Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee quietly signed a law yesterday that requires healthcare providers to aggregate data about trans patients and their healthcare in a public report — as Republican lawmakers approved a new map axing a Black majority district www.huffpost.com/entry/tennes...

That's the point: To return newsrooms to the way they were and to ensure that news coverage returns to the way it was. As they say, democracy dies in darkness.

When faced with the prospect of a possible lawsuit, many outlets will think twice about their hiring choices. This isn't about merit v. diversity (a stupid construct, IMO). In this climate, even the most qualified women and minority candidates may be passed over to mitigate litigation risk.

But prevailing in court is probably not the EEOC's goal. While this lawsuit takes aim at the media behemoth that is the NYTimes, its true impact will be in smaller newsrooms across the country, where management will worry about putting themselves in the EEOC's (and the Administration's) crosshairs.

One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

“I live in constant fear that I will be subjected to further baseless detentions just for going about my daily life." On May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a Florida-born US citizen, was detained by ICE in Alabama for the third time (!) in the span of a year. And he's suing the federal government.

Epidemiologists Confirm First Airborne Transmission Of Mar-A-Lago Face https://theonion.com/epidemiologists-confirm-first-airborne-transmission-of-mar-a-lago-face-2/

Sitting Minnesota judges say they faced an unprecedented intensity and rancor of harassing phone calls and emails following high-profile rulings during the ICE surge.

NEW: Two prominent evangelical groups have produced a report warning that Trump’s deportations could leave 1.3 million people "torn apart" from their families. The head of National Association of Evangelicals described it as one of several "biblical concerns." religionnews.com/2026/05/04/e...

Republicans have unveiled a $72 billion spending package that includes tens of billions of dollars for ICE, billions more for DHS immigration enforcement and, for good measure, an extra billion dollars for Trump’s White House vanity project. www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...

FYI: No matter what happens to mifepristone, you can still get abortion pills in the mail.

Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A total abomination from the Supreme Court as it demolishes the Voting Rights Act while insincerely claiming that it is doing no such thing www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

Hard to get another booking as a mentalist after not seeing this coming I imagine

it’s kind of amazing that after everything we’ve seen, they’re still going with “the left needs to tone down the rhetoric” in 2026 and this many assholes are going along with it. Whole country is cooked!

a third “Trump strikes a new tone” has hit the towers

in the Trump admin's latest push to expand the use of the federal death penalty, DOJ calls for shortening the appeals process for people sentenced to death and adding firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as execution methods www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

real dark shit www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

Another victory for the Christian nationalists www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-...

"Nearly two dozen were held in custody for more than 20 days...Teens who were detained alone were sent to Christian youth shelters in Michigan, which made it hard for their families to find them. And nearly half of the children detained have since left the country." sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

the elite aren’t powerful politicians or billionaires. common misconception. the elite is anyone i think is cooler than me, funnier than me, more artistic than me, or generally anyone i resent for daring to be happier than i am despite my immense wealth and political clout

When Trump is out of office, we're changing all the federal building names back, right? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Shootings like the ones carried out by Justin Fairfax and Shamar Elkins happen at least once a day in the U.S.

Chavez-DeRemer represented Oregon's 5th District for one term before she was appointed to the Cabinet position.

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

NEW from me: Haitians in the U.S. are facing a dangerous choice: Wait to see if they’ll be targeted by ICE or flee to Canada where one of the last pathways to safety just closed. www.huffpost.com/entry/haitia...

A quick tip for cleaning up your inbox is select all and delete

BREAKING: I took to the House floor to force a vote on extending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. We won the first important vote in this process, and now we're a step closer to getting this done. The House must move with urgency and pass this legislation without delay.

a powerful reminder of the grotesqueness of man's sinful nature, thank u sonic

every time I see a clip of Tuberville, he's saying the most racist thing I've ever heard in my life and like...he just goes back to the hill? everybody is supposed to just see this guy at work like he isn't a vile empty-headed bigot????

this radical left lunatic likes the jesus memes and thinks the president should keep posting them

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...

Wrote about JD Vance's debut on the international stage www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...

it'll be back in three days

saw someone use grok today to correct the pope

can't believe dialing the bigotry up to 1,000 and starting a war in the middle east didn't fix the economy www.huffpost.com/entry/consum...

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made an unannounced visit to the Everglades concentration camp where she describes the inhumane conditions she witnessed.

Tania Warner and her daughter were detained in Texas facilities deemed ‘unsafe and degrading’

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wow, things are going great!

An Israeli military official says the country is still attacking Iran, after the White House said Israel agreed to the two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement.

BREAKING: Iran includes "acceptance of enrichment" in the Farsi version of its ceasefire plan, something missing from English versions.

So do we just do this every two weeks from now until forever?

new MAGA talking point is that you're stupid if you believe anything Trump says. ok! noted!

congressional social media managers, go ahead and unschedule all your posts for today

remember when Pete Hegseth got super mad at Mark Kelly for making that video telling service members they didn't have to follow illegal orders?

same Overton Window-shattering tactic he’s always used: Even if worst doesn’t happen tonight - rhetorically he’s opened up possibility of the unimaginable, making lesser (but still horrible) actions seem moderate by comparison… all increasing likelihood that one day the worst really will happen

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...