Cool, cool. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa...

A key thing about this that I want to point out is that spending projections are much lower than they used to be, and roughly flat!!! Flat EVEN THOUGH Medicare and Social Security grow! Meaning the rest of the government is shrinking!

Georgia Republicans baselessly claimed Tuesday that a delay in Fulton County’s primary election reporting was evidence of fraud — and sought to use the episode to advance their push to have the state take over election operations in the Democratic stronghold. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges sue to dissolve the $1.8B slush fund. Do they have standing? My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-harry-...

During a Judiciary hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin moved to subpoena individuals involved in the Trump slush fund: Todd Blanche Associate AG Stanley Woodward Scott Bessent IRS Chief Frank Bisignano Treasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey Jim Jordan said a vote would be held at the end of the hearing.

There are 26 members of Congress who were born in other countries, including many Republicans. But Nancy Mace only targeted three Democrats who are progressive people of color. This is racist and hateful and I call on Rep. Mace to withdraw her statement and check her conscience.

I love it when media people are so busy kissing trump’s ass they accidentally say something they’re not supposed to bsky.app/profile/lemi...

NEW: Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.

Reporting shows a newly formed outside group called Lead Left PAC has spent to boost Maureen Galindo; Congressional Leadership Fund has been reported as a suspected linked Republican super PAC which was created in April and has metadata that includes links to Republican fundraising platform WinRed.

If you’re represented by Democrats, urge them to use every tactic and tool possible to block, obstruct, and turn public opinion against this ICE First, Families Last bill.

We’ve kept ICE funding blocked since January, and we need to get loud now to stop Republicans from ramming this reconciliation bill through Congress. Send an email to your GOP Members of Congress and demand they reject the MAGA spending bill to focus on funding our communities instead.

The Senate could vote as soon as tomorrow on the MAGA spending bill that would shovel $70 billion more to the regime’s secret police — and give Trump the funding to build his billion-dollar ballroom. The House is preparing to rush a vote so they can get this bill to Trump’s desk by this weekend.

"On May 18, that U.S. attorney ... was slipped into the big en bloc list for confirmation without anyone in the Senate being told about that May 15th order regarding his professional misconduct," Whitehouse says. "I don't think thats the way this committee should operate."

Messaging, ad buys, and timing that mirror patterns used by groups allied with House Republican leadership. There is also shared vendor/address traces and nonprofit routing practices. Here is an article that explains how they use “grey money” to do this:

The GOP is now funding these kinds of people to run as democrats. Research everyone who’s running. Do not just go off of the letter they put next to their name.

TtS has identified this man as Michael Edward Wright, in his late 60s. Wright has a long history of violence. He has harassed people in the Lake City area with this type of aggression for years, sources told TtS.

Memphis is under attack by ICE goons

This is what I hear when I see 6 of the Portland City Councilors, Mayor Wilson, and several community members say they want to cut police oversight and community enrichment funds and move the money to the bloated police budget. youtu.be/kPXeosAXI3o?...

"Donald Trump has committed a broad swatch of crimes, including crimes committed as a private or corporate person after becoming President. And his personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, in his role as Acting Attorney General, just claimed to absolve him of all those crimes."

Oil prices have doubled since Oregon’s top economists last met with reporters and lawmakers to discuss the state’s economic outlook, creating a “new economic reality.” buff.ly/vswRiUI by @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

MAGA is racist.

Time to file a resolution to dissolve the fund.

Comey wants the pretrial motions deadline moved from June 5th to July 28th in the seashells case because "Mr. Comey expects to file multiple motions on constitutional grounds seeking dismissal of the indictment."

He's not planning on leaving. That's what the ballroom bunker equipped with drones is for. It's why he's calling for Thune to fire the parliamentarian who's refusing to allow the $1B for the ballroom in the reconciliation bill. It's why he's paying the insurrectionists with his slush fund.

Whatever you name it, you want it to be immediately understandable to normie swing voters. Donald Trump is using your tax dollars to reward criminals.

