BREAKING: The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds! A MAJOR win for Mr. Abrego. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

One of my all-time favorite moments from Colbert’s show — this exchange with Dua Lipa on faith and grief.

///BREAKING/// The feds are DISMISSING all remaining counts in the politically charged "Broadview Six" case days before trial, marking the final collapse of what had been one of the marquee criminal cases to come out of Operation Midway Blitz. Background: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/b...

This times 1000x The oligarchs have deliberately destroyed the middle class, and then they commission their media servants to write pieces on why the plebs are miserable.

BREAKING: Minnesota has INDICTED ICE officer Christian Castro in the non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. 4 counts of assault & 1 count of lying. This is the SECOND ICE officer charged by the Hennepin County DA. No charges yet for the murders of Good and Pretti. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

This is not “the Justice Department” creating this $1.7 billion slush fund to hand out to Trump’s criminal supporters. It is Trump’s former criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche handing out your tax dollars to Trump’s co-conspirators and thugs.

*** NEW RESEARCH *** Images of ICE targeting US cities have been commonplace in since January 2025. What's the economic effect of this new immigration enforcement regime on businesses, both workplaces and retailers, in targeted areas? Thread... 🧵

Cleaning up Orban’s corruption in Hungary is a huge task after he looted their country for years, and it is certainly something we can watch unfold and learn from.

In the last 72 hours, Taiwan has gotten a heavy dose of the reality that Ukraine, Poland, Denmark and others have seen up close and personal. Just because you have been an ally for decades through admins of both parties, the US is not your friend as long as Trump is president.

Trump hearing "cisgender" and thinking its "six genders" then getting all mad about it, thus forcing other Republicans to agree that the libs are now demanding there be six genders, is a perfect encapsulation of our Golden Age of Dickishness and Stupidity.

Evidence of Trump's severe cognitive impairment was on display everywhere yesterday.

Every line of this poster is more baffling than the last, it stopped me dead in my tracks

Even those who incessantly normalize his words and deeds can't possibly normalize this.

Truly historic & moving scenes from the inaugural session of the Hungarian Parliament. A children’s tambura band from a tiny village playing a folk song often described as the unofficial Roma anthem. MPs were tearing up & so were many more of us watching. After all those years of hate. 🎥 telex.hu

Prime Minister Péter Magyar inaugural speech: "The psyche of the whole country was poisoned by politics that was artificially inciting hatred. The Hungarian state is not allowed to do anything like this ever again... This era is, once and for all, finished."

I believed then and believe now that the decision by Democratic elites to stab Joe Biden in the back triggered a crisis of faith among the party's most reliable voters.

EXCLUSIVE: In 2022, a Georgia grand jury investigated Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 election. It heard from more than 60 witnesses. For years, the full record of what those witnesses said under oath has remained hidden from public view. Until now. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

so powerful.

This is the scene at the Tennessee Capitol as we get closer to a final vote.

NEW: I’ve written a call to arms. Journalists are being murdered in unprecedented numbers by a Western ally that operates with total impunity. Enough. Publishers & editors have failed us. But if we can’t speak up about this, what is journalism even for? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

An incredible piece, well worth the read by @robertdownen.bsky.social on Paul Pressler & how he remade the SBC, American politics, & more while also engaging in sexual abuse of young men. I've long followed Pressler & there are details in this I learned: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Tomorrow morning, we will be dropping a ~12,000 word story on Paul Pressler, the alleged sexual predator who remade the Southern Baptist Convention and helped ordain the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. There is *a lot* in there and I hope you'll read it.

Wow Scott Jennings blows up at Adam Mockler: “Get your fucking hand out of my face” Mockler: We all know that Scott Jennings is more than happy to defend a war with a country that starts with letters Ira that we are currently failing that is going to put us trillions of dollars more in debt.

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

Close-up photo of Trump’s hands today, in which you can see makeup applied to both hands. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Guess DOJ has to indict Bezos next

Basically, I think that the idea that Christ very specifically only died for the Elect changes how you see the world, because instead of seeing other people as ones that Christ died for too, you see them as people that Christ very specifically didn't die for and therefore have less intrinsic value

Cole Allen was not anti-Christian. He was deeply Christian. He struggled to live his values in the face of tyranny. "I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes." He concluded, wrongly, that violence was the only way to abide by his faith.

this can be misconstrued (minor crime), but: there's a cleanliness and thrilling appeal to "straightforward questions, guiding you to ultimate commitment". See also: everything from tent revivals to Anton Chigurh. but (imho) the reason and facts of life point away from that allure, to complexity

Elevating this classic. Have you read Bonfire of the Vanities? No. Which Tom Wolfe book is your favorite? His latest. Bonfire of the Vanities? Yes.

1. More thoughts on the failed attack on the White House Correspondents Dinner. • The president told 60 Minutes that the Secret Service told him to get down. However, video evidence shows that Donald Trump fell.

Don’t let last night’s attack be weaponized into silence. Speaking truth to power and demanding accountability from our leaders isn’t dangerous rhetoric, it’s the foundation of democracy. We can condemn violence and also demand accountability from our leaders.

The man knows his way around the Bible.

Breaking news: A federal appeals court ruled that President Trump’s declaration of an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border was illegal, effectively clearing the way to reopen the United States to migrants seeking asylum.

Does legacy media understand how much they damage their businesses by attend gatherings like the WHCA dinner? Do they think dining with Donald Trump, mingling with his cabinet, and joking around with his cronies does anything other than alienate their audience? Honestly, I don't get it.

By the way, Big Tech turned against Biden, because his admin was moving toward enforcing antitrust laws. Indeed, it was already enforcing them. (Denying Spirit from merging is an example.) Wall Street loves consolidation. It means more profit, less choice, more power. That's why they hated Biden.

Have you heard of the Japanese American photographer who smuggled camera parts into his incarceration camp, used a drain pipe to add focus, & captured bracing & moving images of life & baseball in that community? That & more in the Fifth Inning of Diamond in the Rough! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

At 33 points, Trump’s approval rating is official lower than his felony count.

This is your periodic reminder that Democrats introduced legislation in 2021 to ban gerrymandering nationwide and every republican voted against it except two who were absent.

QUICK! While the Hungarian guy is out, but before the Bulgarian guy comes in!

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

I just finished writing my reflections on tonight's big win in Virginia. I've been fighting this fight for ten years, including three cases in SCOTUS. Tonight we won a big one at the ballot box. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for? The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.

I don't want to investigate further that this made me cry at my desk, but it made me cry at my desk. Looking forward to watching the whole show.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

🧵Trump's war against Pope Leo is about something far larger than his foreign wars, it's actually a struggle for control of American Christianity. This thread will summarize the main points of my latest essay about how Trumpism is a replacement Christianity. Continue or click through:

Best Twitter riposte of the day.

"Some of the legislation which is great that you've been talking about—there is 0 chance that that'll be signed into law by President Trump, period, full stop. And that's the reason, that's another reason why we have to put the horse before the cart, and the horse is getting rid of him."