Most folks don't realize how central events like J6 were to the Jim Crow state. Dozens of unprosecuted coups & massacres—actively encouraged by those in power—revived the fundamental logic of the pre-emancipation state: that Black Americans had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

President Sheinbaum "The three agreements we signed today, between Mexico and the EU represent more than — represent the possibility of consolidating a strategic relationship based on mutual respect, equality between nations and confidence in a common future."

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“Powerus is flush with cash and…says there is no problem with it bidding for government money that could make [Trumps] richer.” @starsandstripes.bsky.social “It’s corruption. Government decision makers will feel pressure to use contract awards to enrich [Trump’s] family.” @kathleenclark.bsky.social

Lunch Money with @pkrugman.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

Oh my God... Stephen Colbert did an hour-long program on Michigan public access last night with sidekick Jack White and guest Jeff Daniels...

Every state should take a page out of Hawaii’s playbook on tackling Citizens United

While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

The Montana Plan is bipartisan, common-sense, and one of the best opportunities in a long time to put Citizens United where it belongs: in the ashbin of history.

🚨 The Trump DOJ has now moved to dismiss the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and several other Oath Keepers who participated in the January 6th insurrection — with prejudice — meaning the charges cannot be brought again.

This is the first day in a world without CBS News Radio, which had been broadcasting since 1927. Through eighteen presidential administrations, nine popes, five British monarchs, and numerous wars. Nearly 100 years of journalism, gone like that. Bari Weiss killed it.

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

Trump can’t remember when he was president.

A not-often-talked-about victim of Trump's war with Iran? Farmers. About a third of the planet’s nitrogen fertilizer must pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Thanks to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, that waterway is essentially still closed to most ships.

Straight-up admitting it’s all for show. Unbelievable stuff.

I came away from this interview thinking @scolom.bsky.social can actually win. He's the real deal.

NEW: The Senate parliamentarian has rejected major provisions in the GOP's reconciliation package -- aka the $72B spending bill for ICE + Trump's ballroom. These bits now need 60 vs 51 votes to pass: *ALL CBP funding *Funds for initial screenings of unaccompanied migrant kids *$2.5B for DHS

May 14, 2026

This is your reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.

"Let them eat lobster balls" Trump risks a "Marie Antoinette" moment: A regal China trip, golf course revamp, reflecting pool and ballroom ......... as gas and grocery prices soar JUST FILED my daily editorial briefing: open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

You can take all the corruption from every single US administration in history, add it all together, and it will not equal the amount of corruption committed by the Trump Regime in less than two years.

To add insult to injury, the current head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division is a protege of the Dartmouth professor who wrote this article a few years before she enrolled there.

"You cannot celebrate European civilization while simultaneously attacking the legal and political order invented here, or while openly seeking to undermine the institutions that protect pluralism and dissent" An answer to Vance and Rubio: www.erstestiftung.org/en/a-speech-...

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He wants to be a special boy so badly. He’s desperate for autocrats to love and respect him. Such a needy fragile child easily manipulated and rolled.

This administration, and the billionaires with ties to it, want Americans hunting for pennies in Medicaid audits so that we will be distracted from the fact that they are bribing their way into contracts, pardons, crypto fortunes, and foreign deals.

"the Trump administration is the most corrupt U.S. administration in history." In today's Letter, HCR talks about the mind-boggling corruption of Trump, his family & his Regime. Are you OK with this? If not, check that you are eligible to vote in November (check often) & help others to do the same!

(not) curious that the convicted fraudster is suddenly an expert in fraudulent payments after he fires all of the IGs who provided oversight for, and of, the executive branch. then he accuses his enemies of fraud as a means of extortion and/or political gain, w/o any IGs to review the accusations.

The gist: Georgia Senate minority leader Harold Jones II reacted to the news of Georgia’s special session for redistricting by saying: “If Republicans ever used their power to help Georgians, they wouldn’t have to waste time and money redrawing the maps every few years to keep their majorities. /1

Wow: Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, one of the biggest children's hospitals in the nation, will be forced to create the nation's first ever "detransition clinic" as part of a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

He's goiong to bankrupt the government with his vanity projects.

I really do think Trump misheard Talarico saying "cisgender" as "six genders," and that's just a thing he says now. The first person I saw make this observation deleted the post saying it, but yeah.

Please read and share this story. Grateful to @nbcnews.com for running this series on how cuts to Medicaid will dramatically alter how families care for disabled sons, daughters, and spouses. Great work, @mikehixenbaugh.com, and thank you for reporting. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.

We must use words that accurately describe who Trump and his lackeys really are — and what they are actually doing to America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/regime-change

Trump’s love affair with coal has cost Americans hundreds of millions of dollars—all to keep the oldest, dirtiest fossil plants hanging around. We must pass my bill to stop Trump’s abuse of the energy emergency authority that's forcing families to fund his pet pollution projects.

Today, I rise to support our veterans and the brave men and women who have served this country. And I rise to say hell no to the privatization of the VA! ✊🇺🇸

"True democracy was ushered in and kicked out in my mother’s lifetime. When she was 15, Black people like her finally were granted the right to vote and now at 76 saw 6 members of SCOTUS declare that, for all intents and purposes, especially now as a FL resident, she no longer has those rights."

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection after a redraw of his Memphis district.

Trump hearing "cisgender" and thinking its "six genders" then getting all mad about it, thus forcing other Republicans to agree that the libs are now demanding there be six genders, is a perfect encapsulation of our Golden Age of Dickishness and Stupidity.

Obviously it's time to build a triumphal arch.

Government should work for the people. I introduced new legislation to crack down on government corruption, strengthen accountability, and restore trust in our institutions. Americans deserve transparency and integrity from those they elect. Read more:

With mid terms six months away, I'm starting to think about what I can add to... The citizens agenda: pressthink.org/2019/06/key-... "Not the odds, but the stakes." www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/m... "Five changes in political journalism that would pay off immediately: pressthink.org/2020/09/you-...

TN State Justin Pearson joined The Tea with @aprildryan.bsky.social to breakdown MAGA Republican’s coordinated effort to reinstate Jim Crow redistricting in his home state — and more importantly, how Democrats are fighting back. Watch their full conversation: www.contrariannews.org/p/the-tea-w-...

NASHVILLE - HBCU Fisk University announced a $1 BILLION renovation including dropping a data center on campus… and judging from Instagram students & alumni have serious questions: www.instagram.com/p/DYVJfe2FbU... “Details re: funding & partners were sparse”: www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...