Rep. @ramirez.house.gov to julian andreone: "My goal is to make AIPAC as toxic for Democrats as the NRA is for Democrats. I think we're getting there." Full: julianandreone.substack.com/p/rep-delia-...

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Frustrating customer service experiences happen to us all – even Pope Leo.

WATCH: “No racial data was used in the drawing of this map.” 🤔 Speaker Sexton also pretends not to know if MEMPHIS is predominantly Black, insists with a straight face to @rep.jesse.chism race wasn’t a factor in carving the city into thirds- precisely splitting the Black vote

His gf is from TN and he’s handing out foreign burbon 😃

WATCH: “The odds of winning the Powerball are a lot better than the odds of this map being declared race-neutral.” @votebo.com & @repcohen.bsky.social point out the Black vote being carved exactly into thirds as Republicans strip Memphis of representation shows race was obviously a factor.

Rep. @rep.jesse.chism (D) : “Memphis is a predominantly African-American city, correct?” Rep. William Lamberth (R): “I’m not privy to those demographics. I don’t know.” 🤷🏼 *HUGE LAUGH FROM THE AUDIENCE* The Republican gaslighting as they carve up Memphis is so absurd you gotta laugh.

US: “Do you think they were listening in there, Stacey?” stacey abrams: “I believe they heard me. I don’t know that they’ll do what they know they should do.” Stacey was in Tennessee to testify against the racist redistricting of MEMPHIS. @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn

WALTER BAILEY: “Dr. King took a bullet in the neck. They were shot. Killed. Murdered. Advancing voting rights… it’s an insult to their legacy. To their deaths.” @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn SenJohnson BrentTaylorTN #Memphis

🔥 Sekou Franklin: “UNPRECEDENTED. The largest attack in Tennessee’s modern history on the rights of Black voters.” He blasts SenJohnson @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn’s plan to carve up Memphis, rejects @janicebowlingtn’s ridiculous idea 3 (Republican) reps is actually good for the city🙃

EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Among most consequential litigation actions. @aclu.org asks full DC Circuit (en banc) to review 2-1 panel decision that stopped Chief Judge Boasberg's criminal contempt inquiry Compelling opening lines⤵️ High stakes as DOJ continues to violate court orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

$1 billion in YOUR tax payer dollars to fund a “East Wing Modernization Project”… …slipped into a Trump reconciliation bill late Monday night that would give ICE a blank check til 2029. Hell No!

The fight so far is focused on three fatal shootings, but prosecutors in Minneapolis have opened criminal investigations into 14 additional cases of potentially unlawful behavior by federal agents during Operation Metro Surge.

Looks like MBS and Trump broke up. Seems like it started back when the Saudis pulled out of LIV Golf. Now I’m curious what happens with the Saudi’s $2B investment in Kushner. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Trump on Truth Social owns the libs by pointing out his war in Iran hasn’t lasted as long (so far) as Vietnam or World War 2

Deal gives IPO-bound SpaceX a marquee customer, while helping Anthropic ease capacity constraints.

They aren’t hiding it. If you do anything that displeases Trump or threatens his grip on power, the full force of the DOJ will turned on you. This behavior runs counter to our Declaration of Independence. And in effect it criminalizes any opposition. newrepublic.com/post/210045/...

This insane Kash Patel follow-up is just through and through first-class reporting (under fire) from Sarah Fitzpatrick and @theatlantic.com, in so many ways. This is how you do the job. Hats off. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

🔥 @sekoufranklin.bsky.social : “A stain on the legacy of Tennessee.” Sekou put on a clinic, schooling Tennessee Senate Republicans about why Sen. Jack Johnson’s bill carrying (racist) water for @GovBillLee & Trump and stripping representation from majority-Black Memphis would be a disgrace.

Correct. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

Good thing that pilot who was shot down over Iran wasn’t captured, because then Trump wouldn’t consider him a hero if he was. That’s because Cadet Bone Spurs has never liked people who get captured.

NVIDIA’s JENSEN HUANG, on California’s proposed wealth tax: “I don’t mind paying taxes.”

Kingdom announces sharp rise in budget shortfall amid the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Talarico Hits All-Time High in Texas Senate Bid

I have my gut feelings, but this is a valid argument #EpsteinFiles www.americanfreakshow.news/p/epsteins-s...

The people cheering for this ruling obsessively promote "States Rights."

Red Alert: The Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia’s Fulton County, a judge rules: apnews.com/article/trum...

Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation ..” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

This is crazy work by Alabama Republicans… As the Alabama Senate was being forced into the basement while tornado sirens were going off, the Republican supermajority kept moving, rammed through a cloture vote on redistricting, passed the bill, and adjourned. [video by Sen Merika Coleman]

This is stunning reporting: Donald Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom” reportedly collapsed after Saudi Arabia blocked the U.S. military from using key Saudi bases and airspace for the operation, according to new reporting from NBC News. Link to the article in the reply.

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Oh, bless your little heart. People don't think the Supreme Court is comprised of "political actors" because it makes "unpopular" decisions. They think SCOTUS is composed of "political actors" because it decides cases along predictable political lines & makes decisions that are popular with Trump.

"Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials."

UN calls on Israel to free two members of Gaza aid flotilla abducted in international waters and held without charge.

MAGA's All-Out Assault on Our Voting Rights After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans are following Trump's order & aggressively trying to implement minority, right-wing rule by attacking our voting rights. thelefthook.substack.com/p/magas-all-...

With Vichy Democrats, Who Needs MAGA or Centrists? As the Democratic Party’s favorability plummeted, party leaders clung to restoration and moderation over transformation and progressivism. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

NEW: DOJ can retain the 2020 election ballots it seized from Fulton County a federal judge ruled tonight, finding the seizure — while flawed — fell short of the “callous disregard” required to order the records returned. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

While you're celebrating with your mom this Sunday, thousands of kids are wondering when they'll see theirs again.

trump kept taxpayers out of the ballroom process until he needed money.

Fuck! This! Guy!

Bonus content for SCOTUS nerds: In his remarks tonight, Roberts said the new oral argument format has "blown up" and is "too long" and the court might revisit it this summer.

“One of the things we have to do is issue decisions that are unpopular,” Roberts said. Those rulings, he added, are “based on our best effort to figure out what the Constitution means and how it applies.”

Roberts: "I think at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is what things should be as opposed to this is what the law provides. I think they view us as truly political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do."

NEW: Chief Justice John Roberts bemoans that Americans don't understand how the Supreme Court operates and see justices as "political actors". The court at times simply has to make "unpopular" decisions, he adds: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Writing samples from Epstein’s houses (i.e. I can’t guarantee he wrote them…) #EpsteinFiles

Peter Thiel is investing 140m into floating offshore data centers... but why?