Trump posted this lie months ago: “THE BIDEN FBI” put 274 agents in the Jan. 6 crowd. Biden wasn’t president on Jan. 6. Trump was. Now his DOJ has a $1.7B “anti-weaponization” fund for people claiming they were unfairly targeted. Is this what the lie was for?

6 years ago today, George Floyd was murdered—shining a floodlight on the work that remains ahead to stamp out racism and law enforcement misconduct. I remain committed to pushing for legislation to address those challenges and make America safer for everyone.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social: "sweaty panic building inside the White House," Trump agreement "could be far worse than anything Obama negotiated," and the only question is "how much Iran will get away with, and how much humiliation the US will endure." Historic mash-up of ignominy, tragedy, 😱and 🤦‍♀️

On the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, here are words from Robert Samuels, co-author w/ Toluse Olorunnipa of the excellent book, His Name IS George Floyd. Ponder.

Donald Trump is now responsible for 28% of the US national debt. That's $11 trillion. In 250 years of American history, no president has added more. That's not an opinion. It's math.

Really scary that this racist cartoon from the Raleigh News & Observer in the run-up to the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 looks an awful lot like what POTUS just posted in 2026. What are we tolerating, people?!

There's already a 1,000-capacity golden ballroom just a mile from the White House www.newsweek.com/inside-dc-me...

Khanna: "This is a Dred Scott court. They have engaged in the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Rutherford Hayes ended Reconstruction in 1877. One-third of African American seats are threatened. We are not speaking up strongly enough against a court that's rolling back civil rights"

Really scary that this racist cartoon from the Raleigh News & Observer in the run-up to the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 looks an awful lot like what POTUS just posted in 2026. What are we tolerating, people?!

And Rep George White introduced the nation's first fed anti-lynching act in 1900 (right after Wilmington Massacre) -- a law not passed til 2022. Our country owes so much to Black voters and elected officials. Here's a gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/226/05/22/ma...

He had to be in DC when those shots were fired today. Guys I’m kidding mostly.

Coulda said this TEN YEARS AGO

This is the point: Trump wants a violent personal militia to “stand by” for when he wants to use them against us.

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

The framers of the 14th Amendment understood that democracy could be threatened not only by insurrection itself but by efforts to legitimize or reward it afterward. What does that mean in light of the Trump administration’s Jan 6th compensation fund? 14thamendmentctr.org/news/what-th...

I didn't have any trouble picking my favorite design. What about you? wapo.st/4a7DhvJ

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” —Teddy Roosevelt www.americaamerica.news/p/what-does-...

NEVER FORGET

Take fortitude and courage from this remarkable man. Honor the 14th, 15th and 19th Amendments to our Constitution and give us the ballot! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPi...

Tell the story of Trump being a corrupt con man, only out for himself. Keep saying it. Then say it again. Trump is a corrupt con man, only out for himself.

See also the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 -- the only successful local coup d'etat in American history, a violent insurrection in which untold numbers of African Americans were killed by a mob in an effort supported by local officials to undo the results of an election.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

Officer Fanone on Jan 6, after being tased 3 times in the neck by Trump terrorists, beaten with his gun and dragged unconscious down the stairs. He had a heart attack.

We are very far off the cliff, folks. @CBS should be avoided entirely. Shame on them.

Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy that sowed confusion and concern among aid groups, immigration lawyers and immigrants. https://to.pbs.org/4uKPuz3

Every part of President Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund “is an affront to the Constitution,” the congressman Jamie Raskin writes. “It usurps both the exclusive power of Congress to legislate programs and spend money and the power of the courts to decide specific cases and controversies.”

Looking forward to seeing those photos from the golf course.

For two years, Mike Johnson refused to hang the plaque on the wall honoring police officers who defended the Capitol on J6 against a mob of violent rioters, even though a law was passed to mandate it. But he supports paying over a billion dollars to the criminal rioters.

BREAKING: Federal courts have dismissed the DOJ's attempts to force Maine and Wisconsin to turn over their voters' sensitive data. The Trump administration is now 0-for-8 in their attempts to force states to hand over voter data and subvert our elections.

This is pretty unusual

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Incredible how the the style, cadence, and rhythm, which is to say the aesthetic form, of the section of the Declaration of Independence that lists grievances against the King, has seeped into our manner of speaking politically - 250 years later. NYT editorial today:

Trump has repeatedly said the bunker will be ready on September 2028. Just in time to lock himself in. bsky.app/profile/muel...

I ache for the families of these 13 people who have to hear you spout this disrespectful trash, potus.

First scan of this headline and I thought Jeanine Pirro had been involved in a chaotic brawl at a fast-food restaurant. Things being the way they are in this Administration, It didn't strike me as odd at all.

I know it's quaint to believe such things matter, but under 26 USC 7217 it's a crime for POTUS "to request, directly or indirectly, any [IRS] officer . . . to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer." www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

If this fails, Raskin and other Democrats must not shy away from calling their Republican counterparts by their true names: cowards and traitors

And also, this is not a criminal act that falls under his Constitutional responsibilities. It is just a flat-out criminal act.

He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.

Any Constitution is only as meaningful and powerful as the people subject to it mutually agree. We have entered the space where who is bound by the Constitution and what the Constitution binds us to are open questions.

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy—just defeated in a primary against a Trump-endorsed candidate—is the lone Republican speaking out. “It's as if somebody sued themselves and agreed upon a settlement with themselves that’s going to be funded by the rest of us." trib.al/OA21QTk

We are closely monitoring the Ebola outbreak declared in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’re concerned about the impact on humanitarian operations and communities where displaced people live.

That's likely the point of it.

JUST FILED: Senators launch probes into Todd Blanche and Trump's $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded payout to convicted criminals Lots of enterprise reporting in my daily "DAY AHEAD" editorial note (these are the notes I used to share with bosses at CBS) open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

“Pre-funding Donald Trump’s private militia” is the clearest warning in this exchange. The concern is not just corruption. It is the creation of a publicly subsidized incentive structure for political violence.

A carnival of absurdity.

Let’s put it in simple terms. Men and women who attacked our Capitol, injured over 140 police officers and attempted to overthrow the results of a presidential election are going to be paid by Trump’s lackeys for their services on J6 with our tax dollars.