It seems like identifiable members of the Supreme Court actively helping one political party to choose its voters to maximal electoral advantage should be a bigger scandal

A bipartisan majority in the House voted to rein in President Trump's lawless, profligate and blood-soaked war in Iran. Only Congress can declare war and no such declaration has been made. This is a win for the powers and the wisdom of the legislative branch.

I think Dylan Harper should've been in the game for the last 3-something minutes. Did I miss something?

"A case was confirmed in a calf in La Pryor, Texas, a town about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of the U.S.-Mexico border - a blow ‌to U.S. cattle ranchers who have been bracing for a domestic screwworm outbreak as the pest has advanced north through Mexico over the past year."

Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.

This Pride Month let’s resolve to keep defending the civil rights and liberties of our LGBTQIA+ neighbors and of all Americans against authoritarian clampdown.

Happy Pride and keep pride in democracy.

MAJOR BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington just ruled that protesters criticizing Trump could not be forced to take down a flag reading “8647,” finding NO indication that the message could be taken as a true threat against the president’s life. TOLD YA SO. 8647.

Instead of trying to eliminate birthright citizenship guaranteed in the Constitution, we should pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting felons from serving as president

NEW: Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling on Todd Blanche to resign. "[W]e must demand that Todd Blanche resign. An Attorney General who has disgraced himself by settling a bogus lawsuit with a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded bonanza payout to convicted cop beaters."

"The oral drug, called ensitrelvir, significantly reduced the risk of getting sick among individuals who lived with someone ill with Covid-19... The experimental pill could be especially useful for older adults and people with weakened immune systems."

This chart answers the age-old question: “Can you own the libs and still do without their tax revenue?”

Gift article. Very much worth your time: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

Go, Spurs, Go! Bring on the Knicks!

Twelve down -- Four to go. Go Spurs Go!

There is not a grand jury in America that will indict E. Jean Carroll. We see you.

Donald Trump is sending the Justice Department after a woman he raped.

Talarico: Ken Paxton embodies everything that’s wrong with our political system. He was impeached by his own party for using his public office to enrich himself and his donors at our expense. And that kind of corruption is the rot at the core of this broken system.

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🚨ICE attacks protesters outside Delaney Hall ICE Prison in Newark, NJ on day 5 of massive prisoner hunger/labor strike. Sources tell us ICE is actively trying to transfer out leaders of hunger strike. We've been ON THE GROUND for 5 days. SUPPORT our ON THE GROUND reporting 🔽

"The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer, or Summer EBT program would have given qualifying families $120 per child to pay for lunches during the summer months in 2027. An estimated 3.75 million children statewide would have qualified."

The U.S. just bombed Iran again, striking targets around the port city of Bandar Abbas. Apparently the terms to describe this are “ceasefire” and “peace deal nearly completed.”

They pepper sprayed a Senator.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

San Antonio Spurs: first back-to-back losses since January 11-13 (losses at Minnesota and Oklahoma City) Spurs have not lost three straight games all season

Hey, Mitch. You could have prevented ALL THIS by voting to convict him and bar him from holding office again. Asshole.

The fact that Thomas Massie lost a Republican primary because he wants pedophiles to face justice tells you everything you need to know about the state of the Republican party.

Begging my fellow Texans to have some sensibility and not let Ken Paxton be our next senator

This is only the beginning. He has no plans to leave office or allow free elections. Nor are his plans hidden—they're all unfolding in plain sight. The Insurrection never ended and the Christofascists won't stop until our democracy is gone. Choose who you'll be in this moment.

BREAKING: San Diego police are responding to an ‘active but contained’ reported shooting at an Islamic center. This is a developing story.

Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social with @brotherjones.bsky.social in Alabama…

Good coverage of yesterday's events in Selma and Montgomery. We may not have wanted to be in this play, but the this is where you go to learn from those who came before how to act when you are called to this stage. www.al.com/news/birming...

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

I know we keep seeing these stories about Republican officials who are arrested for sex crimes against children, but it's just a string of hundreds of coincidences.

It's almost like what American citizens want just doesn't matter. That's not the way democracy is supposed to work.

We’re living through a unique moment, when were Republicans are deliberately damaging the right to vote in plain sight for everyone to see. The question we need to be asking is why? This piece is an attempt to answer that question. Let me know what you think. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

May 13, 2026

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

"The same Supreme Court that told Black voters in Alabama and Texas that they’d have to live with illegal maps because a primary was four months away had no problem blowing up an ongoing election in Louisiana."

The entire Epstein regime needs to be removed, held accountable, and sentenced to life in prison.

Here you go DNC. You're welcome.

Exactly. Here's one I snapped, myself, during a visit for the Womens' March, Oct. 2, 2021.

Over at “One First,” I wrote about how the redistricting chaos we’re seeing in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia is something #SCOTUS *chose,* and how it belies both the entire purpose of the “Purcell principle” and the Court’s claim that it’s staying out of the political process:

This might be the most important freeze frame from the broadcast footage of the play, immediately before which Wembanyama was tossed from the Spurs game. This is what Harper was reacting to. Along with a few million more of us.

Folks, there's a reason we're the 2-seed. Wemby missed 18 games this season. (And 36 last season!) This Spurs TEAM went 12-6 without him.

I don't understand why redistricting chosen by voters is illegal, but redistricting rammed through by a GOP governor is fine