ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:

NEW: Elon Musk's xAI has installed far more gas turbines without federal permits at its Colossus 2 data center project in Tennessee than it has publicly acknowledged & the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest, a Reuters analysis found. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

The findings, which have not been previously reported, reflect how exploding electricity demand from AI data centers is driving companies to build off-grid power plants at a pace outstripping environmental oversight, with potentially big risks to public health.

They handcuffed Joan Sebastian Guerrero after they murdered him.

Grateful to the @pressherald.com for making their live coverage of the ICE killing in Maine public today. And grateful to the protesters up in Maine.

JHU continues to be the blob that ate charles village

Standard $500USD reverse consultancy fee for strangers who want to explain my own areas of expertise to me

Evictions in Maryland are out of control. I haven't seen numbers like this since 2021. If the state doesn't come up with accessible financial assistance, we're doomed. My eviction intakes for 2026 are 330% higher than last year -- these are pandemic-level numbers, folks.

I finished editing the comment I'm helping with today. It was 11 pages long. So far.

Which archives professional org would accept my nomination of @marccold.bsky.social for a service award for this thread?

My column from Monday on the 1901 lynching of Robin White — halfway between the Revolution and today — and the toxic belief that some Americans are more legitimate than others, leading to state-condoned violence and away from democracy.

It's really hard to convey just how massive the scale of legislation has been to target trans people. From a few dozen pieces of legislation in 2015 to over a thousand in 2025. It started with sports bans in 2020 and now we're here. it was never about sports.

Danger, danger, queers are dancing in the street... Are these the same cops that waved the rainbow flag in the pride parade the next day? All of them must go, abolition now💥

So did this change his view on medicaid work requirements or bsky.app/profile/atru...

When Stonewall happened, it was illegal in NYC to serve a drink to a known homosexual. This was the legal basis ofbthe raid that triggered the uprising.

Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂

You don't have to live in Washington County to have a stake in this fight. Find out why and submit your public comment at NoKingsNoCamps.com before July 1. blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/the-july-1...

baltimorebeat.com/maryland-has... Air conditioning IS essential in Maryland.

And I know she did. 🌹

What a win in the courts. "Defendants are ORDERED to take all necessary steps forthwith to restore and reinstall all interpretive materials at park sites managed by the NPS that...have been altered, removed, or damaged in the process of removal since May 20, 2025, to be completed within 21 days"

Yeah, this is my city.

This is a play.

NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 trans women to men's prisons. "[I]t is fundamentally unreasonable for prison officials to respond to serious risks ... by intentionally creating those risks and offering to treat them after they predictably occur." Today, at Law Dork:

Did you see this??? An entire 50 PERCENT of Democratic voters under 30 want the party to MOVE TO THE LEFT on transgender issues. Comparing with other issues polled, it's second only to healthcare as an issue younger voters want to see the party move left on.

“She is just one of a number of pregnant people who’ve been detained in shocking numbers in the wake of President Trump’s executive order trying to end birthright citizenship – and it has to stop,” said ACLU-VA Senior Immigrants’ Right Attorney Sophia Gregg. www.acluva.org/press-releas...

Define an area as 'safe' and use it as an anchor #obliquestrategies

Abrego García should apply for the “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” How many other people have a district court ruling actually *finding* vindictive prosecution?

BREAKING: Judge dismisses criminal immigrant-smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garica. Judge Waverly Crenshaw (Obama/TNMD) says charges are retaliatory and 'an abuse of prosecuting power.' But Trump admin's drive to deport him to Liberia continues www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

BREAKING: Federal judge dismisses the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee. Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.

The bill requiring anti-trans people to run the smithsonian women's museum has failed. bsky.app/profile/fasc...

NEW: After Tennessee botched the execution of Tony Carruthers this morning — leading Gov. Bill Lee to issue him a one year reprieve of execution — the U.S. Supreme Court, with no noted dissents, gave Florida the go-ahead to try and kill Richard Knight later today.

Kentucky remains slow going. Alabama and Georgia polls close in 15 minutes. Notably in Alabama, only 3 of the 7 congressional districts (3, 4, and 5) will have primaries tonight thanks the horror of Louisiana v Callais.

The power is out in Harwood. Again. Two years ago this was a regular thing and BGE promised to fix it. baltimorebeat.com/after-a-summ... First hot day and it is out. Again. Cc @odetteramos.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com

Kash Patel's "VIP Snorkel" with 9 guests, accompanied by Navy Seals, over the tomb of 900 sailors at Pearl Harbor: "[A]s disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

I wonder if the co-sponsors know: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Up a bit late checking out the bills on the House docket for next week and I was not expecting to see a bill (HR 1329) requiring the new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to be curated by and for TERFs.

Weird and devastating bill "Under the bill, entities and organizations that pay cash bond or bail for defendants (e.g., charitable bail funds) are engaged in the business of insurance under federal law and subject to federal criminal provisions related to insurance fraud"

WHAT THE FUCK

Meanwhile in the Senate, we have a standard (all things considered) Democratic filibuster. So far no protests in the upper chamber, or any sign of them in the gallery. Sens. Singleton and Smitherman have both spoken. The latter is almost done with his first hour with Sen. Figures on deck.

Without testing all the available forensic evidence, Tennessee has no way of knowing if they are going to execute an innocent man. Join us and Ndume in urging the state to test the evidence immediately — take action at: aclu.org/tony-carruthers-b

McMahon then continues: "the work of scholarship, writing, preservation, and independent inquiry depends on freedom from state-imposed ideological conformity and from the uncertain whims of those who happen to hold power at a given moment"

It’s important to remember in these times that Black southerners fought Jim Crow from the very beginning and built a tradition of activism that eventually bore fruit. The work of democracy is critical even when victory seems far off.

god hates gerrymandering

It's almost like some deity is trying to tell them something

Ah, the weekend when everybody in Baltimore wishes every woman they encounter anywhere a happy mother's day It's so sweet I don't have the heart to tell them I'm not a mother

From my friend Joan Floyd, reposted with permission: Under a new Maryland law that applies in Baltimore City, “a private entity may not operate or occupy a building, a structure, or other real property as a Detention Facility..." 1/