Model: Gwili Andre Photographer: Edward Steichen

Cyndi Lauper has something to say. Listen up!! #USDemocracy

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

❗️Gerrymanders Beware❗️Those safe red districts might not be so safe anymore! Congratulations to Quentin Wiltz for flipping a Texas Mayoral race blue 🔵! Brazoria County voted for Trump 57%. But they just elected a Democratic endorsed candidate after nearly 50 years of conservative mayors! Woohoo! 🥳

Boeing sponsored this golf tournament at Trump's Doral resort over the weekend. Boeing won two of the biggest defense contracts ever awarded at the end last year, and has billions in government contracts.

Thank you, Julie K. Brown for always speaking truth to power. Congratulations on your Pulitzer Prize. The entire world applauds your courage.

So proud of my @sfchronicle.com colleagues!! Our first Pulitzer win since 2005 but we’ve had eight nominations in the last five years. www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsro...

″ These [the Amazon workers] are the people we should be celebrating, and honored at big events, not billionaires, not people who avoid their taxes and help Donald Trump.”-Everyone Hates Elon hyperallergic.com/met-gala-boy...

The Met Gala is receiving pushback this year after it was announced that Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos, and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are the main benefactors.

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The audacity of art… this just makes my heart sing. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/a...

Do Texans know about Paxton's views about child abusers? “Initially charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, Attorney General Ken Paxton offered a plea deal to Hoffman lowering a felony and life in prison to ... misdemeanors and 30 days in county jail. " www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I still hear media refer to “the shooting” at the WHCD, which seems misleading if the only shots fired were from the cops and Secret Service.

Ukrainian students win the first European Mathematical Olympiad! Two teams from Ukraine - the senior and junior divisions - participated in the competition. In total, the 12 participants secured 8 medals: 3 gold and 5 bronze. Overall, the event featured 124 representatives from 19 countries.

A wonderful news! Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk defeated “neutral” russian Mirra Andreeva and won the WTA tournament in Madrid. She became the first Ukrainian tennis player to reach the finals of all WTA tournament categories in a single season.

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Rep. Elliott Engen, R-White Bear Township, on Friday said that he doesn’t like to listen to “nonsensical ideas” brought forward by lefty activists. That’s why he ditched a committee hearing in March to grab lunch at a local bar and have a beer.

It's too bad that officials in the United States are given a pass while officials in other countries are held to account. Smarmy Lutnick is the most recent example. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

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“Good riddance to the world’s worst rubbish,” @bencollins.bsky.social says to Infowars going dark last night. “War is over, if you want it." www.ms.now/news/the-lig...

BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.

There is no NYC without unions. A people united and organized cannot be defeated. Together, we're showing the world what solidarity means.

May Day memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine for the Haymarket anarchist martyrs

#MayDay is a reminder for workers to stand together. If you’re going to a May Day event, you can download this graphic and use it as a sign.

NEW: Everything you need to know about the plans and goals of May Day Strong — for May Day 2026, and beyond unicornriot.ninja/2026/may-day...

Trump is flying into the local airport today to speak at The Villages. The last time he flew here, his cultists were lining the road in front of the airport before dawn. It was over a 1000 of them. I drove by the airport today and there was not a single Trump supporter out there.

Gas prices are higher at gas stations in every state than they were last month, 6 months ago, and 1 year ago. But on Fox they are WAY DOWN and coming down even more every day!

🚨BREAKING: Louisiana officials made clear Thursday that the state’s primaries will be postponed so lawmakers can draw a new congressional map in response to Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

(WSJ) - The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

I just watched a video of Katie Porter saying farm workers getting overtime pay is a regulation that “doesn’t make sense”

Yesterday I talked to a friend doing aging parent care and imparted most important lessons I learned from my time. Give yourself permission to vigorously coordinate w/the many doctors to keep them on point. Always demand testing for UTIs at the first sign of behavioral changes. Fight if needed.

Once again the NYT has decided that the people that we must listen to the most are 'right-wing' voters. I almost never see them do a panel so we can hear about 'what progressive voters are thinking'. If you are 'left of center', you don't really matter in the USA, apparently.

With very ominous language, Justice Elena Kagan says that today’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais ends the Supreme Court’s “now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.” 6-to-3 vote in favor of white voters who challenged a Black-majority district in La. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

Happy 93rd birthday to Willie Nelson! Clip from Outlaws and Angels, Live at the Wiltern Theater, 2004.

Did they ever catch the person who did the seashells? Because that seems like a very dangerous person on the loose.

They were too busy today focused on a ballroom, a joke by Kimmel, and seashells. The important stuff.

King Charles at State Dinner: “You recently commented, Mr. President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German. Dare I say that if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French”

Am I the only one who finds it absurd that the US government seeks to punish a comedian for a joke, yet ignores a presidential threat to demolish an entire civilisation?

Comey: Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago. And this won't be the end of it. But nothing has changed with me. I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid. And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let's go.

standing ovation after King Charles sings the praises of NATO and says "that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine"

If you haven't already, it's time to boycott this company. They don't seem to care if we die or get cancer. Let's not care if they make any money.

A blind young lady, accompanied by her little sister, approached the pianist requesting to perform Voilà together. She used a Braille computer for the lyrics. "Voilà" is a song by French singer Barbara Pravi, who co-wrote the song with Igit and Lili Poe. #streetmusic #vocals #music

So happy for them

Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe