Putting the end of the civil rights era in historical perspective. I wrote about the Rise and Fall of the Second Reconstruction, 1964/65 – 2025/26: An attempt to really grasp what a profoundly important - and disturbing - moment in U.S. history we are currently witnessing. My new piece:

I've spent the morning contemplating Trump's AI slop. I think it's little different from the meltdown he had LAST weekend, but instead focused on the pretty pictures of Trump shooting down things POWPOWPOW!, bc he has become addicted to that. But, WTF is this map?

In Ep. 1 of our new podcast, “Paper Trail,” we’re going to do what the FDA won’t: tell you the truth about where the generics in your medicine cabinet come from. 🎧️ Listen now, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: propub.li/49Skft4

This is probably the most historically illiterate and racist crap that an official in a presidential administration has publicly uttered since...oh I don't know...let's just say a very long time.

NEW: Atty General falsely claims that a "ton of evidence" exists that 2020 election was stolen, but can't answer why DOJ hasn't made it public or brought charges. Blanche: "I’m not going to promise there’s going to be a definitive answer...but we're looking at it and we’re hoping to get one.”

😕 In fairness he’ll probably pocket most of it

Quick, everyone pretend to be surprised 😯

“Okay, I struck a chord. May I finish?” Someone in the crowd yelled, “AI SUCKS!” www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE: “.. it’s difficult not to look at President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week and feel kind of bummed out. .. It’s hard not to feel that China is very serious, and we are not.” www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-visit...

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dennisgoris.bsky.social )

This is the correct headline. (How much will Rep Ogles get?) www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-backla...

"Over the next three months, we’ll release the equivalent of 1.4 million barrels of oil per day. That should more than offset the 14.5 million barrels per day that we’ve removed from the market. Trust us, the math works."

The fact that president trading stock is reported matter-of-factually, no big deal, shows what a clusterfuck we're in.

Some counterterrorism objectives conflict with Trump’s own actions, analysts say. How can federal agencies step up efforts to thwart terror plots after Trump slashed the national security workforce and diverted resources to his deportation campaign?

“OpenAI knew this would happen. It’s happened before and it was only a matter of time before it happened again,” Vandana Joshi, whose husband Tiru Chabba was one of two people killed at a shooting at Florida State University last year, said in a statement Monday. Six people were also wounded.

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) #$AZO

I find it very strange that we unequivocally equate "nonviolent" with "less harmful." Attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government is a hell of a lot more harmful than many--perhaps nearly all--violent crimes, and should be punished accordingly.

Hey guys

This plan is just root and branch unconstitutional: Trump & Todd Blanche colluding to steal $1.7B from taxpayers to mete out to Trump's friends & thugs in Trump's sole discretion. abcnews.com/US/trump-adm...

Amici (including ex-Judge Gleeson & ex-SG Don Verrilli) have told the judge in IRS v Trump of 3 “substantial defenses” in Trump’s tax case, including (1) sovereign immunity, being argued *now* by DOJ in other cases involving tax leaks by the *same* govt contractor ... 1/3

Data center builders don’t tell the public how much water they use, according to a new report — and the industry is encroaching into water-stressed and vulnerable communities. cal.news/42EUHvH 📸 Gina Ferazzi

Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

Please let Congress make money trading on inside info while Americans struggle y’all

“Wiping out the entire Supreme Court is an incredibly extreme step to take over a decision you don’t like." —Virginia's state Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell trib.al/vbmWp9b

Finally, Ronald Reagan can rest in peace, knowing that children will no longer have to learn that some white people were the bad guys in that whole slavery thing.

The latest from the Stewart Trail Fire on Minnesota's North Shore, which has grown to 376 acres. More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/properties-destroyed-businesses-close-as-north-shore-wildfire-nears-400-acres

"Maybe you thought I already owned Trump’s soul. How else could someone so incompetent fail upwards to a second presidential term? But social media, misogyny, and the everloving shitshow known as the also gobsmackingly incompetent 'Democratic Party—that’s on you, humans."

they don't even WANT my vote anymore. they're straight up telling me to kick rocks every fucking day lately.

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton has frequently opted for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work. (Published July 2025 w/ @texastribune.org)

An undocumented immigrant from Mexico stepped forward to help police solve his daughter’s murder. Now he’s in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and facing deportation.

It’s 2026, in Oklahoma has finally made child marriage illegal. Congratulations? Also WTF.

Samuel ‘Big Sam’ Brown’s loved ones demand justice after fatal Baltimore County Police encounter baltimorebeat.com/samuel-big-s...

Opportunity cost is Econ 101 with real stakes: the cost of a choice is not just dollars spent, but what you gave up. For war, that means not only destruction, but all the prosperity that never gets a chance to exist.

The Russia-Ukraine war would never go on this long if Trump was POTUS Iran would never clown on the USA like this if Trump was POTUS We wouldn’t have higher prices than a post-pandemic recession if Trump was POTUS Our POTUS wouldn’t have the lowest approvals in modern history if Trump was present

Then I guess it's not a financially sustainable organization. They'll have to close some locations or shorten their hours. Alternatively, we could end the public navy and let private navies provide this service.

States searching for ways to make up for the GOP's $900 billion in Medicaid cuts are planning to cap dental benefits. But history has shown that these cuts are a fool’s bargain, with dire consequences for both states’ budgets and their residents’ health.

Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago.

Legal threat escalates scrutiny surrounding the PAC’s coordinated attacks on Republican lawmakers tied to gaming legislation. #alpolitics

Once again: the President is not, in fact, the author of “The Art of the Deal,” according to the author of “The Art of the Deal.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

On Goldman's campaign website, on a page that isn't linked elsewhere on the site and is somewhat hidden, he has a message for any super PAC that might want to jump into the race—hit Lander hard over, of all things, his record on Israel and Palestine. hellgatenyc.com/dan-goldman-...

Two things can be true at once: the U.S. is more energy independent than in the 1970s, and an energy shock can still raise inflation. Independence isn’t immunity.

Donald Trump is furious about leaks within his administration on his failing, illegal war on Iran. He wants to crack down hard with raids on journalists’ homes. Read @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social’s latest: zeteo.com/p/more-paran...

“It's making me dumber for sure.”

The WSJ employs a lot of actual journalists but if you are one of them it's important for you to know your bosses and your colleagues in the opinion section prefer you personally to go to prison for doing your job than for trump to lose

In Louisiana and likely Alabama, actual, cast votes are going to be tossed out as officials speed ahead with new (or previously enjoined) maps. This is such an extreme use case for the Purcell principle that the court ignoring it here signifies that it was always a made-up toy, not law.

“President Trump is revealing his chaotic governing style by nominating a candidate who was fired last year and who lacks the experience and qualifications for the job as required under law,” said @ucsshana.bsky.social. Read her statement:

One former FDA official said if the agency lifted restrictions on peptides, “it would be a disruption of the societal pact we have had since 1962 that drugs will be studied to see if they work before they are marketed in the U.S.” (Published April)

Anyone with a passing familiarity with current events understands that Roberts’s argument — that the public is somehow mistaken about the Court’s function as the judicial arm of the Republican Party — is irreconcilable with reality.