great piece. please read if you have a moment: presswatchers.org/2026/05/its-...

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Judges can reject Trump's sham settlements ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

As @bentarnoff.com and I have been saying, he is also making use of the quasi-coercive qualities of the index fund for SpaceX shares. Once he is fast-tracked into NASDAQ 100... "It will be impossible not to own them."

"SpaceX has proposed one of the most aggressive corporate governance regimes in US history, intending to guarantee Elon Musk cannot be fired." As @madisoncondon.bsky.social remarked to me, Musk is transforming US corporate governance. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org

Time to make Section 4 of the 14th Amendment famous, which explicitly bars the U.S. government from paying out or owing anything to insurrectionists. The text instructs that “all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.” constitution.congress.gov/browse/amend...

Thank you for the information, Admiral Dickembiggener

My dog when someone says the word “treat.”

Exclusive: Fascist arch will be built using blatantly corrupt and illegal means.

Chief Justice Roberts says the court isn't political. This week, six justices "read" 107 pages of legal briefing in 38 minutes and let Alabama gerrymander its congressional map mid-election. The stopwatch says otherwise.

I am very pleased to have this op-ed about the Federalist Society out as of just now. Except that I would be more pleased if FedSoc did not exist. #LawSky

I appreciate that Alexi Lalas gives us regular reminders that he sucks. For a Lalas-free World Cup experience, it’s also being aired on Telemundo and Peacock en español. No, you may not speak it, but how has being able to understand Alexi Lalas enhanced your life?

What a crooked shithole this country has become. Utterly corrupt.

Trump's ever-expanding list of taxpayer grifts: -$10B in damages from the IRS -$1B for ballroom "security" -$1B for Qatar jet refurbishments -$230M in DOJ "compensation" -$100M+ for golf outings When he says he "doesn't think about Americans' financial situation," I believe him.

Jane Austen's Jaws "I think that I put it to you that you will require a larger vessel."

Good rule of thumb is that anyone in 2026 who has Lis Smith on retainer is not someone with good enough decision-making skills to represent me as a politician

Burgum: When the sun goes down, solar panels produce zero electricity. The whole machine doesn't work. Rep. Huffman: I request to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the Secretary is unaware of. It's a battery.

Donald Trump thinks the U.S. Treasury is his personal piggy bank. Let's be clear: the President is trying to steal $10 BILLION of taxpayer money - before a court rules. This is a massive, unprecedented scandal. Congress must stop him. I have a bill for that.

It's official! I am launching my own YouTube channel It's meant to be a pretty lowkey companion to my newsletter. Please don't put in the newspaper that I'm a YouTuber. This morning I went on a bit of a rant about the 22 foot golden statue of Trump that hit the news last week! youtu.be/zBHcwjm-W1g

There are dozens of us! 🛁 #InTheNavy

New: Trump's $13.1M no-bid paint job at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 7x what he publicly promised. His "pool guy" got it. Just filed FOIAs for @publiccitizen.org to get to the bottom of it.

Josh Marshall: The message is simple: there are no rules. Only power. ... It's just a matter of what helps the GOP and the Court in that particular moment. In a way it's clarifying. Even helpful.

nice distillation of the problem in a media environment where one party does not have a propaganda arm to set their tone

EXCLUSIVE: We obtained dozens of hours of never-before-seen audio and video recordings from the investigative file in the Fulton County election interference case against Trump. Read, listen, or watch: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/new-...

southern state governments are banning black congressional representation and installing statues of men who waged a war to continue the enslavement of black people in public parks

One reason FDR's court-packing plan failed to catch on is that the Supreme Court was perceived by many Americans as apolitical and therefore a victim of unwarranted aggression from the president. This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often

what's crazy is i was told that republicans couldn't steal an election and here they are clearly stealing one a full ~6 months before midterms

In Louisiana and likely Alabama, actual, cast votes are going to be tossed out as officials speed ahead with new (or previously enjoined) maps. This is such an extreme use case for the Purcell principle that the court ignoring it here signifies that it was always a made-up toy, not law.

Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. if they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Last summer we had 95 degree weather. (via @leahfrombklyn on twitter) www.ny.gov/services/app...

Here's a little secret: Trump won in 2024 because of a handful of people who don't watch the news were really mad about inflation and Trump has already lost those voters. We do not need this trash they're offering. They're trying to convince you that we can't win without them. We can. Easily.

Abolish ICE in its entirety and deny everyone working for them any future government employment.

If this happened under a Democratic president, even if it were not their fault, Corporate Media would crucify them. This is happening under a Republican president through, and it is completely his fault and he makes it clear he does not care, but Corporate Media will not hold him to account.

Me, reading Persuasion 🛁: Solid English characters with solid English names. Me, listening to Persuasion: The Haters have arrived.

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

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.

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.

being a Republican has gotta be so embarrassing, man. the entire party is a cult devoted to an antichrist like figure and is basically just full of people you wouldn’t let babysit your kids. how the fuck are these freaks controlling our country

The liberal reaction should be moral. First, say accuse *them* of believing only white Americans count as American. Second, draw attention to their desire for separate and unequal conditions. Then fight that desire and those conditions.

1.6 million voters approved the redistricting in Virginia. 4 judges denied them.

The Roberts Court has returned the country to the situation before the Second Reconstruction was codified in the 1960s civil rights legislation: Systematic racial discrimination intended to entrench white dominance based on facially neutral laws.

1. 🧵"If you are taking seats from Black people...then you are a thief." Baton Rouge civil rights activist Gary Chambers said the quiet part out loud Friday as GOP lawmakers push to wipe out Louisiana’s majority-Black districts. See the heated exchange👇

Really wish some person or org could make 17-year-old 5-star football recruits understand the potential political power they hold by simply refusing to go play In states that disenfranchise black voters.

Trump has run through the authoritarian checklist at breakneck speed, with one exception: controlling elections. His efforts to tilt the midterms was not going well until the Supreme Court weighed in to help him.

It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to).

It’s depressing how things that were seen as KKK-level racism when I was in college are mundane government policies and Supreme Court decisions today.

Ohio Republicans overruled their state Supreme Court to implement their gerrymander anyway: Time for Virginia Democrats to do the same.

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.