Consider what you're saying when YOU say, "they won't do anything about Trump's Terrorist Slush fund," in context with them dodging it now. The question is not what THEY will do. It is what YOU will do to hang this on them. The easiest messaging vehicle ever, taxing you to pay off terrorists.

Boom. Vulnerable House GOPer says he's going to try to kill Trump's slush fund via a legislative option. This confirms what I argue below, that this is an impossible thing for vulnerable Rs to defend.

And let’s not forget what sure looks like an attempt to pardon Trump for crimes….

Imagine what the country would be like if Republicans spent as much time working on policy as they do working on disenfranchising voters?

Payments to J6ers would absolutely violate the 14th amendment, which clearly states that the government cannot assume ANY obligation "incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States." Would love for this to play out in court.

New, from me: The Roberts Court does not want colorblind voting maps. We know that because the easiest way to get such maps would have been to kill partisan gerrymandering. Instead, they upheld it, using it as a means to kill the Voting Rights Act. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-lie-be...

He's trying to establish a mechanism and a precedent by which he can disburse taxpayer money without any input from congress. Where are the conservatives in congress?

D+11 on a generic ballot probably looks something like 40 seats gained in the House - IF we don’t get complacent. Have you registered to vote yet? Have you double checked to make sure you’re still registered? Do you have any documentation you need to vote? Start planning now.

My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-is-...

Probably should be a bigger deal that the Trump Administration used taxpayer dollars to host a Christian Nationalist event in the nation's capital, but, nah. www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

“Please enjoy Colbert’s final shows,” John Oliver told viewers at the end of Sunday's 'Last Week Tonight.' “He’s the f*cking best. Good night, and good luck, motherf*ckers!” Full story: latenighter.com/news/john-ol...

What he says…

In order to stay ahead of the curve here, I'd like to note that the U.S. has no grounds to invade Cuba, arrest or change its leaders, take control or directly influence its actions or, for that matter, to be blockading it right now forcing its people to suffer. Nor is any of that in our interest.

Addendum: I agree, so this is not a dunk. But I think we also largely underestimate how much collaboration the US will continue to attract, whether through ideology (Milei, Kast) or interest. But this will be from weaker less useful satellite states and won't preclude their deepening ties w/ China.

Moscow and Moscow region suffered perhaps the largest combined attack overnight. Over 500 drones were launched across Russia, with over 100 targeting the capital region.

The claim that ICE only goes after criminals is a lie. Their net catches green card holders, valid visa holders, legal asylum seekers, and American citizens. If playing by the rules still gets you put in a cage, the system isn’t broken; it’s fascist.

1: impeachment is 66 votes 2: So what? If they expand back we’re no worse than we are now. 3: Removing “a bad judge” doesn’t fix the problem. It’s the whole institution that needs reform. 3a: FDR was *losing* New Deal cases. Then he threatened to pack and he started *winning* those cases.

… How does having one UNELECTED branch completely veto the two elected branches and render literal constitutional protections meaningless “harmonize with democracy” In any event, court expansion *has been done seven times already* It’s the constitutionally *prefered* method of restraining the court

After Plessy v Ferguson it was 58 years before we got a court willing to overturn it. I don’t think Black people who want to vote and women who want to have rights to their bodies and trans people who want to EXIST should have to wait that long because it offends your sense of propriety.

It’s really hard to describe how insane this story is. Of course Patel went snorkeling over the USS Arizona - that’s what happens when you put an irreverent internet troll in charge of a government agency. Disrespectful assclown.

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Oh. My. God. This is despicable.

Xi: America is declining as a world power Trump: HE MEANT UNDER SLEEPY JOE!! No, you assclown - he meant because you’re intentionally isolating the US on the world stage and GIVING our influence away.

Trump is negotiating to settle his lawsuit against his own IRS, and one of the remedies being floated (along with almost 2 billion dollars) is the IRS dropping all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses. Just absolutely staggering corruption.

deliberate effort to use federal licensing power to pressure a free press into compliance. Gomez writes that the FCC ordered Disney’s eight ABC-owned stations to seek early license renewal (a mechanism that hasn’t been used in more than 50 years) and frames it as censorship dressed up as regulation.

An FCC commissioner is sounding the alarm from inside her own agency. In a public letter posted on X, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is calling out what she describes as a coordinated government campaign against Disney and ABC not a series of regulatory coincidences, but a

doing whatever it takes to make jodie foster think you’re cool

House Democrats secured the necessary signatures to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a package of Russia sanctions and billions of dollars in Ukraine aid. This is the eighth time in the last three years that a discharge petition has been used to do an end-run around GOP leadership.

America's chief Middle East negotiator - Jared Kushner - is almost completely dependent on Middle East government investment in his chief business. It's probably the biggest conflict of interest in American diplomatic history and we should be talking about this way more.

I believe the charges are for attempted representation.

Guys I think I know why he wants a huge ballroom. It's the new Mar A Lago face for men

NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

This was a solid rundown of Carr's nonsense. Worth a read.

"More than 10,000 times, judges have said those detentions, typically carried out with no opportunity for detainees to plead their case, were illegal. That’s roughly 90 percent of all cases — a staggering rejection of a core piece of Trump’s immigration agenda."

In the same press gaggle, Trump said he doubled the size of his ballroom and he doesn’t care about Americans’ financial situations. I am begging the media — act like Obama or Biden did this shit and cover it the way you would have then.

Republicans refused to show up today for the #Epstein survivors testimony. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett explains this shouldn’t be a partisan issue. She’s right. Shameful.

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

What happened to all those private donors, Donald? Americans are on the hook not only for his tariffs but also for the billion he needs for his gilded ballroom. In the meantime, he's cut your healthcare coverage and SNAP benefits all to "save" money.

Sen. Cory Booker said the Supreme Court knowingly ruled in ways that depleted political representation for Black voters in their decision to gut the Voting Rights Act. Sen. Booker also said he was leading efforts to reform the court. https://bit.ly/4tt26sY

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One reason FDR's court-packing plan failed to catch on is that the Supreme Court was perceived by many Americans as apolitical and therefore a victim of unwarranted aggression from the president. This court, however, is nakedly partisan. And any Democrat in power should be saying so early and often

Oligarchs who bankroll right-wing media don't care about losses.

From tuition-free UCs and CSUs to free childcare to bringing down the cost of groceries, I know what moms need from their next Governor—because I need them, too. That's what I'll deliver as Governor.

A Slam Dunk for Newsom….

While DC slashes school budgets, Connecticut just passed free breakfast for every student, cut sales tax on school supplies, added 500+ child care slots, and cut electricity rates 15%. This is what governing FOR people looks like. Every state. Do. This. 🔥#voterizer#Sheshed#minsky

After making massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to fund Trump’s deportation agenda, the GOP is trying to give ICE and Border Patrol billions more for detention camps, raids, and militarized crackdowns. It’s extra important for Republicans to hear from their constituents right now. 👇

It’s been underreported in the U.S., but there are increasing signs that Russia is not doing well—either on the front lines or further back, where Moscow is now vulnerable.

I wonder if there would be any movement if democrats made it impossible to escape the message that this ballroom is *going* to be razed to the ground the moment this administration is out of power, so don't waste our tax dollars. I wonder what would happen if democrats learned to message at all?

This is crucial: Polling taken *after* the shooting incident showed no clear shift in support for Trump's ballroom. The MAGA propaganda utterly failed. Independents oppose it by 61-18 Working class oppose it by 54-28 Moderates oppose it by 64-16 Much more here: