Bob Dylan’s Argument With God newrepublic.com/article/2103... via @newrepublic.com

But Robert Reich loves him... www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Kitty Bruce, Caretaker of Lenny Bruce’s Legacy, Dies at 70 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

bye, tulsi. may this be your legacy:

Maybe finish your last failed regime change war before starting a new one?

Two Supreme Court justices — Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh — are at the White House for the swearing in of Trump's new Fed Chair.

Fox poll: 71% of registered voters disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy 76% disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation 61% disapprove of trump's overall job performance 77% say the economy is in bad shape 51% say their family's finances are worse now than two years ago

He doesn't mean they're doing better now. He just means we stopped helping them.

A consequence? In my United States? It’s more possible than you think!

NEW: Sen. Dick Durbin's office says AUSA Sheri Mecklenburg has been terminated from her position with the Senate Judiciary Committee after revelations in the "Broadview Six" case. We reported exclusively in February that she'd joined Durbin's staff: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/p...

San Diego Shooter So Alarmed Police in 2025, They Seized Father’s Guns www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

BREAKING: In a win for Maine and Wisconsin voters, federal courts ruled that the DOJ cannot obtain access to the states’ unredacted voter data. The DOJ is now 0-8 in its legal effort seeking access to such information. Full story to come.

The feds harangued Kat and my family over bullshit charges for a year. They tried to beat her down, bankrupt Kat and her codefendants through legal fees, and a defeat her spirit. They fucking lost. They will continue to lose. Fuck ICE forever. To this criminal gang of a government: stay losing.

They” didn’t leak Trump’s tax returns. An IRS contractor did - along with thousands of other tax returns - during Trump’s first term. Biden’s DOJ prosecuted the contractor, who got the max: 5 years in prison. This is shameful spin from SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.

More like Ronald McDonald. Amiright?

a thing I occasionally keep in mind is that the own-party dam broke on Nixon in August of a midterm year

Why did you side with the GOP's anti-trans crusade? www.huffpost.com/entry/8-demo...

Breaking News: House Republicans abruptly canceled a vote on a resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war, after it became clear they lacked the votes to defeat the measure.

How the case of the "Broadview Six" ends: With jaw-dropping revelations — days before trial — that could haunt the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s office for years. My UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on the permanent dismissal of their criminal charges: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

What am I talking about? See the last section of this report:

During a Judiciary hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin moved to subpoena individuals involved in the Trump slush fund: Todd Blanche Associate AG Stanley Woodward Scott Bessent IRS Chief Frank Bisignano Treasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey Jim Jordan said a vote would be held at the end of the hearing.

A Tennessee man who was jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post he shared after the killing of Charlie Kirk just agreed to a $835,000 settlement with the sheriff's office that detained him. In the posts, Larry Bushart shared memes that accused Turning Point USA of perpetrating hate.

Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund just got its first applicant: Ex-Trump admin official Michael Caputo is requesting $2.7 million — claiming he was the target of "political weaponization" after the Justice Department investigated his potential Russia ties.

BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.

Trump is now attacking the Senate Parliamentarian — by name — online after she rejected the $1 billion Republicans included in their reconciliation bill for Trump's ballroom.

This is an effort — in the First Circuit, where DOJ appealed the D. R.I. order quashing DOJ's trans care admin subpoena — to block Judge Reed O'Connor's order from Monday that Rhode Island Hospital turn over the requested documents to be held by his court (N.D. Tex.) during that litigation.

BREAKING: Rhode Island's Child Advocate went to the First Circuit this morning seeking an emergency injunction by 10 p.m. ET blocking Rhode Island Hospital from turning over patient-identifying information (including to N.D. Texas). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"it is a cartoonishly evil, corrupt act in defiance of all ethical and democratic norms to transfer nearly $2 billion of federal money into a slush fund over which Trump will have ultimate control" @chrisgeidner.bsky.social 🎯 www.lawdork.com/p/document-r...

Democrats have now opened up an 11-point lead on the generic congressional ballot, 50% to 39%, on the new NYT/Siena poll.

The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit challenging the Defense Department's effort to restrict the press' access to the Pentagon — arguing a requirement that reporters are accompanied by official escorts inside the building is unconstitutional.

Breaking NOTUS: Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire the Senate parliamentarian after she ruled Republicans could not include funding for the ballroom in a budget bill, two sources familiar with the request told NOTUS.

BREAKING: Acting AG Todd Blanche dodges multiple questions on who would qualify for the Trump DOJ's $1.8 billion slush fund. Asked specifically about Jan. 6 insurrectionists, Blanche refused to rule them out, only saying: "Anybody in this country is eligible to apply."

CBS poll: 76% of Americans are concerned about their personal finances 29% say the economy is good 65% say Trump's policies are making the U.S. economy worse in the short term 38% are frustrated with the Trump admin's approach to the economy, another 32% are angry

BREAKING: It's official. The Trump DOJ just confirmed the creation of a $1.776 billion slush fund that can be used to pay Trump allies who claim they've been wrongfully targeted by the Biden admin's ‘weaponization' — including, reportedly, Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

"how that happened, the officials who pursued it, and courts that allowed it are a damning presentation of how ill-suited we are to carry out the death penalty in the United States" @chrisgeidner.bsky.social www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...

Trump personally bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in technology companies and government contractors early this year, according to government records. In total, he made at least $220 million in financial transactions. The Trump admin directly regulates some of these companies.

Is it the official policy of the US Dept. of Homeland Security that no Jews serve there? If not, who is the “we” defined by belief in Jesus Christ as savior? Or does the “our” refer to the Americans whose security the Department has a duty to protect, none of whom are apparently Jews?

A federal judge also ruled that federal funding was withheld to coerce a pardon for Peters.

<<taps sign>> This an illegal and unconstitutional impoundment, it's what got Trump impeached the first time around, and in any sane world he'd be impeached and removed for it before noon tomorrow.

@emmaswiftsings.bsky.social A fine romance, in Carmel, from two of the best musicians on the planet

Time to make Section 4 of the 14th Amendment famous, which explicitly bars the U.S. government from paying out or owing anything to insurrectionists. The text instructs that “all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.” constitution.congress.gov/browse/amend...

This is depressing and shameful but I want to highlight @raskin.house.gov's dissenting vote in Committee. He gets it, and I'm glad he put in the time to fully assess this bill and put this on the record. His full dissent is here, at the bottom: www.congress.gov/committee-re...

This is the graf where my blood pressure peaked

“‘Roots’ is a … story following the descendants of a man sold into slavery in the United States. It won the Pulitzer Prize & was adapted into a mini-series. … The Children’s Defense Fund Alex Haley Farm is in Clinton. Haley grew up in Henning, Tennessee.”

Breaking: The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on the congressional map demanded by Trump had vacated their office. It deals a blow to Greg Abbott's efforts to severely punish the Democrats.

Clarence Thomas was born closer to when the Comstock Act he invoked in tonight’s dissent was passed in 1873 than to today.

SCOTUS overriding the FIFTH CIRCUIT on a stay just shows how awful they are