New from @alexjn.bsky.social and me at @motherjones.com: Trump's Medicaid fraud campaign has come to California. Not only is there no evidence of fraud, it puts disabled people on home care's lives at risk. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"I Don't Think about Americans' Finances" open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...

GILLIBRAND: How did we bomb 22 schools? COOPER: There's no indication we have G: So how do you explain publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit and multiple hospitals? C: There's no way we can corroborate that G: Have you investigated those claims? C: We have not

The Single Biggest Question Hanging Over Kevin Warsh's Fed open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

You're Not Going to Believe This open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

🔴 BREAKING: Proposal for US-Iran Non-Aggression Pact Saudi Arabia and several other nations are advocating for a non-aggression pact between the US and Iran to reduce regional tensions. #US #Trump #Iran

Russia invaded and fortified positions. Ukraine (with Pentagon support) in 2023 tried to decisively counterattack: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Uk... ...but losses were deemed unsustainable. Since that moment of stalemate, Ukraine's strategy and technology have adapted more quickly than Russia's.

"Overnight, the Russians launched over 670 strike drones and 56 missiles across Ukraine. "It is in the interests of all who seek peace that pressure on Russia must be continued. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine." - Volodymyr Zelenskyy 😡

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine’s Armed Forces are now the strongest and most powerful army in Europe. He said Ukrainians created new tactics, techniques and technologies, shaping a unique hybrid asymmetric war against Russia. #Ukraine

❗️Zelensky thanked Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar for condemning Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine. He said Moscow again showed it is a common threat not only to Ukraine, but to neighboring countries and Europe as a whole. #Ukraine

The world needs Ukraine.

"Perhaps the most attention-grabbing criticism of the Carney government's proposed changes to environmental regulations and permitting has come not from across the aisle, but from within the Liberal caucus — and is being framed as a comparison with the last Conservative prime minister."

#Ukraine Doubles Russian Air Defense Losses as #Drone Strikes Reshape Battlefield Balance #StandWithUkraine #RussiaAggression #RussianCrimes #Dictatorship #Surveillance #Censorship #RussianWarCrimes #PutinsWar #Muscovy #Russia united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

From t.me/noel_reports #Russian losses per 14/05/26 reported by the #Ukrainian_General_Staff +1060 men +3 tanks +3 #ACVs +68 artillery +1 #MLRS +3 #AD systems +2319 #UAVs +6 #GRCs #Russia conducted a mass missile and drone attack overnight.

Review of the Russian losses, both one year ago and for the entire period. As always, big thanks to @ragnarbjartur.bsky.social from which the statistics are taken! johanno1.se/en/report-on...

".. By invoking the concept, Beijing elevates US-China tensions beyond trade disputes or Taiwan into something bigger — a defining test of how major powers interact." @bloomberg.com #Thucydides www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Xi: My hope for our two countries is that we could avoid the Sugondese Trap Trump: What is the Sugondese Trap? Xi (grinning):

1/2 🔥👉 No mention of the dangerous issue re: Taiwan in the 🇺🇸 readout. "Xi warned Trump that mishandling the Beijing-claimed island of Taiwan would cause 'clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.' Beijing's foreign ministry said." 🧾 is.gd/mnVVXC

Right after reports came out that #China and #U.S. agreed the Strait of #Hormuz needed to stay #open, Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi rushed out and announced the Strait was now “completely open” again. That is not confidence but a regime scrambling in panic as its leverage rapidly collapses

Markwayne is saying arrests at the World Cup are “not off the table” while saying the Gestapo won’t have a presence there out the other side of his face. DO NOT COME HERE IT IS NOT SAFE!!!!

[NYTimes]: Xi Warned of the ‘Thucydides Trap.’ What Is It? China’s leader reached for Greek history to warn the United States of what can happen when a rising power meets an incumbent one. By Leo Sands, May 14, 2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/w... #china #usa #thucydidesTrap

Just amazing. Trump boasts to Hannity to suggest that Xi is wrapped around his little finger but now his cheerleaders have decided that means he has autonomy over Hormuz that he obviously doesn’t have. So now his position is worse.

