Trump must have just learned that when Xi Jinping invoked the Thucydides Trap to his face, he was essentially calling the United States a nation in decline. Now, Trump is trying to spin it, claiming that Xi must have been talking about Biden. Really humiliating stuff.

Trump gets humiliated by Xi Jinping to his face over America’s decline under his watch and Xi’s warning on Taiwan; Iran's moves while Trump is in China; Trump regime officials come under fire in Congress; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live now! www.youtube.com/live/qetsO6F...

The decision to forge ahead with the warehouse initiative is all the more reason the midterms are so critical — and so contested. To complete environmental assessments, award contracts, and complete work will take months.

That places the initiative squarely on the other side of the 2026 midterms. Those elections are already unfolding amid redistricting battles, weakened federal voting protections and escalating fights over who gets represented at all.

So remember: no matter which fight you’re engaged in right now — the warehouses, voting rights, local organizing, campaigning, mutual aid — none of it exists in isolation. The outcomes are intertwined. Every effort shapes the political environment these projects will ultimately live or die in.

The propagandistic nature of FOX News gets even more comical as he gets worse. It is quite pathetic. "Trump checks China" China basically big dog'd him and Trump did nothing.

I’m actually happy he keeps going on tv and talking about the prices of things. Every time he talks the Democrats get new campaign material. Roll his festering ass in front of every camera and news agency that will film him🤷🏾‍♀️😂

What he means is He and His Friends are making a lot of money. At our expense. From our pockets to his pocket.

NEW: The Senate parliamentarian has rejected major provisions in the GOP's reconciliation package -- aka the $72B spending bill for ICE + Trump's ballroom. These bits now need 60 vs 51 votes to pass: *ALL CBP funding *Funds for initial screenings of unaccompanied migrant kids *$2.5B for DHS

REP. @votegloriaj.bsky.social: “I was like this can’t be real, but it is. I went to the website… House Republicans are just big ol’ racists and don’t care who knows it.” Gloria confirms what we said — White male Dems (except Powell) still have committees, Black & Female Dems were removed.

Q: What was it that made you break with Trump? Trump voter: Just seeing the lies. He put us in a war. He's putting up gold statues of himself. When are people going to wake up? All those stupid rallies I went to... I got rid of my Make America Great Again hat. I can't even believe I wore that hat.

Pennsylvania man detained by ICE for over 250 days speaks out: "Whatever anybody has seen on TV is true. You are in cages, and there are 32 people in each cage... Just because I wasn't born in this country doesn't mean that I don't love this country."

🚨 NEW: FOIA records show ICE included line items for a detainee labor program in contracts for two warehouse sites before the government had purchased either property. ICE has described the same facilities as short-term processing stops of three to seven days.

Wow ...UTAH. !! HORRIFIC NEWS This Data Center was just approved The size of 2,000 Walmarts stuck together and could release almost 23 bombs worth of heat daily And WHERE will all that water come from ? People of Utah You must rise up

In every single vote of consequence where it matters or would have made a difference, Susan Collins voted with Trump. She casts meaningless votes when it won’t make a difference to create the facade of independence. She never opposes Trump when it matters. bsky.app/profile/atru...

If you are a corporation or law firm and stopped your DEI initiatives in response to Trump, you are a sap and a sucker.

Not much mercury likely where the creepy fossil-fuel billionaires live... they’re cool taking the profits and poisoning other people's kids.

I’m struck by how often Trump referred to Xi as his “friend” and a “great leader.” Xi Jinping, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, is a dictator. He also offered no such reciprocal praise for Trump. That asymmetry makes Trump appear in a visibly weaker position.

"Trump’s silence spoke volumes about US decline, how the US is going into this summit as a supplicant needing Chinese help. It also confirms how little the US cares and can do anything to protect key democratic allies." open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

NEVER NEVER NEVER FORGET the January 6 insurrection and that the perpetrators of this violence have been pardoned by the same Regime that instigated it. (And those same perpetrators have been hired by DHS.)

Oklahoma Democrats have forced a vote banning child marriage. 36 Republicans voted against it.

Former private prison executive David Venturella is now acting ICE Director. As a favor, Venturella helped Jeffrey Epstein's friend Paolo Zampolli deport his ex-girlfriend amid a custody battle last year.

