Here is Elon Musk bragging about how he "accidentally" canceled all Ebola prevention efforts (DOGE never fully restored the canceled contracts)

It feels weird to live in a context where buying a hero to protect your mosque or shul is both possible and necessary. May the security guard's memory be for a blessing.

21 mutuals - folks, you have to unfollow before you block or you stay following. Check your follows!

And if you’re thinking “why does it matter?”, it matters because when you look at a profile, right there on the profile it tells you if anyone you know is following them and names some of them. So that could be you, appearing to publicly endorse a rapist. I’m assuming you don’t want that.

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

I would tag individuals, but I apparently have 88(!) mutuals currently following him, and that’s a bit much to be telling people one by one. If you were a fan before you found out he was a rapist, go check if you’re still listed as a follower. Even if you’ve blocked him. Unblock, unfollow, reblock.

Sharp Memorial Hospital is receiving patients related to the shooting, a spokesperson for Sharp HealthCare tells the BBC. "Reports indicate multiple injured people," spokesperson Alicia Cook says. www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...

(Sorry for all the deep feeling posting) Bless Gd who made Ahmed al-Ahmed and who gave him the heart of a lion.

The two suspects in a Monday shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego are dead. That's according to a police source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss further details. https://to.pbs.org/4diU4Ox

Weirdly, Todd Blanche set up this slush fund for terrorists and sex predators one day before testimony before Appropriations.

I get the strategy. But I have needs. 💍 #WhereTheHellIsOurCongress #WeDontWantAKing

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Perpetual reminders: Antisemitism is Jew hatred, not hatred of Semites as a category. It is a word that was created in the modern era to sanitize hatred of and discrimination against Jews. Having Jews in your movement does not mean it’s impossible for it to be antisemitic.

Sunday May 31, HoustonTX Congregation Emanu El, “The Scribe and the Scientist”

Martha Stewart is going to beat this man to death with a tastefully hand-carved marble rolling pin.

WE. DON'T. NEED. TO. BUILD. ANY. MORE. MONUMENTS. OR. BUILDINGS!!!!!!!!!We need a President that wants to do things that help the citizens. MAGA cult, explain to me why Trump's constant building, tearing down, renaming things, making architecturual drawings, is helping you? How's that bank account?

Thank goodness health care, the Iran war, etc, etc, etc, is sorted out, so we can spend more money on nonsense. 🙄

What are the odds we see a Trump statue in there before he leaves office…

President Donald Trump announced plans for a sculpture garden honoring prominent Americans in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park. The president said the National Garden of American Heroes would feature statues of "our illustrious founding fathers, military warriors, religious leaders and more."

Trump's bypass of Congress for his illegal war with Iran is the latest catalyst for the erosion of American democracy. Tracking his second term through 12 historical benchmarks, the NYT Editorial Board offers a chilling map of America's descent toward autocracy.

God as a kid tries to make a chicken in his room.

The Trump administration on Monday announced the creation a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they were mistreated by the Biden administration Justice Department. https://to.pbs.org/4tKh8e5

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

Every GOP member of Congress should be asked by the press whether they agree Trump can use $1.7b that we, the taxpayers, paid so gov’t could work for us, as reward money to his supporters.

And there it is, folks. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

The "New York Post" apparently plans to photograph Jewish leaders attending Mayor Mamdani's Jewish American Heritage Month event at Gracie Mansion tonight, so those Jews can be shamed publicly by more pro-Israel Jews. forward.com/news/825715/... Really gross! And borderline antisemitic!

There are so many reasons this is unconstitutional. Trump is suing an agency that he brags is his personal law firm, meaning he chooses whether the DOJ gives him money. Plus the money isn't authorized to be spent in this manner, which is an affront to Congress' power of the purse.

This is THEFT. There is no other word for it. They are stealing almost $1.8 BILLION dollars to pay Trump‘s allies, despite knowing that these people are not legally entitled to any money and be laughed out of court if they filed a lawsuit for money damages.

Early voting starts today! Here are our choices for local, state, and federal races.

Last day to vote in the Best of Austin poll. Choose your favorite people, places, food, businesses, and more. vote.austinchronicle.com

Out of all the songs that can get stuck in your head, the Hebrew ones are the hardest to get rid of…if you’re a h***b. And I am. Oh, but I am. youtu.be/RCzUWap9rm0

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

Here’s the payoff. How is this okay? We’re now paying off people who stormed the Capitol. The DOJ is creating a nearly $1.8B fund for Trump supporters after Trump sued the IRS, a case headed for dismissal, then settled with his own administration. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

Black Students Are Being Watched Under AI — and They Know It share.google/iIP2WipTsplR...

The Trump lawsuit vs the IRS is basically this: youtu.be/0-9qZ4Zs6Ys?...

This is amazing/horrifying.

Would like to wake up one morning and not read something that immediately pissed me off.

Palantir Gets an Initial $3.9 Million to Spy on Federal Workers prospect.org/2026/05/18/p...

Trump has a very limited, almost childlike understanding of power

Trump doesn't understand what power is, and Iran has exposed his core weakness. My latest, with assists from Thucydides and Arendt. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o...

I'll be posting updates for other states over the coming weeks...some of which have their own caveats. If you find my healthcare wonkery useful & would like to support it, you can do so here... secure.actblue.com/donate/acasi... ...or by signing up here: charlesgaba.substack.com/subscribe

In ALABAMA, this boils down to: PREMIUMS: ACA enrollees went from paying an average of $780 last year to $1,512 this year...a 94% increase. OUT OF POCKET: ACA enrollees went from paying an average of ~$1,370 last year to ~$2,200 this year...a 60% increase. Combined, that's an additional ~$1,600.

With this in mind, I set out to try and calculate how much more average ACA enrollees are paying this year in BOTH net premiums *and* additional Out Of Pocket (OOP) costs. Calculating net premium changes is easy. Calculating net OOP costs is NOT easy.

For instance, my wife & I were able to keep our net *premiums* from increasing this year...but in order to do so, we had to downgrade from a Silver PPO to a Bronze HMO, which more than *doubled* our deductible...which we're guaranteed to max out. acasignups.net/25/12/07/sig...

HOWEVER, as I've also warned, this is only half the story: There are still another ~19M or so ACA enrollees who have managed to cling to their coverage...but in most cases, they only did so by DOWNGRADING their coverage to policies with higher deductibles, co-pays & other out of pocket expenses.

🚨🚨🚨 NEW SERIES: How much more are ACA enrollees *really* paying due to Trump/GOP policies this year? (first up: Alabama) acasignups.net/26/05/18/new...

what part of "using AI means training an AI to replace you means we don't need to pay for you to have a lab or grad students and postdocs to work in it" do these guys not get?

And curiously he's not talking about the pedophile ring at the peak of American power today, led by people like Trump, Lutnick and a dozen other senior figures in the Trump Team, that he selected and helped advance to power.

Coffee is one of the few things I'll continue to buy no matter what it costs. I'll vote for anyone who can make it cheaper, but I'm paying for it regardless.