Trump has tapped David Venturella, a former ICE official and executive at the prison company GEO Group, to replace Todd Lyons as head of ICE. “It’s really hard to see where the interests of ICE end and those of private prison companies begin,” says Setareh Ghandehari of Detention Watch Network.

The good news: You are still allowed to bring your middle fingers.

Trump: "The military conflict — I call it that because it's really not much of a war." Trump 39 minutes later: "I have to get back to fighting a war in Iran."

Dozey Don went to the trouble of actually creating a chart to compare the length of the Reflecting Pool to the height of 3 various skyscrapers, for some reason known only to him. Towering over ALL of them is, of course, the #EPSTEIN_Files. #TheMidtermsCantComeSoonEnough

Trump found a new way to steal. The Trump administration is redirecting at least $90 million in National Park Service fee revenue to Washington, D.C. projects tied to this year’s July 4 and America 250 celebrations. According to published reports, that includes a $1.6 million fireworks

🚨BREAKING: A lawyer who was active in lawsuits seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and later represented the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, is the latest attorney to be hired by the DOJ’s Voting Section. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This thread and the fact that it's a year old.

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

REP. DEAN TO BLANCHE: "The president lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove it. It's all covered up. The 🇺🇸 people are not stupid.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

The Dept of Justice announces it will abide by court order pausing Trump slush fund The announcement itself is noteworthy … because the Department MUST abide by court orders

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: “They really stolen thousands of Ukrainian children. We know about 20,000, we know, but maybe it's more,”

Happy Pride, Y’all. The DC Circuit has just enjoined Pete Hegseth from enforcing his anti-trans policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

They are certainly doing a bang up job on the “meaner” part

🚨ATTENTION! 🚨ATTENTION! 🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: We have intel indicating that Russia is preparing a new massive attack. Please pay attention to air raid alerts and stay safe.

Rep. Stansbury: "There is not a single Republican in the room besides the chairman. For a supposed group of individuals who care deeply about justice for the survivors, not a single Republican could be bothered to travel across the country today to come hear testimony from the former AG."

Dear media, You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated. Thank you

BREAKING: A Russian attack drone has struck a residential building in Galați, Romania, according to reports from the scene. Romania is a NATO member state. Initial reports indicate multiple people were injured.

What Republicans are fine spending your money on: Trump’s ballroom. Trump’s White House arena. Trump’s arc. Trump’s Iran War. What Republicans say we don’t have enough for: Your healthcare. Your social security. Your education. Your roads & bridges. Disgusting.

Looking at what he's done to the People's House (without Congressional approval, of course), I feel equal parts rage & embarrassment for our country. The Midterms can't come soon enough... #Register&VOTE 🌊

Don't let ICE and this administration lie to you. I saw inside Delaney Hall with my own eyes. The conditions are absolutely unacceptable.

🕯️💔 Russian forces just hit a children’s playground in Kherson. A father lost his life, and a mother with her two little children — just 6 and 3 years old — were wounded. A place meant for laughter and happy moments turned into another scene of pain and tragedy. Russia is a terrorist state!

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Actual facts about the 1/6 prosecutions below. Everything else is a lie or misinformed. This administration can’t erase the facts (don’t they know the internet never forgets). (Good thing I’ve written a lot about this in my book coming out in January):

The moment of one of today’s Russian strikes on #Kyiv. I can see that fewer and fewer people are reading news from Ukraine. I understand that on a Sunday morning, people don’t want to read about war. They want to sleep a little longer, drink good coffee, and sit in the sun. I understand that.

Check this out- @xavierbecerra.bsky.social has gotten 96% of his campaign contributions from small donors, with teachers the biggest single group (thanks @patti3333.bsky.social!). 100% of the obscene $200M Steyer has spent comes from a billionaire (Steyer) who made a fortune selling off..

Please get it straight: Memorial Day is to honor military personnel who DIED serving our country. Veteran’s Day is for those who survived. And Armed Services Day is for those who are still serving.

Connecticut, Wednesday May 20 ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/05/18/p...

Polls are open from 7am to 7pm for primary elections, and general elections for the Supreme Court of Georgia and inferior court judges. Go vote, Georgia!!

The media need to retire their lame descriptions of the many financial scams of the crook-in-chief. It’s not “a break from norms.” It’s not “highly unusual.” IT’S CORRUPT! My Stop the Presses newsletter.

This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media. The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.

FLASHBACK: This was back in February. Did people not listen to Spencer Pratt’s sister? She literally warned folks: “A vote for him is a vote for stupidity.” And I’ll add that he has no qualifications to run anything, let alone the second-largest city in the US.

Public health professor and emergency room physician Dr. Craig Spencer, who is an Ebola survivor, says this Ebola outbreak could be the fourth largest in history.

Trump just put him in charge of the FDA. He has no medical background at all. But he does turkey hunt with Don Junior so ok. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

While everyone's watching Hormuz, the Epstein files are being buried. The law says release them. Trump is fighting it. Massie may lose his seat Tuesday for pushing it. And now a $1.7B slush fund for Jan 6 defendants? Don't go quiet. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

On 5/19 Election Day, GA voters have a chance to flip 2 State Supreme Court & a Court of Appeals seats. GA Gov announced he’ll redistrict for 2028, & pro-democracy justices can stop him. Make calls w/the GA D Party to GOTV. Sign up: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... & www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

The Intel chair hasn’t read the treaty. If he had, he’d know there’s only been one time NATO was required to help the U.S. and that was after 9/11. And they did.

In case you are unaware, TOMORROW, Saturday May 16, there is a national day of action for voting rights, with rallies in Selma and Montgomery ALA. For more, including if you cannot attend in person: blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/...

I rarely say “major breaking” and rarely put out these video hits, but this is pretty major.

Yeah…No…That’s not what he was saying…

Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states. Abortion pills are safe, effective, and have been used by millions of people. No court or politician can change either of those realities.

Interior Secretary claims ignorance of Trump's July 4 “vanity projects”

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MAGA: Consistently Clueless.

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?

When Trump praises an acting Attorney General because he “kept me out of jail,” he is telling you exactly what he thinks the Justice Department is for.

Re: reconciliation, the Senate trying to convince the Parliamentarian that it's OK to have all these extra expenses for ICE and CBP and $1B for a ballroom even though they don't have any revenue offsets or expense reductions as is required with reconciliation. Pick up your phone!

Didn't the Supreme Court say Texas couldn't use their old maps back in December because it was too close to the primary elections? But it's okay for Alabama, where voting has ALREADY BEGUN?