The question we should be asking: Is the GOP administration going to spend millions of our tax dollars to track down the handful of folks who voted illegally (willfully or mistakenly) or focus on strengthening our democracy by making it easier for legitimate voters to cast their ballots?

People do not stop eating inside detention because conditions are good. Hundreds at Delaney Hall are reportedly on hunger and labor strike while protesters outside face force demanding answers. ICE says there is no strike. People inside say their bodies are the evidence.

For nearly a decade, the Pentagon was warned—by its own contractors, analysts, and intelligence agencies—that anyone with a credit card could buy a map of where American troops sleep, work, and store nuclear weapons. Now the bill has come due in a war zone. My latest at @wired.com

"[O]ne in four Latino voters who supported [Trump] would not do so again." cc: bsky.app/profile/team... 1/ english.elpais.com/usa/2026-05-...

What, by now, seems abundantly clear is that Trump has neither the irresistible charisma nor the omnipotence to command unquestioning fealty from his followers (much less professional martyrdom).

#NewAmericanBrand as seen by Irene María Montero Gil, Spanish politician of the Millennial generation. (Our relationship with Israel is non-thinking...)

“Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde

Failing to consider downstream consequences — their fairness as well as their implications for goals — is shallow policymaking. When paired with willful blindness to negative human outcomes, it's also, IMHO, frequently immoral. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

The struggle to erase racism and its downstream effects is part and parcel of the struggle to better ourselves as a nation and recognize the worth and contributions of all segments of our wondrous diverse population.

Let us also vow to resist the temptation to turn to our military — no matter how excellent their skill and potent their effect — except when diplomacy truly fails and when truly warranted, consistent with our highest values as a nation.

"[T]here has been a huge uptick in occurrences of a fungal infection known as Valley Fever. [T]he hotter, drier, dustier conditions brought by global heating are widely thought to be playing a role in pushing up the infection rate across the.. country, which increased tenfold between 1998 & 2011."

"['Shortly after 2pm on 8 April,' Israel] carried out one of the worst mass killings in Lebanon’s history. Dozens of Israeli warplanes dropped bombs and missiles on 100 targets across a country roughly the size of Connecticut" 1/ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... pub 5/24 via @BazziNYU (on X)

"[A]n estimated 15 billion kg of plastic [enters] the oceans annually [P]lastic films account for ~ 1/3 the ~ 400 mill tonnes of plastic produced.. each yr The new material is produced by turning seaweed extracts into a powder which is mixed with water, heated & then formed into thin film sheets"

#MMIWG (Indigenous of Canada & the U.S.) #NiUnaMás (Mexico) #NiUnaMenos (Argentina —> Latin America)

Tells you everything..... #UnitedStatesofZi0n #EpsteinFiles #ThiefTrump #WeSeeYouP4edo #DonnyDump 💩

NEW Massie says he will read names of Epstein’s clients before leaving office

Beware the desperate dictator...

"Each year nuclear adds only as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days."

Welp

60 Minutes confirms Iran is bypassing the US blockade and exporting 100,000 more barrels of oil per day than before the war. Most of it is reportedly going to China.

"The first casualty of war is truth." We are in a war for bona fide American democracy.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

THIS freewheeling SCOTUS needs scrupulous fact-checking.

"Now called Act 011, the law states that corporations and other artificial entities created under Hawaii’s state laws do NOT have the power to spend money or contribute anything of value to influence elections or ballot measures." 1/

Gaining real traction toward relieving the chronic urban housing crisis requires bold moves and out-of-the-box thinking. #GoOutAndTrySomethingDifferent!

Daily, brazen war crimes... #RussiaIsATerroristState

Obvious question: What's in it for SoftBank?

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Jacobs: The War Powers Resolution of 1973 is very clear. After 60 days, the president is required to withdraw troops from hostilities unless Congress acts. Congress has not acted, and yet it is day 73 and my constituents are still in the region.

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BREAKING: The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds! A MAJOR win for Mr. Abrego. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#SmallIsBeautiful!

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Monopoly capitalism is an anticompetitive perversion. That's supposed to be why we're supposed to have an independent FTC.

Random reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer. They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.

Every harbor should be adorned with floating habitat sanctuaries! Every community should plant its own #MiyakiForest! www.creatingtomorrowsforests.co.uk/blog/the-miy...

Art "outside the box!"

President Catherine Connolly has explicitly labelled Israel a terror state, escalating diplomatic friction between Dublin and Jerusalem. The historic announcement intensifies the Irish government's outspoken stance on the Gaza conflict, reflecting a major shift in European diplomatic rhetoric today

Doing things right, as a rule, is more important than doing things fast — something that seems to be routinely violated in the rush to data center construction.

Another win for public health and competent, evidence-based policymaking!

"The charges were dismissed with prejudice on Thursday, preventing them from being refiled. [U.S. District Judge April] Perry also floated the idea of a separate hearing on possible sanctions for the U.S. Attorney’s Office over their actions." Another win for democracy! www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/u...

Will youth-led climate litigation help save us (& earthly life, more generally,) from the most catastrophic consequences of our stubborn appetite for fossil fuels? They can point to concrete impacts & their stake is only exceeded by that of generations to come. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 161 Active Redistricting Cases: 47 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 80 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 78 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 www.democracydocket.com

California friends, if you haven’t voted, I urge you to watch Jasmine Crockett’s endorsement of Xavier Becerra. It’s everything. And check back later. I was able to ask both Becerra and Crockett additional questions that I think matter. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @xavierbecerra.bsky.social

A lesson the world should take from the heretofore (on-balance) success of the EU as a functioning multinational pack among nations is that it is entirely possible to reap benefits from ever-closer ties between countries without going so far as integration by force.

The only way I can get my head around the extreme heartlessness of summarily dismantling USAID (consigning millions of Africans to suffering &/or death) is as a decision based on a (conscious or subliminal) belief in the righteousness of measures to effectuate (unscientific, race-based) eugenics.

"And OpenAI — a company that eventually needs to turn a profit — doesn’t specify what [it] will do with all that financial information outside of AI training, or if there are any additional protections in place to protect users’ financial data from a system hack."

Les #USA autorisent la vente de puces H200 de #Nvidia à 10 entreprises #Chinoises. Parmi les entreprises agrées par #Trump figurent Alibaba, Tencent et ByteDance... Des voix aux USA s'inquiètent que les ventes de Nvidia à la #Chine pourraient affaiblir le leadership #US en matière d’ #IA.