Stephen Colbert closed out the final episode of The Late Show with an emotional performance of “Hello, Goodbye” alongside Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney symbolically switched off the studio lights one last time to the Ed Sullivan Theater. 🥹🥺

The Constitution of the United States, Fourteenth Amendment, Section 4: “. . .neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.” Well, look at that!!

Mississippi called a special session TODAY to erase the only Black congressman in this state. Mississippi residents showed up. All of them. On their doorstep. In their streets. To show them what they're fighting against. ✊🏼 #mississippi #democracy

Where Roots Remember. A powerful afternoon of dialogue on mental health, healing, community care and how we support one another through times like these. Healing is not just personal -- it's collective. Let's do it together. join us, heal your community. May 24, 1-3pm, Tickets alwunhouse.org

Where Roots Remember. A powerful afternoon of dialogue on mental health, healing, community care and how we support one another through times like these. Healing is not just personal -- it's collective. Let's do it together. join us, heal your community. May 24, 1-3pm, Tickets alwunhouse.org

#TruthWarriors ❕

Remember, Trump never does anything out of loyalty or gratitude. He’s paying his coup accomplices $1.8 billion of your money because he wants people to be ready to abet the next coup attempt.

NEW: An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.

DAVE THE WORLD! Vote the sycophant GOP OUT!

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...

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

Don't miss tonight's opening. Each piece is a quiet revolution, a love letter to those who never stopped searching for home — in their bodies, their histories, their communities. “Nappy Roots” does not ask for permission. It claims space, crowns itself, and invites you to the beauty of returning.

Artist: Anthony James, Los Angeles. Keep watching, super trippy

We're All Standing With Ted Lieu....

“If you don’t think there are more gay players in the NFL, NHL, NBA, you’re just stupid.” Yes, Charles.

Make every day matter. Good Morning Blue Sky

Survivor of Jeffrey Epstein breaks down in tears describing the moment she learned her name was revealed while the rich and powerful remained protected by redactions Roza: I kept my identity protected as Jane Doe. I woke up one day with my name mentioned over 500 times.

This guy nails it. 🎯

The First Amendment is clear: The federal government can't punish media organizations just because it doesn't like what they have to say. By fighting back, ABC is sending an important message: Our rights are worth fighting for.

NEWS: The Epstein files are now bound into 3,437 physical volumes in a new exhibition space in Tribeca. Millions of pages. Two stories tall. And yet only two people have ever faced accountability. Katie Phang discusses the rage she felt walking through the space.

Buttiigieg: "Look, when you are this deep into your second year, if your reflex is to still be trying to blame the previous administration, it really shows that you are out of ideas, out of solutions, and unwilling to take ownership of your own choices."

Meanwhile, in the west. horses get released because owners can't afford them, leading to invasive feral numbers of them becoming an ecological disaster.

Republicans support sexual abuse of children. Their leader is a r*pist and p*dophile, and the party is complicit.

Personally, I can't comprehend being stupid enough to watch this inane act. Maybe the popularity of this explains the ignorance of MAGA. Note the poster even blocks comments for fear of ppl telling him how stupid he is. Typical MAGA can't handle the truth.

Alwun House will be open for May 1st First Friday - 6-9pm. Don't miss this Teena Maree exhibit In her hands, the doll—a long-standing emblem of innocence and gendered perfection—emerges transformed. Beheaded, reconstructed, & adorned with ancestral relics & obscure artifacts from across the world.

China tackles its rural labor crisis with the Honghu T70, an autonomous electric tractor that operates for 6 hours with remarkable precision. A game-changer for agriculture.

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Thank goodness for videos.

Note that there's been no threat to sue over this statement. I know I would be suing for tens of millions if I was innocent.

New photos from the USS Abraham Lincoln show service members receiving minimal food portions as reports grow that some troops have lost significant weight and aren’t receiving care packages—while the Pentagon denies any shortages. (Newsweek)

Spent some much needed time last night in the land of hopes and dreams.

Definitely NOT.

"the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power..." www.scientificamerican.com/article/ex-n...

Relatable....

We need more of this@

This is completely unacceptable and Congress must investigate. Service members aboard the USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln are rationing food and going without fresh produce.

BERNIE: “The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

BREAKING: We just won our antitrust trial against LiveNation and Ticketmaster. Live Nation has raked in billions in profits from an illegal monopoly that coerces venues, restricts artists, and exploits fans. This is a massive win in the fight for fairness for local venues, artists, and fans.

Mark Rufalo warns Congress against the Paramount-WBD merger: "You don't have to watch 'Citizen Kane' or read '1984' to understand that the concentrated oligarchic control this merger represents is a threat to a free press, an informed populace & democracy itself." www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T...

Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States. Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay. Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Hallaylujah Hallaylujah

When it's political. To some extent. But this isn't political. Political is more tax v less tax/free Healthcare v paid. This is freedom v oppression. Every human should stand up against oppression. Especially those with a platform.

Knowing what it takes to get close to the Oval Office, I present to you this staged performance, seemingly sponsored by DoorDash and/or McDonalds that seems to be connected to the upcoming rally in Vegas (Thursday this week) on “no tax on tips”.

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

A federal judge in Miami handed President Trump a setback in his defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a story about a birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein, saying the president's legal team failed to clear the legal bar needed to establish their claim.

OMG, we need this here in the USA.

a segment of George Orwell's final interview, describing how 1984 could become a reality "Don't let it happen. It depends on you" #GeorgeOrwell #1984 #fightfascism

Phoenix. www.abc15.com/news/local-n...

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.