A judge in WY just dismissed 9 cases w/o prejudice bc Trump's US Attorney told the GJ: 1) They were all murderers (just one is accused of murder) 2) They “did what you are going to hear about.” Deliberations won't take long 3) Told grand jurors they were getting slam dunks.

And there it is, folks. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

it's fascinating that in the midst of a historically unpopular presidency driven almost entirely by voluntary choices made by a rapidly declining president with an adversarial relationship with the press, we see a complete dearth of "gop needs to change course" thinkpieces and coverage

They are raising taxes on electric vehicles but not on gasoline vehicles. It’s bad policy during an energy crisis but also during any other time too.

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

Small typo there, what you guys meant to write was "splitting their allegiances depending on whether they want to work for Silicon Valley or want to lead the progressive movement."

Source after source told 60 Minutes they fear today’s insider trading scandal about military secrets is tomorrow’s national security scandal. If market-watchers can spot irregular trades, surely enemies can, too. And they’ll make their war plans accordingly. cbsn.ws/4uSxuCf

Whether it’s Ken Paxton committing multiple felonies or James Talarico ordering a vegetarian taco, both Texas Senate candidates have troubled pasts.

"This brings the total spent on “Alligator Alcatraz” and “Deportation Depot” — Florida’s other state-run detention center — to at least $460 million. The highest bill — $92 million — went to Doodie Calls, a portable toilet and sanitation company." www.wlrn.org/2026-05-14/d...

The most corrupt president in history:

Dragon is officially home (until he goes to Tree House). He’s posted up in the bathroom and wouldn’t get in the crate so I carried him in my arms like a baby to the apartment. He’s a very sweet boy and has a very sweet face.

Following a series of raids that took place on the morning of May 13, a coalition of lawyers is now preparing to file a federal restraining order against federal agents and agencies who have targeted VC Defensa. The full story: lataco.com/vc-defensa-l... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares and Izzy Ramirez

Trump sued his own government to pay himself $10 billion in taxpayer funds. He even said: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself." It's not strange. It's corrupt.

Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Watching Starfleet Acadamy, and while it was a bit awkward on paving, it was pretty decent. Very CW meets Star Trek but good potential. Super disappointed that angry internet nerds may have played a part in its demise.

U.S. market regulators are seeking information from Kalshi and Polymarket over wagers tied to political events and military operations.

NEW She was deported without her toddler. Then ICE blamed her for his killing. wapo.st/4wyzH7u

A $100 billion AI data center in northwest Utah just got county approval despite nearly 4,000 complaints. It would span 40,000 acres and require 9 gigawatts of power — more than the entire state currently uses.

There it is. The Senate parliamentarian rules the $1 billion for Trump's ballroom in the GOP's budget reconciliation bill violates the rules + is subject to 60 votes vs 51. Via budget committee Dems:

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

Someone complained that my posts are too liberal, so tonight's Low Quality Ad is dedicated to my conservative followers. I think you guys will relate to this bumper sticker. collabs.shop/oqtgvl

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"The Trump administration has struck what some see as the final blow to PEPFAR, the vaunted US program that has saved the lives of 26 million people living with HIV. The State Dept now says that as of 30 September, CDC support for PEPFAR will end in most countries." www.science.org/content/arti...

"Nearly 60% of those detained have no criminal convictions... 'When it was built in the middle of the Everglades last summer, officials said they needed to put it out there because they were going to house the worst of the worst... Clearly that’s not the case'..." www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/f...

Jesus Christ this is the most chilling thing I've read in ages. The "new understanding of truth" described here is not new in any way, it is basically a return to pre-literate dark ages & the inevitable result is going to be fascism.

I’m trying to imagine any Republican governor in America doing the equivalent of what Jared Polis just did. This is why Democrats lose.

Funny (not funny but you know) that a substantial number of people in this country can't accurately assess what's going on because they can't bring themselves to believe that someone could be this stupid, let alone the president

FBI Director Kash Patel is drawing renewed criticism after the New York Times reported he used a government jet to fly to Philadelphia for a country music concert at the Linc.

We've normalized working people living out of their cars because we can't normalize taxing billionaires.

Apparently there was a lot of discussion at the recent "Border Security Expo" about iris scanning. Which ICE claims is "99% accurate" which is much more accurate than using fingerprint.

Bibi FuknYahoo Is Still Murdering Innocent Civilians, This Time In Lebanon. He Is Bibi The Butcher....

the right wing takeover of corporate media catapulting aljazeera +160% year over year is kind of incredible tbh

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency request to revive a voter-approved plan that would have allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in response to Republican gerrymanders in other states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Virginia elected Democrats because we wanted fighters. They have the governor and the state legislature. If you're incapable and unwilling to fight, then resign. You're not built for this, and you're complicit due to your cowardice. The majority, we're done here.

The funniest thing about the “fertility debate” is that it has an easy answer as far as America is concerned (let in more immigrants) but people are like that is neither racist nor misogynist enough

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

It is, in fact, necessary. www.offmessage.net/p/impeach-ja...

Jared Polis is a coward who capitulates to MAGA bullies. He is unfit to lead in this moment, is a disgrace to Colorado and the country, and should resign. www.npr.org/2026/05/15/n...

One third of Chihuahua was occupied by the US in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. The other two-thirds has now also been informally occupied and is being used as a staging grounds for CIA led operations all across Mexico, with the cooperation of Chihuahua's PAN government.

to me clintonism is basically accepting this bad notion that america is fundamentally conservative. its looking at the current world always through the lens of the 1984 landslide and assuming democrats just have to suck it up and not be progressive. its bad then, worse now.

as ive written before, what democrats need -- and what theyve needed since post-carter -- is a complete shakeup on the level of the conservative takeover of the gop in 64. that should have been what we got under obama, but obama was not that person. we've been muddling through with clintonism.

ISRAEL IS READYING ITSELF FOR A POSSIBLE RESTART OF WAR WITH IRAN, SAYS A TOP OFFICIAL.

What Trump is planning to do is order his Justice Department (and it is *his*, not ours) to give him $1.7 billion in taxpayer money that he can use to pay fellow insurrectionists so they're eager to keep helping him to overthrow democracy. He's the most corrupt president in U.S. history, by far.

The Kaiser surgical nurse and DACA recipient who Mission Local reported was at risk of losing her job because of a delayed immigration renewal application will now be able to keep her job. missionlocal.org/2026/05/kais...

BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.

BREAKING: In light of new evidence of misconduct by the Trump Administration, Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team is asking the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to re-open his immigration case and terminate proceedings.

CAPITAL ECON: “.. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is draining global oil inventories fast. Inventories could reach critical levels by end-June, setting the stage for Brent at $130-140pb, if not higher. And don’t expect US producers to ride to the rescue.”

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Stalinist vetting of high school orchestra music here in Wisconsin. Only symphony pieces with correct ideological inspiration allowed: Watertown school board will not allow high school kids to play an instrumental orchestra piece because the composer wrote it with a woman from Stonewall in mind: