Crazy that there's three impeachable/corruption stories on just one current news screen...

One of the lovely warblers migrating through, the Cape May warbler. I love the orange blush on his cheeks.

Senate Republicans want to push through $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol in a party-line bill instead of lowering grocery, energy or health care costs This won’t bring back jobs, or make our communities any safer “We shouldn't even be here today.” @cortezmasto.senate.gov

NEW: The Senate just blocked funding for Trump's absurd ballroom. This is because of your voice, standing up against corruption. Keep staying loud!

Thomas Massie is nowhere close to my political belief system... But I don't mind saying that If every Republican was like Thomas Massie, America wouldn't be a broken system right now. There can still be honor in an opposition party - if the base can stomach it.

Dear Thomas Massie: lookit.

"a breathtaking abuse of the tax and legal system.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Trump bought $1 million-$5 million worth of Nvidia stock a week before Nvidia announced a major deal with Meta. The previous month, Trump bought $500,000-$1 million worth of Nvidia stock a week before the Commerce Department approved the sale of Nvidia chips to China. www.notus.org/money/donald...

🇮🇷‼️ Iran threatens to charge for undersea cables in Hormuz According to CNN, Iran announced plans to charge for the lease and maintenance of the highways that provide digital communication between Europe and Asia. Refusal to pay will lead to a "break in the connection".

‘Slap in the face': Republicans skewer Pentagon over Poland troop move

Republicans brought a mom to testify about her daughter's murder. She said, "I don't think it has to do with ICE. We're not a country without illegals coming in, without people coming in from other countries. That's what our country is built on." Watch how this got restated:

FBI Director Kashyap Pramod Patel on his drinking:

Not to mention the settlement directly states that he and his family can no longer be investigated for tax fraud. That’s the biggie. We would never be able to investigate them again.

An insane level of corruption—even for Trump. A $1.7 BILLION slush fund for Trump’s hand-picked stooges to hand money to January 6th insurrectionists and his political allies. Here’s the President’s priority as Americans sell their plasma to afford gas and groceries:

Republican Senator Rick Scott ran the company that pleaded guilty to fourteen felonies and paid $1.7B for one of the largest health care fraud cases in American history. He walked away with $300M and now sits in the United States Senate writing your health care policy.

Well this aged terribly

Hemp plastics have been an option for some time now too. Unless we FORCE manufacturing to change.. why wouid it? phys.org/news/2026-04...

WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."

When Gentoo penguins start their breeding season at Edinburgh Zoo, kids from Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity paint pebbles for the penguins to present to their mates and can watch the birds choose their favorite via livestream.

Baby otter at a UK rescue center learns to dive after overcoming its fear of water.😍

This guy nails it. 🎯

WATCH — @realdlhughley.bsky.social : “I don’t understand why a 4/5 star athlete would go to a school where the state is ushering in a new iteration of Jim Crow… if you can’t run in a state, don’t run in a state.” #Memphis #Louisiana #Tennessee #Alabama @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

MacFarlane: People in Virginia voted by the millions. Their voices were heard and now have been silenced. And you want to talk about what starts a political wave in a year like this: a mass of people who think their voices have been silenced. That doesn't stop a wave that fuels one.

Among all of the reasons there are for a ceasefire, the one Trump just backed and announced - and the one Russia insisted on - is for Putin’s little sad military parade in Moscow. Ceasefire for a military parade. Orwell would’ve been proud.

Now, the Department of Health and Human Services will notify the State Department of all past-due child support payments over $2,500, and anyone in that group will have their passports revoked. Meanwhile, Republicans are pushing for strict laws where a passport would be necessary. trib.al/0RLA3MX

OK. So now Virginia's Governor and Legislature get to do what Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and other have/are doing now. Redraw the map without the people.

This is 100% true.

So the situation is something like this? russians: "if you attack our parade, we'll do what we do everyday" Ukrainians:

Justice Roberts announced that the Supremes would be fitted with new robes in October.

“I live in constant fear that I will be subjected to further baseless detentions just for going about my daily life." On May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a Florida-born US citizen, was detained by ICE in Alabama for the third time (!) in the span of a year. And he's suing the federal government.

Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation ..” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Something sweet to end the day. It's from the Hummingbirds community on Reddit.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Stop your doomscrolling and look at this otter

Remember when they told everyone taxpayers wouldn’t pay a penny?

Scarlet Tanager taking a bath Caumsett State Park, Long Island, NY #birds #birding #birdphotography

Good morning - this is Guthrie- he’s a red bellied woodpecker and we are old friends.

Ironically, the only positive regime change Trump has effected in the War with Iran is to take away Republican control of Congress. www.newsweek.com/irans-regime...

From Jimmy Kimmel.

Bill Bramhall/New York Daily News Bill Bramhall's editorial cartoon for Thursday, April 30, 2026.

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) This 30cm (12in) long bird is a true native Parrot to Australia. They are extremely colourful & noisy birds. They have also been illegally introduced into New Zealand. Great photo taken by Penelope P. in Australia. 🦜#lorikeet #wildlife #australia #nature

We are the richest nation in the history of the world. There are children in Maine who go to bed hungry. There are elderly Mainers who go cold through the winter. This is a choice we've made as a society. It's the wrong choice.

Rescue #animal #video

Sen. Slotkin presses Pete Hegseth about whether he would send the military to seize voting machines or ballots if ordered to do so by Trump: "Will you deploy the uniformed military to our polls to collect voter rolls or machines?…Dude, just answer the question."