"For many, the American Dream has become a nightmare." .. (Bernie Sanders) .. (cartoon Phil Hands)

The Evisceration of the American Mind open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

UGH. WISCONSIN, YOU are a laughing stock w/ this guy 'representing' you in Congress. Oust him.

WISCONSIN, your senator is a massive idiot and HE is dangerous to your health. Get rid of this monstrosity.

Very broad and interesting interview. We’re at the Dawn of the Ozempic Era — and It’s Really Weird www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

They chose the wrong people” “We’re gonna fight back” Rep Jason Crow (D-CO) says he & the 5 other military veteran Democrats targeted for probes by Trump Admin. are emboldened Crow says we should expect Congressional probes of Hegseth The weekend edition is LIVE: youtu.be/vOZZSQ7fI7Y?...

What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

MacFarlane: People in Virginia voted by the millions. Their voices were heard and now have been silenced. And you want to talk about what starts a political wave in a year like this: a mass of people who think their voices have been silenced. That doesn't stop a wave that fuels one.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...

yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state

😕🇺🇸 Yeah @marenmorris.bsky.social gets it

This.

The Cartoon Carousel spins on, even in the fog of war. New gallery up now POLITICO www.politico.com/gallery/2026...

EMERGENCY Live with Scott MacFarlane and Denver Riggleman open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

The Super-Rich are Different from You and Me open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

For depth of reporting, analysis and ALSO, inspiration, please read....Live with Scott MacFarlane and Rep. Jamie Raskin open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

It’s simpler: by stalling clean energy, he forces the grid up the “generation stack” to expensive fossil fuel plants, which raises costs; the effect is to send billions of ratepayer dollars to his big fossil fuel donors. A) Corruption, and B) You paid for it.

After a 2 month delay, the latest methane data from NOAA is now available. The graphic below shows the annualized rate of new methane entering the atmosphere, assuming an atmospheric half-life of 110 months. We're a long way from Glasgow. Source: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_...

This is proving more true every singe day. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...

The trend of seizing ballots on the basis of unfounded information could fuel further election conspiracies, drain law enforcement resources, and undermine confidence in elections. bit.ly/4wciFMe

Scientists are increasingly worried that a key Atlantic current, which delivers warmth to northern Europe and shapes weather globally, is at risk of collapse. Multiple lines of evidence suggest it may be nearing a tipping point.

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

The corporate takeover of American politics was rapid and ruthless. In the 1970s, I watched as thousands of corporate lobbyists descended on Washington. Fast forward to today, and lobbying has become a multi-billion dollar industry. It all began with the Powell Memo.

Yep yep. We can't have nice things until we fix the Supreme Court.

Independent estimates warn the Iran War has cost $72B so far — nearly triple what Trump's DoD has admitted. That's over $1 billion per day. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want affordable housing. They want their basic needs met.

Who Will Stand Up to the Supreme Court Justices? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/o...

50 years ago, the Supreme Court made a consequential ruling on campaign finance reform that doesn't get enough attention today. But it opened the floodgates to big money spending in our elections — and the corporate takeover of American politics. Here's what you should know.

Don't forget: my old Yale Law classmate Clarence Thomas refused to recuse from Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's involvement in the plot. And he's taken at least 100 gifts worth over $2 million while serving, including from GOP donor Harlan Crow. He's a disgrace to the Court.

MAGA Will Kill Many Americans open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Top House committee Dems launch probe into how (or if) Trump Admin made plans for gas & farm price spikes during Iran War They request by May 20: "Communications between the White House & any federal agency.. regarding how a potential war with Iran was anticipated to affect farming & food costs"

Scott MacFarlane on the FBI raid of Sen. Lucas’s home and office: There are going to be questions raised about how Fox News was there as the raid was undertaken. That type of thing is rare.…

Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel has distributed “Ka$h”-branded bottles of bourbon to bureau staff and civilians, multiple people in Patel’s orbit tell @sfifz787.bsky.social.

AGAIN: Epstein files controversy menacing Trump again today youtu.be/dg8e8X-b8Ow?...

“If the Supreme Court is going to act as a partisan institution — as a super-legislature . . . then the only path worth taking is to discipline and transform the court with all the tools Congress has at its disposal under the Constitution.” #ExpandTheCourt www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

Whenever there is an outbreak of a viral illness in the news, it presents the opportunity to review the existing literature. I enjoyed this fairly recent review on #Hantavirus in Humans from 2023 published in Lancet ID . www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

OBAMA: A good policy that I'd like to see followed is that the president shouldn't have a bunch of side hustles that companies and foreign entities can invest in COLBERT: How much of that is just jealousy that you didn't think of selling sneakers?

NEWS: The Epstein files are now bound into 3,437 physical volumes in a new exhibition space in Tribeca. Millions of pages. Two stories tall. And yet only two people have ever faced accountability. Katie Phang discusses the rage she felt walking through the space.

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Donald Trump is slapping his face on everything from passports to coins. But here are things he won’t put his name on: 15 million Americans losing health coverage Gas prices at a 4-year high Tariffs costing families $2,500 Trump wants his face on everything but accountability.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Give Us the Aliens www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

This is the bizarro world the Supreme Court has created with its latest voting rights decision. Thank you Jon Stewart and & @thedailyshow.com You can watch my entire conversation with Jon here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

Maurene Comey: The Prosecutor Who Knew Too Much About the Epstein Files? open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

James Talarico: “We are living in an era of corruption… the rotting of something from the inside.” Politicians serving billionaire megadonors, the top 1% owning more than the middle class, and algorithms dividing us. None of this is accidental.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/o...

What a travesty......this is DANGEROUS.