great piece. please read if you have a moment: presswatchers.org/2026/05/its-...

Fascinating long thread about the disability use-case for Meta glasses and its broader implications.

The honest version of this post would note that these are white Republicans trying to eliminate the district of the state's only Black US rep. You cannot tell this story properly without headlining the racism.

Somewhat unexpected news from South Carolina: Enough Republican senators *opposed* a vote to add redistricting to the ongoing legislative session, so the measure was DEFEATED. This prevents the GOP from taking up a new congressional map and eliminate the majority-Black district held by Clyburn.

The US Department of State is just openly doing the racist, antisemitic Great Replacement conspiracy now, the very conspiracy theory that motivated the anti-Black Buffalo shooting of 2022 and the antisemitic Pittsburgh synagogue shooting of 2018.

The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.

My friend who used to say the final stage of corporate greed was demanding to be loved is never, ever proved wrong.

would be a mistake to think of this and the other Memphis-related news item as completely separate stories

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

Unironically this was perfect comms strategy.

While we're all talking about the Supreme Court and Callais sucking shit, make sure you read this new piece about how the Supreme Court and Callais are even worse than you thought ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...

“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.

Remember when the right complained about a “nanny state” that dictated what private citizens, businesses, and civil society institutions could and could not do?

… and then what happened? bsky.app/profile/joel...

I want every one of my Dem friends to read this piece. The Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act and done so much other damage. The justices want to insist that they get the last word. But don't take for granted that they do. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

Not enough people are talking about this.     The Trump Administration is moving to cut benefits for up to 400,000 disabled Americans — people with Down syndrome, severe autism, dementia — for no other reason than that they live at home with their families instead of in an institution.

So apparently The Daily Wire laid off half its staff today. It comes as Ben Shapiro and other MAGA influencers have seen huge losses in engagement and audience retention.

A much more in depth piece. Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties Investigation found Botstein – who had claimed he wasn’t friends with Epstein – made 25 visits to his townhouse www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

BREAKING: A federal court granted anti-abortion politicians’ request to impose nationwide restrictions on telehealth access to mifepristone. If SCOTUS doesn’t block this ruling, it will upend how people across the country get abortion and miscarriage care even in states where abortion is protected.

“The VRA was eliminated not because it was no longer necessary, but because it had succeeded in challenging power structures. A court that will do this will eliminate other programs designed to make America more democratic and more fair.”

Who would have thought the workers were needed. FEMA is reversing job cuts that Noem made as homeland security secretary before she was fired last month. The agency said staff members who had been let go or placed on administrative leave are now needed to prepare for hurricanes and the World Cup.

Millions of Americans that can’t afford higher health insurance premiums are dropping Obamacare coverage in the months since Congress failed to extend the generous subsidies that had become a defining feature of the Affordable Care Act. nyti.ms/4tVzbif

Bis in die 80er verloren lesbische Mütter das Sorgerecht an ihren Kindern. Berlin bemüht sich um Aufarbeitung, doch es gibt eine rechtliche Lücke.

What Sam Alito Has Wrought on the Map of U.S. Politics talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."

“THE PUBLIC TRUST HAS BEEN VIOLATED."

Wahnsinn: 81 Prozent finden die Verteilung des Wohlstands ungerecht! Eine absolute Mehrheit will sogar Vermögende besteuern! Und Erben höher! tazeins zu den Ergebnissen der aktuellen ARD-Umfrage @taz.de epaper.taz.de taz.de/WDR-Umfrage-...

Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion. I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.

Celebratory dance in Hungary

The woman being murdered in the video Trump posted was an immigrant. Her name was Nilufar Yasmin. She was from Bangladesh. Trump is weaponizing her death against communities like hers. Outstanding reporting from @pabloreports.bsky.social for Migrant Insider. migrantinsider.com/p/her-name-w...

I'm going to point out that we spent a shit ton of taxpayer money on moderna and he's stealing it from us.

“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”

Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.

“Trump says there’s no money for daycare because we have to fight wars.” “We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare,” he said. “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.” newrepublic.com/post/208523/...

Deutsche Bundesregierung: wir müssen den grassierenden Antisemitismus bekämpfen. Deutsche Bundesregierung: Wir kürzen jetzt massiv bei der Anne-Frank-Bildungsstätte.

Zu klar, zu stark, zu gnädig: Natascha Kampusch trat nie wie ein Opfer auf. Und auch 20 Jahre nach ihrer Flucht ist Österreich nicht bereit für so viel Selbstbestimmung.

Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)

Deutschland 2026, wenn Dich das Bekenntnis zum Völkerrecht als Bundespräsident disqualifiziert. Schlussstrich, wohin man schaut!

Knapp acht Jahre nach dem Angriff von Neonazis auf zwei Journalisten im thüringischen #Fretterode kam es heute dort erneut zu einer Attacke auf Pressevertreter. Als mutmaßliche Täter wurden der Neonazi Thorsten Heise und einer seiner Söhne festgenommen:

Ja, dazu fällt mir jetzt auch nichts mehr ein: taz.de/Familienmini...

I love the form the NYTimes “bothsidesism” takes in this article. On one hand, professors worry that something they or a student says might put them on the radar of authorities and then deported. On the other hand, I don’t have to feel imaginary pressure to say “menstruating persons” anymore!

Why is the party of Christian nationalism inventing the threat of Sharia law? @sashaabramsky.bsky.social argues that it's racist bait-and-switch politics. https://bit.ly/4b8d9Sz

The right's attacks on James Talarico reveal the "ever-stronger fusion between extremist right-wing Christianity and the Republican Party." Great from @aselrod.bsky.social. Really underscores importance of his campaign as an antidote to Christian nationalism: www.liberalcurrents.com/right-wing-a...

Here’s Elon Musk again spreading the white nationalist great replacement theory - this time as summarized by Curtis Yarvin, an internet troll turned MAGA “intellectual” who has influenced VP JD Vance’s worldview. In the full quote, Yarvin compares the U.S. to South Africa - Musk’s native country.

Weil zuletzt viel über Curtis Yarvin gesprochen wird: Ich war Mitte Februar im Ferdinandi-Hof, wo der US-Neo-Monarchist und Thiel-Freund vor Rechtsextremen eine Anleitung im Demokratie-Zerstören gab. Es ging um Unterwanderung, den Holocaust - und Sydney Sweeney. Ein Thread 🧵

"Ich habe kein Social Media", sagt Ivan Krastev über Curtis Yarvin. Das erlebe ich in letzter Zeit sehr oft: Leute können neue und extrem rechte Akteure überhaupt nicht einschätzen, weil sie gar nicht wahrnehmen, was die in ihren Plattformformaten treiben. ABER... www.zeit.de/2026/11/curt...

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet." www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.