Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.

Lindsey Halligan comes off as a rube, a bully, and maybe a rogue here. She asked after conversing to be off the record.— everyone knows it doesn’t work that way. she browbeats Bower w/o explaining what’s wrong, and she sure seems to be hinting about GJ info. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

7 million protesters, 0 arrests. Man we suck at terrorism.

Dis 👇🏼 y'all! We gotta help this darling out.

Wow. With each sign I thought "surely that's all," but the signs kept coming and every one was dead-on. They didn't miss a thing. And the silent presentation was far more effective, and dramatic, than a chant.

Monsters are running the United States.

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats - The Washington Post

There's gonna be tons of lawsuits when this is done.

Greta is what MAGA pretended Charlie Kirk was‼️A real humanitarian trying to make the world a better place‼️

This Air Force program forged ties with foreign militaries. Now it's on the chopping block because Pete Hegseth wants to cut ‘nonlethal’ Pentagon programs by 8%. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Since Stephen Miller used Tren de Aragua his excuse to invade an entire apartment building last night, reupping my post on the nesting set of lies he has told about TdA. www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/01/s...

Someone please craft this message for the midterms. Highlight the pre-election warnings that were everywhere about the 2025 document that many people ignored and dismissed. Then highlight the changes coming to (especially healthcare) that are built in to DT’s BBB. Voters can make themselves heard.

I left X and intentionally live in a bubble here. For those of you braver than I am, what is the #MAGA crowd posting about this #ShutDown? Are they worried about their future healthcare coverage at all?

File this under “essential function.” 🤡 #Shutdown abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

WIRED: Federal employees “received a template from human resources for their suggested ‘out of office’ email. They were advised to blame the Democrats ..” @wired.com #Shutdown 🇺🇸 www.wired.com/story/govern...

Wow. If you go to hud.gov, there's an insane shutdown-related popup. And in case you missed the popup, they also make it the banner at the top of the page.

MAGA: why won’t the radical, lunatic, communist, America-hating, enemy of the people libtards stop calling us names?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #Ice

Here's What Trump's $100K Visa Plan Means for Healthcare www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres... #H-1BVisa

Kennedy contributed more towards the current state of the nation than 99.9999% of the population. This is the America he worked for decades to create.

From 2019: AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP claims on Ukraine corruption “TRUMP: “Keep fighting tough, Republicans, you are dealing with human scum who have taken Due Process and all of the Republican Party’s rights away from us.” — tweet Thursday. “ apnews.com/article/dona... Who is more corrupt now?

ABC affiliate owner Nexstar also owns the feckless gossip rag the The Hill, and has been lobbying the FCC for approval of of a $6.2 billion merger with Nexstar, if that helps connect some of the dots for the Jimmy Kimmel cancellation for you

I hadn’t realized how bad (my opinion, yes) things were until Charlie Kirk was killed. From the memorial crowd gatherings to the hate speech to the job firings. I thought I’d been paying attention but I’ve been caught off guard.

New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

What I See As a Midwife for Pregnant Women in ICE Detention - New York Magazine

Media, do not make Charlie Kirk the reason Epstein and other outrages fade away. The less said about CK and his killer, the better. There is plenty of other Trump news that needs to remain front and center. Don't let him use this incident to spread more of his hate.

Please use a lot of caution in reporting and analyzing early clues. They might mean something — they might mean the opposite.

@marcelias.bsky.social So MUCH corruption per her numbers that it’s no wonder that DT was able to get elected.

Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures. Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims. Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.

A mother is filing a $1 million claim after her 15-year-old son was held at gunpoint by immigration goons in Los Angeles.

"many ... wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from 'democracy' to 'authoritarianism.' Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, a presidential diktat unchallenged. Then you wake up one morning and our country is different."