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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

There are some hard truths here, and every Democrat needs to watch this segment. African Americans are being targeted because we are the most consistent Democratic voting bloc. The GOP knows this. Every Democrat must start speaking with one voice about court reform. 🧵

Several European countries have been quietly developing a new drone doctrine built on both Ukraine’s battlefield experience and Taiwan’s high-tech components. China is trying to sever that link.

The Trump administration intends to relocate federal employees who administer food stamps, school lunches and nutrition programs for pregnant women. The move could disrupt benefits for millions of low-income families, opponents say.

While corporate profits skyrocket and the stock market rides high, regular Americans are struggling to make ends meet. Even CEOs of the biggest corporations are starting to understand why this is a huge problem. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8OWhw-GXUU

nominative determinism is real

Being led by this guy...

Republicans make shit up to justify authoritarian rule. Democrats, do you finally get it?

Join us? youtu.be/ipDb24j3I64

Fuck you, Bill Maher!🖕

I think there should be a form of government where if something is opposed by 56 percent of people and supported by 28 percent that could in any way affect what the government does

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

We are seeing the national average for gasoline and diesel prices drift lower so far this weekend but we WILL jolt higher on Monday. This is the calm before the storm.

it’s pretty wild how american evangelical christianity has abandoned even the pretense of the christianity part

Rep. Derrick Van Orden: "Citizens have the right to peacefully protest, I just wish they knew what they were talking about. There have been no cuts to Medicaid or Medicare." (He's lying -- the "Big Beautiful Bill" cut $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

Ahead of Mother's Day, legislators are raising the alarm about "the callous indifference" with which the Trump Admin is treating pregnant women detained by ICE

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Why did Joe Biden do this to them? www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile...

Can someone stop Trump from destroying historic DC? The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is famous for its gray granite facade, and he wants to paint it white, costing taxpayers at least $7.5 million. NEWSFLASH: this isn’t going to lower gas or grocery prices or open the Strait of Hormuz.

Alley Cats, the animated comedy series by Ricky Gervais, will launch on Netflix on Friday 7th August. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/fyi/1091/...

The DOJ has indicted former Fauci aide David Morens over allegations of hiding records and evading FOIA requests tied to COVID-era communications. The case has reignited debate over transparency, accountability, and selective enforcement under the Trump administration.

Kayleigh McEnany of Fox News doesn’t seem to understand that U.S. House representatives are “congressmen.” The term doesn’t just apply to senators. Embarrassing. Also, Fetterman can get bent.

Just like last year: On the border with Estonia, in Ivangorod, a screen broadcasting the May 9 parade was installed facing toward Narva. In response, a banner reading “Putin war criminal” was hung on the wall of Narva Castle.

Trump lies. Gas prices don't. Voters are pissed. New @thebulwark.com Take from me featuring focus groups of Trump voters talking about gas prices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWS...

Look, I have spoken with business owners across the state who are telling me the same thing — DC’s chaos is hurting their bottom line. https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/nc-business-owners-outline-continued-challenges-caused-by-high-gas-prices/

When the seasoned prosecutor leading the politically charged case against Brennan told senior Trump Justice Department officials that the evidence did not support charges, the message back was: "That’s not good enough,'" report @evanperez.bsky.social and Hannah Rabinowitz www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/p...

Bari Weiss allegedly plans to excise 60 Min CECOT piece reporter Sharyn Alfonsi, who was open about her segment getting spiked, embarrassing the new propagandist regime at CBS. Alfonsi has tapped "top Hollywood litigator" Bryan Freedman in advance of any moves by Weiss/CBS. 🧾 is.gd/gT89QF

The GOP nominee for governor says it’s a hellhole. Well, he did last time he ran. abc7chicago.com/amp/post/ill...

I’ll be back in DC this week with the House in session, but my team in Vermont is always ready to help with constituent casework. If you’re a Vermonter and having an issue with a federal agency or its services, please call (802) 652-2450 or go to balint.house.gov to get in touch!

This is the crux of my argument in this piece: Let's not play dumb about the real intent behind Trump/MAGA bullying Dems to accept the ballroom, which is to get them to symbolically submit to dictatorial rule by getting them to genuflect before Trump's building of a Caesar-like monument to himself.

Everyone: sit down and read this today. "I vote because my great-grandparents couldn’t. I vote because my great-grandfather sent his children north just to access an integrated education. I vote because my grandfather moved west chasing opportunity and still got locked out of housing he could ...

The Bible is pretty clear about worshiping false idols. “You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them…” Exodus 20:3–5.

NEW INTERVIEW: Rep. Justin Jones ( @brotherjones.bsky.social ) & D.L. Hughley ( @realdlhughley.bsky.social ) on Tennessee Republicans stripping representation from #Memphis “Let’s be clear — they’re ushering in a new iteration of Jim Crow.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYHycMH...

On the topic of accountability, @glennkirschner.bsky.social doesn’t pull punches. Full discussion on Substack.

“It was one of the most scariest moments of my life. Me and my daughter were praying,” Dmell Burnes said while standing on what was left from his trailer. “We’re just grateful to be alive.”

💥SCOOP: A Russian spy who spent years infiltrating think-tanks and academic institutions close to the Orbán government was quietly expelled from Budapest — but only after Orbán’s defeat removed the political obstacle that had shielded the operative for months. @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social

Trump is reportedly losing patience with his own war that he started in Iran and wants it to end as soon as possible, according to a new report.

Last week was a fantastic week for my Hate Comes to Main Street website, starting with the personal story of a Franklin TN woman’s personal stand against hate. 1/ www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/hate-in-a-...

This is what "victory" looks like in Russia.

This is what journalism is supposed to be about.

This isn’t just Florida Southern states are racing to redraw maps & lock in power It’s a coordinated assault on democracy How we’re fighting back across the South in this week’s publisher’s note on @contrariannews.org👇 -TN

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

If you're outraged by the Alabama House Speaker's call for overturning the Fourteenth Amendment and want to know more, give Kyle a follow.

The idea of "overturning" or "repealing" the 14th Amendment was a pretty fringe proposition until recently, but it wasn't unheard of. Obviously the former Confederates wanted to do that. But it was also a white nationalist talking point in the Cold War era. This is 1988.

Sonny was left behind by his old family. He waited but they never came back. He got sick but he never stopped waiting. After saving him and building him back up we found Sonny a new family. Look at what it means to him now to belong somewhere again!

"Zelensky’s 'permit' exposes the truth behind Russia's Victory Day sham: an empty display of strength hollowed out by fear, narrowed to a 70-by-330-meter square," writes Kyiv Independent's news editor Abbey Fenbert in this op-ed.