Must-read of the morning by @jamellebouie.net. I'm writing about the creation of the VRA right now, and this is absolutely correct. The Roberts Six often pretend to use history to get what they want, but it's always a funhouse mirror version with no root in reality.

Poetry.

Tom Steyer spent $341 mil on his failed run for POTUS in 2020 Tom Steyer has spent $245 mil SO FAR on his campaign for governor. I find it EXTREMELY offensive that this billionaire has spent over HALF A BILLION $ to try & buy 2 seats he's completely unqualified for. @xavierbecerra.bsky.social

Scott MacFarlane slams the corporate media for helping Trump rewrite January 6. By underresourcing coverage of the largest criminal prosecution in American history, MacFarlane says mainstream outlets created the vacuum that allowed Trump and his allies to spread lies about the Capitol attack.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed Rep. David Morales to be the next Mayor of Providence.

The root of a social contagion.

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social to @rbreich.bsky.social : “They’re spitting on the graves of our martyrs, bringing us backwards in history… An almost entirely white Republican caucus in Tennessee — that’s the system they’re bringing us back to.” #Memphis #JimCrow

Or as Alito would call it, just partisan politics

White Supremacy Is an Antidemocracy Movement open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Abolish ICE in its entirety and deny everyone working for them any future government employment.

The power of the “No Kings” Protests. Today’s “To the Contrary” podcast with Gal Beckerman.

I could not have said it better!!!❤️💯

Thank you Anat, I needed this. You are right: its been a fucked up hell of a week.

I am unbelievably cynical at this point, but this has astonished me, too.

Time for Virginia to do an Ohio and go with the maps voters approved. Voters should trump procedural objections.

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

And how eager they are to do this. No shame.

Tennessee Republicans did it. The final vote is in. They just gutted the only Black-majority district to lock in more Republican power. Black voters shut out, representation erased. Call it what it is, a white supremacy power grab. And a shameful day for Tennessee, the birth place of the KKK.

the basic logic of plessy — that the constitution has no bearing on social inequality — undergirds every roberts court ruling on the state’s ability to deal with the effects of racism from parents involved to calais.

Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams testifies against Tennessee's new Congressional map, which would eliminate the only Democrat-held seat in the state.

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Some good news about the news business: a new podcast focused on the impact of investigative journalism from one of the best in the business @propublica.org:

“Trust us,” they said. “It’ll be good,” they said. “You’ll like it,” they said. @hcrichardson.bsky.social writes:

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

MEMPHIS SENATOR @raumeshakbari : “This is an act of hate. You cannot call it anything but racism. You cannot sugarcoat this.” Tennessee Republicans are diluting Black representation with white power, stripping their seat in Congress. #JimCrow @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

We need to put our arms around Rep. Justin Jones as he seeks to fight the TN legislature’s new gerrymandering plan. @brotherjones.bsky.social

Another Ifill must watch on how we got to our present state of un-democracy, thank you very much John Roberts et al.

The most devastating news story, Rachel Maddow is covering right now. We all should care. Our country has gone backwards 61 years. It will take decades to undo the damage this Admin and Scotus have done to our country in just one year. When racism wins, we all lose.

Excellent news: Go Becerra!

It’s like the Russian Duma.

How High the Moon by Adam Zagajewski www.divasofverse.com/2014/08/how-...

Trump's immigration policy was dealt another blow when a court ruled mandatory detentions unlawful. SCOTUS may weigh in next. Attorney @allenorr.bsky.social says, "I would rather Congress step in and do something they haven't done in 30 years...pass an immigration bill." #Velshi

A standing room only event in rural Cameron, Missouri.  Rural Democrats are here. We have always been here. And I know one thing, the Republicans are gonna feel us in November. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @nhannahjones.bsky.social explains why the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act is not just a blow to Black representation. "The loss of this impacts democracy for everyone," she says. #Velshi

Mockler on Cost of Iran War: So in New York, they did free school lunches for $300 million a year, put that against the $50 billion, which is a conservative estimate for this war. We could have funded this across the country.

Happy May Day! Give us the Friday

I keep thinking about the ease with which they cancelled elections over the last 24 hours

"It's farcical...it's menacing and idiocracy together." "We have to take the authoritarianism seriously as a threat...we also have to step back and recognize that it's all grossly incompetent, and they're clowns." @timmiller.bsky.social and @ossoff.bsky.social on Trump's authoritarian clown show.

No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk. @allinwithchris.bsky.social

An important day to talk about reforming — and expanding — the Supreme Court. If we want to stop this radical SCOTUS from eliminating civil rights protections, we’re going to have to act more boldly. (1/2)

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

These guys traffic in abject cruelty

The success and savvy of "The Pitt" might singlehandedly save Hollywood’s moribund television industry. ICYMI @zandywithaz.bsky.social:

This administration is violating the Constitution and law. Trump & #ICELawlessness puts every one of us at risk. Please talk to friends & family. Please get involved with the midterms & volunteer/donate to Democratic candidates who will impeach him in the House & remove in the Senate. 🧵

It's not enough to merely hold up nominations from the executive branch to stop criminal prosecution of fellow elites like Jerome Powell. No administration nominees for any position should be approved until ICE and DHS crimes are prosecuted. STOP FUNDING THIS SHIT! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...

We can't treat this Supreme Court as a functional constitutional body acting in good faith. It's a corrupt, far-right, partisan court, and we have to treat it as such. (And both Alito and Thomas should be impeached.)

Texas republicans illegally gerrymandered their maps and never once asked voters how they feel about it. California and Virginia let voters decide. That’s the difference. They started this fight and Democrats are going to fucking finish it.

LISTEN. @nicollewallace.bsky.social had me on her excellent podcast for a candid conversation about how we got here and the opportunity facing us. I really respect her journey and her willingness to have these conversations. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

oh wow, this is gutting and what a flashback