New in PN: Why does the media ignore Trump’s madness? "The president frequently demonstrates a level of malignancy that still manages to shock. He doesn’t try to hide it, but the mainstream press covers his disordered thinking as a colorful 'quirk' rather than an escalating threat to the nation."

🚨HUGE NEWS 🚨Our War Powers Resolution to stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran has passed the House! Now it’s time to pass the Senate. The power to declare war has been with Congress. Now let’s get it done and end this war!

“In a preliminary MIT Media Lab study, 83% of participants who wrote essays using ChatGPT couldn’t quote a single sentence from what they’d submitted moments earlier. ‘It passed from the computer screen onto the homework assignment without ever entering their brain,’ So said.” 🫠

You sound unhinged if you say it out loud, but the acting Attorney General directed the IRS to stop all ongoing audits of Trump, but we know from leaked tax returns that Trump owes more than $100 million in unpaid taxes, so Trump is basically just giving himself a free hundred plus million dollars.

Just completed a congressional oversight visit with members of the New Jersey delegation. Delaney Hall should be shut down. This is not America.

If Peter Garrett can get us out of this AUKUS mess then I will dance like nobody’s watching. Peter Garrett style. #AusPol

I’m a dark money/disinformation reporter. I can indeed confirm this is better framing.

On this day May 30, 2024 Donald John Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers of 34 Felonies. At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country. And yet….here we are!

Once again: German universities were the envy of the world before the Nazis rose to power and took an ideological wrecking ball to the entire enterprise. If you want to know how long it took for German universities to recover… they haven’t.

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

They’re turning the entire federal internet apparatus into a galaxy of phishing sites that are controlled by the president and do not adhere to any federal privacy or disclosure rules.

I like this image for the accuracy of its message. Don't pretend it's anything else.

🚨I’m back at Delaney Hall, where I just heard EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS from detainees. My concern is that hunger strikers are being retaliated against, all because they were advocating for better food, access to basic medical care, and judicial hearings.

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Trump sued his own government because someone during his own administration released the tax information about him that he promised himself to release publicly and on camera literally for years without doing so.

Leaked docs show that BHP delayed renewables, slowed electrification & weakened their climate commitments. And BHP reportedly received $622m in fuel tax credits after paying less than $9m under the Safeguard Mechanism. This is greenwashing propped up by bad policy.

This is such a great way to celebrate 250 years since the founding of the USA. 🇺🇸

This global win reflects years of leadership from Vanuatu & the Pacific, youth movements, civil society, First Nations people & frontline communities who refused to accept delay, continue to champion climate leadership, & demanded climate accountability. A win for them is a win for all of us!

Could you say you were there in spirit?

It’s very odd that France is currently accusing Musk of election interference but not a word in the United States.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

LOL -- Trump again insists he's slashed drug prices by 700%, which is mathematically impossible

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A 25% gas export tax would raise $17 billion a year to fund essential services. Australian gas belongs to all Australians, not the Prime Minister, and they deserve a fair return. ✍️ Add your name to the petition for a 25% tax on gas exports! ⤵️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_t...

To keep track of the rapidly growing field of attribution research, Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has influenced extreme weather. Explore the interactive map here ⬇️ interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...

Now that Tammy Tyrell's joined the Labor Party, that's one more member who supports a 25% tax on gas exports! A 25% tax would raise $17 billion every year to fund essential services. It just makes sense! #auspol

Every flight a crime.

The Epstein class is out in full daylight with this.

What a powerful photo. Famous journalist @katiephang.bsky.social examines evidence and surfaces clues from the Epstein files released by the US government.

The rise of the ignorant, hateful, racist populism politics of One Nation is due to: • the mainstream media promoting it • the Coalition embracing it, giving it legitimacy. • the Labor Govt embracing some elements & refusing to criticise bigotry, for fear of "alienating voters." #auspol #FarrerVotes

Crows going nuts, dive-bombing the top of a pine. First 6 then 12 then 24. A gigantic red-tailed hawk emerged, crows swarming, pulling wing feathers and tail. Hawk dropped a large rabbit with a loud thud on the neighbors roof. Now the crows are celebrating like they just won the World Series.

The Liberal Party has spent the months since the 2025 federal election embracing, promoting and legitimising the ignorant, hateful racist policies of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party. And the voters in Farrer listened. #auspol #FarrerVotes #FarrerByElection #OneNation

Some of my Dutch friends think it's funny how much this photo freaks me out. My US mind can't comprehend it. You're not supposed to live that far below the ocean. But Dutch are like "Meh. It's fine. We solved this problem hundreds of years ago. It just works. Walk up the hill to go to the beach.

With our team of 60 lawyers, Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 43 states plus DC. Perhaps someone should ask the law firms with thousands of lawyers how many pro-democracy cases they are handling. For most, the answer is zero.

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Professor of religion here: can confirm.

If we play our cards right, soon we’ll be able to send handguns through the postal service but not birth control or ballots

Has the hospital ship made it to Greenland yet?

Totally. If I were in Dem leadership, I'd invoke Congress's constitutional duty to "Guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government" and, in the same breath, explain that's why Congress must end partisan gerrymandering and strip the Court of power to interfere.

Cannot be overstated how much of the destruction of our country and democracy is simply to allow Trump and his billionaire pals to loot us.

When Does the Left Recognize That Every MAGA Action is About Gaining Power? Whenever the Left downplays the risk, the White Nationalists take ground. They are tenacious and focused. America is in a Civil War. Act accordingly. #civilwar youtube.com/shorts/Y1urw...

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Um, what's going on? This isn't something that can be dodged or ignored.

ICYMI Rep Jared Huffman (D-CA) ripped into Republicans on the Natural Resources Committee last week for acting as if everything is normal in the face of Trump’s madness. MORE LIKE THIS PLEASE!! 👏👏

The other extraordinary thing that appears in the Epstein Files evidence (so far) is that it is Mandelson who introduces Epstein to Deripaska circa 2009, and thence to Belyakov and the whole Russian orbit

This is not sustainable. And that means it will end.

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5