I don’t want an arch. I don’t want a ballroom. I don’t want a blue reflecting pool. I don’t want yet another forever war. I want the full Epstein files.

#AlexJones #NewtownParents

New data shows Trump will cost the average American family $5,000 MORE this year. People are already struggling. We can’t afford Trump or Republicans. #WeCantAffordTrump

BREAKING: Trump purchased up to a $1 million worth of Nvidia, #$NVDA, stock on January 6, 2026. This is a week before the Commerce Department officially approved the sale of Nvidia chips to China.

Donald Trump cannot get away with suing the IRS for $10 billion and then settling with a DOJ *he* oversees for a $1.7 billion slush fund dedicated to granting his allies payouts. This is absolutely unconstitutional and unethical.

I really want people to take a minute to process this. The US government is attacking and destroying our own scientific infrastructure and Republicans in Congress are piling on and loving it. These are democracy-destroying actions.

BOOCKVAR: “.. So now people care about the bond bear market that I talk about just about every single week mentioning ever rising rates? .. “.. I wish Kevin Warsh the best, .. but he will still be subject to his surrounding macro circumstances.”

Further underpinning for why the D.C. gerontocracy needs to be upended.

Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

First moments back in Ukraine after Russian captivity! They are so thin... They are enjoying their apples so much. They most likely have not seen apples, fruit or normal food in captivity.

Today's cartoon by Chris Britt:

BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org has petitioned OGE to ban federal officers & employees from wagers tied to official govt actions Insider trading is illegal — & prediction markets should NOT be the new loophole - TN

Pander Express.

The level of corruption in the US is astronomical. It looks surreal but here we are:

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Bloomie headline: #Bessent says U.S., China weighing a ‘Board of Investment’ Hilarious. The mandarins in the Forbidden City aren’t our friends, #Trump. Stop pretending like they are. They’re communists; that never changes. Given the chance, Xi et al would like nothing better than to eat our lunch.

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Don't question the genius

#TrumpLies like birds fly and fish swim.

On a "Positive" note, Scott Burns observed that the overall federal deficit is so huge that the Social Security shortfall is now a relatively minor issue:

MIN: Do you know how much new energy China put online last year? BURGUM: Intermittent or base load? M: 543 GW. How much was renewable? 434 GW. B: But only when the sun is shining M: Meanwhile, the US put up 53 GW of new energy last year - less than 10% of China. You're harming our natl security

"Carr's latest campaign to menace hosts of The View & destroy the independence of broadcast media may make him a household name. Because this time ABC & Disney are fighting back, exposing his blatant misconduct as he schemes to censor outlets for refusing to toe the MAGA line." — @lizdye.bsky.social

#Trumpflation Always take the credit, never take the blame. Sorry, it doesn’t work that way.

Timonthy Snyder on the coming collapse of the American republic. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...

Man, there are some crazy “labor vs. capital” charts, lately. @ianbremmer.com

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

Thune on the SAVE America Act: "We don't have the votes to get rid of the filibuster"

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (AZ-7) has been inside ICE detention centers and she's telling the truth about the horrors she's seen. From children held at the Dilley facility to the staging grounds in Florence, the reality is far from the "orderly" narrative the administration is pushing.

#WindfallProfitsTax I remember such a tax, imposed over 50 years ago.

#VotingRights #Election2026

Hmm could it be micro-plastics? Pollution? Poisoned tap water? A lack of clean air? Or any number of corporate catastrophes that this administration is funding and encouraging??? No of course not…. 🤦

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social Did I actually hear techie permabull Dan Ives say Naz 3,000 by year’s end (on Bloomie radio)?

He's back!! 😎 Hungarian Health Minister, Zsolt Hegedűs, dances in front of Budapest’s Parliament building after the inauguration of Péter Magyar as the new prime minister. 🤍

Scams his own people a hundred different ways; several Crypto scams, Trump phone scam, gold card visas. Uses the office the enrich himself and people who ally themselves with him. AND THIS IS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

Drive less, bike more.

Another reminder that the resumption of a more normal oil market isn't as simple as flicking a light switch. Via Bloomberg, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned that even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens immediately, "it will take a few months for the oil market to rebalance." And if "trade and ... 1 of 2

For over 4 years, workers at REI Co-op have been organizing and trying to reach a first union contract. How has REI responded? Union-busting. Join the tens of thousands of REI members standing with @reiunion.bsky.social and boycott their anniversary sale May 15-25.

Count Me In National Day of Action for Voting Rights Selma and Montgomery, Alabama Saturday, May 16 blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction

The “Mag-7” is being trounced this year by what YARDENI calls the “AI-11”: SanDisk Intel Western Dig Micron SK Hynix Samsung AMD Marvell ASML Taiwan Semi Broadcom @yardeniresearch.bsky.social

Today’s ruling out of the Virginia Supreme Court – where justices narrowly ruled to block a voter-approved congressional map – proves why state supreme courts are so important. Every voter in Georgia should be paying attention to this ahead of their upcoming Supreme Court election.

“We moved 4.5 million people off SNAP” is a crazy way to say you took food away from 4.5 million people, mostly needy families. And also crazy to think this works for them politically!

📣 Democrats have overperformed by 13 pts on avg across *105* Special Elections! 5/12: GA HD-177: TBD 5/19: GA SD-07: TBD 5/19: PA HD-196: Ron Ruman 6/09: ME HD-029: Nancy McDowell 8/04: CA-01: TBD 8/04: AR HD-044: TBD Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...

Me. I’m a pitchfork Democrat! Pitch’em out!

Dems running for president in 2028 should consider pledging to replace Trump's ballroom with a museum devoted to American democracy and all our struggles over it. For good measure, let's throw in an exhibit about Jan 6. END newrepublic.com/article/2101...

Mother Jones: The Roberts Court Takes a Page from Plessy v. Ferguson In destroying the Voting Rights Act, the justices echo the court’s darkest and most racist days. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy.