The corruption never stops.

‘The ruling throws the Kennedy Center’s near future into uncertainty, blocking leaders from shutting down the performing arts venue in July after they have canceled most performances in anticipation of the closure.’ www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

‘Weiss, an opinion journalist with no prior experience in television,’ has hired ‘Bilton, who has never worked in traditional broadcast news,’ to replace ‘Tanya Simon, who had been at the show for more than three decades.’

CBS made it official today and fired Sharyn Alfonsi. This is after Alfonsi revealed that the network and Bari Weiss hadn't responded to her for months as her contract expired. It's also after Alfonsi was cheered at last night's Emmys, while Bari was called out by a kid for destroying the network.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes action ‘“to address the legitimate anxiety” over election security amid attempts by the Trump administration and the president’s allies to tamper with results and sow doubt in the mechanics of democracy’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

Breaking: CNN is suing Perplexity, accusing the AI company of unlawfully copying and distributing CNN’s content. www.cnn.com/2026/05/28/m...

UPDATE: Young MC Busts A Move out of Trump’s not-so-Star-studded lineup

‘These guys think you can just print something overnight and it’s going to work in an ATM. It’s just crazy’ www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

BREAKING: California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.”

‘If enough American people are disgusted enough — and it looks like they might be — there is indeed hope for reining in this out-of-control president.’ Via @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/trumps-ult...

Finally! A new music director at LA Philharmonic. British conductor Daniel Harding will replace Gustavo Dudamel, who is headed to NY Philharmonic www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This is a lovely Memorial Day appreciation of Robbie and all who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces

KAGAN: “.. Any agreement resembling the JCPOA will be presented by opponents as proof that the entire enterprise was a costly exercise in political gamesmanship that ended where it began, or somewhere worse.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Exactly

Imagine missing your own son’s wedding so you could go surrender to Iran

They would seem to be good candidates to apply for a compensation from Trump‘s weaponization fund. When they are denied relief, they will have standing to sue and challenge the whole slimy apparatus.

The people who don’t know there is a B in the word dumb are the same people who think there is an E at the end of potato

‘There could be various hard-to-measure costs baked into the “Late Show’s” absence, including its impact on other CBS programming.’ Via @brianlowry.bsky.social www.status.news/p/stephen-co...

Who has really been mistreated by a weaponized Justice Dept? Abrego Garcia

BREAKING (ABC News): Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is resigning from her post

‘These four companies either didn’t respond to us or they responded in a way that indicated they really didn’t care that they were using the music without permission’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/a...

Brooke A Byers, the granddaughter of CBS founder William S Paley, writes that "CBS is increasingly unrecognizable for this child of network news. But I am particularly saddened by the loss of the CBS News Radio service." www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Love this

‘When you suffer a loss, you pull yourself out of the rubble, you dust off your clown suit, and you put on a show. Which is what Colbert did Thursday night.’ Lovely read from @poniewozik.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/a...

Hmmmmm

One of my first thoughts after reading @nickkristof.bsky.social’s op-ed ‘The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians’ was: How would @sulliview.bsky.social deal with this if she was still the NYT Public Editor? Here’s the answer margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/how-a-publ...

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

The movie cost Amazon $75 million and it made $16.3 million at the box office, plummeting 67% in its second weekend after all the MAGA fans already made their pilgrimage to see it. Meanwhile, in this same interview, Bezos insists that the Washington Post must be profitable.

BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.

Seriously?

‘The Navy should be able to tell the difference between honoring a visitor and dishonoring the dead… It should be able to look at a request like this and understand, instantly, that some things must not be done.’ Via @joncduffy.bsky.social www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

‘Bumpy is just what the world needed. He is like a tonic, this vulnerable, enchanting, lovely creature’ Please join me in supporting @sheldricktrust.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

‘Now that Pratt has shown his electoral quest isn’t a farce, it’s time he shows all Angelenos that they can rely on a Republican entertainer with no political experience to head a largely progressive, multicultural metropolis.’ Via @gustavoarellano.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Eek!: ‘Even if CNN gets rid of him, CNN has groomed him into this heel that will launch him either to more media notoriety and success or into the halls of Congress’

Disneyland's air quality mishap: Important reporting by @sammyroth.bsky.social, who broke the story in 2024 and has now uncovered new details about what prompted Disney to announce it will ditch Autopia's gasoline engines and go electric. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/disneyland...

Buttigieg on Duffy: "I love roadtrips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded roadtrip lasted about 7 months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different. To make roadtrips unaffordable & then go around celebrating your own roadtrip is actually why people are frustrated about"

Seth Rogen: ‘if your instinct is to use AI and not go through that process. You shouldn’t be a writer. Because you’re not writing. Go do something else. And if you don’t want to go through the process, you shouldn’t be a writer.’ variety.com/2026/film/ne...

And I will never understand why people who talk during concerts (or movies or theater) are always seated behind me

If she ever receives the money Trump owes her, she plans to start a foundation for women. Also, she adds, “I am thinking of getting a toaster.” @rabcarian.bsky.social on the quiet courage of @ejeancarroll.bsky.social and a new documentary www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Turtle trafficking is a thing 🐢 www.latimes.com/california/s...

Thomas Massie pushed for the release of the Epstein files, and the response has been tens of millions in outside spending, smear campaigns, and coordinated attacks. If this is what they do to a sitting member of Congress, imagine what Epstein survivors face when considering whether to come forward.

Finally, Ronald Reagan can rest in peace, knowing that children will no longer have to learn that some white people were the bad guys in that whole slavery thing.

The thing about Patel — and everyone in this admin — is that they do the *absolute worst fucking thing possible* IN EVERY SCENARIO. Like, “Patel went to Hawaii and then did a luxury snorkel trip” -somewhere- would he corrupt, but expected. Why, of all places, at a sacred site?? That takes effort

‘The biggest loss is to core America values, such as the right to speak freely, even in brutally mocking terms, about those in power.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

‘If Trump didn’t continue to be triggered by comedians, and Paramount didn’t keep taking steps that look calibrated to suck up to his administration… it might be easier to swallow the whole “The Godfather” “It’s strictly business” defense’ Via @brianlowry.bsky.social www.status.news/p/stephen-co...

OMG!

Ha!

“He is trying to create the appearance of a grassroots movement, but artificially, in a way that’s very deceptive. It’s all made up to promote him as this ‘ethical billionaire.’”

‘The White House did not immediately respond to questions about whether they would seek congressional approval for the project.’ Let’s guess what their answer will be www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...