Graham “proposed threading the needle on the dead fund. While acknowledging Blanche's announcement, he argued that ‘there are many victims of the weaponized Biden Justice Department’ and proposed routing claims through the existing Federal Tort Claims Act process instead of creating a new system.”

TIL NOTAFLOF = No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds

The U.S. Justice Department's agreement with President Donald Trump to bar future audits into his or his family's past tax records will remain in place even as his weaponization fund has been put on hold, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

A federal appeals court panel blocks the Trump administration from banning 28 active duty transgender service members from the military.

Breaking News: “We are not moving forward” with the $1.8 billion compensation fund for those claiming they were victims of government weaponization, the acting attorney general Todd Blanche said. “Period.”

Great photos! I don't think I knew of Meyerowitz before this?

“If the rules don’t let you play in that sport just because of who you are, then you don’t get to play in that sport.” — Xavier Becerra on trans youth participation in sports. Profiles in courage, right here…. Holy hell.

Clive Barker is a great name for a dog

Fab is out (if there's anything to be out of, even)

Security came to inspect the aircraft after someone named their Bluetooth device "bomb." A passenger posting on social media said crew members repeatedly asked passengers to turn off all Bluetooth devices, but two devices remained on.

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If this is true — if it only took a judge demanding briefing and some light pushback — then it really shows how contemptibly cultish and cowardly the GOP was when most of them were fine with it.

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the National Park Service not to interfere with a liberal organization's display of an “86-47” flag at its ongoing demonstration near the National Mall — rejecting the contention that the phrase was a coded call for violence against Trump.

ripe for your snarky takes: (but come on, you can do better than blah blah "release full of bugs" etc.)

(Thanks to MeFi, TIL about) the rondellhund - homemade dog sculpture placed in roundabouts in Sweden and sometimes other places.

Just watched the Taco Bell CEO talk about how excited he was “for the storytelling opportunity” around their chicken nuggets. Just insane bullshit but it’s also its own orthodoxy. The corporate class is a secular priesthood and to witness their madness is to know this is something to actively oppose

I LOVE this channel. Everytime somebody tries to make my neighborhood sound like a war zone.

I’ve seen some people asking for confirmation, so: yes, the Minnesota Republicans’ state convention did indeed hold a moment of silence for convicted murdered Derek Chauvin (who is not dead) (unless he is; we could be in a Schrödinger's Murderer situation). www.startribune.com/live-battle-...

The Pentagon is moving to recruit hundreds of troops to appear as spectators at Trump's UFC cage-fighting event at the White House — and requiring those who attend to pay for their travel and meet height and weight requirements.

I can’t believe we’re sleepwalking into this shit.

Actual names on the Governor ballot: BARACK D. OBAMA SHAW LIVINGFORGOD ANDCOUNTRY DEMOTT

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

Please don't forget that there is a very solid second candidate running on the Democratic ticket, and to the best of my knowledge he doesn't even have a Nazi tattoo. he's a career USAID guy from an ACTUAL working class family

In the Mission today saw two Waymo in a standoff on a crowded side street. Just staring at each other, took forever to go around each other and caused a big backup of other vehicles in both directions. Once they sorted it out one car got into another standoff one short block later. #EpicFail

NEW: 7 co-sponsors sign on to bipartisan House bill to HALT Trump $1.7 billion slush fund Rep Brendan Boyle (D-PA) Rep Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) Rep Janelle Bynum (D-OR) Rep Herb Conaway (D-NJ) Rep Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) Rep Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) Rep Steven Horsford (D-NV)

TODAY IN 2024: “Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion, beyond a reasonable doubt: That the defendant, Donald J. Trump, is guilty of 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.” manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-de...

Our brave neighbors inside Delaney need urgent help. They are asking that doctors go in to check out everyone in unit 2a/2b. On Thursday, May 28th, they were brutalized by GEO Group guards and ICE. They need medical attention NOW.

Platner fascistitus

DO YOU SING?

I donated

BREAKING: Rod Torfulson’s Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk have also withdrawn from the Freedom 250 celebration.

#RESIST Judge Orders Kennedy Center to Remove Trump Name From Building; Halts Closure

Pope Releases Encyclical On Perils Of Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Strategy

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from proceeding with a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government, halting its formation or any potential payouts for at least the next two weeks.

You did this, Zuckerberg. This is on you, Tim Cook. You own this, Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, Sulzberger, and every other fascist-bootlicking asshole.

Fab is playing the 250 concert is the TL;DR

Dethklok have withdrawn from the Freedom 250 celebration

A weaselly-way to do it but at least he's out

Martina McBride is out too (sorry for the lack of preview, so much for the latest bsky update)

“It is totally unAmerican to ask our fellow citizens to report on each other for anything that might not be glowingly laudatory toward our nation’s history or current leadership,” read one comment.

The Commodores Become Latest Act to Ditch D.C. 'Freedom 250' Concerts

BREAKING: We’re seeking an emergency court order to stop payouts from President Trump’s billion-dollar slush fund. Million-dollar claims are already being submitted, and the danger is no longer hypothetical. We're taking action to block this unlawful scheme before irreversible damage is done.

Shut down Delaney Hall and abolish ICE.

In case people forgot that our Gestapo already attacked a senator

BREAKING: I'm suing Todd Blanche and the DOJ to STOP the $1.8B slush fund. The Justice Department violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it established the fund, and it must be set aside. You can read my complaint here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-i...

My office has received multiple calls today alleging use of pepper spray and physical force against detainees inside Delaney Hall. If true, these actions must stop immediately and demand accountability. 1/3

Just insane. New Jersey Gov Mikie Sherrill says DHS just denied state health inspectors full access to Delaney Hall. She's calling for it to be shut down.

Contact your reps right now (I just did it)

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oh yay #Otter.AI won't let me stop a zoom recording by throwing a "rate limited" error that won't close