Sean Trende’s piece on his son’s last day of school is full of joy and sadness and love and is well worth your time. www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

In Trump's mind diplomatic relations with other countries is completely disconnected from facts, issues, and history, and is based solely on whether foreign leaders "like Trump" and say good things about Trump. And the purpose of diplomacy is to give Trump something to brag about.

Trump sued his own IRS. Settled with his own government. Secured a $1.8 billion slush fund to siphon toward his allies. Blocked the IRS audits against himself and his family.  This is corruption in plain sight.

They are Going to Pay Dearly For These Decisions….. Republican leadership cancelled a House vote limiting Trump’s power in his war of aggression against Iran because they knew it would pass. This is not democracy. This Republican mob rule.

While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Because yeah, he couldn’t have done that.

ICON Hayley Williams says fuck ICE & fuck Mr. Wonderful (Kevin O'Leary) during concert.

"...for domestic American propaganda and media consumption" When you don't want to *say* "bullshit" but you need to clearly point out bullshit.

Outdoor debut on deck 👏 For the first time since last February, Parker Valby will be back on the track tomorrow evening at LA Track Fest. The 2024 10,000m Olympian will be racing the first track 5,000m of her professional career.

I really never thought J6 was going to be a major issue in the 2026 midterm elections. I don’t think anyone did. But thanks to Trump, it has now become a major problem for Republicans.

HOLY SHIT prosecutors kicked off grand jurors and then re-presented the case against the Broadview 6, then altered the grand jury transcripts to hide it from the judge. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

McGovern: Can you explain what is happening with the Iran war powers resolution that was scheduled to be voted on this evening? Are we not voting on it because the American people are sick and tired of this illegal war that is costing tens of billions of dollars?

The proper headline here is CHARGES DISMISSED DUE TO DOJ MISCONDUCT www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/u...

Drag corrupt Noem before the House again.... ‘A New Level of Corruption': DHS Bought ICE Warehouses From Trump Cronies For 10x Markup www.commondreams.org/news/ice-war...

So if I’m understanding it the outlines of the prosecutorial misconduct in the Broadview Six case is this. They tried three times to get an indictment. After they failed the second time they simply booted the grand jurors who didn’t think the conduct was a crime. Then they told the remaining …

Ohio’s state sales tax exemption for data centers cost $1.6 BILLION in 2025 — 11x more than its original estimate. That’s $1.6 billion that could have gone to public schools and healthcare instead of Big Tech CEOs’ pockets. Is it any wonder communities are organizing against data centers?

The citizens of Festus, Missouri, population approximately 14,000, just voted out every single city council member who secretly approved a gigantic data center. A recall petition is also being circulated to remove the mayor and council members who were not on the ballot.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policy

This is a true statement and we’ve got to get the vote out to stop this madness.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of our voter clients, we just won DOJ voter data case. We are 6-0 and DOJ is 0-7. www.democracydocket.com/cases/maine-...

Instead of a colossus, he has become a big fish in a shrinking, fetid pond of MAGA loyalists and cut off an escape route for Rs in general elections, making it virtually impossible for Rs to create any daylight between themselves and Trump open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

In Trump's 1st week in office this term, he fired 17 Inspectors General. Their nonpartisan task was to act as watchdogs, rooting out crime and fraud in various departments. It was obvious then that Trump would ride roughshod over the law and Constitution...which he has.

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”

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To be clear. Donald Trump has no intentions of leaving the presidency. He wants a ballroom that is 100% bullet proof and is paying his criminal gangs so they will be at the ready on Election Day. This is going to get physical and ugly. It’s predictable like everything else.

This is Enron-like. SpaceX has committed $1.6 billion to lease a data center in Mississippi. But instead of simply saying that, they structure it as an unconsolidated 49.9% interest in a joint venture. The only source of revenue for the "joint venture" is... the SpaceX lease. /6

Oh this is delightful. Let's start with SpaceX's violation of 17 CFR § 229.504 (Item 504). Their "use of proceeds" neglects to mention they are contractually obligated to use the first $20 billion from it to pay off a bridge loan. This is also while their quarterly cash burn exceeds $8 billion. /1

Damn shame usa doesn't live in a real democracy anymore.

MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund— Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.

The Women Are Taking Charge Over ICESTAPO's Plans To Loiter Around Polling Stations.......

Headline may as well read: “King Trump and his princely sons declare themselves above the law, scrutiny, and justice — grant themselves divine right to pilfer public coffers for life.”

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www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... More than $1.4 million has been raised for the family of Amin Abdullah, security guard fatally shot at a San Diego mosque. “He didn’t run. He stood his ground.” “Amin put himself between the gunmen and everyone inside.”

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

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The media is acting like Trump has done us a favor by "dropping" his $10 billion lawsuit in exchange for a couple billion dollars for him to spend on his own criminal defense. The corruption is right out in the open and Republicans are pretending not to see it.

The United States government just agreed to pay $1.8 billion to the United States president, approved by the president's own personal lawyer who represented him when he was convicted of 34 criminal counts. This is the biggest scandal in all of American political history.

Texas is running out of water, and data centers are making it worse. Tech barons want to drain our resources while regular Texans pay the price. Texans are fighting back. I’m calling for a statewide moratorium on new AI data centers.

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

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.

Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.

Raskin: "The whole administration now just just corruption -- highway robbery every day"

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.