“…here, on the far south edge of Texas, you can glimpse what our overlords actually have in mind for us by way of a future—namely, to keep feeding the world into the furnace while pointing shiny rockets at the promise of a way out, the promise of other worlds.”

Trump appointee leading $205bn US agency had personal ties to Epstein, emails show

To my Pride folks. You are loved. There ain't no other you. You are so fierce you got these wockaflockas shook and whatnot. Go on with yo' bad selves.

Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends. He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission. Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?

BREAKING: CBS News has terminated 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley's contract following his vocal disagreements with the new leadership under Bari Weiss.

Three people were killed in russian drone attacks on Kharkiv and the surrounding region as russia launched drone attacks on civilian homes and facilities. Seven more people were injured, including a 17-year-old boy.

Be yourself. The rest is noise 🌈 #HappyPrideMonth

That’s all folks. We are no longer. Thanks to everyone who wrote and supported us and advocated for us in our struggle to exist as an independent department. It’s a sad day. @utcreees.bsky.social

That’s all folks. We are no longer. Thanks to everyone who wrote and supported us and advocated for us in our struggle to exist as an independent department. It’s a sad day. @utcreees.bsky.social

Since Assad's CW are in the news again, here is a reminder of how hard that regime tried to cover up their use of chemical weapons, including silencing survivors of the chlorine attack on Douma on April 7, 2018 and coercing others to lie to international inspectors. Here are some of their stories

‘Their bodies had turned to black’: Syrian chlorine victims can finally speak out @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Die neuen Ukraine-Analysen sind online und beleuchten die kritischen🇺🇦 Staatsfinanzen und die komplexen Bezuehungen zwischen Kyjiw und Brüssel. Blick hinein lohnt sich ;)

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

Ken Paxton should be nowhere near the U.S. Senate. So we’re hitting the road to stop him.  
Join us: www.mobilize.us/talaricofort...

Israel has directly struck Beaufort Castle (Qalaat Al-Shaqif), one of Lebanon’s most important cultural heritage sites, after days of relentless artillery bombardment targeting its immediate surroundings

1/ Russia's border policies may result in the creation of a "shooting gallery" for Ukrainian drone operators, warns a prominent Russian warblogger. Queues at the still-enforced border between Russia and Ukraine are now an obvious target for attacks. ⬇️

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America. Calling him a crook is like calling Texas summers warm. We cannot allow him to become a United States senator. @jamestalarico can stop him.

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

In addition, literal stacks of M4000 chemical bombs, used by the Assad regime to drop sarin on civilians in 3 recorded incidents, were found and photographed. Yet more evidence everything we published at Bellingcat based on our open source investigations of chemical attacks was accurate.

About $700 million - that’s how much Russia’s nighttime terror against Ukrainian cities cost. That’s more than the annual budgets of Russian cities like Ufa or Tyumen. 📹: A Finnish blogger showed Karelia, the territory the USSR seized from Finland.

In other news, I ran a half marathon. My second of the year. Power up. ⬆️ 🏃‍♂️

My grandfather who joined the US armed services against Mussolini from 1942 to 1945 wishes you a Happy Memorial Day. Pictured with my grandmother, in DC, a few months before the birth of my mother. We have long memories here, and we know our geography and history.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, together with the Chief of Norwegian Armed Forces, Eirik Kristoffersen, visited Ukrainian soldiers in the south Robert Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, was also present at the meeting 📷 The General Staff

In other news, I ran a half marathon. My second of the year. Power up. ⬆️ 🏃‍♂️

З Днем вишиванки! Happy know your Ukrainian regional history day! 🌻

З Днем вишиванки! Happy know your Ukrainian regional history day! 🌻

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.

The three men killed at the Islamic Center of San Diego were remembered by Muslim leaders on Tuesday as heroes who tried to save the lives of children and community members inside the mosque.

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

Well, it appears that we have the next round of drones hitting Moscow, Russia. TG channel Exilenova reports that explosions occurred in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region, in Russia. The city is just northwest from Moscow center.

This shows just how the US has declined. Xi told Trump to back away from Taiwan and what is Trump’s first comment after the summit? This, he might not support an already agreed arms sale to Taiwan. He is dancing to Xi’s tune.

@bakerdphd.bsky.social noted that "uni's have funneled faculty into Canvas partly by invoking... FERPA — warning that emailing grades directly to students risks privacy violations + pointing to Canvas as the compliant alternative. Follow the rules, and you have no fallback when the platform fails."

Every call for redistricting reinforces that Democrats need to go hard for state legislative seats in *every single state* -- not just the flippable ones. We have to win any power we can in these critical chambers.

These people are morons.

Too many in Europe take their security for granted. Had Ukraine fallen in 2022, we would likely be fighting a Russian invasion inside the EU by now. Ukraine’s resistance is the only reason we still have the luxury of peace. We owe them everything

We meet IRL at last, @stevenseegel.bsky.social!

I’ll be doing this at Oxford on Friday 🇺🇦

⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian military logistics facility in Moscow Oblast. Ukrainian drones reportedly targeted a military logistics facility in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, overnight on May 7, social media channels reported.

I’ll be doing this at Oxford on Friday 🇺🇦

"Federal agents are conducting a raid at the office of L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat who serves as Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore." Lucas, one of Virginia's most powerful lawmakers, was at the forefront of the state's redistricting fight

1/ Chechen fighters will invade London and "raise the Victory Banner over Buckingham Palace" if Vladimir Putin orders it, says Chechen politician Adam Delimkhanov. He is angry at the support that the "madman" King Charles III has given to Ukraine. ⬇️

Russian forces are taking huge losses and have no prospects of gaining an advantage at the front, Andrii Otchenash of Ukraine’s Rubizh Brigade said. He said Russia is actively conducting hidden mobilization but lacks conditions for major summer assaults. #Ukraine

So let me get this straight, “Project freedom” lasted 12 hours? Then Trump backed down. Seriously now, HOW can ANYONE call this man strong? Seriously?!

In just over a month, the duration of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine will match that of the entire World War I. And the entire might of Russia and its totalitarian allies, as well as of the Kremlin's corrupt useful morons in the West, still can't defeat Ukraine.

Follow-up Ukrainian drone attack on target in Cheboksary, fascist Russia. Ukrainian military monitoring channels on Telegram say four Liuty attack drones have hit a military factory earlier struck by a Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile.

The oligarch who stole $1bn from Moldova’s banks a decade ago no longer inspires fear among the country’s public or legal institutions

An oil loading terminal and, likely, a Pantsir anti-aircraft missile system were reportedly damaged in Primorsk, Leningrad region of Russia. Primorsk and Ust-Luga are Russia's largest oil ports in the northwest, exporting two million barrels of oil per day—40% of Russia's total oil.

NEW: From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.