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An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.

Cool,Cuz We Can't Get Enough Of Mayor Mamdani.......👏🏻

It's difficult to wrap one's head around the level of megalomania, delusions of grandeur, and zero-empathy encompassed in this response – and yet we see Trump display it multiple times per day.

As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.

Pam Bondi testifying that Todd Blanche was to blame for Epstein files fiasco is big. If Dems win House they'll subpoena Blanche and Kash Patel to testify under oath about cover up. On the pod, historian Nicole Hemmer is so illuminating on the MAGA/Epstein crackup: newrepublic.com/article/2111...

Nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz: • paid himself $5M as a “ghost employee” • diverted tens of millions owed to taxpayers & employees • failed to pay at least 3 multimillion-dollar judgments awarded to grieving families He also received a Trump pardon. (Published March)

FLASHBACK: Trump compliments Pelosi, defends Bill Clinton, says Bush should’ve been impeached for lying us into a war Imagine that!

We aren’t talking about this enough. Trump’s lawsuit against his own IRS, the one that he settled to create the $1.776 billion dollar January 6 slush fund, was over the leak of his tax returns. But they were leaked when he was in charge of the IRS.

Interests me, maybe interests someone else. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

What could possibly go wrong? Facts and science matter. www.thedailybeast.com/study-reveal...

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Ossoff: "Speaking of corruption, my 2 opponents. They tried to run Kemp, but he refused. So we're left with the congressman who's only a congressman because his daddy was a congressman and the coach who's only a coach bc his daddy was a coach ... they're both Trump puppets and we'll beat either one"

“donald trump’s brownshirts” Ossoff going way harder than i expected wow

“Trump is not wetting his beak ‘a little’ — he’s pouring the whole swamp on his head.” 🔥 katy tur doesn’t let Maher & McCarthy get away with downplaying Trump’s obscene corruption (From @bluegeorgia.bsky.social )

MEMPHIS: “Residents of S. Memphis regularly exposed to air pollution levels exceeding EPA standards… majority-Black community’s fight for pollution limits in the area now home to a refinery, manufacturing, power plants, xAI data center + gas turbines...” tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/29/c...

FOX: “What are you gonna do about your own record? The WSJ describes you as scandal-plagued.” PAXTON: “That was all pushed by Karl Rove… they could say the same thing about Trump…” Um yeah they could Ken 😬🤷🏼

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.

The Coolidge coin is actually quite a rare collectible precisely because the public didn't like it and the Treasury eventually melted most of them down. As a result, the rule against living persons on coins was instituted soon thereafter.

Privatizing prisons and detention facilities is one of the worst public policy decisions this country has ever made. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Sent to me by a friend as I do not FB. It's a really good summary of the online meltdown of dementia-addled occupant of the WH. What an embarrassing spectacle for the world to watch. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

🔥𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬: why should a family in Ireland pay more for electricity so a billion-dollar tech company can pay less? 💵

The First Amendment is your permit.

Okay, now, since putting his own name on things illegally isn't an official duty of the President, make him pay for it all.

this is fascinating: gillianbrockell.com/habeas-fligh...

The birth rate is dropping in every country on Earth, @dkthomp.bsky.social writes. He spoke with the economist Jesús Fernández-Villaverde about why the birth rate is dropping, why it matters, and just how steep the decline is likely to get: theatln.tc/1vUAvCqZ 📸: Rolf Zöllner / Bridgeman Images

Great news: the courts will have a chance to rein in the abuses at Camp East Montana, the infamous tent camp built on Fort Bliss in El Paso. I have known seasoned veterans of this field who visited the camp and came away saying it was one of the worst ICE detention centers they’d ever been to.

On this day May 30, 2024 Donald John Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers of 34 Felonies. At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country. And yet….here we are!

(📢) BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon Announces "No Fatties" Rule for White House UFC Fight Audience But Declines Rule Banning Convicted Felons, Adjudicated Rapists, Accused Serial Domestic Abusers, Alcoholics, Insurrectionists or Men Who Steal Classified Documents

NEW REPUBLIC: “Employers and institutions have paid out $2 million in settlements to people fired or penalized over reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death… one of the largest was retired Tennessee cop Larry Bushart, jailed for more than a month…” newrepublic.com/post/211049/...

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you though, or sorry that happened

Always worth reading Mr. Weissmann. Happy Friday to All! <gift article> www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

Trump bought stock in the UFC’s parent company while promoting fights set to take place at the White House on his birthday, HuffPost has learned

⚡️ UPDATE: Judge blocks Trump’s sedition slush fund heist… meidasnews.com/news/federal...

ICYMI — Fox tried to get people to talk shit about @aoc.bsky.social… and the opposite happened 😬

“A travesty of justice” @jamestalarico.bsky.social @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social wasting no time hanging the pedophile Paxton went easy on around his neck like an anchor ⚓️

Endless corruption. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Ansari: "Do I believe Blanche will be forthcoming? No, I do not. I think every administration official has lied over and over again. Bondi had senior DOJ officials like Harmeet Dhillon whispering in her ear telling her what to say or not to say. That's weaponization of the Dept of Justice."

Paul McCartney: "I've reached a point in my life where I enjoy looking back. If you're lucky, like I was, you've got a lot of warm memories. I had a really good family."

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Trump is an invasive species. He doesn’t believe in fair and free elections. He’s so delusional, I think he’s starting to believe his own B.S. — He tried to light democracy on fire. He’s desperate. His back is against the wall. He’s just winding up.”

ICYMI — Justice Alito’s son has been working in the Trump administration 🤔🤷🏼 So much corruption

Just insane. New Jersey Gov Mikie Sherrill says DHS just denied state health inspectors full access to Delaney Hall. She's calling for it to be shut down.

The bottom line is that there will never be any meaningful congressional oversight or investigations into the blatant corruption of the Trump family enriching themselves as long as Republicans are in control. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Mamdani: "Govt efficiency — these are words that somehow have been understood as if they are R priorities, when in fact they're priorities of anyone who believes in the public sector. Any yet, Elon Musk used it to cut as many jobs that were as critical as possible for so many of the neediest people"

Not a “super look” for @ltgovmcnally to punish Sen. charlane oliver for protesting their racist redistricting & calling it “beneath the dignity of the office” when he never faced consequences for his Franklyn Superstar-thirsting Reminder of that story (we broke): www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in 🇺🇸… He was impeached by his own party for using his public office to enrich himself and his donors… that kind of corruption is the rot at the core of this broken system.” (Naturally, Trump now supports him)

KAGAN: “Somehow the media managed to miss that we lost this war back in March, and Trump has been trying to delay that reality. Iran has not made a single concession— they’re just shaking Trump down for money.” Full @thebulwark.com episode with @timmiller.bsky.social : youtu.be/nq43MeOPIjE?...

Fox Business: "1st quarter GDP coming in with a read of 1.6%. So this is a revision down. The first read was 2%, now we're coming in with a second read of 1.6%, and that is actually below the range."

Fox Business on latest economic data: "When income is flat, and you are spending more money, that's the impact of inflation. Hopefully, we solve that problem very quickly. But the longer that drags on, the bigger a problem it sets up for the economy."