"If Trump proceeds with the deal, he risks becoming the president who did more than anyone to warn about the dangers of the China relationship — only to embed that relationship, and its dangers, into the foundation of the nation's economy." Short anf punchy. www.rawstory.com/trump-trade-...

Read the latest edition of The Breakdown by @citizencohn.bsky.social:

Wrote about the importance of adhering to an effective, disciplined nonviolence in fighting the Trump regime, especially given a growing obsession with “heroic” violence online (gift link). www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

How Heritage and Project 2025 are weaponizing government to strip away women's rights, votes, and freedom… hartmannreport.com/p/the-billio...

$1.2 trillion is roughly the same size as the combined cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in the Big Beautiful Bill

Trump's weakness in Iran emboldens China, while China’s potential to dominate will only increase Iran’s resolve.

In case you missed it...

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The White House and Wall Street are acting like the Iran war is going well. But they're wrong. Badly wrong. Trump isn't getting a deal. Iran has the upper hand. And It won't be too long before the economic problems are unignorable. My latest, in @ms.now, with comparison to the 1973 OPEC oil shock.

NEW: 2021: Conspiracists said QR codes were somehow used to rig the 2020 election 2024: Georgia bans QR codes in elections 2026: No new system has been agreed on, and conspiracists are using the ensuing chaos to push to remove voting machines completely www.wired.com/story/conspi...

Rep Grijalva: "The problem I see is that this administration makes blanket statements about what's not happening, and we have a portion of our nation that believe them blindly. We have to realize 91% of the people in detention in these concentration camps are in private prisons. So follow the money"

"Carr's latest campaign to menace hosts of The View & destroy the independence of broadcast media may make him a household name. Because this time ABC & Disney are fighting back, exposing his blatant misconduct as he schemes to censor outlets for refusing to toe the MAGA line." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Yesterday a few folks pointed out that Trump has changed major details about his reflecting pool project since he announced it in late April. I've created a video with graphics that point out how much he's lied about it. This includes edits of longer rambling statements.

Whoa. An enormous number of trucks pounding the pavement & causing a big increase in accidents. A cautionary tale!

Gift link.

Seth Meyers was on 🔥🔥🔥 tonight. Hilarious! (I don't like displaying his face, but people say the vid isn't ad-free if I don't include the proper graphic 'card.') youtu.be/upSp_Sp391s?...

I understand if you don't like Michael Wolff. But I gotta share this video, because I learned a helluva lot from it. TIP: Click on the gear icon & change playback speed to 1.25 youtu.be/APPvU8nPJmw?...

Note that this NYT story revealing Iran has used the ceasefire to reaccess its missiles includes Maggie and Swan on the byline, suggesting that senior political people--not just the NatSec sources who'd tell Adam Entous--want this story out. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

Mockler: He took office and spiked 2.9% inflation, up to 3.8%. Gas prices are up to $4.50 in most states, and he did this all while stripping insurance away from 10 million Americans. I think the most impressive part is the deficit hasn't decreased at all.

A new high in Trump disapproval in our average. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Federal records requests have nearly doubled in the past 5 years, with no increase in the staff or budgets of those responding. The deluge is powered by MAGA, which is engaging in robo-requests & brigading. I became the target of one of these campaigns: www.thewayfinder.net/p/foia-in-th...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) defended his decision to suspend his state’s ongoing primary election to redraw the congressional maps, even after 45,000 ballots had already been cast, saying that discarding those votes was “not a big” deal. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump’s Truth Social rants reveal a president desperate to distract One might wonder. If Hollywood had tried to rewrite "All The Kings Men" or any other vehicle to express the cluelessness of a politician who seemed to draw a mass of people to believe everything he says... would America have watched

The best edit cartoonist of the 21st century, by miles and miles

New in PN: FCC's Brendan Carr picks a fight w/ The View ... and winds up in a battle w/ Mickey Mouse "Disney seems to have come to the belated realization that knuckling under is bad for their bottom line. Allowing Carr to muzzle the ladies of The View would be like handing CBS over to Bari Weiss."

Rep. Andy Ogles: "My little one still has nightmares, afraid that his dad is going to be taken away by big bad Biden"

Exclusive: The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has launched a probe into the $38 billion warehouse-to-detention program championed by former Secretary Kristi Noem.

Senate Dems are expected to force another war powers vote today. This will be the first one since the conflict passed the 60-day mark. Last time they voted on this issue, Sen. Susan Collins shifted her stance and voted with Dems. First Republican senator to shift their vote on the issue.

TrumpMaga Did This

Too mean for THIS administration!?! l.smartnews.com/p-7Ie88iQ0/C...

Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. Jack Ohman @jackohman.bsky.social Support Jack at open.substack.com/pub/jackohman/

I understand if you don't like Michael Wolff. But I gotta share this video, because I learned a helluva lot from it. TIP: Click on the gear icon & change playback speed to 1.25 youtu.be/APPvU8nPJmw?...

I'm going to have to try to make sense of that later, Larry. When I hit the phrase "within fresh protein," a super gory and weird image popped into my head. I couldn't get past that. Usually I *like* things that are super gory and weird, but not when I'm reading Bluesky.

Here’s another indicator

Seth Meyers was on 🔥🔥🔥 tonight. Hilarious! (I don't like displaying his face, but people say the vid isn't ad-free if I don't include the proper graphic 'card.') youtu.be/upSp_Sp391s?...

If someone had the guts to report & pursue it, he'd probably be subject to a breathalyzer test if it was suspected he was drunk while on duty. It used to be the govt would get rid of someone who embarrassed an agency w/off-duty excess even w/out a test...eventually. abcnews.com/Blotter/faa-...

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Dogshit song until Carl Wilson comes in with the post-chorus and you start floating. I wish I didn't think this but it's true

The Super El Niño in 1877 was the worst human disaster in our country’s history and just look at how much worse this years will be.

My takeaway from this Michigan Senate general election poll, (with Republican Mike Rogers leading all three potential Democrats by 2-5 points) is El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens are doing a great job tearing each other apart www.detroitchamber.com/wp-content/u...

About 3 in 10 Americans expect to cut back on summer vacation plans if gas prices hold firm — Reuters/@ipsosus.bsky.social poll. More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260512

Hear, hear!

Erin Burnett Stunned by Sheer Volume of Trump’s Bizarre Posts: ‘Do You Know Anybody Who Does That?’

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... Trade in elephant 'trophies' soars during second Trump presidency #BanTrophyHunts

Decent people don't hunt and kill beautiful, endangered animals for sport. They just don't. People who do this almost certainly voted for Trump.

Because X isn’t already terrible enough, Marc Andreessen’s VC firm (a16z) recently “announced its latest investment: a news company called Monitoring the Situation, or MTS,” which promises a “24/7 firehose of ‘what's happening RIGHT NOW,’ broadcast live to the scrolling masses on X.” 5/6/26…1/

Racism from Scott Bottoms is hardly new, but the idea that he's trying to create a false reality should be disqualifying. Lying on the floor of the legislature should come with serious penalties. And the Post really shouldn't have made this clickbait by not including his name in their post.