This is the day's essential read. David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who’s described himself as “a fucking savage,” now runs a company that provided training to DHS’s Special Response Teams. Norman was involved in six shootings while on duty that left four people dead and two more wounded

In his "personal capacity" arriving on a taxpayer funded plane, with taxpayer funded security, on taxpayer time, and I'm sure everything else was billed to taxpayers.

Actually, Trump voted by mail. Actually, Trump always votes by mail.

Of course he’s bluffing! He sent his Secretary of Defense to Kentucky to campaign today FCS! There are no serious negotiations. No, F47 will tell Iran’s neighbors to figure it out. ‘Sounds to me we will be withdrawing and leaving a mess that will drive a global recession.

DO IT,DEMOCRATS......

After one year of inhumane conditions including flooded rooms, cloudy drinking water, and chronic food shortages, #AlligatorAlcatraz is finally closing. To quote one detainee, "Everything about this place was made to make people suffer."

Melanie Stansbury: Jeffrey Epstein was receiving special treatment including a CPAP machine.

Yes, you should be outraged by Trump‘s ballroom. And yes, you should absolutely do something about it:

Abortion bans are restricting miscarriage care, new study finds 19thnews.org/2026/05/abor... via @19thnews.org

BP fails to reach deal with union as Indiana refinery lockout drags on reut.rs/3Rlw9W8

Scoop! Scoop! Stephen Colbert is going to host a party following the taping of his last "Late Night" taping on Thursday with a party that asks guests to dress ‘fired and festive." variety.com/2026/tv/colu... via @variety

We’ve kept ICE funding blocked since January, but Republicans are now trying to rush it through — and they’re hoping you’re too distracted to notice.

So given that the Islamic Center’s security guard, Amin Abdullah, was murdered today, does MarkWayne think it was a success???

Markwayne Mullin advises places of worship worried about acts of violence to "hire their own security"

what would you say you do here exactly, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mullin

A “fun” thing about the 1776 number is it makes it more clear how much the settlement agreement is corrupt. Todd Blanche signed his name to an official government document claiming this figure was “based on the projected valuation of future claimants’ claims,” which is clearly, obviously, a lie.

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects. (Published July 2024)

There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

Florida left with $608 million in debt after 'Alligator Alcatraz' fiasco, Trump administration refusal to cover operational costs www.wivb.com/news/u-s-hea...

“War duties” Not serious about the boring job but an opportunity to be in front of a crowd - once a Fox host, always a Fox host. Hegseth is so like The Felon. And one day he’ll be one too.

So how much teeth is in F47’s claim he’ll wipe out Iran if they don’t negotiate? Not much if the Secretary of Defense has nothing else to do but travel to KY to help a campaign. No Iranian battle this week!

Trump's Jones Act waiver - the longest/broadest since 1950 - has given us a trove of great data. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column digs into it: "Defenders of the Jones Act Have Lost" (🎁) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

And Trump is too stupid to understand any of it.

Here is the @juddlegum.bsky.social piece #Maddow is detailing as she reports on Trump's blatant self-dealing and corruption. popular.info/p/the-smokin...

The unusually heated Georgia Supreme Court elections tomorrow grew even more consequential last month, when the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically weakened the Voting Rights Act.

If you’re in Georgia, you MUST vote tomorrow, May 19. Georgia Supreme Court: vote Miracle Rankin & Jen Jordan. Vote for Will Wooten for judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. We must secure our courts.

He was not hit at all,” Moriarty said at the news conference. “His own boss, ICE director Todd Lyons, acknowledged that two ICE agents lied in the aftermath of this incident. Mr. Castro was one of them.” www.startribune.com/ice-agent-ch...

Thank you to Hennepin County Attorney @marymoriarty.bsky.social for issuing a nationwide arrest warrant for Christian Castro in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in North Minneapolis. PROSECUTE ICE. ABOLISH ICE.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs seems to align with The Felon’s TrumpRx. So not sure why Cuban buddies up to a competitor. Some deal is in play here.

Raskin: "The whole administration now just just corruption -- highway robbery every day"

There are reasons for every medical protocol. The reason is nearly always “patients were needlessly dying until we started doing this.” Lay people don’t know the medical history behind every protocol bc they aren’t pros. They used to have enough humility to trust doctors but now they “know better.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin isn't mincing words. He just called out Trump’s new secret settlement exactly what it is: “A $1,700,000,000 fraud on the American taxpayer.” Here is how 93 Democrats are fighting back to stop the heist: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-alr...

Jamie Raskin looked visibly shaken after reviewing the unredacted Epstein files: "Trump's name is all over these files. You will see references to...

Unreal. Now that Trump dropped IRS lawsuit, DOJ just announced a new slush fund for alleged victims of "weaponization." Two Qs: *Will there be *any* congressional oversight? Most reporting suggests not. *Would payments to J6ers violate 14A? Raskin explains here: newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Raskin says the fund is unconstitutional. Congress didn't structure it. 14th Amendment prohibits obligations in service of insurrection. Raskin says Dem House will shut it down and compel transparency on payments. He's calling on Rs to legislate against it now. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Lawsuits allege that State Farm tries to avoid paying what it owes for hail damage. The litigation is happening as homeowners face soaring insurance costs, partly due to threats from climate change.

“Thanks to a $12,500 (€10,624) prize, the aspiring scientist plans to scale-up her invention for real-world use in products like packaging and compost bags. It will be no easy feat, considering how difficult it is to make biodegradable plastics durable enough for everyday use.”

💔 A mother comforts her baby in an underground parking garage during Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine.

New financial disclosures show Donald Trump making massive stock trades involving companies like Palantir, Dell, and Microsoft. Critics say Trump seems more focused on playing the stock market than lowering costs for everyday Americans.

🤔“Trump personally bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in tech companies and government contractors early this year… Trump admin directly regulates some of these companies and many trades coincided with favorable regulatory decisions.” www.notus.org/money/donald...

Remember Trump praising the “fat drugs”? Well, he’s personally invested in the company that makes those drugs, and his policies are helping that company enormously. https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/trump-stock-trades-eli-lilly-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-invest-ethics-disclosures/

@maddow.bsky.social connecting the dots between F47’s stock purchases and subsequent endorsements to boost those companies. Apple, Thermo Fisher among those stocks.

Looks like potential insider trading to us. Does this look like insider trading to you? Over 3,600 stock trades by Trump since Jan. Absolutely unprecedented. This will be investigated.

The defining legacy of Trump 2.0: mass suffering, sickness & death Ending PEPFAR will: -kill a huge no. of people (partner nations can’t suddenly close the finance gap) -put US national security at risk, & -strike a further blow to America’s reputation worldwide (already tarnished by Trump)

You may remember during DOGE chainsawing USAID early on they said they wouldn't kill PEPFAR. Not true. Massive cuts in funding and implementation details, and we're holding HIV meds hostage to African countries signing away mineral rights to the U.S.

"The Trump administration has struck what some see as the final blow to PEPFAR, the vaunted US program that has saved the lives of 26 million people living with HIV. The State Dept now says that as of 30 September, CDC support for PEPFAR will end in most countries." www.science.org/content/arti...

After multiple failed election bids, insurrectionist fraudster Kari Lake has been gifted a position in the MAGA regime as next US Amb to Jamaica. She should’ve been prosecuted, convicted and sent to jail in Arizona for election fraud and instead she’ll be stealing tax dollars.

Kari Lake, Trump’s candidate for ambassador to Jamaica, has “no diplomatic or political preparation, other than the 14 months she has just spent running America’s foreign broadcasting agencies into the ground,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.