As Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to approve an unprecedented Congressional redistricting map that would divide Memphis, protesters and Democrats pushed back with walkouts, protests resulting in arrests and burning a printed Confederate flag in the Capitol. nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...

Attorney Kurt Olsen once worked to try to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in court and was later sanctioned by judges for making baseless allegations about Arizona elections. He is now Trump’s director of election security and integrity.

There's a word missing from this awful story of hundreds of thousands of trees destroyed due to DelMonte's bankruptcy: tariffs, which greatly increased the cost of canning. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...?

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

So, tell me, what do we think about people like this who decided the risk to them was over and it was fine to leave the already sick people to die?

Paris prosecutors believe they now have sufficient evidence to open a criminal case against Elon Musk involving child pornography. He is being summoned to give evidence in the proceedings. Musk's response is to demand that Trump and the US State Department pressure the French to drop the probe.

👀 A significant escalation…. “FBI Raids Office of Top Democratic Leader in Redistricting Wars *** Virginia’s L. Louise Lucas has been brash and unafraid to stand up to Trump. Now, she’s become a target after a major victory.”

It's pretty buried in the story. this is the paragraph

“Arrest as many people that touch you as you want to," Gregory Bovino told Border Patrol officers in 2025. But a review of hundreds of such arrests shows that charges brought against protesters and bystanders repeatedly fell apart under scrutiny. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

Standing with everyone in TN, AL, MS, LA, FL, SC, & others in the fight to protect voting rights in the wake of last week’s devastating decision. We know there are difficult days ahead, but we must continue to organize & fight back in the courts, our communities, our legislatures, & in Congress.

#VisibilityBrigade #massachusetts #democracy #mayday #PeacefulProtest @maddow.bsky.social #rights #dday @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #epstein #ice #impeach #war #boycott #fascism #billionaires #vote

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Gas is going through the roof, people can’t afford food, and this senile old fool is going joyriding in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Insufferable.

America is not “a nation that calls to God in prayer.” It’s a nation where people are free to pray, worship, or reject religion entirely without government telling them which choice is “American.”

It's Astonishing how little attention the full scale reintroduce of Jim Crow white supremacist voter suppression through anti-Black gerrymandering is getting both on here and generally Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.

Again. But we have to fight every inch of the way before November. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

Please watch. Sherrilyn Ifill breaks down the supreme court’s gutting of the VRA with all the accompanying history.

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If you appreciate how complex it is to sleep with pets in your bed, and also appreciate supporting farm workers, this is the t-shirt for you!

The national average gas price is now $4.56/gallon. That’s a 66% increase since December. Trump did this. And Republicans in Congress let him.

BREAKING — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed the new 9-0 congressional map into law. 🔴 +1 GOP 🔵 -1 DEM

They just want Jim Crow back so badly.

thinking of all the ancestors that fought so hard for the right to vote. may we work as hard as they did in our fight to restore it.

Pelech with the Public Defender's Office, to another reporter asking if the arrests at Cook County courthouses were subject to warrants: "We have never been shown any warrants, I have never seen any warrants. If warrants exist, none of us have seen them."

Happening now: Cook County officials, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights and other immigrant advocacy groups are holding a presser outside the county's Domestic Violence Court in Chicago, re: federal immigration agents being spotted at 4 separate Cook County courthouses today.

NEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.

"ProPublica’s tally of kids harmed by tear gas or pepper spray is nearly four times the number cited in a recent congressional report that relied on news stories, yet it is likely still a vast undercount."

Whether from lost wages, stolen breadwinners, or federal action - like HUD cutting them off from their housing assistance - families are being pushed to the brink of eviction by the Trump Administration.

Trump policies and ICE operations in Chicago have created fear, instability, and uncertainty for working families, including mixed-status families.

This is the scene at the Tennessee Capitol as we get closer to a final vote.

BREAKING—Tennessee Republicans have voted to draw new maps that will *eliminate* the state's only Black-majority district & the only seat held by a Democrat. @justinjpearson.bsky.social: "As long as we never quit, they cannot win. We may lose some battles along the way, but this war is a long one."

Alito flew multiple flags tied to Jan 6 insurrectionists. Thomas just gave a speech on how "progressivism" is destroying the country — plus his wife was involved in the Jan 6 plot. And Roberts has pushed "shadow docket" cases where justices make decisions without explaining themselves. Please.

There was no structural or institutional support to help La'Monica McIver when the Trump admin charged her with federal crimes for confronting an ICE officer -- so the Dem congresswomen built their own network of solidarity. I love love love this story. www.marieclaire.com/politics/con...

JUST NOW: Rep. Todd Warner walks into the house to strip majority Black Memphis or representation wearing a trump flag as a cape as Rep. Camper of Memphis looks on Video: www.instagram.com/reel/DYCuFmt...

ICE does not want you to see the cruel reality for children and their families locked up at Dilley. Children like Victor and Monserrat who were picked up at a bus stop miss their dad and school—and it’s not just them. 93 children remain locked up and it’s not right. #FreeOurChildren

Howard Lutnick tried to distance himself from Epstein by repeating a story that simply doesn't line up with the facts. If a Cabinet Secretary lies to the American public, they should no longer serve in that position. Mr. Lutnick should resign or be fired.

I was watching the CA-GOV debate last night, and it was very disappointing that only Steyer and Porter were NOs on signing a bill to increase oil production in California. If you support increased oil production, you just do not take the climate crisis seriously.

"Money never sleeps. Follow the money." So says retired UMass prof @masspolprofmo.bsky.social @fortpointer.bsky.social @thebostonlol.bsky.social mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/trumpmaga-...

Sure looks like Republicans redrew the map in Tennessee to stop Memphis from sending Justin J. Pearson to Congress, who is/was poised to win the primary after fighting like hell against Elon Musk's methane-spewing data centre monstrosities in South Memphis. Craven, desperate and racist as hell.

Someone is insider trading on crude oil shorts using Iran War announcements from the White House…and making a LOT of money. You better bet we’ll be investigating ⬇️

Leonard Leo in West Virginia, too. mountainstatespotlight.org/2026/05/07/l...

BIG SCOOP: Energy industry reps tell me the Trump administration is now extrajudicially blocking all new wind projects in the United States Apparently the Pentagon is refusing to sign off on once routine FAA airspace clearances even when military assets aren’t around My latest for @heatmap.news

One of the signs that MAGA is a true death cult is how their list of targets is otherwise inexplicable. Even under the most cynical partisan analysis, there's no reason to consider nurses, therapists, and PAs their enemies. MAGA does this because they want healthcare resources to be scarce.

Minnesotan here. They are absolutely devastating our state by withholding MA funds... So many people, hospitals suffer because of their actions. www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

The details in this Bloomberg story on the new "fraud" division replacing the existing one make it increasingly clear it is about SHUTTING DOWN investigations of Trump's kind of fraud and blatant politicization attacking benefits programs. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

This is one reason why it is so important to stop MA courthouses from collaborating with ICE. Without knowing who gets taken, theres no way to file a habeas petition. Pass the PROTECT Act - yesterday. And then make Healey get rid of the rest of her collaboration too.

Judge orders immediate release of immigrant after regime fails to provide a single reason why it needed to throw him in a jail www.universalhub.com/2026/judge-o... #Boston #immigrants