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Severe medical neglect at ICE camps across the U.S. An @apnews.com investigation

NEW from @monicapotts.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com: For years, pundits have argued Americans were misreading the economy. But what if the frustration isn't just about "vibes"? What if people are reacting to something real: an economy that no longer feels capable of delivering a good life?

🚨 215-208, House PASSES a Democratic-led resolution to end Trump’s war in Iran.

Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.

This should be a much bigger story A priceless collection of art has gone missing during trump's chaotic and secretive renovation of the Kennedy Center share.google/EgXWR11JELf6...

trump john roberts 🤝🏻 proposing NDAs so people shut up about all the bad things you're doing instead of just...not doing bad things (also yes i did change the complexion of my emojis for this post) ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

I want to say one thing about this. This has been the hiring process for low wage workers for awhile. Wal Mart et al have been using automated job application systems to gamify everything from postings to schedules. The crisis, such that it is, is that it is now happening in middle skills jobs.

Pair this with @jamellebouie.net in today’s NYT, and that’s 99% of what every Dem candidate needs to internalize going into November. The concepts are not hard, esoteric, or arcane. - recognize the damn moment, damnit - have good values - fight for them like the fate of the nation matters

Roberts Court wants to create world where Dems have no legitimate chance to ever take control of Congress, there are no Black members of Congress from the South & no voting rights violations can ever be proven. Their end goal is permanent white GOP minority rule www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

You just know that Bari Weiss still thinks she's doing a good job. She's transparently been a shill for power from her college days. Everyone who ever hired her is responsible for what's happened to CBS News.

CNN: "AI drove the number of layoffs to the highest May total since 2020, back when covid had paralyzed the economy"

The only way to fight back is to stop watching. Let them starve, focus your attention elsewhere, make sure you tell everyone everywhere to do the same.

Two versions of CBS News on display yesterday: 1) Scott Pelley fired for pointing out that Bari Weiss is murdering 60 Minutes on Trump’s behalf. 2) Weijia Jiang announces the new date for the White House Correspondents Dinner featuring Trump.

The next time someone writes some dishonest bullshit about "left wing political violence" send them this

I would love for one (1) Democratic candidate to respond to this kind of bullshit by saying "My opponent is a panty-sniffing creep who wants to inspect your children's genitals."

Worth noting that Scott Pelley was the presenter of this award to HS student journalist Santiago Campos, worth $10,000. Pelley can be seen clapping during Campos' very gutsy speech.

*chuckles* Holy shit we are so fucked

Via @stateline.org: The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings. alabamareflector.com/2026/06/02/r...

crazy that under the precedent set by callais, a lily-white congressional delegation formed by "partisan" gerrymandering in a plurality black state passes constitutional muster, while any majority-minority district is constitutionally suspect

I really enjoyed this conversation between @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, @brockcolyar.bsky.social and Nadja Spiegelman on widespread political paralysis in the face of a vanishing American Dream. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

I reposted, but realized I really needed to quote it as well. These concentration camps need to be opened for inspection, need to be visited, need to be shut down. It is inhumane to treat people, human beings, like this. America, we need to do better. #HRC @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Trump has gotten involved in regulatory decisions once made by independent agencies, according to interviews with executives, lobbyists and officials, shifting the balance of power across Washington and reordering how influence campaigns are waged.

Panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt honoring Minnesotans are on display at Queermunity in Minneapolis through June 14. The panels have three quilts dedicated to Minnesotans and community volunteers will sit daily with the panels to answer questions from the public.

If you believe in accountability & are adamant that Trump & his cronies need to answer for their crimes, you must feel the same way about the Roberts court & the corrupt right wing majority there. They have enabled much of the devastating damage done to US democracy...and many of Trump's crimes.

A former Border Patrol chief just named the real target: not undocumented immigrants. “Bureaucrats of the status quo and timid politicians.” The enforcement apparatus is being converted from law enforcement to political enforcement. He said it out loud.

Trump’s pick for acting DNI has zero intelligence experience. What he has: a track record of using government power to target Trump’s enemies. By making him acting, no Senate confirmation required. This one matters. joycevance.substack.com/p/if-you-tho...

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1. For the SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS, a foreign real estate development led by Jared Kushner has been derailed by a GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION SCANDAL and mass protests. Follow along for all the gory details. 🧵 popular.info/p/kushners-a...

It only matters if the DNI has intel gathering and analysis experience if the mission the president wants to pursue has to do with gathering intel and analyzing it. If the mission is purely partisan--to destroy files implicating the president & use intel to promote conspiracy theories against...

NEW: A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president initiated a $620 million loan from the Pentagon to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

An investigation by Al Jazeera has identified 40 distinct Israeli military outposts entrenched within Gaza.

“Their American republic is not one led by and for self-governing individuals but one directed from above by an executive who claims to stand as the living embodiment of the national spirit.” - @jamellebouie.net nailing it www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

Today SCOTUS allowing Alabama to press ahead with the use of a map that erases a majority Black congressional district makes clear clear that this Court has unashamedly set its course to dismantle the 14th Amendment brick-by-brick. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

especially re: 2, one must ask, in what way is this court majority actually opposed to Plessy v. Ferguson?

This will not end w/ voting rights. The fundamental premises of these SCOTUS opinions are: 1) Anti-discrimination is actually unconstitutional discrimination; 2) Intentional discrimination isn't actionable if any alternative rationale is presented. It's the beginning of the end of civil rights law.

CBS has fired Scott Pelley for doing exactly what journalists are supposed to do: Speaking truth to power. Bari Weiss and David Ellison are a disgrace to the media industry. But they unfortunately join a large corporate club filled with disgraceful people.

Scott Pelley has provided @status.news a statement blasting current CBS News management and even accusing them of having tried (and failed) to "inject falsehoods and bias" into his stories. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

This was more true when I was struggling with coming out in my teens so long ago, but it's sadly still true today. And this is just one of the reasons Pride is important. Being Out and Proud, or just being a visible Ally, lets people who can't be Out just yet know they're not alone. #Pride

Remember when someone assassinated the CEO of United Healthcare because he thought it was an unholy nightmare and some people wondered if the murder might be a wakeup call for the industry?

theintercept.com/2026/06/01/a... AI is Big Brother

Wow. A convicted Jan. 6 Capitol rioter has been hired to work in a Pentagon office that handles classified military information. Elias Irizarry was hired to work in the DOD’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, and internal alarms are going off. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

🚨BREAKING: All I can say is this is fucking so cynical I have no words. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

I'll take things Kevin did not mention in his Senate hearings for $300 Ken

So many people who can reasonably be described as “that little shit” are in charge of so much of society.

People don't want AI forced on them. DuckDuckGo lets you choose. The result? Since Google's AI overhaul, our U.S. installs peaked yesterday at 76% above the pre-announcement average, and we broke our single-day search record. 🔥 It's not a blip, it's a movement. Fire Google.