Talarico: I’m an eighth-generation Texan. I’ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment. And if all they have on me is lying about me being a vegan, I feel pretty good about our chances this November.

Reporter: Ken Paxton has taken to calling you ‘Talafreako’ @JamesTalarico: If Ken Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles. This is the guy who just released Adam Hoffman from jail, an admitted child rapist.

Oh that poor man. Such a victim. His commutation of Peters'sentence tells me he doesn't particularly give a damn about democracy. But it's soooooo unfair that he's been censured for it.

Blatant, in-your-face racism. Call this out. Always. Where are the journalists saying, "Mr. Trump, you're saying everyone from Somalia is a 'crook' – how is this not racist?"

The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.

Awesome result.

GOP Rep. Mike Flood got grilled during a town hall — getting booed at several points: "Iran war, White House ballroom, security for the White House ballroom, immigration enforcement, Trump arch … the reflecting pool renovation, slush fund for crooks and the farm bill. How do we pay for all this?"

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It's all good fun with the tariffs and wars and such, but to really motor the American economy into a brick wall, make it hard to get to or from every corporate entity in all the blue, GDP-producing states. Yep, most of the S & P and Nasdaq just needs to fuck right off. Markwayne Mullin, submoron.

Windows customers are getting an enshittified OS. Run, do not walk, away from this crap.

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

I told ICE that they could NOT just plow through a crowd of civilians at Delaney Hall. They didn't care. Here's what happened yesterday.

Thank you, @kim.senate.gov

Stephen Miller: "Based on what I've heard, we could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury went to individuals who were properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them"

Good.

Rancid dude has connections to fossil fuel industry. He's turned his global fame into money, and damn the consequences to anyone else.

Risks to whom? Those living on Pacific islands threatened by sea level rise? Those trying to eke out a subsistence in an expanding desert? Those whose villages are inundated in an extreme hurricane? But wealthy folks have nice air conditioning in North America. NYT can be truly putrid.

@cprnews.bsky.social Excellent article and good news for Denver. Thermal networks will become increasingly important in saving $ on heating and cooling while addressing climate change. www.npr.org/2026/05/20/n...

Denver plans to heat and cool a cluster of large downtown buildings using a combination of water, the heat of the Earth — and sewage: www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo... by @ishan-thakore.bsky.social 🔌💡

From @jeffstjohn.bsky.social at @canarymedia.com: Batteries and solar making a big difference in grid resilience for the coming hot summer. (Note that maps are not labeled as to year. First appears to be 2026, second appears to be 2025) www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Reminder that formerly enslaved Black people started Memorial Day. It was initially called Decoration Day as they decorated the graves of Union troops. “As He died to make men holy let us die to make men free”

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

Democrats need three House seats and four Senate seats to flip Congress. Those elections happen in 167 days. The energy, money, and oxygen being consumed by would-be 2028 nominees running shadow campaigns belongs in competitive districts right now. open.substack.com/pub/santiago...

Correct. Nevertheless, robust pursuit of nature-based solutions that draw down carbon are an imperative. --> They protect habitat/biodiversity --> They make cities more livable, reducing heat island effect --> They protect the food production systems we rely on

@cbsnews.com any particular reason(s) your headline doesn't name the bigotry?

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Thomas Massie says he WILL read the Epstein client names on the House floor before he leaves Congress. He already named Leon Black and Jes Staley in February. He lost his seat for this. He no longer has anything to lose. The clock is ticking. 🔥🔥🔥 #EpsteinFiles #Massie #USDemocracy #Pinks

Excellent.

I think Democrats should come out and say Blanche's "settlement" and the Slush Fund generally is one act in a continuing January 6 conspiracy, extending statutes of limitation for another 3 years.

Political is when a black quarterback silently kneels Not political is when a white quarterback introduces the president’s speech at a campaign rally

Polis said we'd look back on her sentence commutation "fondly." I'm not feeling the fondness.

Because this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself.

Read the room, guys. The voters that ought to be your base don't dig bigotry. @gene4va.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social

The Republicans are the primary reason this con man is still in office. (cartoon from the archives)

Yes, the Trump administration made this repulsive move back in 2025, so this isn’t a new development - and they haven’t changed it back. You still can’t find the names of female veterans at Arlington National Cemetery when you search for them:

Sending register-to-vote postcards today to help boost registration in CO-08, where Rep. Gabe Evans reliably supports Trump's agenda. Thanks to @fieldteam6.org for setting up this opportunity to volunteer!

Trump and Gabbard claim she's leaving due to her husband's health, but Reuters reports "the ​White House ‌forced her to ⁠resign"

The Federal Reserve is being chaired by a Trump toadie.

Clean energy is surging for a simple reason: it is fundamentally cheaper and faster. If you want a shot of good news, check out David Fenton’s pod with David Hochschild. There’s a great deal to be optimistic about, even when things feel bleak.

This too is white supremacy.

How did Trump’s $1.8B “Weaponization” fund for his allies come about? 1. Trump sued his own government for $10B over an IRS leak involving thousands of other people. He was effectively both the plaintiff and the defendant in the case.

There are white folks who believe with all their hearts that the purpose of GET OUT and BLACK PANTHER is to lecture or indict white audiences. The idea that nonwhite artists might be speaking primarily to nonwhite audiences about a shared experience or aspiration doesn't compute.

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So if I’m understanding it the outlines of the prosecutorial misconduct in the Broadview Six case is this. They tried three times to get an indictment. After they failed the second time they simply booted the grand jurors who didn’t think the conduct was a crime. Then they told the remaining …

McConnell is hugely responsible for us getting here. But you can see what kind of day the white house is having.

This bill, literally called the “CHARLIE Act,” imports definitions from Trump's odious EOs on race (EO 14190) and sex (EO 14168) into the federal statute for K-12 funding. It's not savvy centrist politics, it will not get them more votes. They know; they're bad people who like these parts of MAGA.

TONIGHT: Former USAID official @nenrich.bsky.social talks to @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.