Good to see: Nearly 100 House Dems just filed papers calling on the judge to throw out the lawsuit that's the basis for Trump's "settlement" creating his new slush fund, arguing that DOJ is colluding with Trump to illegally circumvent Congress:

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The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

Memphis Press-Scimitar, 21 December 1945. "[Gerald Smith] wants to preserve 'Christian Nationalism' without domination by the Jews or any other minority group. And he wants America First--with Mr. Smith leading the 'crusade.'"

A stunning #Roman amber flask, found in Aquileia, dating 1st/2nd c. AD. Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire. 📷 Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia 🏺

This settlement violates the separation of powers under Article I and it is being contemplated in order to avoid an order from an Article III that a President cannot instruct a federal agency to give him money. I am not sure this could be more wildly unconstitutional.

This is about Warren who, if the voting trends here in GA hold, looks to lose her seat. Kemp last used the loophole in 2020 to block a SC election the GOP was going to lose bc of their vicious abortion ban efforts that Warren supported. georgiademocrat.org/sarah-warren...

LOLOL Reuters deliberately went to a small rural spot that went for Trump by 49 points and *hasn’t voted for a Democratic president in more than 60 years*. “Look!” Reuters cries out, desperate for clicks. “These people who’ve hated Democrats since 1964 still hate the Democratic Party!”

👀👀👀 These aren't the *final final* Georgia early voting numbers but after an expected mammoth final day... Democrats have a nearly 15% advantage (56.6% - 41.9%) over Republicans. The 2026 midterm trend of D enthusiasm + GOP apathy continues apace, for now. #gapol

Tressie on how, for women, leaning in is not relevant to this moment, and neither is AI. Gift link, good piece www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o...

Birthday boy Sven celebrated turning 7 in true style alongside his bestie Freya! 🎉 His birthday sniffari featured mealworms, icy treats, meat, eggs, and a special layered cake. From sniffing to snacking, Sven made the most of his big day. Happy 7th birthday to this rescued cutie! ❤️🎂

They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them? www.projectsaltbox.com/p/contracts-...

Trump brought the NVIDIA CEO on his trip to China to lobby Xi Jinping to buy advanced AI chips, even though it would create a U.S. national security threat. It turns out Trump also bought millions in NVIDIA's stock. The President's corruption is a national security disaster.

People will be like ‘Bluesky is all academics & historians’ & I’ll be like, ‘You mean the people who enthusiastically tell me the coolest shit I ever heard?????’

Ancient Yew tree in the cloister of a ruined monastery. Muckross, Killarney, Ireland.

"Since 2023, 32 laws in over a dozen red states have been enacted to limit or eliminate campus activities supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Some states are even asserting direct control over the curriculum." Academic Freedom anyone? www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority used outdated examples to say the racial gap in voter turnout has closed, but in reality, the gap is growing — due in part to the Court’s past assaults on the Voting Rights Act. bit.ly/3QIYd5B

Nadine's Botanical Tête-à-Tête

Umabee, a dog with a massive tongue, wears a bowl and its lid as clothes and is the tourism mascot for Higashiyamato, Tokyo.

“I don’t think you can see this as anything other than a raw exercise of power,” said Kareem Crayton, a lawyer at the left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice.

With two days left of early voting ahead of Tuesday's Georgia primary + two state supreme court races, a huge surge of Democratic votes reported. (Gov. Brian Kemp announcing a June special session that'll include redistricting for 2028 is likely to juice D turnout even more)

"If students complained that the course had too much science and 'science' was in the course title, drink."

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

Duffy embarked on the all-expenses-paid Great American Road Trip, designed as a “guide to the historic landmarks, open roads, and small towns that tell 250 years of this country’s story.” But as the financing has come into view, the trip looks less like civic uplift than a rolling ethics problem.

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

Big redistricting news: NOTUS reports Maryland Senate leader Bill Ferguson could be reconsidering after he blocked Dems from passing a new map to flip a GOP House seat earlier this year. It could be be too late for 2026, but Dems could at least put a measure on November's ballot for a new 2028 map

The GA GOP has held the state house, senate, and governorship — a trifecta of power — for more than two decades now. We still turned purple; so, now, they’ll turn to gerrymandering yet again. They can’t win without the gerrymandering.

It should be pointed out over and over that besides Bari Weiss being completely obsessed with turning CBS into a television version of her anti-woke, pro-Israel blog, she is also extremely incompetent at the nuts and bolts of running a network. www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

In the original Alien Enemies act case, 174 former judges join in asking the entire DC Cir to rehear the appeal "in light of the profound implications" of the decision by a three-judge panel to "peremptorily halt" Judge Boasberg's contempt of court inquiry: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72029...

Some of you are BORN for this!!!

This is wild

Agreed. @democrats.org — Field more candidates who say they’ll seize the billions in ill-gotten gains and put the money to use benefiting the American people rather than the billionaires and their sycophants. Thanks.

Reason 1,000,001 why we should and must fund our researchers, universities and related labs that, yet again, rise to the moment. ~25 years ago when I was bouncing in & out of the ER while my lungs filled with fluid and I coughed up blood, my ATL docs didn’t even know to suspect a hantavirus.

OMG my Romantic Textualities special issue ‘Romanticism Goes to University’ is OUT www.romtext.org.uk/issues/issue...

They're hiding the Republican affiliation for candidates in blue counties, and only blue counties. www.wabe.org/kemp-signs-c...

This likely violates the Georgia Constitution's uniformity clause.

Behind the scenes with the coolest snack crew!Our otter family received a wiggly, chilly treat to enjoy: frozen Jell-O enrichment! Sticky paws and happy squeaks. 💙 📹: Animal care staff Katie

EXCLUSIVE: We obtained dozens of hours of never-before-seen audio and video recordings from the investigative file in the Fulton County election interference case against Trump. Read, listen, or watch: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/new-...

Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people. @maxblau.bsky.social @joeljacobs.bsky.social

observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot the 6 creatures hidden in the picture? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

#UglyDogs please comment.

Tomb of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), Uppsala cathedral. The Svenska kyrkan is a big tent … #c18 #c18th #18thc

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

Nighttime view of the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, during the peak of cherry blossom season. Photography by @HiRaw510

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

someone please send this to Louise Lucas thx

this is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

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