NYT reports DOJ is considering settling Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. As I wrote in my Substack, this is a straightforward scam https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/a-judge-calls-out-trumps-self-dealing

Kinda weird no one's calling this World War Trump. He's just exploding shit all throughout the world with no care for second order effects. It really is just him vs. everybody, and you'll only be spared if you seed intimidating shirtless AI pictures of your own country's dictator onto TruthSocial.

It’s never gonna stop being funny/sad how absolutely *terrified* conservative men are of just like… cities.

THIS IS HUGE 🌊 Democrat Quentin Wiltz won the Pearland, Texas mayor's race. Pearland is a Republican stronghold, and its 135,000 residents have consistently voted for Trump in every election since 2016. Not anymore. Congrats, Mayor 👏🏾 📸: FactPost News

Trump will say he brought a delegation of business leaders to China. Don’t be fooled he’s bringing a delegation of billionaires, representatives not of the US economy but of our oligarchy, seeking more for them and not caring much at all about the rest of us.

🚨BIG NEWS: Governor Gavin Newsom is protecting Californians from Trump’s decision to strip Obamacare funding. His revised budget this week will include $300 million to keep $0 health plans available for lower-income Californians on Affordable Care Act plans.

Funny Games (2007)

Pedro Pascal was "jealous" of the kiss Stephen Colbert shared with first guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus, insisted on one of his own.

When did we normalize this? When did it become okay for a president to tell a female reporter she’s a ‘dumb person’ for asking a totally legitimate question about his contradictory answers? Was there a specific date and time it become okay? Normal? Normalized?

A very blue photo of @andyrichter.co @johnfugelsang.bsky.social @bluesboysteve.bsky.social and me backstage at the El Rey for Blue Wave California tonight 💙💙💙

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🧵1/2 Dani Bensky — an Epstein survivor — and @katiephang.bsky.social explore a candle exhibit at the Donald J. Trump Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. Each of the 1,200+ candles represents a person (in many cases, a child) exploited by Epstein. #USDemocracy #MomSky #EpsteinFiles

Having thoroughly damaged America's relationships with Europe, Trump is now getting ready to do the same thing in Asia giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

virgnia foxx is one of those low key members who has been abjectly horrible her entire time in office. a total degenerate.

LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.

This is what it looks when you put a disgusting criminal fraudster in power.

The last month with Ben Stiller still over there tweeting about the Knicks while Nancy Mace calls him a terrorist shows that the only public figures still on there have some sort of kink for sustaining deep moral injuries. All of the celebrities left because being on there is an unwinnable game.

There is a special kind of magic in those who find wonders in the simple yet profound moments of life—those who greet the sunrise with hope, watch the sunset with gratitude, and lose themselves in the vastness of a starry sky or the gentle glow of a full moon.

So paying poor people to have healthcare and poor children to have food at school is fraud and abuse, but paying Donald Trump to paint a perfectly fine reflecting pool for $13 million and build a tacky $1 billion ballroom isn't fraud and abuse? What messed-up priorities this country has!

To everyone new here — thank you. This work can be isolating sometimes. Long nights digging through court filings, survivor testimony, archived interviews, financial records, and forgotten articles. Trying to connect dots powerful people would prefer remain disconnected. Pushing forward anyway.🧵

LOUISIANA: “These bills have diluted the voice of African-Americans, and don’t allow us to see us in Congress… i want to hold office in the future, but I can’t if my voice is diluted in the community.”

According to the Interior Department, Trump’s slop job on the Reflecting Pool is behind schedule and has developed bubbles and holes in the waterproof coating. The paint is uneven and covered with spots, smears and blotches. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

So in case anybody’s counting, today Donald Trump called not one, but two female reporters “stupid.” He is going to continue to do this. He’s going to start calling them far worse. Because nobody fucking stops him.

would anyone be interested in either something written or podcast about the great transgender migration that's going on right now that no one is really talking about. i feel like no one outside of the trans community knows about this at all

Translating: The Trump administration is considering settling a lawsuit that Trump filed against the Trump administration (to get a huge payout straight out o from US coffers).

