If I had to pick my favorite non-english song I'd probably pick something by Afro Celt Sound System which I got really into back in highschool, but which song is hard. Maybe Seed? youtu.be/DUNI3nRgC3Q?...

I don't want some vague talk about capitalism. Tell me the following: 1) Will you investigate Elon Musk and everyone involved with DOGE? 2) Will you work to release the Epstein files? 3) Is impeachment on the table? 4) Will you restore the Affordable Care Act to its pre-Trump state?

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I just noticed that HHS Civil Rights office has deleted its webpage about the Supreme Court's 1999 landmark Olmstead decision, which guaranteed the rights of disabled people to live in their homes rather than being institutionalized. It was live on May 25. Now it's "PAGE NOT FOUND"

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

I promise you if a Catholic had been forced to, I don't know, be nice to a gay inmate, the Republicans would have let him sue the entire state.

"Do you want to use religion to do some bigotry?" Nahmon. I just need my hair. "Are you black?" Yeahmon. "GET FUCKED LOSER" --today at the Supreme Court

Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/

Can I request more webcomic authors bring back the tradition of having a page of links to other comics that they like (or go really early 2000's and include inexplicable crossover arcs) so that it is easier to find new webcomics.

This is reminding me of Screwattack around 2004-2010 when they really opened it up to fan made content. It's how I discovered Dan Floyd and Extra Credits along with others, and even wrote some blogs myself. Too bad it's founder disappeared and was never heard from again.

BREAKING: I'm introducing my FAST Repairs for Wheelchairs Act. This legislation would streamline wheelchair repair services by removing prior authorization requirements from Medicare Advantage plans. Our wheelchair users should not have to wait months for minor repairs.

#75 Lovage, MUSIC TO MAKE LOVE TO YOUR OLD LADY BY Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3QFwPf... YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Pride Month Celebrates the Enduring Hope of Those who Refused to Disappear, by: Schmian Evans, Minister for Women and Gender Justice, UCC

Mini Popehat Signal in MA: a defamation defendant is seeking pro bono advice and perhaps representation. The defendant described sexual assault by another person in their community, and that person has sued them. Middlesex County.

🏳️‍⚧️ This Pride Month, the Rev. Elder Carmarion D. Anderson reflects on the church's responsibility to embody God's love for our transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary siblings. 🏳️‍🌈 Read the full reflection: https://ow.ly/17xP50Z7GEw

Ed Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.

New & Notable: The multi-generational psychedelic powerhouse from rural Thailand present their first record made in a studio.

These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA)

Our trans kids deserve a safe learning environment. But instead, Republicans passed a bill that requires teachers to forcibly out them to their parents & peers. This is unconscionable & will only put trans kids in harm's way. I voted NO because our trans kids deserve better.

Trans people are not “fighting for unpopular positions that society isn’t ready for.” Trans people are fighting to KEEP the rights we have enjoyed for decades. We have been able to legally change our gender markers since the 70s and before. Same with bathrooms, sports, youth, all for decades.

Historian here this is literally about gutting the Reconstruction amendments especially the consequential 14th amendment piece by piece.

From the reporter who scooped the news that Treasury's GC was quitting, IRS wrote a 25-page memo about why Trump's IRS lawsuit was dogshit. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/a...

1. California has reinstituted its anti-trans athlete policy. In track and Field, the California Interscholastic Foundation will force trans athletes to share the medal and podium with the next highest cisgender athlete. We talk to A.B. Hernandez in our latest piece.

@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @trahan.house.gov Maybe something you should be looking into?

On May 2, agents followed Leonardo Garcia Venegas back to his home because they didn’t believe his claims of citizenship or that the REAL ID he showed them was legitimate. It was familiar territory: He’d already been detained twice. 🔗 Read more: propub.li/3Ppaufa

Just in: State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.

An awful lot of the politics of the moment can be explained with this chart. Gift link: www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

4. Meanwhile, detainee deaths at ICE facilities are skyrocketing. From 2018 to 2024, the average number of people who died in ICE custody annually was 8.9. Since ICE stopped medical reimbursements on October 3, 2025, people have been dying in ICE custody at a rate of 51.7 people annually.

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

What do conservatives always say when liberals criticize a Supreme Court decision? "Get Congress to pass a law," right? That is EXACTLY what happened here. In 1982, Congress explicitly overruled a Court case that narrowly interpreted the VRA. Today, Sam Alito said, nope, we were right all along.

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Exactly one year ago today:

Trump has cut legal immigration more than illegal immigration, as I predicted. While illegal entries have fallen, they continued a prior trend, falling more before he came back. Meanwhile, Trump has drastically cut legal entries, reversing the prior upward trend. www.cato.org/blog/trump-h...

I saw the best minds of my generation produce high quality content for startups that laid them off on a zoom call

Ethnic cleansing is "the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society more homogeneous." Haaretz editorial board op-ed: "Government backing of rioters does not absolve the army of this duty."+

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday. Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection. A tooth infection. 1/3 tucson.com/news/local/b...

@pressley.house.gov @markey.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov Here is the treatment of one of our community members.

1. This morning, Texas AG Ken Paxton just released a chilling new declaration: Mental health therapists, counselors, and psychologists must cease affirming trans youth - using their name and pronouns - or potentially face child abuse charges and loss of licensure. Its a horrifying escalation.

Basic Land but make it actually nostalgic Made by Ron Lecher

People can have different political opinions about immigration policy. Political differences are fine, healthy for a democracy. But if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing. 27/

The first time I remember praying for death I was 7 or 8 years old. The nuns said to offer my suffering up to Jesus. I had Crohn’s disease. Pediatric treatments existed, I never got them Part 1 of a series on why “parental choice” framing on vaccines is dead wrong 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...

"I,'m told by detainees at Dilley that 80 pct of facility currently protesting--that would be ~1500. Guards physically blocking ppl from joining. Dozens of ICE CBP police cars racing to area. Detainees say protest triggered by news of events in Minneapolis & treatment of 5 yr old." @ericleeatty

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

Worth noting that among those participating in ICE/DHS watch in Minneapolis today — who Emmer appears to frame as “chaos agents” here — are literally hundreds of clergy.

We must abolish ICE, end qualified immunity for ICE agents, immediately halt funding & dismantle the systems of cruelty and oppression that have gotten us to this point.