@mayor.nyc.gov: “I have thought often of the "Margeret Thatcher quote: ‘the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.’ If anything, my friends, it seems that you eventually need a socialist to clean up the mess."

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

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

The total value of Trump’s transactions in the first three months of this year—again, $750 million—is higher than the value of all trades by all 535 members of the House and Senate combined in an average year. www.thebulwark.com/p/trader-in-...

I don't think anybody needs to hear this, but it is time to liberate the USA from fascism not Cuba from Communism.

I was the 4th generation in my family to live in Central Pa. I experienced it as a good place to grow up, though I was happy to leave for college. The history of white supremacy in the area, however, is not something I (or anyone I know) was ever taught about. bsky.app/profile/seth...

The wild thing is that Rizzo may or may not have been a 100% true believer in the Posse Comitatus craziness...the gulf between standard issue white central Pa "conservative" white guy and the Posse Comitatus world view was not all that wide. A difference of a few degrees, not of kind.

If you look at these poll results from 1984, this is almost a perfect snapshot of the MAGA worldview ca. 2026. In 1984 the people in this group were fringe right wing weirdos who did not have a comfortable home in either the GOP or the Dems. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Republicans failed to rush their spending bill through Congress this week, but we know the GOP isn’t done trying to shovel over $70 billion more of our tax dollars to ICE and Border Patrol. We need to keep building pressure and create even more cracks in the fragile MAGA coalition.

While local cops are turning in residents for Trump’s ethnic cleansing program, law enforcement in the Twin Cities has also become openly hostile to legal observers of ICE. Here’s some new reporting from me about that.

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

How is this farce of a do nothing government still going on? It's as if the system that protects incompetent white men and women in power was built to protect incompetent white men and women to stay in power.

"Whiteness and prosperity are polar opposites. ...They want Republican policies that hurt Black people but they also want Democratic policies to save them" www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump

This is essential reading 👇🏻

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social making perfect sense in conversation with @atrupar.com and @thorbenson.bsky.social: “The biggest threat is that it {AI} just makes everyone stupider, which is a genuine worry.” www.publicnotice.co/p/chris-haye...

New York’s Office of Deed Theft Prevention is one step toward justice for Black families, Arshi Qureshi reports. Families told Prism of their yearslong battles against LLCs that they say have used questionable practices to take ownership of their homes, which the companies deny.

Who has really been mistreated by a weaponized Justice Dept? Abrego Garcia

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Abrego Garcia should apply for compensation from the weaponization fund

I wonder if anyone has studied the effect of people, especially older people, avoiding medical care in the USA simply because of nasty, rude, incompetent, uneducated receptionists at medical practices? I suppose I'm still fairly mentally fit, but sometimes it already gets on my last nerve.

FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER

REP. @aoc.bsky.social: "This is the drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia. This is what it looks like next to that Meta data center.” (As Fisk University welcomes a data center to their Nashville campus as part of their billion-dollar renovation with an unclear funding source)

So, I just watched Lewis Black. His talent has aged well. He skewered "Influencer culture". The whole maxxing thing. Is it as obsessive as it feels to me, or am I just an old curmudgeon (I'd plead guilty to the second, but not sure its determinative here).

If releasing your tax returns and the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.

And this is why the United States is a goddamn mess. Land doesn't vote.

Since I criticized the NY Times yesterday morning for underplaying the Trump slush fund approved by the DOJ, I should note that this topic is all over the Times homepage today, and that the individual stories are very well done.

ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.

Just a reminder to everyone: The idea that the Biden admin was engaged in "weaponization" of government was a myth dreamed up by Russ Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...

NEW: Federal judge orders Trump White House to continue to abide by Presidential Records Act, despite DOJ OLC opinion saying it's unconstitutional. Judge John Bates (GWBush/DC) says Constitution gives Congress power to control government property. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Well, it happened. A client disregarded my advice about using generative AI and guess what? It gave them bad advice AND the judge ruled that by using it, Client waived confidentiality and ordered us to turn a bunch of private stuff over. STOP USING GENERATIVE AI FOR LEGAL THINGS. I BEG YOU.

I went to my city council to demand they pass an ordinance to protect due process & defend our community from ICE fascism. The council voted to ADVANCE the ordinance. The final vote is June 16. We will keep the pressure on. This is how we fight fascism. Start local, organize, and be consistent.

Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.

This is what Jeff Bezos doesn't want you to know: the super-rich have a secret playbook to get away with paying almost nothing in taxes.

1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0

NEW: A California DA was prosecuting Stanford students for felonies over pro-Palestine protests. Bolts reported back in February that he was fundraising off these cases. Learning this, defense attorneys dug more, & filed a motion to force Rosen off the case for bias. A judge just removed him:

Blinded by greed, hoist on their own petard: Ex-Trump official reveals buyer’s remorse among Wall Street insiders. Of course the wealthy will be the least impacted even as the world economy tanks., www.alternet.org/trump-scaram...

People are already gathering in Jackson, Mississippi and showing up strong. ✊🏾 Mississippi fights back because our voices matter, our communities matter, and our future is worth fighting for. #Mississippi #VotingRights #BlackPower #WeGotUs

i think it is a solid sign of how fundamentally checked out bezos is from the actual state of american politics that he is mouthing the cliches of 20 years ago as if they are novel insights

The forces of evil are trying to co-opt a lot of good things in order to both keep us from enacting them and keep us from coming after THEM. Example: UBI I just read a *great* article about UBI as a "social vaccine"... 1/n

here's today's post: "the January 6 rioters are about to get millions, and We the People can go fuck ourselves" — why do we even have laws, if some shithead gets to ignore them? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

Fuck all the shite! Time to zone out, relax, meditate, intoxicate, your choice. A little weed and hypnotic blues guitar. The world will still be there for surveillance later.

A new tracker shows how much individual American consumers have spent on higher-priced fuel since Trump's war with Iran began and gas prices soared to a national average of $4.50 per gallon. Donald Trump, meanwhile, told reporters today that high gas prices are not a concern of his.

Billionaire Trump donor in line to make millions from Thames Water bid

Surrey police launch investigation into UK Epstein abuse allegations

"This is not leadership. Our service members deserve far better" -- Rep. Crow demolishes Adm Cooper for repeatedly refusing to acknowledge that the law of war manual prohibits declarations of no quarter like the one Hegseth made

The Supreme Court opened the door for state legislatures to lock out Black, Latino and Native American communities from fair representation. We won’t accept that. Across the South this weekend, we rallied for voting rights and to say: stop the attacks on our fundamental freedoms!

Here's the thing. I have a feeling that men who get caught using AI will not face the same social/professional consequences as women/ minority writers who get caught doing the same. See: The plagiarism scandals from the past, and the men who still have journalism/commentary jobs despite it.