A win! Rapid City-based Pete Lien & Sons has formally withdrawn its graphite drilling project near Pe’Sla, a sacred meadow in the Black Hills where Sioux tribes hold ceremonies and prayer gatherings throughout the year. The company told the Forest Service it won’t be filing another plan.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Happy Mother's Day! here's what awaits the special mom in my life 1. Breakfast 2. The mother of all civil rights actions! Giving my wife tickets to Montgomery, Alabama, where next weekend we march. Please join us 👉https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but what’s going on in the south right now with voting rights and erasure, is a “kitchen table issue” — for Black families. And it should be for everyone.

A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.

Kacey Musgraves Defies ICE, Brings Detained Mariachi band Onstage in Texas

I defy anyone to explain this on neutral legal principles.

We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.

It’s quite considerate of Jeff to collect all his workers’ urine bottles

This is what happens under fair maps—and why they gutted the Voting Rights Act. Get it? This is why generations marched, organized, and mobilized. And so must we. 📈

BREAKING: FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE! Gov. Mikie Sherrill announces a plan to redistrict New Jersey to add two more Democratic seats and offset new right-wing gerrymanders in the South!

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the National Council of Jewish Women and Louisiana voters, my law firm has sued Governor Jeff Landry (R) and Secretary of State Nancy Landry (R), challenging the state’s decision to suspend the 2026 congressional primary elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...

BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.

Just wanted to let you and everyone else know that yes, indeed, it's absolutely true. Here's the news report. www.kark.com/news/firefig...

🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

goat behavior fuck these record label executives

King Charles: "The U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."

Is it just a coincidence that the DOJ indicted James Comey today after a judge ruled that his daughter Maurene Comey’s termination lawsuit can move forward? 🤔 Probably just a coincidence, huh? Probably also just a coincidence that she was a lead prosecutor on the Epstein case too.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Big News: The Senate has blocked the SAVE Act, a sweeping voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions of Americans. Despite relentless pressure from the Trump administration, voting rights advocates have achieved a critical victory ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump demands ABC fire Kimmel on Monday. FCC orders Disney's early license renewals on Tuesday. That's not a coincidence. That's retaliation. The 1st Amendment only works if the gov't can't threaten your license for content they don't like. Every broadcaster in America is watching. That's the point.

AOC says we shouldn’t be using taxpayer money to build Trump’s ornate castle/ballroom while people are struggling to pay for healthcare and rent.

BTW, if you want to know what goes on inside of Opec it's not always easy. Bloomberg, FT, Reuters, NYT and WSJ all banned from last year from the big meetings. BBG and Reuters had already been banned in 2023

Re UAE's OPEC decision Oil has a different role for UAE's economy to Saudi Arabia's. UAE has lower dependence (oil:population ratio is more favourable) versus the high Saudi "fiscal breakeven" - ie Saudi requires a higher price to keep society content.

Hi, cartel-knower here. This is not funny. Petrostates only do this when they're in extreme distress.

A man was just filmed going unconscious, after multiple ICE goons pinned him face down, in Burlingame, California. ICE goons were seen piled on top of a man, while he was face down on the ground... with multiple goons putting their full weight on top of him.

Kidnapping by masked ICE goons on Erwin and Simpson in San Fernando Valley.

“We were supposed to be the ones who were preventing a lot of these abuses,” said a former Palantir employee. “We seem to be enabling them.” www.wired.com/story/palant...

We did! We passed a bill to fund the Secret Service and TSA and FEMA 100-0. If Speaker Johnson would just call it for a vote, it would pass. That’s the problem.

Oh my! This is important. "He’d better be thinking on how to hide it, because U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta has ruled that Trump. Is. Civilly. Liable for the damages he caused on January 6, 2021." @dailykos.com www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

A room full of the most powerful people in politics and media presumed they were being attacked by an active shooter. They dove under tables and texted loved ones. They feared for their lives. And somehow, not a damn thing will be done by them to push for gun reform tomorrow morning. America.

A circuit court refused to block the implementation of Democrats’ new congressional map in Virginia, which voters approved in a special election last week. The judge was unwilling to overrule the will of Virginia voters, and said the RNC's claim against the state was unlikely to succeed.

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

I’m listening to seasoned reporters talk about how frightened they were during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner last night and imagining how much worse it is for America’s children. If there’s ever been a time to pass sensible gun control laws, it’s now.

The Best Place in the World. #BookSky

Normal people have absolutely had enough and they are starting to cook lmao

Seems they got their marching orders 🫡 👇🏽

I just finished my essay for tomorrow about how the GOP legal challenge to Virginia's redistricting special election is not just an attack on a particular congressional map but to the fundamental right to vote. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now to receive in the morning. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

One of the most fascinating facts about the ocean, is that there are whales alive today who were born before Moby Dick was written. Some of the bowhead whales in the icy waters off of Alaska today are over 200 years old. Original post

Courts are supposed to be public. But in a major Wi-Fi patent case in the Eastern District of Texas, key filings were hidden from public view. EFF pushed for access. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Pope Leo turned the question around like the boss he is.

Despite having lawful work permits, my constituents at Allston Car Wash were profiled, kidnapped, & unlawfully held by ICE for 30 days. I support their effort in demanding accountability for the trauma they endured. And I won't stop pushing to abolish ICE & end their campaign of terror.

Excellent. People are pissed. Now do something about it. Have you registered to vote? Do you have all the documentation you need in order to do so? Start planning now. Anger is good. Action is better.

Imagine reducing the need for knee replacements by 62%! A groundbreaking injection could rejuvenate your cartilage using your own cells. What if aging joints could be treated without surgery? This research might just change everything. 🦵✨

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?