Johnny Garcia has defeated Maureen Galindo in the Dem primary in TX-35. This is the Dem primary the right heavily invested in to try to boost Galindo to the nomination (while attacking her). TX35 has been drawn by the GOP to be red but Dems hope Garcia can score an upset this fall.

What a quote on Ken Paxton, by a party colleague. A gift basket to Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Shot, chaser

We have internalized Abu Ghraib. apnews.com/article/ice-...

“.. four months after its establishment, the board’s financial fund set up by the World Bank has received no money from donors, according to four people familiar with the matter. ‘Zero dollars have been deposited,’ one said.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5ba3...

Ken Paxton’s win gifts Democrats their 2026 midterms strategy The Texas attorney general’s record will mean more attention on the issue of corruption, which Democrats can run on across the country.

The four-page document is littered with the unnecessary capitalization of terms such as “Project” and “Top Secret,” a hallmark of Trump’s syntax, and multiple run-on sentences full of commas, another Trumpian quirk of grammar. trib.al/dmGXwIM

UPDATE: After loud backlash, @KnoxSchools has put ‘ROOTS’, a Pulitzer-prize winning state book, back in schools. tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/26/k...

"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another" U.S. Const. Art 1, s. 9, cl. 6

Hmm. A “6 month physical” followed by cancelling a trip to Camp David because of… *checks notes* scattered thunderstorms. Sure, sure.

Cornyn is on track suffer the largest defeat for a U.S. Senator in a primary since 1978. And in that 1978 race (a Democratic primary in Montana won by Max Baucus), the defeated incumbent had just been appointed—nothing like the longtime Cornyn .

BREAKING: Republican primary voters rejected U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in favor of Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, AP projects.

zohran mamdani announced a plan to seize properties from bad landlords and private equity if tenents suffer from neglect and i genuinely do not think i’ve seen rightwing circles this mad in reaction to anything i’ve ever seen before lol

For the first time, cheering for cancer to win.

Well, when you surrender twice a week for 12 weeks, it can get burdensome to keep coming up with something original.

Talarico: I’m an eighth-generation Texan. I’ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment. And if all they have on me is lying about me being a vegan, I feel pretty good about our chances this November.

Meiselas: You’ve attended the Knicks games, but not front row, not courtside. You’ve been with the people. I see the New York Post and Fox hitting you on that. Mamdani: I’ll never apologize for sitting in the nosebleeds.

Donald Trump can keep calling Dems "Dumocrats" all he wants. He's got to find some way to deflect the fact that he's a Rapepublican.

Rowling, Forstater, Davies and your ilk; take a fucking bow you absolute dangers metro.co.uk/2023/05/25/i...

CNN put together a montage of Trump officials, including Trump himself, saying over and over again for nearly three months now that gas prices are about to drop, any day now

YIKES: The White House is having a complete meltdown over coverage of Donald Trump’s health. To compensate for Trump’s decline and constant dozing off, they’re posting photos and short videos of CNN hosts looking down or blinking.

Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton leads the Texas AG’s office that cut a first-degree child sex abuse case to misdemeanors. The defendant avoided sex-offender registration and is already free. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/texas-ag-k...

The level of disdain Spencer Pratt has for the unhoused is disgusting. And if you’re fine with this kind of talk, I don’t want to know you. Pratt: “They’re not homeless. They’re drug addicts. They are choosing to be on the streets because they want to do drugs…They want to have animals to abuse.”

If Hungary can oust a (formerly) entrenched dictator through their elections, so the fuck can we in the US. We need to just show up and vote. Took 80 percent of the voting population to fully remove him. We can do the same here IF WE SHOW THE FUCK UP!

AI is bad and ruining human knowledge, sorry to those trying to convince us otherwise.

These stories are going to drive him insane, but it’s only fair that Trump’s failing health gets the same scrutiny as Biden’s did

need to spoil the kicker on this Kavitha Surana story, because it's that good. "Each run-in brings it all pouring back. The ultrasounds. The “risk management.” The blood, so much blood. But also, the state line. The relief she felt crossing it." www.propublica.org/article/arka...

>> NEW with @merylkornfield.bsky.social: The Trump administration is proposing NDAs for all federal workers. The rule, aimed at cracking down on leaks to media organizations, would expand nondisclosure agreements instituted at the Pentagon and other agencies.

The Trump administration has slashed housing accommodations for service animals. This will likely evict thousands of Americans, including veterans with PTSD.

TALARICO: I want Texans to be able to afford food and pay their bills. PAXTON: Talarico? more like Tala-freak-o and he's a vegan. The polls:

This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

This must be why Trump endorsed him www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...

Mexico says it has agreed to host Iran’s World Cup team after the US declined to allow the squad to stay. President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico saw “no reason to refuse“ FIFA‘s request

Over at the bad place people are piling on Linda McMahon for not praising Trump enough, and insisting she'll be the next one fired if she doesn't step up her game. (I don't post there, but I do check in to see what the topics du jour are. About two minutes at a time is all I can take.)

Chuckle.

Anyone who unironically refers highly enriched uranium as “nuclear dust” should be forever barred from discussing anything related to nuclear weapons. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Per Ukrainian sources, Lavrov threatened Rubio with attack on Kyiv and told to evacuate US personnel

ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.

If this is the US striking on Memorial Day, that's something. If this is Israel striking on Memorial Day, that's Netanyahu pressuring the US.

Explosions were reportedly just heard in Bandar Abbas, Iran, with additional blasts reported near Sirik and Jask in the Persian Gulf region, according to Iranian state-aligned outlet Fars.

Three-time Trump voter calls for president ‘be removed from office before it’s too late’ www.rawstory.com/trump-267693...

Airplanes are the one place I always at least carry a mask. Sometimes I'm the only one, but the peace of mind when the coughing behind me starts is worth it. Most other places you can walk away. Airplanes you are trapped breathing in all the germs of your neighbors.

They are serious about repealing the 19th Amendment and denying women the vote. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

It’s interesting to me that about 3 weeks after Trump endorsed Maddie’s opponent, Melania gave that weird press conference about Epstein. Now Massie is saying Melania knows more than she’s letting on.

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.

60 Minutes confirms Iran is bypassing the US blockade and exporting 100,000 more barrels of oil per day than before the war. Most of it is reportedly going to China.

🗣️ MASSIE: The ballroom is such an egregious waste of money… I like to joke that Miriam Adelson spent so much money in my race that they have to ask for taxpayer money now. Trump was bragging on the Roman architecture when in fact we're operating like a Roman Empire.”