NYT reporting that a proposed Trump-backed memorandum with Iran would reportedly release $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

well done william

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

Stephen Colbert is a national treasure: The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.

We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

ICYMI — SEBASTIAN STAN (who played Trump in a movie): “It’s not a laughing matter. I think we’re in a really really bad place right now. I really do.” 🇺🇸 He says media consolidation, censorship, and nonstop legal threats are signals he has witnessed firsthand while working.

Black Betty Boop?!? Next they’re going to want a white Jesus!

Very important podcast. Follow the money is one investigators creed to expose criminal behavior. Hear from experts who study crypto. I have been saying from the beginning it smacks of a pyramid scheme/ MLM. Those who push the fantasy- the podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Trump’s Iran “endgame” is surrender dressed as strength. They mocked Obama’s deal, which cut Iran’s enriched uranium by 98% and centrifuges by two-thirds, then tore it up and handed Netanyahu a worse outcome: Iran stronger, Hormuz in play, America walking away. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

NEW: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's office reacts to Thursday's "Broadview Six" revelations. The former lead prosecutor in the case had serving as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Now Durbin's office says her detail from the Justice Department "has been terminated."

WATCH: Larry Bushart credits Phil Williams’ coverage with springing him from Perry County jail after he was imprisoned 37 days for posting a Trump meme about a Charlie Kirk vigil (he just settled for $835,000) Full interview: www.instagram.com/reel/DYnDdZX...

/8 Next, the judge tells them that (1) she wasn’t inclined to find vindictive prosecution before but now she’s revisiting, and (2) there are sanctions and findings of ethical violations coming.

> @politico.com www.politico.com/live-updates...

AXIOS: “Fetterman’s chief of staff resigned Wednesday…” — yeah that checks out. “The Pennsylvania Democrat has had a serious staff retention problem as he's faced scrutiny over his health struggles and changing political brand.” www.axios.com/2026/05/20/j...

Just wanted to let you know that the IRS has audited every president annually for decades now to ensure there was no corruption and the reason you didn't know that was because only one president found that to be a problem

I think a lot of people should go to prison when this is over

NEW: Records released tonight show that Reynolds, makers of Vuse vapes, gave $5 Million to MAGA Inc. days before the FDA wrote a policy that could allow them to make millions selling flavored vapes. Via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

I had the opportunity to interview Xavier Becerra. I appreciate that he’s not blowing smoke up our ass when it comes to single-payer healthcare. He understands the political & financial hurdles, but also made clear he’s committed to doing the work to move California closer to making it a reality.

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

Wall Street Journal says Russia is not doing well at all in their illegal assault on sovereign Ukraine. Nice to get some good news! www.wsj.com/world/russia...

I can’t wait for the next president to create a fund that pays reparations to Black and Indigenous people without any Congress approval or oversight whatsoever.

In 2025, HHS issued stop work order for federal research lab that studies Ebola virus and other deadly pathogens and fired its director. This lab was a world leader in accelerating development therapies and vaccines for Ebola and other viruses. 1/ www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

Blah, blah, blah. This is the 586th time Republicans on the Armed Services Committees have been concerned / bothered / not happy about the latest thing Trump/Hegseth did. They won’t take a stand or do a damn thing because they are all terrified of Trump.

“I don’t even choose my own outfits,” is not something a grown man should admit in public.

Democrats need to start working on their Project 2029 right now, including reforming the highest court in the land. Without this critical change, the rest of our agenda may be impossible. “Fortune favors the bold.“

NYT confirms — with new details: Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona. One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."

WATCH — @kamalaharris.com to Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “They’re back-dooring racism through politics… If they thought they could win on merit they wouldn’t have to resort to cheating… your fight is for 🇺🇸, and everything we say we stand for.”

The maker of jets that crashed and killed everyone onboard and the carmaker fined tens of millions for mishandled recalls have suddenly decided to sponsor their top regulator's reality show purely for the love of the open road www.wsj.com/business/boe...

So Trump is talking about dropping the federal gas tax. A heroic cutting of gas prices. That’s 18.4 cents. And it will mean billions lost to the Highway Trust Fund that roads depend on. Another genius move from his reckless war adventure that will succeed in making life worse.

The Trump Administration has been using law enforcement to target elected leaders, particularly Black elected leaders, since they singled out Ras Baraka and LaMonica McIver when they tried to inspect a detention center.

As has become tradition on that other social channel I fled for here, I say to you, my friends and colleagues: May the Fourth be with You! (We must continue to fight the dark side even when they have a cool theme tune.)

"Trump’s initial post about removing US troops from Germany came just hours after he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long sought to reduce the number of NATO troops in Europe... "The Pentagon 'was not expecting it'... www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

My first RN job was in Labor and Delivery, Postpartum and Newborn care. Mifepristone has SO many other uses, but they don’t care about that. In my job we used it to help induce labor when needed, or help it along. This is a slippery slope. I hate it here. We TOLD you this was going to happen.

Marco Rubio's former roommate David Rivera has been found guilty of secretly lobbying the Trump administration and Congress on behalf of Venezuela. During his Venezuela lobbying blitz, Rivera met with Rubio. Days later, Rubio used Rivera's talking points in a speech.

Again: this is real life.

Wow, congrats to the Trump team for throwing away 13 American lives and at least $50B to leave the regime intact, their nuclear material still in their hands, and the Strait closed. Mission accomplished!

Guess we all need ballrooms now.

In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

Our current economy is rigged. It just is. A new report shows that 88 of the largest companies in America, including: Amazon Citigroup Haliburton Kohl's Palantir PayPal PG&E Southwest Airlines Tesla United Airlines Disney paid ZERO corporate income tax last year.

Black voter participation soared right after the VRA passed in 1965. But not until 1992, after Congress strengthened the VRA to require majority-minority districts, did we start getting closer to proportional Black representation in Congress. Because Black votes finally counted more in the South.

There it is. Any questions?

🚨 THIS SHOULD SET OFF EVERY ALARM: Louisiana is about to pull the rug mid-election. Let’s be clear what’s happening. 📌Absentee ballots already out 📌Early voting starts May 2 📌Election day is May 16 And just days before voting begins, Gov Landry is planning to suspend the primary entirely.

So an F5 actually bombed a US air base in Kuwait????? Are you friggin serious?

Hey folks, who’s watching the California governor debate tonight? I’m looking for every Dem on that stage to take it to the Republicans, no soft-pedaling, no playing nice. What are you looking for tonight? Tonight, Wednesday, April 22, 7 PM PT on KTLA. Link to watch in 🧵

The F.B.I. began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

AI will achieve everything and tesla will be 11 months from full self-driving