Hegseth Says This War Has Cost $25 Billion. I Tallied Up the True Amount. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

Tennessee NAACP goes to court to stop "late-decade Congressional redistricting," and the law sure looks to be on their side.

So Texas, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee can redraw districts without a referendum and that stands, but when Virginia lets voters decide directly at the ballot box, it gets overturned?

A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

I feel like I just fell off a turnip truck. Okay so I knew Roberts made decisions I didn’t like, but I genuinely never thought he was like Alito and Thomas. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

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The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.

I live on @AppleTV and yet I had no idea #pachinko existed when it was first on. Just discovered it, binged every episode of its truly magnificent two seasons, only to discover it wasn’t renewed, leaving all those great characters mid-story. The casting and writing was beyond.

🔥 “I’m so glad people are finally waking up to your cruelty — and to the idiocy of your star disciple Pete Hegseth.” @wajahatali.bsky.social eviscerates Hegseth’s pastor Doug Wilson (with @timmiller.bsky.social & piers in the front row)

open.substack.com/pub/navshad/... Former naval commander Bobby Jones, always worth a listen.

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I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

In case anyone is still confused

Fun piece — one writer’s quest to identify the restaurant serving the best free bread in the U.S. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

More than 1000 Hollywood stars declare ‘unequivocal opposition’ to Paramount Warner Bros merger www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

The SAVE Act is voter suppression disguised as security. It’s designed to make it harder for millions to vote. Tell Congress: Vote NO on the SAVE Act and protect our democracy.

This is so well done. 👌

newrepublic.com/post/208820/... W T actual F.

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Yup. None of that nonsense. We just want appliances with actual buttons and no AI, subscriptions, internet capability, or tracking. That stuff is less than worthless.

THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

I hope all the people who voted against Genocide Joe are feeling good this morning

And can we talk about that banner photo? Like, was there ever a scene like that? IRL? How photoshopped is that?

I'm not sure how you can be against removing this man from office right now. What will it take? A nuke being dropped? It's too late then. The purpose of impeachment and the 25th Amendment is to prevent that type of thing from happening, not just to react to it.

Another day, another sick and twisted impeachable act. Congress must step up NOW. Contact your reps. Demand action. Demand impeachment. The President of the US has now, multiple times, expressed interest in using the US military to commit war crimes. Congress, dont be complicit through silence

Seriously, what the fuck is this. This is completely deranged, and anyone who can’t say so is a coward.

And every member of congress who does not support impeachment is unfit to hold elected office.

Removed NOW. This man is an existential threat to this nation as well as every other human being on this planet. Will this Congress do nothing until there is nothing left to defend? Senator Thune? Speaker Johnson? Do you not care about our nation and its standing in the world at all? Basic morality?

Congress is on vacation

Iran destroyed a US Air Force E-3 Sentry in an airstrike on a Saudi Arabian base. There are only about 15 of these aircraft, valued at approximately $500 mill each, and losing one is a serious hit to the U.S. ability to detect and track threats at long range. And there’s a Russia connection… 1/2

Wonderful piece. If you’re waiting, aggravated, bored right now, it’s worth your time. Gift link www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump Pardoned Them. Then They Committed More Crimes. gift link — please share widely www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...

Los Angeles #nokings. From the steps of City Hall

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Los Angeles #nokings #NoKings

Pachinko (tv series) is excellent! Loved the book, too.

Spotted in NASHVILLE…

Heard in a grocery store in rural North Carolina. #NorthCarolina #vote #ChangeIsComing. www.youtube.com/shorts/xzr5w....

Please share widely!

Think voting doesn’t matter? 766 votes.

New Mexico jury finds Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law, imposes U.S. $375 million penalty apnews.com/article/meta...

Buckle Up, Women. Cars Still Aren’t Built for You. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio... gift link

Call Rep Jim Himes now, tell him to stop finding votes to allow this administration to invade our privacy. NO Democrat should be handing this administration more ways to invade our privacy without a warrant. (202) 225-5541 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkReo3Gd/

Stop the so-called “Save” act. Here’s a good list of all that’s wrong with it. Please circulate widely. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...

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wow! Rand Paul begins Markwayne Mullin's hearing by confronting him about comments he made describing Paul as a "freakin' snake" & "celebrating" Paul getting assaulted "I wonder if someone who applauds political violence is right to lead an agency that has struggled to accept proper use of force"