Trump's "pool guy" who never did a pool and never worked for Trump. And never did a big government contract. When the real story eventually comes out, it's going to be a doozy.

Of all the people I have been privileged to meet in baseball, Bobby Cox was one of the absolute best. We used to visit every trip here - and talk everything but baseball, one New Yorker to another (Bobby, Yankees, 1968-69, 1977) #RIP

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

Trump would become the first and only president with an airport named after him who has trademarked his own name in this manner. trib.al/R3XbpUt

Hmmm.

Still waiting for the first hero to stand up and say something to Trump as he berates and personally attacks another female reporter who asked a legitimate question. It will probably never happen because some things are more important than decency and courage. I guess.

👇👇

The best argument re: Virginia decision I’ve heard. Also, even when Democrats win, we lose, because we haven’t been rigging the game like Republicans.

Or, and stay with me here, the people who would install fascism in America would rather Americans not know what fascism is

94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. 85% of teachers are working second jobs during the school year, often just to keep up with the cost of living. Meanwhile, the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Something has gone terribly wrong.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

"I voted for Donald Trump because he is a successful businessman who always makes money."

“Jesus fucking Christ—what the hell is that thing?” Morris said mid-livestream as the ancient, incomprehensible Progenitor of All Thetans arose from His porcelain tub with a loofah in His hand.

If you really believed that no taxpayer dollars were going to go to Trump's ballroom, we have, uh, a ballroom to sell you.

"If you resurrected Ulysses S. Grant...and told him, 'hey, the Supreme Court is nullifying the 15th Amendment again'...he would be like, 'yeah, that sounds right.' He'd probably be surprised it was Republicans, but that's about it." @adamserwer.bsky.social on Tennessee's redistricting grab.

CC: @roywoodjr.bsky.social

FIRE. CHUCK. SCHUMER!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!

Congressional redistricting approved by the voters of a state should be given *more*—not less—deference than redistricting that was quickly railroaded through a highly partisan legislature without voters' participation or consent.

Did Iran agree to that peace deal yet?

They’re still working on it. Two weeks.

Trump's comments about hantavirus will give a jolt of PTSD to anyone who remembers his mishandling of covid

Calling out random numbers that are in no way tied to reality is fun!

My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

It must be nice to be a Republican and forget all about the national debt until a Democrat is in power. I wish I could take breaks from paying my credit cards as regularly.

Hantavirus with RFK, Jr. in charge will be biblical levels of plague.

Mostly his friend vlad putin

Happy Friday: opinion writing should be supported by evidence.

It's two golden calves, right below two golden knees

Trump’s “made in America” smart phone isn’t going to be made in America. It might not ever be made at all. And they aren’t offering refunds. Go figure. I love this for all the idiots that preordered one.

Business genius, master dealmaker

Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, just reported its 2026 Q1 results. It lost $405 MILLION on $900,000 in revenue.

It begins: Trump Administration Targets 12 Immigrants to Revoke Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

“[Republicans are] just running our state into the ground because their racism blinds them.” @premthakker.bsky.social sits down with Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social who breaks down how Tennessee’s racist redistricting is costing the state. Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...

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We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy.

The Midas touch!

Yikes! Trump Media just reported a Q1 loss of $405.9 million. #$DJT www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...

ABC News: Elon Musk’s DOGE “blatantly used” race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. abcnews.com/Politics/jud...

Masked federal agents held a teenage boy at gunpoint, pushed him facedown on the ground, and arrested him. Cellphone video showed the 19-year-old bleeding out of his head as ICE agents put him in their vehicle. Only in the car did agents realize they arrested the wrong person. trib.al/o2TQBEz

At the McAllen airport, Dr. Bolivar was asked if she was a US citizen. “She showed them her work permit,” said her husband, who noted it was valid until 2030. “They told her, ‘That is not valid. No documents from Venezuela are valid.’”

“Detaining doctors who are serving underserved populations is beyond reckless — it is cruel.” — one of Bolivar’s supervising physicians www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

Trump's DOJ just ended a major Biden-era antitrust lawsuit against AgriStats — whose price-fixing scheme allegedly raised chicken, pork, and turkey prices — with a slap-on-the-wrist settlement. Amid rising inflation, Trump has given Big Ag the green light to rip you off more.

Here we go

That means they are pissing on us

Why is Trump wearing a long-sleeve wool topcoat over a suit when it is about 65 degrees in DC?

When someone has a 63% disapproval rating and goes to a Yankees v. Tigers baseball game. Sound up:

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

SCOOP: A confidential new CIA analysis delivered to policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least 3 to 4 months before facing more severe economic hardship, a finding that contradicts those hailing an imminent collapse 🧵