Can't thank Stephen Colbert enough for the decades of laughs he's given us. He's been positively therapeutic in these troubled times & I can't wait to see what he does next! 👀 (plus, he let me sit behind his desk) 🙏

Even normally temperate legal experts and political observers are aghast at the ways in which the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" deal crosses into new territory of venality, graft, and abuse of power (even for Trump).

The Trump administration is closing the nation's primary bee research laboratory.

Notice that he said "picking a villain" and not "creating a villain."

Interesting how fascist republicans falsely claimed all Jan 6 terrorists were paid actors, undercover FBI agents and Antifa to pretend it wasn’t MAGA voters but now they’re okay with paying them nearly $2B in stolen taxpayer dollars. Funny how that works.

Former Capitol Police officers file suit to block Trump slush fund: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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I was a bit off on the timing in my February 2025 predictions of what RFK Jr. would do if confirmed as HHS Secretary. He’s already accomplished all of these things.

ICE continues to defy Court orders. Don't be surprised. Be angry.

NEWS — Local prosecutors warn Trump: "If you send ICE to the polls, we'll put them in jail." District attorneys across the U.S. announced today that they’ll charge federal agents sent to conduct voter intimidation. “We’ll lock their asses up,” vowed Philly DA Larry Krasner.

No money for pediatric cancer research but there's $1.7 billion for people who beat cops and smeared feces on the walls of the US Capitol.

May 17, 2026

When a democratic president is underwater on approval the media interviews republican voters and when a republican president is underwater the media interviews republican voters

Expand the court. Term limits. Democrats are more prepared than Republicans to do these things and potentially curtail the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction because the court has become a rogue threat to democracy.

A fashion choice or a political statement? Jeff Landry, MAGA governor of Louisiana and Trump's Reichsstatthalter in Greenland, is in Nuuk. He heads off for his meetings attired in combat fatigues. It's already causing an uproar.

Chevron is seeking a massive tax break in Texas for a new gas-fired power plant would exclusively serve a Microsoft data center. The plant could qualify for more than $227 million in tax breaks over 10 years, and the power from the plant wouldn't go to homes or local businesses at all. /1

Whether it’s Ken Paxton committing multiple felonies or James Talarico ordering a vegetarian taco, both Texas Senate candidates have troubled pasts.

Trump bought up to $5 million in NVIDIA stock in February. This week, he flew the NVIDIA CEO to Beijing on Air Force One. On day one of the trip, his administration approved NVIDIA chip sales to 10 Chinese companies. 🧵

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

I feel seen.

THE INTERNET FOR $600: This social media app now boasts at least 200 "Jeopardy!" contestants and champions (including one host).

Wait... I *know* I've seen this movie before...

Do not read this one if you're on blood pressure medication.

TIL POTUS made the "don't think about Americans' financial situation" comment AFTER members of his party went to him and begged him, face to face, not to alienate voters over their current economic plight.

"I'll happily spend my entire time getting the answer to my first damn question." ♥️

An orchestral piece. No lyrics. No words. School board: "Too gay!"

Whine, whine, whine. In short, their position is: "We find this federal law annoying, so we're going to ignore it."

Of course, Scalise makes an Idiotic Argument…..

This post checks out.

Dr. Oz will tell you how many babies you want to have.

A U.S. House of Representatives petition to force a floor vote on providing security aid to Ukraine and imposing new sanctions on Russia reached the 218-signature threshold to move ahead on Wednesday, the latest successful bid by lawmakers to defy the chamber's Republican leadership.

Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers. /1

A governor who discards votes should be impeached.

These are beautiful!

This is the second time in a week the Supreme Court has sidestepped process in a way that helps GOP adopt new maps to maximize partisan advantage even as election season is underway.

if men are repulsed by women's natural body hair, how they look without makeup, and by their bodies when they're not carefully posed and airbrushed, imagine how awful you look to women

it's worth reflecting on the crisis in Lowndes County, Alabama, in light of the Supreme Court eviscerating the Voting Rights Act Black residents wouldn't be forced to live in filth if they had political influence and a government that responded to their needs ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

AI people are too dim to grasp how much they are despised.

Rapid Response 47 rebuts a still photo claiming it had caught him in a blink. Um, no.

Cat cam

None of this stops until rich, powerful people — who steal from taxpayers and think they're above the law — start going to jail