Let's see how it goes

Cool! I love a good 19th century primary source database!

NEW. The thoughtful and tough-minded foreign policy and China scholar Aaron Friedberg on the fallout from the China summit--why China hawks should be very disappointed, on the surprising degree to which Trump looked weak, and why that could be dangerous. youtu.be/OabAbN02xtk?...

Barney Frank, dead at 86. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/m...

Good news! The lawsuits have begun to stop the slush fund. Two officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6th filed a lawsuit today arguing that the creation of Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were victims of political prosecutions was collusive.

SIGN OF THE DAY…

What a difference a day makes

ICYMI: Hawaii became the first in the nation to reduce the influence of corporations and dark money groups trying to shape the state's elections.

Hoppa! @www.sjamadriaan.nl @trouw.nl

Resumerend: - Trump klaagt op 29 januari 2026 zijn eigen belastingdienst aan voor 10 miljard vanwege lekken van zijn aangiftes. Dat op zich is al bijzonder natuurlijk een belangenverstrengeling van jewelste; - IRS juristen wilden pleiten voor seponeren 1/5

Here is Elon Mush bragging about how he "accidentally" canceled all Ebola prevention efforts.

"Previous research has also shown that increased immigration enforcement slows housing construction, drives up home prices and leads to job losses for American-born workers." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/r...

Democrats will try to make sure Republicans pay a political price if they support the president's new payout scheme.

Gisteren verscheen weer de Amerikaanse Toestanden nieuwsbrief, over 'Rededicate250' van afgelopen zondag en de vraag of Amerika een christelijk land is. Wat bedoelt men met 'Amerika is een christelijk land'? Wat willen die christenen bereiken? open.substack.com/pub/amerikaa...

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

BREAKING: At least three people are dead following a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, a mosque leader told MS NOW's @ayman.msnbc.com Police said the threat has been “neutralized” after responding to a reported active shooter situation. www.ms.now/news/san-die...

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

Editorial cartoonist Andrea Arroyo presents “The Slow Bleeding of American Democracy.”

1,8 miljard dollar die Trump heeft bedongen voor soort van schadevergoeding voor J6 arrestanten/veroordelen, 'slachtoffers' van Biden vervolgingen, en nog wat bescherming voor de Trump familie. Corruptie ten top. Voor dit voorlopige hoogtepunt van corruptie, lees deze:

But of course. Replacement theory

It is not legal. What I every journalist start with is: it is not legal.

"Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program, reaching 11.2GWh of cumulative storage capacity in less than a year since the scheme launched." www.energy-storage.news/australia-hi... via George Heynes 🔌💡

As far as I can tell, the key question right now is how is it possible for a government entity (DOJ) to enter into a settlement agreement involving a large payout of taxpayer money with zero court supervision. Lawyers, what's the story here?

A historic Civil War battlefield is at risk of being overtaken by the whirring and whooshing of the largest proposed data center complex in the world. Listen to @oberandout.bsky.social’s story on @revealnews.org, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Beste journalisten, redacteuren, nieuwslezers, ik heb een voorstel: kunnen jullie ‘opgepakt’ vervangen door ‘aangehouden’ cq ‘gearresteerd’? (ondanks “ja maar volksmond”; in een rechteloze wereld worden mensen ‘opgepakt’ (zie WO2 etc)).

Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but we are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

trying to overturn a free and fair election is, in a real democracy, one of the most serious crimes there is nine years is a light sentence for what she did

China switched on the world’s largest open-sea offshore solar farm in late 2025. 2.3M panels. 2,934 steel platforms. Built offshore to survive force-11 gales & sea ice. Powers ~2.67M people. And yes… they’re farming fish underneath it too. Solar above. Food below. Fossils below both.

It's good they're quoting scholars here to dismiss the fiction that America was founded as a Christian nation, but you can just read the Constitution yourself. There are only three references to religion in it, all meant to keep it out of government, to avoid conflicts that had rocked Europe.

If China moves to annex Taiwan, no one can say the warnings were hidden. Trump is making deterrence look negotiable, allies are doubting America’s defense commitments, and Beijing is signaling that China is rising as the U.S. declines. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/the-gather...

Damn

Welke mafkees bij het Amsterdamse GVB bedenkt het om een snackautomaat bij een tramhalte in een buitenwijk te zetten? petities.nl/petitions/ve...

Every time Republicans pretended to be outraged that Obama was on apology tours around the world, or that Biden was weakening American power & national security, was projection

First he abandoned Ukraine and now he is abandoning Taiwan. Sucks to be a democratic friend of the USA these days.

On the office of Prime Minister from a constitutionalist perspective "The prime minister-shaped hole in our constitutional arrangements" By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

US 30yr yield aims for its highest weekly settle since July 2007 5.10% this morning

Exclusive: Boeing and Toyota donated $1 million each to help fund a new reality-television inspired show starring Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy with his family on a road trip.

There has been rampant speculation online about whether the Chinese government changed the transliteration of Marco Rubio’s name to overlook sanctions. But that theory is wrong.

NEW: Judge allows Tennessee map favoring Republicans to move ahead

Breaking: Cuba releases political prisoner and U.S. military jet lands in Havana amid high-stakes negotiations.

The state secretary, who is under Chinese sanctions, is on a state visit to Beijing under the name 'Marco Lu'.

That's balance issues.

Poland getting rhe Merz treatment

Gift link to Wall Street Journal analysis of Trump’s late-night social media posts, where he “amplifies conspiracy theories.” www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

‘Saudi-Arabië en Verenigde Arabische Emiraten voerden aanvallen uit op Iran’

TRUMP: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. Not even a little bit.” And there you have it, folks

"James Clyburn has been in Congress since 1993. He was the first black representative from South Carolina since 1897. It is the America of 1897 that Trump, and Norman, and their Republican party yearn for."