US and Israeli jets struck a number of Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported, hours after President Donald Trump had suggested negotiations with Tehran over an interim deal were progressing.

Trump "blinked" for a long time during Pete Hegseth's Memorial Day speech

Trump falls asleep as speakers talk about service members dying for their country on Memorial Day

Trump blew up his own alleged ceasefire deal within less than a day...for Israel. When will Americans say enough?

The daily mail is woke now

Doubts grow over Trump’s mental fitness, polls find, as president heads for annual medical physical

Absolute bombshell. Pope Leo XIV drops a massive reality check on the global elite. He explicitly demands that artificial intelligence must be completely disarmed. He warns of terrifying autonomous weapons and algorithms designed to oppress the vulnerable.

Trump's discolored hand as photographed today by Kevin Dietsch of Getty (Trump is going to Walter Reed for another exam tomorrow)

THIS IS HUGE MORAL MOMENT… Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is focused on AI ethics and regulation. And the Vatican chose to partner with Anthropic, currently in a major legal fight w/the Trump admin over AI safety and military use of its technology.

Bad-ass Pope Leo XIV bitch-slaps Pete Hegseth, while inviting @anthropic.com co-founder @colah.bsky.social to his press conference: "[I]t is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Saudi Arabia says normalisation with Israel is conditional on an irreversible pathway to a Palestinian state, CNN reports.

IRAN SEEKS GUARANTEES FROM CHINA BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES

Iran isn’t going to levy a toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Instead it will charge environmental protection fees. (IRNA) The funny thing here is Trump will think he’s got what he wanted.

NEWS: Trump furious on Memorial Day—lashes out at Republicans who oppose his Iran deal as Republicans in Congress introduce a bill to stop his slush fund. People are impersonating ICE agents and assaulting immigrants. MAGA upset after Trump Mobile has possible data breach. Subscribe to support:

MEGYN KELLY (who helped get Trump elected): “I didn’t expect the corruption to be quite as widespread. The self-dealing, lining of his and his family’s pockets- It’s shocking... I’ve never seen a family get so rich off the presidency.”

I ain’t reading all that. Congrats, or I’m sorry that happened. But seriously… what the fuck is this. “Mandatorily requesting”? He’s a goddamn moron.

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Trump’s supposed Iran deal appears to already be unraveling. After pressure from Netanyahu and GOP war hawks, Trump suddenly began backtracking on terms reportedly discussed just yesterday — terms which amounted to a U.S. surrender.

Tillis on Trump's taxpayer-funded insurrectionist slush fund: "There's no way we're gonna be in a position to fund $1.5 billion for an anti-fraud division when we've got this bogus payout pot for punks. Whoever did it should be fired."

It appears we’ll get some form of agreement later today, but it will essentially be only a framework for future negotiations.

Senior Iranian source to Reuters: Tehran has not agreed to hand over its highly enriched uranium stockpile. Iran's nuclear issue is not part of the preliminary agreement

When "homeless working adults with minor-aged children" becomes a distinct administrative category—not an anomaly, but a recognized population requiring its own eligibility framework—you know something is very, very broken in our society.

A total U.S. surrender.

The US’ main aim now, according to Rubio’s speech, is keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, which wasn’t even an issue before blundering Trump launched his illegal war. And it’s the issue because for the first time there are consequences - vast economic harm and lost votes in America.

This is what happens when the FBI director is always nursing a hangover.

New York Giants players, including linebacker Abdul Carter, (rightfully) seem pissed about Jaxson Dart palling around with the president. It’s the kind of thing a player should think about before backing an overtly white supremacist politician.

Trump continues to act like he’s politically all-powerful, even in the face of indications that he is not. He is pushing ahead on unpopular ideas www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u...

New in PN: The slow-motion humiliation of RFK Jr "The FDA turmoil is a sign of the administration’s deeply unserious approach to public health. MAHA never had a solid constituency on the right, and its support has eroded further the longer the nation has stared into Kennedy’s beady, fanatic eyes."

25. But there's solace in knowing the man who destroyed multiracial democracy knows how much he's hated. He defeated himself. He's soulless. He's friendless. He's not even going to his own son's wedding. For all his power, he's the loneliest, most miserable man in America. /end

Lutnick paid off Republicans before his Epstein testimony. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

here's video of Trump "blinking" for the better part of 40 seconds just now in the Oval Office

More equity whipsaw. Dow erases losses.

“.. six months on, Beijing has not allowed any of its companies to buy a single one.” @nytimes.com #$NVDA www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

Gee, lets start a war in the middle east to drive up oil prices AND forbid a huge number of truckers from working because Stephen Miller is a racist ghoul, what could go wrong?

“Alan Chambers is accused of trying to meet a 14 year old boy for sex. He once was the head of Exodus International. For 4 decades the church said it helped ‘cure’ gays and lesbians across the country.”

Kevin Warsh is in the Epstein Files. For real, shady stuff.

America First

Yep he said it..

🚨 SURVIVORS VS. ELITE PREDATORS 🚨 The DOJ is choosing to protect powerful accomplices over delivering justice to survivors. We cannot allow this. Demand Congress force Acting AG Blanche to release the Epstein files. Send your letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Boycott Amazon and Bezos

BREAKING: It took eight tries, but the Senate has voted 50-47 to advance a resolution to limit Trump’s war on Iran. Bill Cassidy flipped after losing his primary, joining Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Rand Paul in voting with Democrats. John Fetterman was the only Dem to vote against.

ICE AGENTS: “I don’t think Renee Good/Alex Pretti deserved to be killed. We feel like (Trump) is waiting for 1 of us to be killed, wants escalation… I have no doubt the 🇺🇸 people lost their faith in us. I’ve lost faith in us.” From @channel5bluesky.bsky.social: youtu.be/mkjvJRiHEq4?...

He's got the whole world in his hands. Too bad they are diseased and rotting.

The announcement, made by the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach — “FAFO” — comes after Trump refused to rule out sending ICE to the polls, which could be illegal voter intimidation. If that happens, local prosecutors say they’ll file charges. bit.ly/4wCPl1R

NEWS — Local prosecutors warn Trump: "If you send ICE to the polls, we'll put them in jail." District attorneys across the U.S. announced today that they’ll charge federal agents sent to conduct voter intimidation. “We’ll lock their asses up,” vowed Philly DA Larry Krasner.

The perpetrators of the San Diego mosque attack appear to be members of a violent neo Nazi group, the Telegraph reports, noting that Sebasteyn L v Gorka's new counterterrorism watch list eradicated all mention of such groups, which appear to be responsible for over 90% of terrorist acts in America.