Oh the timing

"Less than a year after pumping $170 billion into immigration enforcement, Senate Republicans voted early this morning to add another $70 billion to that sum." Yes, all of that stuff that's a little out of the news is still going on.

Follow the thread.

TW ⚠️— NPR shares video of an Israeli double tap, bombing Medics who responded after they bombed a family

🚨 BREAKING: Republicans have introduced a new REAL ID bill that could help them revive parts of the anti-voting SAVE America Act and bypass the Senate. The SAVE America Act may be stalled, but the GOP’s push to make voting harder isn’t.

This is exactly why temporary appointments to avoid the scrutiny of a confirmation hearing are so dangerous. You can do a lot of damage in 200 days. And he is not stopped, he will. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

If sleeping beauty was so innocent, it wouldn’t be necessary to go to such great lengths to prevent him from being accountable.

If we don’t vote in the primaries and in November, we’re gonna be so screwed.

Hmmmm. This is interesting. 🤔

So proud of our Tucson activists for calling out Rep. Ciscomani on his attempts to misrepresent himself to constituents. What he says is not how he votes. He has the biggest signs but the Unseat Ciscomani team has bigger voices.

Melanoma mRNA vaccine halves risk of recurrence, metastasis www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

According to Andrew Weissmann, Blanche using sleight of hand; they’re not killing the deal. Trump still gets $1.776 billion. He still gets a sweeping civil liability shield. They only removed the J6 slush fund piece. Same jackpot. Less scrutiny. Worse than before.

Sen. Hassan: "Mr. Secretary, how does the president's requested billion-dollar ballroom or all of these other vanity products lower costs for American families or help constrain spending?" Bessent: "…It is a national security matter." Sen. Hassan: "That's ridiculous, and I think you know it."

Regardless of where the Trumps go, they seem to attract opposition - for valid reasons. open.substack.com/pub/populari...

Trump is instituting an even stricter rule for his big, ugly bill’s Medicaid work requirements by narrowing who can get a medical exemption. Hello? The majority of recipients who can work are already working. Don’t believe his lies for a second.

Pulte may not know anything about overseeing the CIA, but he seems well equipped to carry on the mission of using the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to target Trump’s critics. That’s clearly the job the president has in mind.

Trump has named Bill Pulte, a private equity exec and the chair of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be his acting director of national intelligence. Pulte has no national security experience. His only experience is being loyal to Trump and going after his enemies. Be warned.

And in Arizona, CD 6. This is good.

BREAKING: Huge news in the D.C. circuit court, which ruled that Trump's trans military ban certainly appears to be based on animus and not legitimate reasons. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Trump & Azerbaijan

This is importance to note. Please confirm your voter registration now and make a plan to vote early, whether at the polls or at early vote centers.

“You know what’s best for you” sounds empowering and respectful. But in practice, it can be a subtle way of abandoning a patient to their own devices amidst an ocean of misinformation”. This is an incredible piece on why “medical freedom” in the context of rampant misinformation is so dangerous.

It’s not possible to make informed decisions about health if the information you have at hand is grotesquely incorrect. I wouldn’t have a fraction of the concern that I do about the “medical freedom” movement if it weren’t constructed on a foundation of scientific misinformation.

"One thing that actually propelled actual US greatness after World War II was tying large scientific investments to a non-partisan, merit-based process. But that is not the way of Trump, who wants to extend tools of control and retribution over science." Trump is wrecking everything. Illuminating:

Nancy Mace brags about securing $400 million for GA infrastructure, then forgets to mention the money came from a Biden bill she voted against.

I've spent time with James Talarico and this is why he terrifies MAGA Republicans.

Any physician who claims Mr. Sleepy Droopy dilapidated trump, perpetually bruised, barely clinging to life, is in "excellent health" should be disbarred. They are LYING to us, America. This is a massive coverup.

Congratulations Dr. JB Marshall on your excellent letter to the editor in today's Arizona Daily Star! No to billions of dollars for others using billions of gallons of precious water. The only data center I need is a public library.

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Nearly every artist booked for the Trump-backed Freedom 250 “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall has backed out. Morris Day & The Time, Young MC, The Commodores, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and Milli Vanilli have all withdrawn.

A federal judge ordered on Friday that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts remove President Trump’s name from the building’s facade and all official branding and temporarily blocked the institution from shuttering this summer for renovations. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/a...

Is this why we have the secret second vote.gov site?

Rep. Garcia: "It's bizarre that someone from the DOJ, a high-ranking official, is also acting now as a personal counsel to Ms. Bondi. The fact that the DOJ is essentially stopping Ms. Bondi from answering questions and interjecting, particularly around President Trump, is incredibly concerning."

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If nothing else, they are very good at deception. “Two newly formed super PACs which purport to be progressive are linked to House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a Popular Information investigation reveals.” open.substack.com/pub/populari...

“Since its inception, this fund has been on a collision course with the United States Constitution,” the legal challenge says

Smart move! Alienate her massive fan base as November closes in.

There’s a reason why some of the most severe cuts outlined in Trump’s Big Horrible bill won’t take effect until after the November election. We need change that won’t happen unless we vote in huge numbers in the midterm.

It wasn’t that long ago when Republicans campaigned on law and order. It was just a ruse all along. It seems they’re either always actively committing crimes or busy helping cover it up. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

Constituent letters reviewed by @cheetah.bsky.social show just how differently Republican lawmakers can sound when dealing one-on-one with constituents instead of addressing the public at large, when they know the world’s most prolific media consumer might be watching what they say.

Republicans are now scrambling to delete years of posts exposing Ken Paxton’s scandals and corruption. The National Republican Senatorial Committee is scrubbing old press releases and attack ads that torched Paxton for alleged misconduct, incompetence, and scandals.

On April 24, a new super PAC called Lead Left quietly filed a Statement of Organization with the FEC. According to the group’s website, “Lead Left PAC stands against MAGA extremists who will infect our country with Donald Trump’s agenda.”

“The Big Beautiful Bill contains a provision banning state & local governments from regulating AI. It’s worse than you think. It would make it easier for corporations to get zoning variances, so massive AI data centers could be built in close proximity to residential areas.” 🧵 -Rep Thomas Massie

The very people Republicans keep villainizing are working, paying taxes, and helping keep the economy afloat while billionaires and corporations dodge taxes with loopholes their lobbyists wrote themselves.