So. A judge said, "turn it over", and voila!.. the US District Court of MN got it. Wait. That means if the MN state police had just filed a lawsuit when the FBI/DOJ refused it to them... How long ago was the murder? 4 months. And for a different case. www.startribune.com/federal-gove...

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

The conditions of medical neglect and sanitation already make them death camps....but murders by the bigot goons in charge of people's welfare, unquestionably do...

There is zero reason for Data Centers to be using up resources. They are perfectly able to integrate solar panels to provide the electric they need and there are water cooling systems that use 70% less water called closed-loop systems or recirculating cooling towers. Don't believe the lies.

Begging Democrats to understand this about their opponent's "promises."

When Trump's war on Iran is driving up the cost of oil and gas for all Americans... ...He's paying companies to NOT invest in renewable energy. Oh, and the source of those corrupt pay-offs? ♦️Your taxpayer dollars.

America is designed to oppress Black people. It has oppressing Black people in its design. That's why listening to Black people, & standing with Black people against our oppression, frees everybody. But if you buy into America's mechanisms of oppressing us & participate in them you don't get that.

Work requirements for benefits is *literally* the government forcing taxpayers to subsidize exploitative employers who would otherwise let their employees starve

I've been thinking about this for a while. The only way these places shut down is through force. The fascists are making too much money and inflicting too much pain to stop willingly or legally.

he's explicitly a eugenicist

When faced with the prospect of a possible lawsuit, many outlets will think twice about their hiring choices. This isn't about merit v. diversity (a stupid construct, IMO). In this climate, even the most qualified women and minority candidates may be passed over to mitigate litigation risk.

But prevailing in court is probably not the EEOC's goal. While this lawsuit takes aim at the media behemoth that is the NYTimes, its true impact will be in smaller newsrooms across the country, where management will worry about putting themselves in the EEOC's (and the Administration's) crosshairs.

as per melissa's thread, it is really important to understand that a major goal of this administration is the resegregation of key institutions of american society

By way of example, in just one case, in discovery, I got over a hundred hours of video. Just one case. Most of it was irrelevant and the state trying to bury me in paper since I'm a one woman shop. I still have to watch all of it though. At standard billing rates, just that would be $40,000.

People have absolutely no idea how much it costs to do these cases well. None. Zero. If you want people to fight this shitty government, it takes money. You can't just show up and say "Hi judge this case sucks, please dismiss it." Believe me, I wish I could.

Hey so as someone actually representing people arrested in Illinois for protesting ICE and doing it pro bono, if you think @katmabu.bsky.social is exaggerating about the cost, you have absolutely no idea. I literally maxed out every credit card I have just on expenses. And that's for STATE court.

The new Trump counterterrorism strategy document lists “left-wing extremists,” people with “radically pro-transgender” ideologies, and “anti-fascists” as top national security threats like ISIS. So if Trump is classing anti-fascists as terrorists, he is acknowledging his regime is fascist.. right ?

The federal government’s use of an active-duty Army lawyer to prosecute a civilian in Minnesota runs afoul of military regulations, U.S. Magistrate Shannon Elkins said. But Elkins ruled the case could proceed, as she does not have the authority to enforce Pentagon rules. Kyle Rempfer May 7, 2026

It's all of a piece. The fact that most of us can't see that is in part why we are where we are.

Juristocracy is bad

A democratically elected remap can't happen, but TN Rs can ram through a remap that's being protested against by the populace. America under Republican rule.

premature anti-Robertsism

Put another way, gutting the Voting Rights Act was to gut Black representation in the government. Proposed solutions that don’t center that representation aren’t really getting at the problem at hand.

Trump’s sons signed a weapons deal with the Air Force during a war Congress never authorized. Amazon paid $40 million for a Melania documentary, then won a $581 million no-bid Pentagon contract. The corruption is not hidden anymore. It is the business model. November cannot come fast enough.

Gas prices are not yet high enough and won’t be officially too high until people stop having lunch in their idling car on outrageously beautiful days like today.

