Anti-voting group released a sweeping new “model laws” handbook that urges lawmakers and election officials to restrict mail-in voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, conduct mass voter challenges and empower officials to deny/delay certification. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities open.substack.com/pub/projects...

"All 48 of Trump’s appointees to the federal bench so far this term refused to acknowledge his defeat and incur the ire — and potential withdrawal of their nominations — by the petulant president suffering through sensitive feel-feels about losing in 2020." — @schaller67.bsky.social

Black people about 13% of US population about 5% of US doctors about 8% of Yale med students (44 in total)—an emergency

Hey bro, those facts are a statement of failure, not successs. Unless you’re a fossil fuel producer….oops.

They still hate you, Clarence. youtu.be/LkNXLn535Sw

Donald‘s Ls for the week. Quite the mood lifter. youtube.com/shorts/w7pwB...

With their gutting of the Voting Rights Act, SCOTUS is ushering in a new confederacy. First they strike down the voting rights amendment, then they strike down legally drawn democratic maps. Power belongs in the hands of the voters — not unelected elites. From me and @aoc:

Last quarter Trump purchased millions in stock for 15 companies. All 15 of their CEOs were invited to accompany him on his official China visit.

God good please shut up, sit down, and go educate yourself, so you can stop saying stupid shit like this in public. Its embarrassing. "Radicals" do not make big leaps forward by letting regressive fascist authoritarian criminally corrupt monsters win elections because the alternative wasn't "pure".

He never misses an opportunity for grift.

Well worth a read: @jasonfurman.bsky.social gives a balanced and thoughtful appreciation of Jay Powell (and let's a little inside gossip sneak out along the way). www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o... (gift link)

You want infrastructure? Better every day lives? Vote for Democrats.

Never stop digging, JD.

George Lucas founded ILM, invented THX, built Pixar, sold Lucasfilm for $4bn and donated most of it to education. Not bad for a kid from Modesto. 82 wild facts for his 82nd birthday here: zurl.co/CnVAn

New research has suggested that regularly engaging with arts and culture, including visiting museums and exhibitions, could help support wellbeing and even slow biological ageing. Community, culture, creativity and connection matter. @dulwichhamletfc.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social

“[The justice department] has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case,” McElroy wrote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Takers.

Gratitude is Not a state, but an action, a tool and a skill, all in one. And as such, can be honed with regular, intentional practice.

Minnewaska State Park Preserve parks.ny.gov/visit/state-...

We're not friendly.

Bob Marley then John Lennon, both 1980

Hiking in bad weather

Curious

Any questions about why the GOP is desperately trying to cheat before the midterms?

⚡️ Rep. Min to Sec. Burgum: “ 🇺🇸 put up 53 GW of new energy last year, less than 10% of 🇨🇳 — Your clear bias against renewables is harming our national security and putting us further behind the Chinese.”

🔥 @rephuffman.bsky.social clowns Trump’s Interior Secretary Burgum 🤡 for saying solar power 🌞 doesn’t work at night 🤦🏻‍♂️

Having thoroughly damaged America's relationships with Europe, Trump is now getting ready to do the same thing in Asia giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

I'm not letting go of this. Neither should you. It is by far the most blatant, in your face "fuck you" to Americans that any President ever did since trump said he wouldn't take responsibility. Anyone else would have to resign.

He’s going to come back with nada. Bupkis. Zero. Let the humiliations begin.

FOX BUSINESS: “Consumer prices rose 3.8% annually in April — HIGHEST since May of 2023… Inflation is now RISING FASTER than paychecks.” #Trumpflation

This gives me hope. Keep hammering.

10,000 rulings: The courts' overwhelming rebuke of Trump's ICE policies A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.

Trump is stealing your money with his policies by making everything more expensive but he doesn’t care because his priorities are wars, ballrooms, reflecting pools, and self-enrichment.

The President spoke from the heart and apparently there’s no room in it for Americans struggling to pay their bills.

We must be able to hold federal agents accountable when they violate our rights, but current law makes that nearly impossible. We'll be on Capitol Hill next week urging Congress to ensure people have a right to sue when their constitutional rights are violated by federal agents.

3 Uncomfortable Observations: 1) Some creators believe using Twitter is a necessary evil because there's no other option to reach a wide audience than a site unfortunately owned by a white supremacist weirdo. 2) Some people use Twitter because their specific audience IS white supremacist weirdos.

The coolest thing about programming (not with LLMs, actually coding) is how close it is to spells. When you know how to code, the computer does what you tell it to. It's pleasing and beautiful. Chatbots take away that ability and skill, in totality forever, since they cannot follow instructions.

If accurate, this is a massive own goal by @abigailspanberger.com. Public-sector employees in VA worked their butts off to elect her last year. More importantly, they deserve the job security and a real voice at the table that come with collective bargaining. vadogwood.com/news/labor/b...

@pkryan.bsky.social Defeat ICE detention centers here in the Hudson Valley.

"Donny: “not even a little bit … I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation, I don’t think about anybody.” and there is it, folks. fueled by blind rage and rapidly advancing cognitive collapse, Preznit Fuckwit blurts out the truest thing he’s ever said."

Remarkable: Vulnerable Republicans are tied to *all* of Trump's most hated policies. They've voted for: *health care cuts *tariffs *war *ICE raids *tax cut for rich Meanwhile, inflation and Iran have Trump raging. On the pod, @simonwdc.bsky.social talks midterms: newrepublic.com/article/2103...

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

Whooopsie. those empty hotels and stadiums ....

Lawbreakers. Not lawmakers.

#OnThisDay, we celebrate International Nurses Day. Marked on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, it honors the dedication and compassion of nurses worldwide. Every day, nurses show up with strength and care, supporting patients in their most vulnerable moments and helping save lives. 🩺

"I will not be able to assure her that the federal public health system we will rely on, in the weeks that follow, to detect what the World Cup brings, is still free to tell clinicians what it sees." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...