Terrorist Slush Fund. There are literally terrorists in this crowd, and I would bet some slush that Enrique Tarrio will be the first piggy to feed at the trough, not least bc he was invited to snitch on Trump and did not.

"You could double my taxes and it's not gonna help that teacher in queens." That's because double zero is still zero.

My question is who stopped the IRS from filing an answer to Trump’s $10B lawsuit allowing him to drop it unilaterally.

Clay Higgins lobbying for time served for Ryan Nichols in 2023. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A tweet @macfarlanenews.bsky.social has not yet copied over here is a real testament to how toxic the Terrorist Slush Fund is. Clay Higgins literally wrote a sentencing recommendation for one of the worst cop assailants, Ryan Nichols. And even he is dodging?

"So here you have the federal government acknowledging that they charged these two men wrongfully and that their own ICE agents lied, yet when we charge the same ICE agents they claim it's some kind of political stunt"

And FWIW, try to think like a right winger for a second. What three messages do right wingers ALWAYS run on? 1) Taxes 2) Crime 3) Grievance Pitch your messages in those terms.

Consider what you're saying when YOU say, "they won't do anything about Trump's Terrorist Slush fund," in context with them dodging it now. The question is not what THEY will do. It is what YOU will do to hang this on them. The easiest messaging vehicle ever, taxing you to pay off terrorists.

JUST IN: U.S. District Judge April Perry has called a sealed hearing Thursday in the case of the remaining members of the Broadview Six. She has ordered "any AUSA who participated in the decision to redact portions of the grand jury transcripts … to appear in person."

Another one in this vein. Not sure who needs to hear this, but there is NO downside to messaging on Trump's terrorist slush fund. Either some right wingers defect, or you've got electoral gold.

On the Wyoming case putting a murder case at risk. emptywheel.net/2026/05/19/d...

As you read about the Broadview 6 (-2) judge's demand that prosecutors come in person and explain the redactions they made to GJ transcript before giving it to her, remember that 5 days ago judges dismissed 9 WY cases bc of what Trump's US Attorney said to the GJ.

This is such a bullshit case. I remember the 1996 “Brothers to the Rescue” shootdown vividly. My officemate Saul Landau worked on that case. If a Cuban plane had buzzed restricted airspace over Washington, DC and ignored warnings, they would have been shot down in a heartbeat.

Congratulations to Gov. Tina Kotek on becoming the Democratic nominee for governor in Oregon! Gov. Kotek has spent the past four years working to tackle Oregon’s biggest challenges. There’s more work ahead, and she is the right leader for the job 🙌

Oregon, let’s reelect Governor Tina Kotek and give her four more years!

Someday someone is going indict Pete Hegseth for the murders of dozens of people in boats and they are going to cite this as precedent.

Do we have a spending problem? I argue no. Short 🧵 Here's a graph of all program spending EXCEPT Social Security and Medicare from 1950-present (with projections through 2056). It's already way below average, moving towards historic lows. So clearly that part of the govt isn't a "problem."

Communities have been terrorized. The men who killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good have seen no accountability. Yet Republicans in Congress want even more billions for ICE at the cost of SNAP and Medicaid. Tell them no. act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...

Here's the fucking HILARIOUS John Solomon column where he's like, "HOLY SHIT THE FBI STILL PLANS TO PROSECUTE TRUMP WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE!!!" justthenews.com/government/c...

Just days ago, John Solomon started panicking, along with Jim Jordan, bc FBI only FROZE the January 6 investigation against Trump, and got approval to retain all the evidence at least until February 1, 2030. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will introduce an amendment to the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill to prevent child sex offenders + criminals who assaulted police officers from getting payouts from Trump's $1.8B slush fund. "It’s time to see where Republicans stand." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Lawyer people: I thought there were problems charged 641 for stealing stuff from govt? Two of the charges against the AUSA who tried to liberate Trump's stolen docs report are 641. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: The $1B ballroom provision has been STRIPPED from the Republican budget bill.