The California grid now boasts the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants worth of batteries -- the total cost of which was, I suspect, less than a single nuclear plant.

"As the governing body of the Democratic party, the DNC has twisted itself into untenable knots while excluding concerns about Gaza and Palestinians from any serious internal debate," writes @normansolomon.bsky.social.

This entire administration is an exercise in discovering why you need government and then scrambling to assemble an arm while cutting off another leg.

this is a good spot and also kudos to whoever is doing sound for the team, talarico's voice sounds great

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

We just learned last week that Kat was never truly indicted. The grand jury in Chicago returned a no true bill. Prosecutors then had to tell anyone who didn't want an indictment to leave and cajole someone in the hallway until they returned an indictment. Please, go to jury duty and raise hell.

Ohio gave Meta, Google, and Amazon a sales tax break for data centers. It was supposed to cost $136 million in 2025. It cost $1.6 billion. Gov. DeWine vetoed the legislature's attempt to end it, insisting the tax exemption is needed to lure data center developers. signalohio.org/ohio-data-ce...

"Trump, after more than a year of subjecting his critics and opponents to wrongful prosecution, firing, and other harassment, now insists that he and his allies have been the victims of lawfare and weaponization." Yeah, no:

Making the leader's birthday into a big public spectacle with games and performances has been the hallmark of despots and autocrats since at least Nero. It is not the behavior of a republican head of state.

Trump’s CFTC has pushed out senior career officials who raised concerns about crypto and prediction markets. It’s barely lifted a finger to regulate these rapidly expanding platforms. Trump’s family just so happens to have financial ties to both industries. Coincidence — or corruption?

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The Republican-led House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed a bill that would create a federal vehicle fee on EVs and plug-in hybrids, with state DMVs forced to help collect it. Nothing says “limited government” like turning your DMV visit into a federal tax shakedown.

Lawfare and weaponization like you've never seen before lnk.thebulwark.com/4tXKwxo

"The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer, or Summer EBT program would have given qualifying families $120 per child to pay for lunches during the summer months in 2027. An estimated 3.75 million children statewide would have qualified."

This is exactly why secular voters need to show up and vote. If nonreligious Americans vote consistently, candidates will have to earn our support with evidence-based policy, competence and real solutions to real-world problems.

PIPER: “.. We think the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed for months yet, meaning shortages become more urgent and oil hits new highs this Summer.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/05/26/p...

Then they file lawsuits in courts of law and see if they can get a jury to agree with them that they have a case. That is how our system is supposed to work - not have the president’s lawyer play Evil Santa handing out our money to his supporters who committed crimes. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Delusional as usual from the White House. Americans are spending more because everything costs more, thanks to the President.

Well, well, well. What do we have here? Someone saying something negative about AI from inside the tent.

If you’re looking for the one area law enforcement has been defunded lol

i love her make her president

I'm old enough to remember when a highly regarded senior scholar accused me of "cynical framing" (and worse) for suggesting that Wurman's "scholarship" was generated entirely for the purpose of being cited, and not because it was the result of sincere scholarly exploration. Whoopsies.

Iran is one of the most unnecessary wars of choice ever. Entirely Trump’s choice, not in response to anything. It’s striking how stupid and cultish Fox and GOP politicians think their supporters are, assuming none care that Trump told them he completely obliterated Iran’s nuclear program last year.

Firefighting by Arsonists!!

What if taxing the rich works?

I would have thought federal agents tear gassing a sitting US Senator (from the tristate area!) would have made the front page news, but what do I know… @nytimes.com

#1. This is a lie. #2. Lots of dollars don't go to people who are lawfully, correctly, eligible to receive them. This administration wants to increase that total. #3. This admin has gutted professional anti-fraud tools (e.g. Inspectors Generals) while fueling massive fraud by cronies.

Stephen Miller's plan to get *legal* immigrants to self-deport en masse. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Donate to his Super PAC? He'll boost your online casino. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help your business. Everything is for sale.

"This man is not the Secretary of State. He was not confirmed by the Senate. Not a single ethics official signed his financial disclosure. He appears to answer only to the president. This man is Steve Witkoff."

Robert Garcia on Dems preparing investigations if they retake the House: “We’ve got a team on Epstein, we have a team on [Trump] family corruption, we have a team on DHS & ICE — those teams are actively working on preparation, letters, & research”

Trumponomics Reporter: If you want $3 gas, you're going to have to wait 6 years. We will not get back down to that sub-$70 oil level until 2032.

Ossoff: "What those who build ballrooms and monuments for themselves, what they hate the most is when people hold them accountable at the polls. So why Fulton County? I submit to you it is bc the fact Black voters were instrumental to his defeat might be more offensive to him than the defeat itself"

"That is what lawfare and weaponization look like. Trump’s fund is not just blazingly corrupt and unjust, it is also a massive exercise in gaslighting." Read @monacharen.bsky.social's latest on Trump's financial and moral corruption:

Ossoff: "We see a faithless president self-dealing while he depicts as Christ, while he depicts the Obamas as apes, while he plunges the nation into reckless war, sends prices soaring, and plunders our healthcare to cut taxes for those who already have spectacular wealth."

Summary of Trump per NYTine OpEd: OPINION: THE EDITORIAL BOARD There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This

Thomas's premise here is flagrant nonsense; that California approving CDLs for people with temporary work authorization but not full legal status is the same as "sending dangerous people into another [state]." Of course the two are not the same. It shows how captured he is by right-wing media.

Ben Gvir says Israel will not “allow” Trump to make deal with Iran 🤔

Ossoff: "It makes a difference who represents us. When you sent me and Sen. Warnock to the Senate, we capped the cost of insulin at $35. And when Donald Trump and his allies took power again, they threw hundreds of thousands of Georgians off their health insurance. The contrast could not be clearer"

Even as the Republican truth-telling subsides, the question Lindsey Graham posed will linger: “It makes one wonder why the war started to begin with.” And the answer will be hard to evade. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

The President of the United States traded TENS of MILLIONS of dollars in stocks this year. This should be illegal. Members of Congress, the President, and Vice President should ALL be banned from trading stocks. That’s why I’m leading bipartisan efforts to do just that.

This is a truly astonishing story about how the incompetence of Trump's political hacks makes them unable do the most basic tasks.

Speaker Mike Johnson must be relieved to know Kean's capable of doing a congressman's most important work.

thomas is very obviously mainlining the most putrid far right slop imaginable

NEW: She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help. Emily Waldorf’s case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.

Can’t believe that Andy Kim is in two of the most haunting pictures of the last few years.

Rep. Mark Alford: "We cleaned things up with Medicaid in the one big beautiful bill. We kicked people off who shouldn't have been there."

Less than 2% of Texans are Muslim, but they are the current favorite boogeyman of these 2 a-holes, both running a campaign based on hate and fear. Everybody's screaming about radical Islam while giving radical Christians a seat at the table. Extremism of any kind is the danger.