Whereabouts of missing Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) remain unknown, but he’s trading stocks again. From today’s @notus.com newsletter:

An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The California Amber Alert system - which sends automatic messages - now directs people to a suspicious-looking bitly link that then sends them to X/Twitter. Some other states also rely on X/Twitter in these emergency alert links. If your state does, contact authorities and complain today.

Californians, today is a good day to complain to your elected officials about our state emergency alert system still forcing people to open links from X/Twitter - a site run by a genocidal madman that often forces you to log in just to see content.

you will take my sesame oil from me over my dead body. not a joke.

I guess the "embrace our inner tallow-drinking Nazi" gambit didn't pay off?

Bitcoin obviously tastes like burnt hair.

Man, I also wonder how this was able to happen - what kind of RF interference we talking here??

it turns out that rich people do not, in fact, actually mean it when they claim that if you tax them, they’ll totally ditch their nice blue state properties and move to darkest Chumblefuck, Arkansas

well, guess I’m a bumblebee vacation home now

This needs to be repeated like projectile vomit. People are dumber and more removed from reality than ever before (thanks social media) and if you can’t sell the best policy in the world, then it becomes rather worthless. I don’t see many great salespeople.

My dad is a successful left-wing sales exec (hi @smokedaddy.bsky.social) who is very nice and not evil and has a bunch of not-evil left-wing sales friends: after a lifetime of observing them, I think we could all stand to be learning a lot more how to SELL our policies right about now.

CF: Marketing. Communicating and messaging are EXTREMELY important in politics and you ignore that at your peril.

New York is facing a historic housing crisis. We're pursuing a historic solution. All hands on deck. All-of-the-above. All for New York City. Read more: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

We’re building new paths to homeownership. We’re investing $5.6 billion in NYCHA — the largest City capital investment in recent history.

Today we announced the most ambitious housing plan in our City's modern history. We're building 200,000 affordable homes. We’re overhauling code enforcement. We’re cracking down on bad landlords. We’re creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs.

“I will be visiting Delaney Hall this week and working closely with Sen. Kim, Gov. Sherrill, our congressional delegation, faith leaders, and community partners to inspect conditions inside the facility” writes @booker.senate.gov. “But oversight alone is not enough. Delaney Hall should be closed.”

tbh i expected him to bite the heads off of the snakes after finally catching them

📸 Gordon Parks NYC (1957)

I do find it baffling that the U.S. seems to be one of the only places on earth that has really, really figured out the wonders of “screens to keep the bugs out.”

Meanwhile, doctors are begging our most fart-brained American cardiac patients to stop injecting beef tallow directly into their veins (just metaphorically, I THINK, FOR NOW):

Steak ‘n Shake now has a Bitcoin-flavored milkshake. They are desperately trying to survive by becoming the #1 fast food chain for RFK-worshipping idiots with a heart-disease related death wish.

"Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Monday was denied entry to Delaney Hall, the immigrant detention center in Newark, as detainees entered their fourth day of a hunger strike." “They don’t want oversight or accountability,” said Gov. Sherrill.

Reminder to folks, or new info for those who don’t know: set this option to help you remember to include alt text on all your images. It helps your posts get found in search, leads to more engagement, and helps posts be better understood by those with health issues that affect Internet viewing.

Me, looking out window: weird that it’s so gloomy as we head into June—- ohhh, right.

🚨BREAKING: 3-judge panel finds that congressional map that Alabama wants to use for this year's midterms is intentionally discriminatory and issues a preliminary injunction. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Zf...

DAY 5 UPDATE from the hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall: · ICE officers were seen early Tuesday morning · "At least one person was arrested Tuesday morning, with video showing one person being carried out and placed into an ICE-marked vehicle." · Rep. @menendez.house.gov is at Delaney Hall

I thought this "UFC cage match at the White House" was a paste-up The Onion kind of thing. 😑 I also had to look up what UFC was.

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐘: Gov. Mikie Sherrill was denied access to Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark, amid mounting calls for its closure, as lawmakers and advocates raise alarm over alleged overcrowding, poor conditions, and lack of transparency inside the facility. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

This is un-American. And this is outrageous. - Gov. Sherrill was denied access to enter Delaney Hall. - Rep. @menendez.house.gov waited 18 hours to get answers about strike leader Martin Soto. - Senator @kim.senate.gov had to personally call Sec. Mullin to get access into Delaney Hall.

What if taxing the rich works?

Every once in a while I beg certain comic book artists out there to please consider drawing their characters' mouths open more often when they are speaking/emoting. Indy, artsy and mainstream. Your endlessly tight-lipped bad actors are dead on the page, killing dialogue and snuffing emotion.

Also, one of my major pet peeves is over-the-top attack ads. There's a local race where the challenger to the incumbent is using AI slop generated imagery & even alters photos of their opponent to make it look like they're scowling. Steyer put a grotesquely awful ad in my mailbox the other day. 👎

Exaaaaaaaactly. And when you're spending upwards of $132 million of your own money to be governor, you're trying to buy a governor's seat.

Yeah, it's bad. I find myself feeling I have no choice but to hold my nose and vote for an establishment Dem. (At least he's strong on universal CA healthcare.) But Steyer running as a progressive? <voice="Michael Corleone"> You believed that? You believed that story? </voice>

Also… my top California political priority is going to work to get rid of the jungle primary.

Unfortunately I have to vote strategically this time, and I don’t trust Steyer any farther than I could throw in. He is not a progressive, he is a billionaire pretending to be a progressive, who draws a white nationalist symbol on the back of his hand every day.

I can’t believe the Sacramento Bee endorsed this fucking guy. I feel deeply in my gut he is a wolf and sheep‘s clothing. And the sheep clothing is pretty wolfy.

The overriding priority for me is to keep a Republican MAGA fascist chud out of the governors office. I hate this entire gubernatorial election to the depths of my being.

aaaaaaAAAHHHHHH

These are the moments that remind us why we fight. We won’t stop until we #FreeThemAll 🦋

ICE must be utterly destroyed, its “agent”-thugs arrested and prosecuted, and if you’re a Democrat who wants my vote this must be your position.

#VoteEarlySC This article explains why voting tomorrow is vital! Do not allow the Republican supermajority to follow orders from DC instead of doing what is best for SC voters. apnews.com/article/redi...

I was always taught that the word CEASE meant stop. In fact, I believe it is a word used by law enforcement. “Cease and desist” Hmmm…..

The U.S. military carried ​out strikes today in southern Iran against targets including ​boats attempting ​to lay mines and ⁠missile launch sites. Central Command said the ​strikes were designed "to protect ‌our ⁠troops." #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.reuters.com/business/aer...

“With his eyes and throat still burning, @kim.senate.gov said that the ‘chaos manifesting in the streets of New Jersey’ is the result of the ‘lawlessness and unaccountability perpetuated by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.’”

Proud of my friends who were at Delaney Hall today, including clergy. We will win. We will. Keep going.

ICE is a lawless, racist, fascist agency that must be defunded and abolished for US democracy to continue.

This is what leadership looks like. Thank you, Senator @kim.senate.gov

“We’re not here for trouble… we’re just here to see our family members.” Outside Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark on Day 4 of the hunger strike, a 10-year-old whose father is detained inside confronts masked guards, asking why they won’t show their faces. WATCH @jordanchariton.bsky.social LIVE ⬇️