cards against Iran so they were going to unconditionally surrender in 4-6 weeks. But Zelensky is still fighting. And Trump is folding.

Goode won.

As electric car sales soften in China after years of breakneck growth, electric trucks are taking off, with the emerging industry expected to get a boost from the Iran war