There are many stereotypes abt Black ppl. Most of them negative. But the ultimate truth about our legacy is simple. The legacy of the African American is that we won rights for every demographic. Every domino that fell, it began with Black liberation struggles. Freedom of movement? We gave you that.

In other words, they want you to think they're the Gestapo, when they're really just a modern J. Edgar Hoover. COINTELPRO-style tactics are awful and can definitely disrupt movements, but it's mostly an escalation of how feds have gone after anarchists, environmentalists, and Muslims for years

"The Government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT." A US judge slammed DOGE's use of AI in a decision today blocking the termination of $100M in humanities grants, finding DOGE lacked authority and unlawfully based decisions on race and viewpoint buff.ly/Qw0qcDH

"in advance of actual reform the next best thing is making the threat....So it should hearten you every time the Chief Justice has a whine-fest like this. He hears you. The Supreme Court descended to this level of corruption because of a total lack of accountability."

The voice of a deeply corrupt man running a deeply corrupt Court.

“Wow, okay” is pure Midwestern.

allowing red states to order up corrupt scotus rulings on Uber has led to some pretty nervy behavior talkingpointsmemo.com/news/louisia...

The missile hunting stuff is probably the least problematic aspect of the war. Im much more startled by the amount of munitions that we seems to have expended on honestly irrelevant targets.

Fascism seeks to destroy all care work.

Ok, where can I buy this sombrero?

"'Because you have all this information and knowledge that isn't publicly available yet, it's almost foolish not to bet on it before it's made public,' the staffer said. The staffer said campaign bets by fellow staffers were commonplace in this particular campaign and the ones that followed."

"The review of the accommodation requests [backlog of 9,000 cases] is complicated by the fact that extensive layoffs at the agency in April 2025 included officials who oversaw looking into reasonable accommodations."

And the judge is too chickenshit, and might dismiss his case....

not in politics, no! female politicians who actually have lived low-income “working class” lives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Katie Porter and Cori Bush are mocked for their former jobs and described as “lacking polish”

John Fetterman, Graham Platner, and Tucker Carlson all grew up with money (Carlson most of all) and have prominent national positions (or in Platner's case, a live shot at one). They're different from each other, but they're all white men called working class because of how they dress and/or talk.

It’s remarkable that while offering a critique of liberal messaging, perhaps the single most foolish, head-smacking bit of liberal messaging — the need for a strong Republican Party — is brought up.

I’m so glad I worked ten hours today so my taxes can pay for this corrupt fools’ alcoholic gifts. Can SOMEONE in the media ask every Repub why this is allowed?!

An overwhelming majority of American workers—over 90 percent—support the right to earned time off. @betseystevenson.bsky.social explains what a federal guarantee of earned paid time off could look like—and how it would benefit all workers: www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...

The harder part is what comes next. Most of my tribe — academic economists — don't like a microphone. We type. We publish. We earn the respect of seven other economists who read the paper. But almost nobody outside that room ever hears any of it. That's what I want to change.

Example: IT'S NOT FAIR that Argentinian ranchers get $40 BILLION DOLLARS of our money when we can't afford to buy ground beef.

We should absolutely recenter around corruption given that every local government definition of ‘affordability’ is practically synonymous with ‘slashing taxes and thus reducing services’

Today is the final day of the Border Security Expo and the schedule is shorter. Earlier was a panel with a lead of the Appian Corporation & DHS’ Jaclyn Rubino on how how industry partners should take advantage of the increased money flow going to CBP, ICE and the Secret Service thanks to the OBBBA.

One in five student interactions with generative A.I. “involved cheating, self-harm, bullying, and other problematic behaviors,” according to a report published by Education Week. Why is the technology being adopted by schools? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5KmOKm

Meanwhile someone made millions on the stock market this morning, placing a $920 million crude oil short at 3:40 AM. 70 minutes later Axios "reported" the US and Iran were close to a new and improved mythical deal. Oil dropped 12%. The trader made $125 million in profit in an hour.

Excited to announce that I will be giving the opening keynote for @newpublic.org + @publicspaces.net Open Social Award Show in Amsterdam next month! My keynote will discuss how we do community governance at @blackskyweb.xyz Best of luck to all applicants and hope to see you there!