The deeper concern emerging around Gen. Dan Caine’s testimony and Iran war reporting is institutional strain. Congress, Pentagon officials, and even some Republicans are questioning whether Trump expanded military conflict without clear legal authority, strategy, or endgame.

The American people are watching the courts abandon precedent, ignore the Constitution, and bend over backwards to give Donald Trump whatever he wants. Every ruling like this further erodes people’s faith in institutions that are supposed to be independent, credible, and grounded in the law.

When you run the Government, they let you do whatever you want to do. . Including paying yourself $10,000,000,000. Really.. www.alternet.org/trump-irs-su...

I bet those Kentucky Fox viewers who were mad they couldn't vote against him feel pretty stupid now never mind

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

🦅🔥 Ukraine has doubled the destruction of Russian air defense systems in six months — Der Spiegel Last month, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed almost twice as many air defense systems and radars as in October last year.

Not sure what this is about, but the cameras kept rolling as press was being moved once Trump and Xi entered the room. Someone is heard saying “get the f outta here”

Ukraine: Vehicles of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs were damaged in a Russian drone attack in Kherson

Fox News: Chinese gov says Trump was told that Taiwan is the most important issue on the table and warns the future of U.S.-China ties depends on how it’s handled. U.S. CEOs are also making pitches for expanded business ties during the ongoing meeting.

Graham: Xi could pick up the phone and help end the Russia-Ukraine war. He could help end the Iran conflict if he chose to. If China continues to disrupt the world by propping up Iran and Russia without paying a price, we will have made a huge mistake.

Nobody has done more for American agriculture and rural America than President Trump and a Republican-only Congress???

Egg on my face if I'm wrong, but this will de-escalate tension because China will have fewer missiles aimed against them. China wants to reintegrate Taiwan through trade and cultural exchange. An invasion would be costly, leaving Taiwan as a pile of rubble. The Chinese coast is reachable by Taiwan

Release what the law requires already. Not stuff related to the victims that is not supposed to be released. "2 Weeks" tRump... #OperationEpsteinFury #SendBarron #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinBallroom #EpsteinVisa #Maxwell #FollowTheMoney #StuckWithAMoronForAPresident #OperationEpsteinsSledgehammer

Rep. Mark Alford: "Our partnership with Taiwan is important, but ... "

This is a permanent UN Security Council member, yet again, attacking a UN humanitarian convoy with FPV drones. This is a targeted attack and there is no excuse - the operators would have seen the UN markings clearly through their FPV cameras, exactly as we can see them here.

Portuguese Air Force F-16M fighters scrambled from Ämari Air Base in Estonia to intercept and escort a Russian Su-35 and An-12 aircraft, marking the detachment's sixth interception since 1 April under NATO enhanced Air Policing 2026. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=69245

#Hormuz #Iran

Musk in China 🇺🇸🇨🇳😅

So he carried drugs on Air Force One and is taking them in China, which has the death penalty for drugs

I'll believe it when I see it, but this sounds like a major breakthrough

Today's news roundup: -Pentagon abruptly cancels brigade deployment to Poland as part of Trump’s drawdown -US wants to start implementing Gaza peace plan in areas outside Hamas control -Judge orders US to return Colombian woman deported to DRC 👇 www.justsecurity.org/138969/early...

More than 300 targets were downed by interceptor STING yesterday and overnight. And that’s only what we know so far. Three units destroyed over 200 drones. One of them alone accounted for 120 targets. The record for the highest number of interceptions by a single crew was also broken twice.

Safety issues = Iran is in control

[1/10] 2026-05-14 19:38:02 - [The comprehensive waiting time for public housing in Hong Kong has shortened to 4.7 years, the lowest in more than eight years] The Housing Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on the 14th that the comprehensive waiting time for public housing