After less than 18 months in office, Trump is now personally responsible for 27.7% of the national debt. That far exceeds any other president in US history.

This is completely deranged: Iran is required to play games in the US but ISN’T ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. They will instead have to fly back to Mexico. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

They pepper sprayed a Senator.

He has no idea that Memorial Day isn’t a celebration. He’s the most disrespectful and disgusting President and history will remember him as such.

I’d argue governors being denied access to federal law enforcement facilities in their state is part of what I call slow civil war.

NEW JERSEY: “ICE agents fired pepper balls at protesters following days of unrest outside the privately run detention center… U.S. Sen. Andy Kim had trouble breathing from a cloud of pepper spray deployed protesters respond to an inmate hunger strike…” www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

"In the end, American consumers paid $159b in nat'l sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal govt to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." — @schaller67.bsky.social

I hope the dismissal of the Abrego case puts Blanche's chances of becoming the Attorney General in jeopardy. I explain here: youtu.be/QMdfGSvfz_g?...

The administration plans to use claims that "China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.” The premise, it almost goes without saying, is a total lie. trib.al/dD7xx4n

not content to let Trump’s foreign policy debacle get all the attention, ICE has decided to return to the headlines by assaulting a sitting United States Senator

WHY IS IT THIS asshole can TRASH fellow politicians, the press, comedians and EVERYDAY AMERICANS, no repercussions. But if anyone talks truth about him and his verbal vomit and mental illness,"arrest or kill" them!

The US government was legally required to release the remaining Epstein files 168 days ago. They still have not done so.

On this day in 2007, the Fair Minimum Wage Act was signed into law, raising the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. A child born that year is now old enough to drive in 2026. The minimum wage is *still* $7.25. It's long past time to increase it.

🇺🇸 Never, ever …

BREAKING NEWS: Two detainees have been freed from the Delaney Hall Detention Center after detainees began a hunger strike inside the facility & organizers started protests outside the facility on Friday (both are still ongoing), & after Governor Sherrill was denied entry into the building today.

The Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room exhibit is taking a nationwide bus tour this summer. The tour starts on July 4 and will run through the midterms. Celebrities will drive the bus, and candidates want to make it part of their campaigns. www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epst...

Mayor Mamdani, Problem Solver Extraordinaire,Doing His Job,With Excellence.......

Good to see Gov. Sherrill backing protesters - and detainees - at Delaney Hall, the privately operated ICE gulag in Newark. @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social and I were just there and witnessed ICE thugs trying to terrorize demonstrators. Sickening. Abolish ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/n...

WHITE HOUSE: "The President is simply going to the hospital for his third annual check-up in 13 months. Nothing to see here. And, no, doctors are *definitely not* monitoring him for dementia or putting more IVs in his hands because he's seriously ill. I fact, forget we even said that, OK?"

I started Democracy Docket to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. You can help support it by becoming a premium member. Until midnight tonight, use the code JOIN20 for $20 off. bit.ly/4qr0jTS

They didn't die while serving in the military, but they died protecting our freedoms from those who would destroy them, nonetheless. Remembering these heroes on this Memorial Day.

The way I see it, two things need to happen to save our democracy from Donald Trump: [1] Trump must be IMPEACHED and REMOVED. - Trump has to be held accountable, and not just as a formality. - We also need formal investigations into ALL members of his Executive Branch

If I were a Senator who was tear-gassed by ICE, I would spend every hour of the rest of my time in office figuring out new ways to abolish ICE.

Pedocon theory out here explaining presidential endorsements in the Texas Senate race.

MacFarlane: I think the pope is also channeling the voices of any number of young people who are petrified of this, dispirited by this, worried about what this means for their future. Pretty silent on the home front from political leaders here. It’s nice to see the pope talking about it.

Please do not repost this. We have enough problems without letting our enemies know that 105,000 Trumpsters will be at the UFC at the White House on Sunday, June 14, 2026.

An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been called a deadbeat dad, or lectured by the social media trolls & bigots about how all Black men abandon their families. The truth is, I’ve been married to the same queen for nearly 30 years, and together we raised two brilliant children.

Scott MacFarlane reports on the THREE federal lawsuits challenging Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund

Again, straight from Delaney Hall in Newark NJ: ICE just tear gassed Senator Andy Kim.

Can’t believe that Andy Kim is in two of the most haunting pictures of the last few years.

“I need a ballroom to be safe.” —Donald Trump Bitch, please! Every weekend, you're riding around in an open golf cart on a course where a sniper supposedly once tried to shoot you. Shut up about your vulgar ballroom already.

The best way to honor fallen soldiers is to avoid careless reasons to create more of them.

ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.

“It’s just burning. I just wanted to try to keep people safe.” ICE fired pepper spray at Senator Andy Kim and protesters outside a detention facility in New Jersey. Not another penny should go to these out-of-control agencies — and when we regain power, we will hold all of these thugs accountable.

they’re shooting crowd control munitions at crowds that include multiple members of congress, the governor, and a sitting united states senator. they fired pepper balls at the senator. they cannot and will not be reigned in by democracy, whatever’s left of it.

This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

New in PN: The triple toll of Trump’s terrible tariffs "On one hand, we should be mad at corporations seeking reimbursement that passed their costs along to consumers. On the other, it's easier to reimburse businesses & hope they pass those refunds along. Unfortunately, companies likely will not"

Huffpost: Trump used Saturday's shooting outside the White House to repeat demands that his big ballroom be added to the executive mansion. Trump needs to be thankful he's a man, otherwise some people might think he's too chickenshit to be president. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Trump hasn't gotten the strait open yet! This headline is malpractice.

On Memorial Day, let us remember and honor the brave Americans who gave their lives in service to our country. We are forever grateful for their courage, and recommit ourselves to building a country worth their ultimate sacrifice.

“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”

An ad that argues private equity has too much power is taken down off the air by a private equity funded company that owns the team, the TV station that airs the team’s games, and the newspaper that covers the team. Platner couldn’t have written the script better himself.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. The Paxton Endorsement.

So that’s the plan!

Everybody lining up for their taxpayer payday from Todd Blanche.

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

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