NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy will place it at the center of debates about why electricity bills are soaring and how the country should meet the seemingly insatiable energy demands of data centers. Ivan Penn reports www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

#ChristianRight #DonaldTrump #MAGA #evangelicalRight #Rededicate250 #Jesus #Politics medium.com/backyard-the...

In the 1950s, a house cost ~2.7x the median annual wage. Now it runs 4-12x.

This is kinda what I feared most ... here we go everyone! #EbolaIsNotAJoke apnews.com/article/cong...

But here we are struggling to keep the gun out of our mouths. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Health worker shortage will worsen with federal loan limit, 25 states say in suit; the Department of Education is trying to limit access to loans to nursing, social work, and other students, and states sued. wapo.st/433w24l via @danidouggab.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com

"I voted to uphold the Constitution. It may have cost me my seat, but who cares?" Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy told reporters in the Capitol. "I had the privilege of voting to uphold the Constitution, isn't that a great thing?" https://to.pbs.org/4wuInf8

“.. no longer being marketed as ‘Made in the USA’ — a claim used when the phone was first announced.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets...

The I.R.S. Thought It Could Fight Trump’s Lawsuit, but It Struck a Deal Anyway www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/a...

From the reporter who scooped the news that Treasury's GC was quitting, IRS wrote a 25-page memo about why Trump's IRS lawsuit was dogshit. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/a...

(Reuters) — Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a ​squadron of fighter jets and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia. www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa...

FT - China's leader told President Trump during their talks last week that Putin might end up regretting his invasion of Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/567c57b0-6...

I will note that Blanche's addendum specifically covers “tax returns filed before the effective date" – i.e. this year. And I strongly suspect that the tricks in these previous filings will still be there in future years' filings, if any investigators or lawmakers want to highlight them.

As part of the settlement agreement, the U.S. is "forever barred and precluded" from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization's current tax issues, according to a one-page document posted to the Justice Department's website on Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4nEyXJT

as i explain here, the paxton endorsement, the stock trades, all of a piece. look to that critical month in early 2026 when Trump reacted to the collapse of his public support with a round of presidential self-soothing, leaning into his most unbounded executive powers as psychic compensation.

A group of news organizations has filed a motion to unseal filings and subpoenas in the DoJ’s ongoing investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

“.. With each passing month, Trump is weaving the financial interests of his family, his allies and his political movement more tightly than ever into the fabric of the American presidency.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/05/19/t...

Sean Duffy talks over Patty Murray for more than a minute straight as she tries to ask him questions about his 7-month-long road trip

MURRAY: You are encouraging Americans to go road tripping. How much did you rack up on gas on yours? DUFFY: I don't know, but I know it was not as much as it was under Biden, which was $5 a gallon. It's only $4.50 now MURRAY: Holy cow. Americans don't have corporate sponsors to pay for their gas

Also in this piece: Senator Ron Wyden tells me Dems will pursue testimony from the Treasury official who resigned after Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund was announced:

Here's @propublica.org's 2024 reporting on the audit, and here is the @politico.com story about the updated settlement: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

MOULTON: I'm not asking you to talk about the Iran nuclear program. I'm asking you to talk about the English language. What's the difference between 'obliterated' and 'significantly degraded'? Are they the same? ADM COOPER ... MOULTON: Why did we start this war? Was President Trump lying to us?

Trump on high gas prices: "This is peanuts. I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while. But I don't even think about. What I think about is you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon."

Police in the UK are investigating two allegations of historic child sex abuse following the release of the Epstein files earlier this year. A redacted report from U.S. officials set out allegations of human trafficking and sexual assault in the 1990s.

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to a new analysis from the healthcare research nonprofit KFF. https://to.pbs.org/42KXUtG

BREAKING: The U.S. government agrees to drop tax claims against President Trump in a broadening of his IRS lawsuit settlement.

If you're a Democrat and you confirm someone who refuses to unequivocally say "Joe Biden won the 2020 election," you should lose your job.

“Apolitical military professionalism will only get you so far”

“.. 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...

3 days after President Trump helped defeat him in a GOP primary, Sen. Bill Cassidy R-LA joins with Democrats to vote to end the Iran war

so this woman running in the TX-35 runoff seems utterly fucking unhinged www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...

"Trump either underestimated how powerful the weapon of Hormuz is, or didn’t believe Iran would use it. And now that Iran has successfully created a global energy crisis that’s rapidly turning into an economic one, he still wants someone else to solve the problem. Yet he keeps getting turned down."

I guess all it takes to vote your conscience is losing an election

President Trump on Tuesday gave a group of reporters a closer look at the construction for the White House ballroom he’s building on the site of the former East Wing to mount a defense for the project that has hit a speed bump in Congress.

We may not know what Todd Blanche interview with Maxwell was at her previous prison prior to her transfer to club fed but these special privileges in her new prison gives me a good idea what was discussed Is there anyone who doesn’t believe she gets pardoned by Trump? apple.news/AlAqJu0oMQLS...

BREAKING: The Senate advances a bill aimed at ending the Iran war after GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, defeated in primary, switches to support it.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Blanche Defends $1.8 Billion Fund That Could Benefit Trump’s Allies www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

“Could”

Even the lawyer knows it’s bad www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...

Trump established a $1,776,000,000 fund to pay his friends, himself and even J6 rioters if they feel they've been wronged by Biden's Department of Justice! WHAT? People who attacked Capitol police and stormed the Capitol can get paid from a nearly $2 BILLION FUND that WE PAY FOR?? wapo.st/4wB2OqJ

I've been a fan since SCTV -- nearly 50 years. What an extraordinary burden of loss he has endured. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/m...

Oh. My. God. A South Carolina GOP senator who is principled, thoughtful & honest. Thank you, Senator Shane Massey, for your courage & truth-telling. Well worth reading this free article. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...

Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War “Trump’s approval rating — a key historical predictor of how a president’s party will fare in an election — has sunk to a second-term low in Times/Siena polls of 37 percent amid the deeply unpopular Middle East conflict.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

You’ve been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. How much is Donald Trump costing America’s economy?  economist.com/finance-and-...

Fantastic interview. Barney Frank is an amazing person who brought his sense of humor, his humanity, and common sense to the country. He has been sorely missed, and no doubt will be. Barney Frank, in Hospice, Has Advice for the Democrats www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...