An amazing story worth reading for reasons beyond its finding that a cult leader controlled a politician who rose to oversee US intelligence: 1) it’s a 1st person narrative about how investigative journalism is done 2) It’s a primer on how personality cults operate 3) Proves the Post lives.

I asked Norman Rockwell's granddaughter, Daisy Rockwell, about this use of her grandfather's work. She writes: "It goes without saying that they have completely misunderstood the meaning of the painting, which is tolerance for others and peaceful coexistence."

How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? In The Atlantic’s “Unfinished Revolution" issue last year, Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt wrote about what it took to film “The American Revolution.” theatln.tc/kzsjSfJ1

Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂

Gen. McCaffrey:

iran has closed the reflecting pool.

On behalf of parents of special needs children everywhere, I would like to invite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to go fuck himself.

have they tried dumping in ivermectin

Trump is the same guy who negotiated the Afghanistan pullout too don’t forget

The emphasis on how autistic kids will "never pay taxes, never hold a job" (which is bullshit) gives the game away. He's a eugenicist who wants you to believe that people with autism can't be productive members of society and are therefore surplus to requirements.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an anti-fascist German Lutheran pastor who opposed Hitler and the Nazi Party so effectively that they murdered him in 1945. He is only a bad guy if you literally spend all your time on far-right, neo-Nazi websites and have pickled your brain in fascist group chats.

Thank you for your service to our country, John Dean.

New in PN: Will Dems become the party of faith? "It's just possible that Trump — whose appeals to a certain cohort of the religiously observant have morphed into an almost gleeful celebration of amorality — may have, entirely unintentionally, opened a door to a new kind of faith-inspired politics."

Now this is a concert. 🎵

Illustration of a lion, leopard, rabbit, and elephant taken from Tractatus de Herbis, Italy ca. 1440. publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...

Put me down for a tote bag.

“The pitch is simple: put Colbert on public television as the host of a series of specials built around the same mix of comedy, politics, culture, and civic-minded mischief that made him broadcast television’s No.1 late-night host.” Put me down for a tote bag.

It’s the Second Time he has done this for our State! Thank You Stephen Colbert….

She is made of but cardboard, so her time on this mortal coil will be brief, but I hope she entertains and educates many during her stay. Wish her luck, everyone. 🫡

The Trump Department of Justice purged government news releases with information about prosecutions of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement on Jan. 6, 2021. n.pr/4dyiOmb

Yeah Iran will do this. 🤣😂🤣🙄

Really think we could stand to drop the utterly credulous headline style of "Billionaire says doorway to Narnia will be open by 2027"

"She understands and has committed in this process to following the law going forward," Jared Polis said when commuting Tina Peters' sentence.

Today is Harvey Milk Day. Milk devoted his life to the fight for freedom and equality—a fight that persists as LGBTQ+ rights continue to come under attack. In 1978, Milk famously declared, “You have to give them hope.” Our movement of hope marches onward.

We found that Jeff Bezos paid zero taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. Revisit our 2021 story:

Amazing

Wherein brainless Marc Thiessen lobbies for Iran to be the new Vietnam, “…much as the U.S. armed and trained freedom fighters across the world during the Cold War.” Wow. wapo.st/3PQIq4u

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now starting to screen certain international travelers for Ebola at multiple major U.S. airports, including Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2uhebtmw

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

All democratic states that thought they were good friends with the USA, beware. If Trump can treat a free and democratic Taiwan as a “bargaining chip”, he can do the same to you.

Health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC of a virus strain with no known vaccine.

NEW: President Donald Trump bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in tech companies and government contractors including Nvidia and Palantir. Some of those trades overlapped with regulatory decisions that were favorable to these companies. www.notus.org/money/donald...

Kash Patel's previous remarks on drinking: "We were slamming Negronis." "Everybody should get a beer. Or three." "They're going to call me an alcoholic." via @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social

An amazing night in Athens at the Rialto Club where Peter Buck, Kevn Kinney and @millsish.bsky.social performed “Fall On Me” for the show’s final song.

⚠️ Costco and Walmart reportedly are expecting motor oil inventory shortages in the coming weeks. This guy owns a commercial lube franchise:

The California hub is part of a broad set of initiatives we’re taking on to grow ProPublica. We’re also expanding our D.C. bureau, launching a flagship podcast, a new business investigations team and YouTube team. More to come! 8/8

Letting a source -- especially one as powerful as Netanyahu -- choose his interviewer is one of the worst things an editor can do. And for a list of Other Worst Things an Editor Can Do, just google "Bari" and "CBS" nypost.com/2026/05/12/m...

“My childhood home is being taken by @GeorgiaPower to supply power to a new data center…” 🤔 They are now seizing people’s homes in Georgia via eminent domain to build power lines for a $17 billion data center. One has been forced into Utah. And xAI in Memphis. And on and on.

You'll be shocked to learn the reporter Trump called a "dumb person" is a black woman (Akayla Gardner of MSNOW) thegrio.com/2026/05/12/t...

When @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social calls 911, you know things are getting serious. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...

"Right now."

The Justice Department has served subpoenas on The Wall Street Journal and other media organizations seeking information about the Iran war. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Iran Update Special Report, May 11, 2026: Iranian leaders are trying to dictate the terms for ending the war, which illustrates that the Iranian regime perceives that it has the upper hand in the conflict at this time. Read the full report: isw.pub/IranUpdate05... More Key Takeaways: (1/4)

Hot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society. High level: - Andes strain is different - some spread will occur - pandemic potential is tremendously low - lots to learn - what happens next is up to us zenodo.org/records/2007...

Quinn is a nationally recognized expert on state constitutions so when they say something is doable it's doable

The age of innocence is over, but recognizing it is over is a necessary step toward moving forward in restoring our democratic institutions.

Not now, TB www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...