Donate to your local public library. I would wager Andrew Jackson that it's underfunded.

founded 1849 and once the #1 selling beer in America for decades, Schlitz is no more 177 years is a helluva of a run cheers to you, Joseph Schlitz 🍻

With all the news I endure everyday about our captured, incompetent government, these mass calls keep me optimistic and motivated.

They didn't ask the question, "What changes do you want?" Maybe they did. Maybe the editors took it out.

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.

Us strategy in Iran

Apparently, AI doesn't know much about plumbing.

A US city has effectively banned data centers for the first time. St. Charles, Missouri has changed their land use rules so that data centers cannot be built. The change is indefinite, and to build data centers in St. Charles the land uses rules would need to change again.

Minnesota has just become the first state to ban prediction markets. Gov. Tim Walz has signed a bill that makes operating or advertising prediction markets a felony. This sets a major precedent for those seeking to regulate or ban Polymarket, Kalshi, and other sites.

"The 7 Most Islamophobic Things That Republicans Have Said Just This Year Alone" In the wake of a horrific shooting at a San Diego mosque, Zeteo takes a look back at the GOP’s most bigoted rhetoric of 2026 – so far.

The fire was burning about 184 acres and was 0% contained as of Monday afternoon.

Today the EPA proposed repealing limits on multiple types of “forever chemicals” in drinking water. If finalized, the Trump administration proposal would end drinking water limits for four toxic PFAS. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The same week of Garcia Venegas’s third detention, a top immigration official said at a border security conference that arrests “where we thought they were an illegal alien but they were actually a U.S. citizen” had “happened zero times.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. https://to.pbs.org/439cEmi

OPINION: (RNS) — Again and again, the prayers on the site show a portrait of a nation in pain, and that America is a divinely chosen place that must protect itself from enemies.

Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University economist, “We don’t have any grown-ups in the room in Washington,” he said. “Nobody picks it up and says, ‘You have a problem.’” www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/16/u...

The Trump regime, w/ the media’s help, starts the history of its foreign relations where its chooses. The Iran-US story starts w/ the 1979 embassy takeover, not the 1953 U.S.-engineered coup. The Cuba-US story starts w/ the 1996 plane downings, not the Bay of Pigs in 1961 or plots to kill Castro.

Via Anna Barrett: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday set special elections in four congressional districts a day after U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to use a 2023 map it once ruled was racially discriminatory against Black voters.

My dad made my curfew 10:00 PM. I went out one weekend while my dad was away on a trip. I walked in the house at about 9:55 PM and my mother said, "You're home early." If I had only known.

Tennessee NAACP goes to court to stop "late-decade Congressional redistricting," and the law sure looks to be on their side.

"those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." - JFK

Black representation in the South has already been cut by a third by the sons and daughters of conservative segregationists.

yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state

Note to self: Don't bother to mount winter tires next fall. weather.com/news/climate...

America is not “a nation that calls to God in prayer.” It’s a nation where people are free to pray, worship, or reject religion entirely without government telling them which choice is “American.”

Thousands of runners participated in a marathon in the occupied West Bank on Friday, including Mohamad Al-Assi.

Sure, it's Biden's fault. High gas prices? Biden. My allergies are acting up. Biden did it. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/who-killed...

It's not that Spirit Airlines will be missed, but I do feel bad for all the people who lost their jobs with the airline and air fares will go up. I'm not planning on flying anywhere for the forseeable future anyway. www.npr.org/2026/05/02/n...

There it is. Any questions?

While they tell you the real racism is to make sure Black folks in the South have representation, this is what they’re actually doing. #NewJimCrow (From @TheKingCenter @samswey.bsky.social ) www.instagram.com/p/DXxi8QAiCn...

I drove past the Hyundai dealer this morning and saw cars that looked like Rivians. There are Kias that look like Teslas. Now there are whatever that is pictured below that look like Fiat 500Ls. No thanks. Bring back the Chevette, dammit!

Nissan Motor is canceling plans to make a pair of fully electric sport utility vehicles at a factory in the U.S., citing waning demand among American consumers for all-electric vehicles.

The Iran war and the consequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a severe "fertiliser squeeze" as soaring energy costs and export disruptions push farmers' affordability to a four-year low.

We still don't have enough trains.

I used to buy Thrilling Science Fiction.

I thought we were already in a debt crisis. newrepublic.com/article/2093...

Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found. More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022. (Published Jan. 2024)

United States, 56 years ago today Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson pioneered the world’s first Earth Day in which 20 million Americans mobilized to celebrate our planet. “The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around.” — Nelson 🌎🌳🌊

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If you are part of the fight against Trump fascism, you need to understand what you are up against. And then you need to make sure your friends and followers do too. That’s why I leave my writing open access- so you can pass on important info👇

Steve understood the assignment. Fantastic testimony, very much worth your time.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku causes significant destruction in the Northern Mariana Islands, highlighting the urgent need for emergency response and assistance.

Lie, lie, lie. I don't even know how this guy sleeps at night. There is no end to what this guy will do for money and influence.

Reporters should ask Trump to describe the pope's job.

Cook Political moved Trump from Lean Antichrist to Solid Antichrist.

Another reason not to trade with Amazon.

It is being reported that he did post it, but he thought it was a picture of him as a doctor.