A big reason for governmental clemency is when the person shows true regret over what they did. Tina Peters is a dyed-in-the-wool conspiracy chucklehead, and will use Polis's act to further the far-right cause. Just a clown show all around.

congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump

The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Other cities are starting to shape similar funds.

If you want to see the hugely positive effect of the leadership of the National Academies of Science in shying away from topics that are deemed controversial based on partisan positions, here you go... 1/3

I just threw this together, thank you @aaronparnas.bsky.social for the tip on Instagram. open.substack.com/pub/decoding...

Josh Turek hopes to represent the needs of Iowans and disabled people as a US Senator. At @motherjones.com , I wrote about Turek's run at the time of brutal Medicaid cuts, which he was on as a kid. He has a good shot at being the Iowa Democratic Senate nominee. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I'm heartbroken and angry to be losing so many #GenX Black men. In March, a panel led by Boston's Mayor Wu shared the results of a study to understand lower lifespan of Black residents, esp. Black Men. The average Black man has a life expectancy 9.3 yrs less than that of other men. 1/ #BlackSky 🌱

Took a moment to read the Wikipedia entry on Andrew Giuliani to get to know him a little better.

Indiana residents fund a billboard for maximum visibility during the Indy 500. arsenaldemocracy.org

Three web browsers I recommend trying out and using to limit how much data you give away just by reading online. Mullvad (desktop) mullvad.net/en/browser DuckDuckGo (desktop+mobile) duckduckgo.com/browser Firefox Focus (mobile) www.firefox.com/en-US/mobile...

"Yglesias democrats"

Wow. They’re openly defending the deletion of DOJ records about a man accused in a child solicitation case who assaulted police on January 6. Truly the Epstein administration.

tv shows reeling nazis in like

JUST IN: Justice Department moves to dismiss most serious criminal case filed over #Jan6 Capitol Riot: seditious conspiracy prosecution of Proud Boys. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2023/05...

Get your bets in, oh wait it's already 3pm EST

Cuban and Iranian intelligence agencies are furiously examining Polymarket bets now. Convenient of Tulsi Gabbard to exit before the next big quagmire.

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Rep. Eugene Vindman is doubling down on the forced outing of transgender students and though he says he "disagrees" with defunding schools that support trans people, he voted for it anyway because he really likes the forced outing portion.

Listen up, I don't like posting videos from Nazi podcasters but Jake Lang is threatening violence against law enforcement. CW: Antisemitism, anti-Black racism, nazi bullshit

Gross Old Pedophiles

When I saw this post I assumed it was hyperbole or at least inference. But nah.

This story is bonkers

The sheer evil of the current attacks on transgender individuals is almost unmatched even in a time of a lot of evil.

You absolutely love to see it

This guy is a total menace. Don’t get distracted by the “swinger” content. He’s long been one of the craziest standard bearers for the “constitutional sheriffs” movement. Read this 2021 Politico piece about Lamb. And I bet @jesspish.bsky.social knows more. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I forgot to mention a month ago: Johnson begins his remarks here by saying: "I'm not one to criticize clerics and religious leaders." But he has, in fact, done that, such as when he criticized Bishop Mariann Budde for calling on Trump to "have mercy" on immigrants and trans kids in a sermon.

Jim Acosta is arguing he should be eligible for the Trump DOJ's so-called "anti-weaponization" fund — given Trump revoked his press pass in his first term. "As a result of this sustained government effort to destroy my career, I hereby submit my claim."

They showed this version in schools for maybe 15 years and literally no one in my class had any reaction to a black woman being in it, someone yesterday said Eartha Kitt was Helen of Troy in 1950 and I looked it up and it was Orson Welles who cast her because she was a cabaret dancer and was hot!

He should rent one for a new show

European allies are competing to host U.S. forces instead of building the collective defense capacity that would make that scramble unnecessary. warontherocks.com/2026/05/euro...

The Elephant in the Room - Why the average UK citizen is dragging around a five-tonne energy ghost. Today is the UK’s Overshoot Day. It is the day we officially "break the bank" of the UK’s share of the Earth's natural resource budget for the year. #sustainability #overshoot #ecology #resources

Here he goes dragging everyone into it

❗️Explosion at the plant of Hungary’s largest oil and gas company MOL: one person killed and several seriously injured, — Prime Minister of Hungary.

OTD in 1948 operation Vesna began in Lithuania. 40,000 people were deported to Siberia and replaced by Russians. Imagine that kind of thing happening today. Imagine selectively opposing it.

How long will he last? The courts have been pretty fed up not sure they're going to allow much more bullshit.

President Trump's announcement stirred confusion in Europe following weeks of changing statements from his administration about reducing the American military footprint in Europe. n.pr/43mB6AC

If you're not up to speed with crypto this is a great intro to what we're experiencing now. Great research and dialogue from experts has interviews. Follow them.

📢 NEW SEASON: You may not be interested in crypto, but crypto is interested in you — your elections, your government, and your 401(k). Experts Molly White @molly0xfff & Tonantzin Carmona join me to explain, in Ep. 1 of Season 4 of “Dave Troy Presents.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

The important point to remember is NO SHE DOESN'T. What was published yesterday were guidelines for service providers. They impose NO obligations on individuals and are NOT the law. People want you to believe otherwise, to intimidate trans people. But they haven't yet criminalised their existence.

Normalcy bias is strong. But it's time to accept that the rules of the game have changed. Resources will only go to supporters. "Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science" www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...

if you're cis and you are asked by your management to police bathrooms, "can you confirm in writing that you are ordering me to approach customers to discuss their sex?" is an email no manager wants to reply to

Hyperscalers are pushing the Gulf to rethink internet infrastructure as AI raises the stakes of cable disruptions. www.wired.com/story/the-gu...

McGovern: Can you explain what is happening with the Iran war powers resolution that was scheduled to be voted on this evening? Are we not voting on it because the American people are sick and tired of this illegal war that is costing tens of billions of dollars?

Charles Booker won the Kentucky Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Amy McGrath in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). www.yahoo.com/news/article...

So if I’m understanding it the outlines of the prosecutorial misconduct in the Broadview Six case is this. They tried three times to get an indictment. After they failed the second time they simply booted the grand jurors who didn’t think the conduct was a crime. Then they told the remaining …

I don't particularly like Graham Platner or Tom Steyer but I'll vote for them if it means preventing the right from gaining more power. This isn't hypocrisy, it's what centrists are constantly — and correctly! — telling leftists to do.

NYT: "no one has ever thought of teaching ranching at university" Every ag school: um, would you like to meet our cows NYT: "No, not like that. More romantic. More dilletante. Ugh, we're not /farmers/."

Kinda defeats the point of having a grand jury if you can just boot everyone who didn’t want to indict, keep everyone who did, and keep trying until you get the result you want.