My opponents are all communists. In unrelated news, my government will be taking ownership of the means of production.

1. Don't believe the headlines. Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund is not "dead." The Trump administration wants to the public to believe it's dead. But their ACTIONS tell a very different story.

100% certain Rubio did not say “Hunter is a private citizen” 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Once again: Trumpism is asymmetrical warfare. Trumpists win if they take over an institution or if they destroy it. Trumpists can win a vote or win by destroying public confidence in voting. And they have no compunction about which they do.

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

This afternoon, we are seeing the first wave of federal scientists whose positions are being politicized & stripped of their employment protections. This is “schedule P/C” (previously “schedule F”) and I’ll link other posts about different agencies in this thread (1/x)

Here are the CDC positions they are saying are in the excepted service as policy roles — including "Epidemiologist," "Research Epidemiologist," and "Health Scientist."

This is so outrageous. Roberts Court said in Callais finding of intentional discrimination could invalidate gerrymandered maps. Lower court found Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black voters. SCOTUS still allowed map eliminating majority Black district to go through

Congressional statute: "There is a Director of National Intelligence who shall be appointed by the President ... Any individual nominated for appointment as Director of National Intelligence shall have extensive national security expertise." 50 U.S. Code § 3023

As a reminder, Pulte is the guy who goes through the mortgages of Trump’s enemies, looking for mistakes, which he then uses as a basis to refer them for criminal prosecution. See, e.g.: Letitia James

The office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) should probably not exist. Especially now that the director of Housing and Urban Development (who kicked the National Science Foundation out of their headquarters so he can have a private apartment) is now the acting director of the DNI.

the trump official — who led the siege & occupation of Minneapolis — admitting to having an ongoing dialogue/rapport with Martin Sellner, a straight-up Nazi who influenced the Christchurch shooter, while speaking at a conference about remigration (read: ethnic cleansing) is a pretty big deal!

To read them all now, check out @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

David Geier is a monster he chemically castrated autistic kids as an autism treatment.He is close friend of RFKjr. They are looking for ways to bring research and science back to the Wakefield era.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

Beginning in 1934, the Reich Minister for Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, never denied the existence of concentration camps, instead he defended them as necessary to defend the blood and honor of the German people from murderers, rapists, pedophiles and drug dealers.

The thing about “Bluesky is a bubble” takes is that they start with the false assumption that social media is our job or some sort of responsibility. This isn’t my job. It’s probably not yours, either. It’s not our responsibility to ruin our days on a Nazi hellsite or to talk to dummies here.

If we survive this administration, the goal should be to rip out by root and branch, with extreme prejudice, any policy or personnel affiliated with implementing this administrations policies which are so incredibly toxic to the scientific community.

By “lifted off” he means “kicked off”

I really think there’s something to this. Being openly, brazenly corrupt has probably worked in Trump’s favor with some media & voters because they assume something truly scandalous has to be exposed, not broadcast.

This is fucking insanity www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

freed from the tyranny of health

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

"Republicans blocked a law to keep your taxpayer money from going to convicted pedophiles"

jfc krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa...

Shattering our institutions of governance does not serve any 'side'. It will not help Conservative Americans or Liberal Americans. Our Treasury and our tax dollars are not a piggy bank for public servants to write vast checks to their allies. Our Congress has a moral, sworn duty to stop this, now.

If the current Congress (LOL) or courts don't stop this, then when Dems get control, they need to force the money to be paid back with interest and make failure to do so a felony. And let people know now this will happen so they can't pretend they didn't know it was coming and spent all the money.

Colorado Democrats are only one vote short of two thirds in the state senate, and if you can’t flip at least one Republican who’d do it just for the lulz you’re not trying.

Hours after Gov. Polis commuted the sentence of election denier Tina Peters, who helped breach her own election system, her lawyer tells Newsline she plans to go back to "getting rid of these fraudulent voting machines" when she's out of prison.

Just...I need everyone to realize how far we have fallen. This is, like, the sixth thing Trump said in this presser that would have been career-ending for any politician of 20 years ago.

Before World War I, there was a prevailing theory among economists that no major war between great powers could possibly last more than ~6 months because economic factors would force governments to end wars so as not to destroy national economies. This is quite literally economic theory from 1910.

Dominion and Smartmatic may have a new lawsuit to file

this is why, when we win, we gotta win all the way.

It is wrong and criminal for government agents to kidnap someone, send them to die in a concentration camp, and disappear them, regardless of immigration status. But it's still worth noting she has a green card. The government doesn't even pretend this is about deporting undocumented people.

This should be a reminder that MTG is a total nut and just because she occasionally feuds with Trump, this does not make her any ally.

More fun times on Twitter

Data shows the US has carried out at least 25 intelligence-gathering flights off Cuba since early February, mirroring what they did before the attack on Venezuela, CNN reports.

Exactly what Bari Weiss was installed for

My latest @nytimes.com oped shows that the White House is dramatically understating the cost of the war in Iran. By my calculations—and I show my work—this war will cost the typical American family thousands, and it could cost them tens of thousands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

Not only did Virginia’s right-wing Supreme Court throw out the people’s vote to redistrict, but the feds raided the office of the Black woman who led the effort. This is horrifying.

virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling

Steiner would never Olympic gold level gymnastics.

Gerrymandering for me but not for thee, the Republican way.

*VIRGINIA’S TOP COURT BLOCKS DEMOCRATS’ NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP

i think democrats should make it clear that any company accepting these payouts will never receive another government contract

I really wonder what the fallout is going to be because the sanitized version of history they’ve sold for a long time is “Jim Crow was a shameful moment in history but we defeated it and came out the other side a better country” and now it’s just… back it’s the end of a myth in the starkest terms

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.