I did not think it was possible to lose more respect for the Washington Post Opinion team at this point, but here we are

A win! Florida will shutter “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention facility.

Once again, there are special rules for the special boy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

'What we've seen is despicable': Dems hold 'shadow' hearing with Epstein survivors that GOP won't youtu.be/cVLTiovfNPs?...

They've indicted a former FBI Director for posting pictures of seashells on the beach, but NOT ONE PEDOPHILE from the Epstein files has been arrested. Make it make sense.

The president is now singling out congressional staffers, posting their photos, and demanding their firings

Happy 76th birthday to the legendary Stevie Wonder.

“My childhood home is being taken by @GeorgiaPower to supply power to a new data center…” 🤔 They are now seizing people’s homes in Georgia via eminent domain to build power lines for a $17 billion data center. One has been forced into Utah. And xAI in Memphis. And on and on.

Barack Obama meeting James Talarico’s family

The new Supreme Court case about mifepristone is about more than just one abortion drug. It’s about whether conservatives can enforce a nationwide ban and we need to all be aware of the details. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

This HUD chode

To be clear: Trump achieved no strategic objective, gave up the Strait of Hormuz, lied about considerable damage to our side and vastly overplayed "decimation" of Iran forces. Sounds about right.

Hey Mullin: A. Don't conflate being in a leadership position with being a leader – let alone a good leader. B. A "strong leader" is not remotely equivalent to a good leader or an ethical leader. C. "Your and I's"?! English language much? D. No. That book was ghost-written by Tony Schwartz.

Breaking NYT: Brad Raffensperger received a "manifesto" deemed to be a "credible threat on his life" on Monday, the day before a suspicious object disrupted a campaign event in Macon. The handwritten document included a photograph of Raffensperger with the word "Boom" written across his forehead.

This was a university group, so we were center-left. (Again, if you think this is bias and not a reflection of one party's utter contempt for what we do, well, that's on you.) But we named a number of conservative alumni who were definitely influential -- George Will, Sam Alito, etc. /2

I think I've said this before, but I was on a panel advising the Princeton Alumni Weekly on a special issue devoted to the 25 Most Important Living Alumni. When Ted Cruz's name came up, the room got awkward. /1

NEW: The Trump Administration is quietly rewriting federal gun regulations to create the legal framework for an “Amazon for Guns” — and Donald Trump Jr. could profit from it.

There's always a tweet.

Utahn Caroline Gleich is speaking out against the 40,000-acre Stratos data center project. She joins me to explain why an agency called MIDA (Military Installation Development Authority) allows for no transparency on this deal & why angry residents are opposing it. youtu.be/P0a2tq2RLLU?...

It was great joining @jamestalarico.bsky.social and @ginafortexas.bsky.social today in Texas. They're working hard to make a difference in the lives of all Texans, and will be able to do even more as your next Senator and Governor. Let’s get it done, Texas!

The original cost estimate for Trump's tacky ballroom was $200 million. It is now estimated to cost $1 billion. That's a 500% cost increase. So even if the vulgar ballroom was doubled in size, that doesn't justify the cost increasing FIVE TIMES. No wonder Trump went bankrupt in real estate.

Before Donald Trump, America was on a path to beat China — American EV factories and supply chains, good-paying American jobs, and a more secure nation. Trump and Republicans blew that up. Jobs gone. Factories moving overseas. China stronger than ever.

The Gaza Strip after three years of indiscriminate bombing by Israel.

📌Fact is, most everything Mamdani is doing in NYC would benefit rural America, and the bought-off propagandists at Fox will do everything possible to make sure they never know it.

We are now assured that ICE will not be at World Cup games. From the same administration that assured us that it would release the Epstein files, get prices under control, and would not start any wars.