every single democrat in the senate voted to confirm marco rubio as secretary of state. every single one.

CORRUPT AF: A pair of new reports released this week by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics disclosed thousands of stock transactions made by Trump in the first three months of 2026. Read more here: https://yhoo.it/49MywaH #TrumpCrimeFamily

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They” didn’t leak Trump’s tax returns. An IRS contractor did - along with thousands of other tax returns - during Trump’s first term. Biden’s DOJ prosecuted the contractor, who got the max: 5 years in prison. This is shameful spin from SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.

Moreover, Charles Littlejohn leaked hundreds of thousands of records to shed light on how billionaires like Trump avoided taxes in 2019, when Trump was president. The theory of weaponization here requires one to accept a dozen false premises and lies.

Happy “Last Time I Watch CBS Day” to those who celebrate.

the entire thing is an utterly damning report from @melodyschreiber.com

Here's a question that, IMO, is yet to attract sufficient analysis: Where will all the funding come from for the mega IPOs and the projected surge in both sovereign and corporate bond issuance this year? This comes at a time when foreign investors have been reducing their... 1 of 3

Absolute hero behavior and absolutely pathetic prosecutor www.reddit.com/r/publicdefe...

quite a headline (and it’s right)

An answer to the bad-faith anti-trans question "What is a woman?" A woman is not a "what." A woman is a "who." The pathetic nature of those who would enforce boundaries around humans. www.the-reframe.com/shows-of-wea...

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

three things, all true: platner sucks and will probably be an obnoxious pain in the ass senator. he is probably going to be a senator. any democrat is better than every republican.

just got to the love shack, you wouldnt believe the size of the chrysler in the parking lot

NEW: I've filed a claim with Todd Blanche for compensation from the $1.776B slush fund for the unlawful investigation by the government into my podcast in August 2019. I'm seeking $8.647 million in compensation for weaponized lawfare - the equivalent of punitive damages, lost pay and retirement.

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Ballroom won’t be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

WTF did they do to that sink?

This is right. The government didn’t “settle” this case. Trump brought a frivolous case and voluntarily withdrew it, and then the Justice Department said they’d agreed to set up this insane slush fund for him. It has no legal connection to the case, and there’s no legal authorization for it at all.

Republican voters in Kentucky who presumably spent much of 2024 banging on about Epstein just ejected from Congress their own Republican congressman, who helped get the Epstein files out, in order to please the close friend of Epstein, Donald Trump.

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation. Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3

The shameless, naked grift. Amazing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Biden Administration also wronged me, and I will now apply to Trump's "slush fund" and demand millions of dollars. I recommend that every American flood the system. Thanks @muellershewrote.com for the tip. I am no longer a silent victim!

Gov Jared Polis told a Colorado Sun event that his decision to give clemency to Tina Peters "will be remembered fondly." He was later interrupted by protesters carrying an enormous banner reading EAT SHIT POLIS coloradosun.com/2026/05/19/j...

Tonight, Justice Connection projected John Adams’ warning over the Trump banner hung on DOJ headquarters. We are “a government of laws, not of men.” Because this administration is turning DOJ into one man’s sword and shield.

Here’s a video from the same podcast as linked in my previous post where you can hear the audio too. I love this because it really lays bare how LLMs fool us - but really they’re just slotting words into linguistic patterns that we’re familiar with. Genres like a podcast or LinkedIn post.

We need more of this, all across the country.

Generally speaking a technology is neutral but use is not. Nuclear technology neutral. A nuclear bomb is not neutral. I think the difference is consent. Nuclear energy can perhaps be set up with the consent and regulation of the people. A nuclear bomb is coming whether you like it or not.

The failure of Trump’s 2020 election subversion plot turned in part on the willingness of a small group of Republican officials to defy him — almost all of whom have since been purged from power.

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Trump isn’t the problem. He is the result of the problem: the racism, ignorance, and selfishness of many people in the United States.

I have never seen a company work so hard to piss off their entire user base

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It's the underscore waiting to fill in the date that really does it for me.

Pardoning the criminals who tried to overturn an election to keep you in power and creating a $1.776 billion slush fund for them seems like exactly what you would do if you wanted them to do it again.

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan

Here are 10 things to check to ensure your Level 2 home charger was installed correctly. evchargingstations.com/guides/10-le...

The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”

You can't rule out Trump believing this will help keep South Florida red.

The Trump/Blanche "settlement" fund purports to be challengeable only by those who colluded to create it. ... 1/5 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

The teen gunmen were merely carrying out the views and policies of the Republican party, as expressed by its proud leaders like Andy Ogles, Randy Fine, Tommy Tuberville, and of course our President and Vice-President. www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/u...

Rep. Ogles: "Muslims don’t belong in American society," Rep. Fine on "mainstream Muslims": "I think you should destroy them first" Sen. Tuberville: "The enemy is inside the gates". Rep. Roy posted "No more Muslims" on his social media. None of them censured by Democrats. No penalty.

JUST IN: Sen. Bennet vows not to appoint Gov. Polis to the US Senate if Bennet becomes governor:

A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.

My taxes are going to murder school children overseas and to let pardoned insurrectionist pedophiles get their hush money payoffs to victims, meanwhile, the papers of record want to let me know the real danger is the guy who taxes second homes in Manhattan to balance budgets and feed hungry kids.

The United States has moved into a stupid, corrupt era where reparations go to people who did bad things, not to people to whom bad things were done. 🤷‍♀️

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...