Former private prison executive David Venturella is now acting ICE Director. Under his leadership, Venturella's company was repeatedly accused of running forced labor camps.

Federal judges have ruled that over 10,000 ICE detentions were illegal. That’s roughly 90% of all cases.

The White House plans to start construction of Trump's 250-foot arch by piggybacking on an unrelated contract, bypassing the public bidding process.

GILLIBRAND: What is your record?! I don't want to just hear about what you don't like about the Biden administration SCOTT TURNER: During the Biden administra-- GILLIBRAND: Stop talking about Biden! Talk about your record TURNER: During the Biden administration-- GILLIBRAND: Oh my God!

Breaking News: The Justice Dept. is planning to drop charges against India’s richest man, Gautam Adani, after a lawyer for the billionaire made an unusual investment offer.

This is what the Trump admin is focused on today while you pay more for everything because of his war and tariffs.

JD Vance announced the suspension of $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California as part of his new role as "fraud czar" for the Trump Regime. Meanwhile, Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters, including several who gave money to his campaign and Super PAC. Remember this.

Children Among the Dead as Israel Continues Bombing Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

NEW: The FBI visited the home of Milwaukee County’s elections director in an attempt to question her over absentee ballots from the 2020 presidential election. The visit marks the latest sign that the Trump administration is probing the 2020 election results in Wisconsin.

With the signing of HB1207, Virginia becomes the first in the South to enact Paid Family and Medical Leave. Thank you to Governor Spanberger, the network of advocates, and the hardworking legislators who made this policy a reality … This represents progress for all Virginians and their families!

This is the rough equivalent of Nazi Germany demanding that the Allies leave France in 1944 so that talks can start. But, even Putin knows the war only gets worse for him from here. www.kyivpost.com/post/76048

Poland’s national prosecutor has asked the American ambassador for confirmation that former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted on criminal charges, is in the United States and, if so, on what basis he was able to enter the country.

Zbigniew Ziobro was one of the authors of the attempt to transform Poland into an authoritarian regime. Ziobro is a wanted man with no passport. The Trump White House just went to a good deal of trouble to bring him to the US. snyder.substack.com/p/copycat-ty...

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Democrats need to think about the mistakes made after the Civil War with Confederates.

We've been tracking a potential federal detention facility in Gilroy, CA for the past few days, thanks to tips from people on the ground. Still waiting on records requests and additional confirmation before it goes in the tracker... but we're watching it closely.

Backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan. Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards is facing allegations of inappropriate conduct with a young female staffer. Edwards: —Frequently complimented the staffer's appearance —Wrote her a poem and teared up while reading it aloud —Pressured her to take shots of liquor —Delivered flowers to her hotel room

The DOJ is reportedly considering dropping any audits of Trump, his family, or his businesses as part of a potential settlement of his bogus lawsuit against the IRS. That’s on top of the $10 billion in damages he wants. This is corruption on steroids — and taxpayers will pay the price.

GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley says he "absolutely" supports the war in Iran despite its crushing economic impact on Americans

Dr. Sonya Sloan and Dr. Haydée Brown warn the Trump administration is “burying the evidence.” 1,800+ measles cases already in 2026. Reports say the FDA blocked studies showing COVID-19 and shingles vaccines are safe. “If the science exposes the truth, block it.”

NEVER NEVER NEVER FORGET the January 6 insurrection and that the perpetrators of this violence have been pardoned by the same Regime that instigated it. (And those same perpetrators have been hired by DHS.)

BREAKING from me: A free glacier cruise for state treasurers preceded more than $80M in public contracts to firms tied to a data infrastructure investor building the most ambitious natural gas plant in the world, in the Arctic... thealaskacurrent.com/2026/05/12/t...

This is simply bonkers. The White House is in active discussions with DOJ about settling Trump's lawsuit against the IRS in his favor, *precisely because* a judge might soon throw it out. WH apparently wants DOJ to agree to "settle" the lawsuit *before* that happens. Utter insanity.

We’re getting there.

North Carolina's last governor started reviewing sentences of people condemned to die in prison for crimes they committed as children. But that pathway to freedom has closed as politics in the state is now once again dominated by tough-on-crime rhetoric and harsh punishment.