Gifting this article 🎁 I don’t understand. Who can defend this? How stupid is this country? How stupid are our Senators? Are we really thinking that simply shorting ourselves in the face is going to make us better off? Why isn’t this a complete outrage? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

Of course he did….. Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

The mood outside the Trenton statehouse.

Not for nothing but freedom of navigation has been a core US foreign policy objective for 200+ years and preserving the Arabian Gulf from domination has been one for just a hair under 50. When I say things like “calamity” or “inexcusable defeat”, I am not being partisan or exaggerating.

"IT'S WORKING FOR ME" is an all-time quote from Scott Pelley.

An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...

Someone asked me how I can continue to write fiction where people find a way to be better when the world now shows it's not the case. And fella, nothing the fash want you to do more than give up on hope but you really must not. If it's getting too dark to see you don't turn out the lights.

Without immigration, this will only get worse. "America’s aging workforce: One in four workers is now older than 55" www.the-independent.com/us/money/agi...

I'm going to need everyone to stop being such a mark for stuff like this. They have learned through years of feedback that this gets them clicks. It's an engagement strategy as contrived as anything a social media marketing agency could put together for a SaaS startup.

A march for Kahanism

Another case of an IDF infantry veteran confirming that during the opening phase of the Gaza war, formal Rules of Engagement were not issued at all, creating a vacuum where some tactical commanders told their units to kill all “military-aged males” on sight. www.economist.com/interactive/...

The craters have been measured bsky.app/profile/pere...

I respect lawful military service. That’s not what these boat strikes are. This is murder by the U.S. military on the orders of a criminal president, based on no charges and no judicial review. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, head of Southern Command, is complicit. Credit to the NY Times for naming him.

"All the agents who had been to Minnesota told me they never wanted to go back, for any reason."

my "this isn't me being gay" shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt

How China is breaking apart a people and its culture. Repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase By the brilliant @alisonkilling.bsky.social Front page @financialtimes.com video by me Read it now - first 300 clicks are free: as.ft.com/r/4fe10b46-c...

And it was opposed by Obama's vice president, a certain senator who is now the minority leader, almost half of his own party in Congress overall, the entire Israel lobby, the entire Gulf lobby, every "serious person" think tank, the Center for American Progress, and more.

Once again: German universities were the envy of the world before the Nazis rose to power and took an ideological wrecking ball to the entire enterprise. If you want to know how long it took for German universities to recover… they haven’t.

Absolutely wild scoop here

"11 children have been killed or injured on average every 24 hours in Lebanon over the last week... [UNICEF] said on Friday, as Israel has expanded strikes... despite a ceasefire. A total of 77 children have been killed or injured in the last seven days..." english.palinfo.com/news/2026/05...

oh god yes www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...

my favorite erick erickson moment is when he said that his family refused to eat asian food on the anniversary of pearl harbor to honor the tragedy. a reporter reached out to his mom to confirm whether this was true and she was like “i don’t know what the fuck he is talking about”

AI can tell you how a word is spelled. But the work these kids do to solve those words—developing study tactics, identifying linguistic patterns, honing their ability to perform under pressure—is something a computer can’t do for you. The Bee is a reminder of what the human brain is capable of.

One of my strongest takeaways from the Bee this week is that it was a showcase for why critical thinking matters more than ever. So much of what the kids do up there isn’t rote memorization—it’s using their insane prep to solve words like puzzles (using etymology, patterns) in real time.

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

Two Black families whose children died after they were used as test subjects in a vaccine trial without their parents’ consent have sued the federal government. Sample tissues from the boys’ autopsies were stolen to develop the RSV vaccine that is now used around the world.

imagine if we spent the nearly $5 billion (!!!!) already spent on extrajudicial killings of poor fishermen on thing we know that are effective, like evidence based treatment, harm reduction & housing.

"60 Minutes" legend Steve Kroft, also on the record: “Since I retired, I often wondered what would happen to ‘60 Minutes.' But I never expected it would be executed by the President of the United States.” www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Bill Owens, the former executive producer of "60 Minutes," goes on the record with @status.news: "They're killing '60 Minutes.'" Much more in here: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Oh, no! 💔 Worshipper murdered in Minnesota. He worked as a union staffer. abcnews.com/US/man-shot-...

Whether you loved or hated the result, there was a consensus after the 2024 election that it was a 1980-esque rout for the Democrats, which was absolute nonsense which proved impervious to people pointing out what the numbers really were.

A really fascinating op-ed that claims Israel can turn its international image and growing isolation around with a new government, but it doesn't mention by name any of the parties or candidates who are running because none of them have any intention of doing any of the things the author recommends.

This is seriously fucked. Like for starters they’re using commercial web analytics that are in no way in line with federal privacy disclosure requirements…

the term ceasefire deal has lost any meaning

I want you to hear straight from me about what happened at Delaney Hall on Monday and what I saw inside the facility. ICE out of control. GEO Group profiting off of human misery. People living in inhumane conditions. Let me walk you through it.

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible

We're at the seeking an "arrangement" stage of the conflict. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/w...

how do they just keep getting worse at this

I think it’s bad the U.S. Government is running extra legal concentration camps and refusing basic oversight protections.

Lol

An indelible image from outside Delaney Hall last night. (📸 by Dean Moses) www.amny.com/news/delaney...

Once again - it becomes a lot easier to understand this modern iteration of fascism if you remember it is constructed by many absolutely terminally online edge lord losers filtered through GamerGate and 4chan. People who have never been funny trying to tell the same in jokes & memes with dead eyes

This story is from student reporter Santiago Campos, who spoke out about recent decisions at CBS News when accepting a major scholarship from the network at last night's News Emmys: variety.com/2026/tv/news... As @abigailhiggins.bsky.social wrote in our newsletter: Seems like the kids are alright.

I remember a Tory confidently telling me "In a decade, everyone will say they voted Leave even if they didn't".

never forget bsky.app/profile/bgru...

The request to loan hundreds of millions of dollars to the firm linked to Trump Jr. was made by Peter Navarro, a White House adviser to President Donald Trump and a friend of Trump Jr.’s.

Insightful and shocking report by @trbrtc.bsky.social a.o. @nytimes.com about the PrSM: How a New U.S. Weapon Killed 21 Civilians in Iran www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Month-over-month households have now seen real income declines for three consecutive months. For bottom 50% households, income has fallen in 5 of the last 6 months.

Sadism as a key driver of US government policy.