Pete Buttigieg to CNN just now.. about Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's controversial road trip reality show "I love road trips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded road trip lasting about seven months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different"

President Zelenskyy: “Our responses to Russia’s prolongation of the war and its attacks on our cities and communities are entirely justified. This time, Ukrainian long-range sanctions reached the Moscow region, and we are clearly telling the Russians: their state must end its war… Glory to Ukraine!”

🔥 So many targets in Moscow and the surrounding region are on fire this morning thanks to Ukrainian drone attacks that I’ve literally lost track. How does that feel, Russia? Karma, baby.

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"

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. Raising the Flag.

CHRISTMAS IN MAY! Trump makes surprise announcement about his “gift to the American people” This.. will not go over well with many people here in DC youtu.be/y3AKtn-T-rg?...

ALERT: A Top Democrat blasts Trump’s reported scheme to pay off violent Jan 6 rioters youtu.be/NcVYNW3Jx0Q?...

The prices at the grocery store every Saturday morning are a punch to the face Just brutal There will be unpredictable and transcendent political fallout in an election year.

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social has been doing stellar work as an indie journo; catch more of Scott's report here: 📺 youtu.be/7hVvfL1MLec

From Monday 12p to Tuesday 12p, there will be a 24-hour public reading of the (released) Epstein files In New York epsteinfilibuster.com#stream

Listen to the women from elevate Utah on the humongous and horrendous data center Kevin O’Leary is trying to build in Utah Also they’re on this episode of fast politics pod podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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Donald Trump hates America and is going to continue to ruin all of our American norms until somebody finally fucking stops him

Republicans can now tell every voter that the leader of their party is going to make them pay $1.7 billion of their hard-earned money in taxes to Oathkeepers & Proud Boys convicted of crimes on J6 as well as others convicted of beating police. All of us have to pay J6 criminals.

Republicans make us pay more for gas, groceries, and a multitude of other things, make us pay for their wars and bombing campaigns, want us to pay for Trump’s ballroom, and now want us to pay $1.7 billion to “compensate” convicted J6 criminals he pardoned. Vote them all out.

I rarely say “major breaking” and rarely put out these video hits, but this is pretty major.

A congressman who viewed Jeffrey Epstein files that are still redacted for the public says the Department of Justice is “covering up for Donald Trump.”

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is building an “Amazon for Guns” and his son, Don Jr. stands to benefit. Under your noses, the Trump Administration is quietly reshaping gun regulations. The goal? Creating “Amazon for Guns”—a one stop shop to mail guns to your doorsteps. My exclusive report:

brutal meme via the official Democratic Party X account

Tell me what the actual point of waking up at 3AM is if the fucking internet is down until 7:30???

House Oversight's Robert Garcia says Dems will release a new report May 12 that he says will detail, from bank records, how the sweetheart deal that Alex Acosta helped further enrich Jeffrey Epstein and expand the network of sexual abuse of adolescent girls. "This report is just the beginning."

Q: To what extent are Americans' financial situations motivating you to make a deal with Iran? TRUMP: "Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."

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Old enough to remember @emptywheel.bsky.social pointing out the FBI 302 where blackmail was mentioned by a survivor who overheard Epstein and Trump discuss it, and how that same month, Kash and Bondi put out their memo closing the probe and adding that there was no blackmail. Seems blackmaily.

US House Democrats will hold public hearing on Epstein files controversy, with testimony from Epstein survivors, on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Florida

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system. To counter Trump’s culture wars and fake populism, progressives must mount a real battle against economic elites who have rigged the game — and shafted millions of working class people.

Any files but the Epstein Files, huh?

Still waiting for the first hero to stand up and say something to Trump as he berates and personally attacks another female reporter who asked a legitimate question. It will probably never happen because some things are more important than decency and courage. I guess.

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You wouldn’t marry someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t be friends with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t do business with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t work for someone who lied to u like this. You’d want nothing to do with someone who lied to u like this.

8 days. That’s how long it took Tennessee Republicans to gut a majority-Black Memphis district after SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina are next. They’re not even hiding it anymore.

Q: You are here against the backdrop of the war in Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now? We're still seeing gas prices soaring TRUMP: I want to keep our country beautiful and safe. It's such a stupid question you asked. This is one of the worst reporters. She's with ABC fake news.

It won’t even get covered really

This is Penny. She had her first vet appointment today. Was diagnosed with a case of the eepies. But other than that passed with flying colors. 12/10 (TT: misspennyperry)

Cartoon by John Deering.

The goalposts keep moving on Trump’s gilded ballroom. First he said it would cost $200 million, paid for by private donors. Then Republicans introduced legislation for American taxpayers to foot a $400 million bill. Now the White House wants Congress to approve spending a whopping $1 billion! 😡

Donald Trump is preoccupied with pet projects like securing taxpayer funding for his gilded ballroom, plastering his face everywhere, and renaming airports after himself.

Someone asked a bunch of kids what the first thing was that cane to mind when they thought about Trump. Their answers are priceless. Check out the video.

Khanna: "[Lutnick] refused to say there was any blackmailing, even though he thought that happened in the past. He refused to say that there was any video recording, even though he said in the past that Epstein was recording these young girls…Someone obviously got to him."

House Oversight Dems on Howard Lutnick's interview on his ties to Epstein: Rep. Yassamin Ansari called Lutnick a "pathological liar." Rep. Suhas Subramanyam said Lutnick could not remember why he visited Epstein's island. Rep. James Walkinshaw called the interview "part of the ongoing cover-up."

No fear. Bravo.

The journalist who is being sued by Kash Patel and reportedly being investigated by the FBI is out with a new story. Is there a Pulitzer for being a fearless badass? If so, she should win it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Khanna: "Now we know why that interview was not videotaped. If Donald Trump had seen the video transcript, he would've fired Howard Lutnick. It was really embarrassing ... it was just contortions and lies, and no acknowledgment that he misled the American public [about Epstein]."

Khanna: "Someone obviously got to Lutnick from the administration. In fact, he said he talked to people in the administration and that's why he's changed his tune. The question is why he's covering up."