NPR is offering buyouts to journalists as it overhauls its newsroom, with the threat of layoffs to follow. Two recent gifts totaling $113 million are primarily dedicated to NPR's tech infrastructure. n.pr/4nHd2Cc

I’m sorry, but this made me laugh.

Was lucky enough to meet Rep Frank a few times. Irascible, honest, and brave in a dozen ways. Did not suffer fools gladly, and I on occasion was that fool. RIP.

Honestly, we need to start showing this again. In prime time. To adults.

Eligible to file a claim based on the stated criteria by Todd Blanche, to be paid out of Trump’s theft of $1.8 billion of your money.

That’s why I introduced the STOP TRUMP Act — to make it clear that taxpayer dollars are not a personal slush fund for presidents, political loyalists, or extremists who participated in an attack on our democracy.

This guy gives me a headache

Cars became stuck in floodwaters during rush hour after heavy rainfall hit Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday.

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

"a mysterious six-figure advertising campaign" is boosting this hateful anti-semite - political grifter. Unless the donors boosting her ugly campaign comes out in public - this smells like right-wing ratf**kery.

Over a year after the Los Angeles Fires, our communities are still waiting for critical federal disaster funding needed to recover & rebuild.

My heartfelt condolences to Barney Frank's family and friends Barney ...served in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013 He was a SHARP -TONGUED ADVOCATE for GAY RIGHT A FIERCE WIT He co-wrote the DODD-FRANK ACT to prevent a repeat of 2008 financial crisis RIP BARNEY FRANK 🙏

So…Republicans are attacking trans kids to “protect women” while blocking our nation’s first-ever Smithsonian dedicated to Women’s history?  Make it make sense. @balint.house.gov

Florida homeowners are paying some of the highest insurance costs in the country. Ashley Moody continues to do nothing to stop this crisis because the insurance lobby is bankrolling her campaign. www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/flor...

Ricardo was arrested at a routine immigration check. He's a high school senior with no criminal record, one week from graduation. Trump's ICE has never been focused on the worst of the worst. Their focus is apparently on arresting high schoolers and sticking them in solitary. DHS must free Ricardo.

Trump is using a mistake with some Maryland primary mail-in ballots to attack the heavily Democratic state. Although the error has been addressed, that didn’t stop Trump from insinuating widespread election fraud in Maryland — without any evidence to support the claim. https://bit.ly/4dShXfY

Ari Melber on MS NOW is referring to Trump's theft of your tax money to reward his fellow insurrectionists as his THUG FUND. That's good framing. Trump is stealing your money to create a thug fund. #ThugFund

1/5 🚨 HHS continues removing CDC webpages from public access. This time it’s CDC’s “Safer Sex, Social Gatherings, and Monkeypox” guidance page -- practical, evidence-based harm reduction information during an ongoing infectious disease threat.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., told reporters about the plan hours after Trump signaled he could target him in his midterm revenge campaign.

Rep. Ted Lieu: "This nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund is completely unethical and totally ridiculous...The people drafting this document know it's unethical. Acting AG Todd Blanche will lose his law license after his term is over because he's engaging in flatly unethical behavior."

I suspect that everyone, from Elizabeth Warren to Vet Votes, is going to live to regret their endorsement of Platner.

This post from my colleague is racist, disgusting, and anti-American. She should truly be ashamed of herself.

More on ICE agents detaining a person in North Chicago this morning, leaving a child behind in a car:

Say their names: Amin Abdullah Mansour Kaziha Nader Awad And in their honor, join us in the fight to disarm hate and free America from gun violence.

Young people in Iowa now need parental consent to get a vaccine that PREVENTS CANCER. GOP not beating the death cult allegations

It’s time to Get Out the Vote! We’re hosting phonebanks everyday from now until June 2nd to reach voters all across California, and we need your help to do it. All you need is your phone, your community, and the energy to make a difference. Sign-up: bit.ly/4dSZa4f

NEW: In the morning, lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment to a $580 billion transportation bill that would make federal highway funds contingent on states and cities killing off their automated license plate reader programs, i.e., Flock, in most cases.

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to require teachers to forcibly out transgender youth against their will. Censoring "gender ideology" does nothing to advance the basic promise that every child deserves the same opportunity to thrive, and that includes transgender students.

"...Trump has made dozens of promises in years past to release his returns, as other presidents routinely have done, only to renege on that commitment."

I'm loving this attitude!

CNN’s Harry Enten: “Talarico winning in Texas is no fantasy. He's polling better than any Dem Senate nominee at this point since 2002. Unlike O'Rourke in 2018, Talarico's ahead now. Paxton's much less popular than Cruz was. Trump is less popular now than in 2018. The GOP is right to be scared.”

Kyle Clark: I should say there are more Republican county clerks in Colorado than there are Democrats, but they have spoken with one voice to say: Don’t do this.This will make our jobs harder and potentially less safe if you let Tina Peters out.

MacFarlane: I'm filling a notebook with misinformation spreading about January 6th today. The idea that these cases were wrongful, no case was overturned, not a one on appeal. And lots of people appealed. They had a 100% success rate for juries at trial.

"... the act will not only decrease cooperation with federal officials, but also force law enforcement agencies to follow both federal and state law they say conflict with each other."

I would be interested to know why the text of bill does not address the IRS audit business as well, but a very good start!

Just think about the fact that, without legal coercion, every professional sports league in the country would still be segregated.

Are we supposed to be saying where the CIA is?

1/ I wrote this is a corrupt settlement, brought in a case that was due to be dismissed. You don’t have to take my word for that-lawyers at the IRS thought so too. But Trump was in both the driver’s seat & the beneficiary’s seat. That’s the very definition of kleptocracy substack.com/@joycevance/...

Damn, Xi must have a lot of shit on Trump for him to come bootlicking at their door AND to go be their messenger to Taiwan

If the US can prosecute former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the extrajudicial killings of four people in international airspace 30 years ago, then Trump should be prosecuted for the extrajudicial killings of nearly 200 people in international waters in the past year.

“How Democrats can fight new GOP gerrymanders—while still respecting the VRA” electionlawblog.org?p=156281

It must be emphasized that we need powerful, robust ACADEMIC history IN universities to sustain history OUTSIDE universities. If we can’t employ people in higher ed to train future generations of public historians, we will not have future generations of public historians. 🗃️

We’ve charged a SoCal jewelry store owner for swindling 22 victims out of nearly $1.5 million for Rolex watches that never existed. We will continue to investigate, expose, and dismantle financial crimes and fraud across California to ensure a fair marketplace for everyone.

Because, of course! 1/ “Alan Manning Chambers, the leader of a Christian ministry that touted conversion therapy and claimed it could “cure” queerness, has been arrested for soliciting sex from a minor in a police sting.” apple.news/Ae3lP4o6pRMW...

Ukraine is in talks with the UK after London issued a fuel trade license allowing imports of jet and diesel fuel refined from Russian crude in third countries. www.kyivpost.com/post/76537

🧊✈️ HEADS UP INDIANA‼️ ⚠️ ICE Air inbound to IND Eastern 737 – Tail: N959BP ETA – 5:10pm 👀

Yes, I’m sure that giving the Trump family and businesses carte blanche to cheat on all their taxes in perpetuity was the *IRS’s* idea. Sure, Jan.

BREAKING: GOP senators are FURIOUS at Trump after he endorsed Ken Paxton for Senate: “Texas is all but lost to Democrats now”… And, that JUST MAKES ME SMILE! 😎✨