"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit." Taxing the rich works!

ICE was created post 9/11 to combat terrorist threats. If they aren't combatting the number one terror threat to America - Domestic Violent Extremism and white supremacists - then they don't need to exist as an agency.

i’m somewhat amused by just how quickly the White House responded to Charlie Kirk’s death in both actions and words. I’m somewhat not surprised by MAGA’s top voices demanding immediate retribution upon their perceived enemies without knowing who the shooter was. Is it just me?

A new artist, his painting is all over the world

Max Verstappen's pole lap for the Italian GP is the fastest lap in Formula One history. The Dutchman's time of 1:18.792 eclipses Lewis Hamilton’s previous track record at Monza. More from @madelinecoleman.bsky.social

The richest 100 billionaires in the U.S. have a net worth totaling $3.86 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is collectively worth $4 trillion. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

Someone has to do a Gavin / MAGA take on, 'He's The Most Interesting Man In The World' commercial ..

A well placed 2 coma donation to Trump’s 2028 exploratory 3rd term Presidential PAC should have him out of prison in the next few weeks and running the Center for Disease Control

Vladimir Putin has clearly made a calculation, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues: Donald Trump, to use the language he once hurled at Volodymyr Zelensky, has no cards, and his fond wish to be seen as a peacemaker can be safely ignored. https://theatln.tc/6bX6jcrP

Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

This is K2-18b. It’s a planet outside of our solar system, about 2 1/2 times the size of earth, orbiting a small red dwarf star. The James Webb space telescope spent time studying this planet via spectroscopy and determined it has gases in its atmosphere that are only created through biology!

"People look back on the golden age of American manufacturing with fondness because it provided the elusive 'good jobs at good wages.' To the extent that was actually true, it was thanks to an interlocking series of policies that MAGA Republicans happen to hate." -- @snipy.bsky.social

Brian Eno is awesome. Tells it like it is. Spicy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...

Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯! "You journalists need to get your balls back"

In light of Bookers' Senate floor marathon filibuster to be considered as a litmus test for age limits in the Senate, Trump will be signing an executive order that will limit litmus tests to a single +/- pee strip.

Cowards.

For over 50 years, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has given us the weather service, managed our abundant fisheries, and provided critical climate research. Now, President Trump is slashing the agency and these services are at risk.

And now we have the answer on why Louis DeJoy abruptly resigned as Postmaster General. Trump intends to take over the Post Office. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I’d love to see this movie at this moment in America. Not streaming anywhere, unfortunately. @criterion.bsky.social… You listening? youtu.be/5eb1RQ7prJY?...

cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Love it.😄🤣😄

“ Kash Patel is a freak. And not the Rick James kind. It’s a thumbs down for crooked Kash. This is a guy who openly attacked the FBI and compromised its relationship with the intelligence community, and now he could be running the damn thing? That is just plain stupid.” — Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove

California’s right-to-know law, which requires companies to warn people about harmful chemicals in their products, has swayed many companies to stop using those chemicals altogether, a new study found.

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

reupping this from the wall street journal -- oct 25 2024: www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Project 2025 calls for gutting CISA, a federal agency that protects elections from cyber threats. Here's how it could have grave implications for the future of election security.

Perfect.

Hey, while we're talking about erasing history: In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun." The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen. So they refused to announce a winner🤡

At some point in human history, we stopped letting the dumbest amongst us get eaten by sabre-toothed tigers. That's where it all went wrong.

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Per NBC News Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced in a statement today that she will vote against the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, becoming the first Republican to voice opposition.

Homeland Security officials have removed Adm. Linda Fagan from her role as the Coast Guard’s commandant, according to a note sent to service members, the first firing of a top military officer under the Trump administration. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

If Elon Musk threw that Nazi salute around some punk musicians I’ve known, he would have been immediately punched in the throat.

How much longer will we have to endure the wrath of boring, unattractive white men who are furious that more people aren’t as impressed with them as they think we should be?

Catching up with Landman. I think Billy Bob Thornton and Ali Larter have the healthiest relationship of any couple on television.

Good Point 👇

Listen to music. Refine your look. Spend more time with your dog. Go to the movies (yes, at the cinema). Read some great fiction. Take a walk. Reconnect with nature. Treat yourself to some new shoes, a new watch, or a massage. Help others in need. I could go on…

Mike Turner is positioned to do the funniest possible thing right now. Go ahead, Mike. Switch parties and upend the House.😂

Cowards ...

Evangelicals overwhelmingly chose Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter — a literal Sunday school teacher. There is no reason to think they will ever return to sanity…