In Trump’s “booming” economy, Americans are literally selling their blood to pay for rent, food, and gas—200,000 people a day, $4.7B in plasma last year, more centers than Costcos. That’s not winning. #WeCantAffordTrump

As we work to strengthen confidence in our elections and defend our democracy from Trump and his cronies, this sends exactly the wrong message. It is a dangerous and deeply misguided mistake that weakens accountability at a moment when our democracy needs it most. (2/2)

GILLIBRAND: What is your record?! I don't want to just hear about what you don't like about the Biden administration SCOTT TURNER: During the Biden administra-- GILLIBRAND: Stop talking about Biden! Talk about your record TURNER: During the Biden administration-- GILLIBRAND: Oh my God!

When I was a student at UT, I registered voters for Obama’s 2008 campaign — a campaign of hope. President Obama just showed up at UT and told young Texans: “Now you have the chance to join a campaign of hope.” Sign up today: jamestalarico.com/join

So paying poor people to have healthcare and poor children to have food at school is fraud and abuse, but paying Donald Trump to paint a perfectly fine reflecting pool for $13 million and build a tacky $1 billion ballroom isn't fraud and abuse? What messed-up priorities this country has!

Breaking NYT: Brad Raffensperger received a "manifesto" deemed to be a "credible threat on his life" on Monday, the day before a suspicious object disrupted a campaign event in Macon. The handwritten document included a photograph of Raffensperger with the word "Boom" written across his forehead.

www.yahoo.com/news/article... "Mildly" positive?

Interior Department employees are mocking Doug Burgum’s remarks on AI Teddy Roosevelt and an uncooperative police horse.

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.

“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...

You’ll at least love the quote that opens this www.panaccindex.info/p/princetons...

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the National Council of Jewish Women and Louisiana voters, my law firm has sued Governor Jeff Landry (R) and Secretary of State Nancy Landry (R), challenging the state’s decision to suspend the 2026 congressional primary elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...

"The Republicans in Congress have surrendered their self-respect and independent judgment to the man who would be king. They are far more subservient to Trump than any member of Parliament is to Charles." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez states that Democratic led states need to continue to redraw maps until gerrymandering is banned.

Polls shows that most Americans agree with Ted Cruz's statement today that "it's not the government's job to censor speech, and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police."

January 6 would like to have a word, Mar-a-Lago Rose

The Justice Department is bringing back the use of firing squads and lethal injection using pentobarbital as it seeks to expedite and expand the federal death penalty.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday on a Missouri case in which a jury awarded $1.25 million to a man who developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after spraying Roundup on a community garden in St. Louis. Jurors held Monsanto liable for failing to warn of the risk. https://to.pbs.org/49cvts5

Personnel is policy. An insight that was much harder to illustrate in vivid and concrete ways before the second Trump administration.

Donald is so effortlessly rude.

Before rescheduling the correspondents dinner, they should have all attendees go through active shooter training. I know a few 3rd graders who’d be more than happy to help.

I'm rewatching the Chernobyl series on HBO, and the opening voiceover from Legasov resonates: "What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all."

Every single weekend, he golfs on a massive course, but he needs a giant ballroom for his “safety.” 🙄

Make no mistake: President Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" that every Republican member of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted for helped create this affordability crisis. And now, President Trump and Republicans have no plan to clean up the mess they created.

Regulars Angry Dive Bar Now Popular Enough To Be Financially Solvent https://theonion.com/regulars-angry-dive-bar-now-popular-enough-to-be-financially-solvent/

The Pentagon fired the watchdog for Stars and Stripes. Ombudsman Jacqueline Smith whose entire job was protecting the editorial independence of the military’s own newspaper was let go with no explanation and told the decision was “not grievable.”

Yet another example of “what is good for me is NOT for thee” when it comes to the average Jane and Joe Doe. That being said, he should have known better as a special service soldier.

As governor, I won’t sell out Michigan for any project — data centers included. I’ll be focused on protecting our waters, keeping energy affordable, and making sure every community is heard. That’s how we grow the right way.

I asked my Republican colleagues to explain why they want to ban the IRS from providing an online tool that ALREADY EXISTS to allow people to file their taxes for free. *Silence* Every Republican voted against @gluesenkampperez.house.gov's amendment to allow the IRS to offer Direct File.

An America's Got Talent scout came across Madison's own Barrio Dance Factory on YouTube and after some back and forth, the 28 dancers found themselves dancing for Simon Cowell and friends. Their audition airs June 2. buff.ly/mdbpAdM

I genuinely think some people do not want to look this in the eye/think about it because it is so awful. We wrote what I thought was a pretty eye-opening story about all this and I was surprised by the lack of engagement tbh

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qu5... RIP

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.

Back to the genocide threats.

Head of federal law enforcement stages authoritarian crackdown on political enemies in attempt to appease Trump because he's afraid the journalistic exposé of his uncontrolled alcoholism is putting his job in jeopardy

It's nice to hear about Politicians and Kids for something like this, rather than... you know. The other thing.