This is Nacho. He has big feelings. Every stuffed animal he owns is very aware of this. 14/10 (IG: nacho_thekneadydog)

A disgusting faction of the US "left" has spent years denying the crimes against humanity Assad committed. IMO anyone apologizing for his actions ought to be inadmissible in our spaces.

I loved talking to organizers in Menomonie and across Wisconsin about how they're beating back data center proposals coming from shady development companies left and right. One told me, "Organizing swiftly and fiercely and relentlessly is the key.” ✊

I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4

"Our allies have earned their place among us. If it weren’t for them, more American combat veterans would be buried in Arlington, and more Gold Star families would be enduring the unimaginable today."

How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/u...

While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

As much as the administration tries, it can't delete what happened on J6. The archive lives in court records, in the J6 Committee Report, in guerrilla archiving efforts www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Green Card Seekers Must Leave U.S. to Apply, Trump Administration Says www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

HUD Moves to Limit Assistance Animals for Disabled Tenants in Public Housing www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...

Yes, THIS 👇. But also, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the jumping off point was when these guys began live streaming.

Bathroom shenanigans!

Apparently the worst part of the slush fund is going to be listening to trumpers whine about how they deserve money. Can I get money for that?

On the tube

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Here is a very important video of an otter having his head stroked.

China and Iran team up to humiliate Trump—while he’s in Beijing. “As Trump meets Xi, Iran lets Chinese ships through the Strait of Hormuz.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/w...

Basketball team, thank you very much

Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/w...

When there’s no sheep to herd.. 😅

Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/t...

NEW: Russia is supporting Iranian efforts to rebuild Iran’s military capabilities during the ceasefire period. Russia is reportedly sending drone components to Iran via the Caspian Sea to help Iran rebuild its offensive capabilities after the war, according to US officials. (1/5)

Armed with some Python and a white-hot sense of injustice, one medical student spent six months trying to figure out whether an algorithm trashed his job application.

This is your cat on catnip! 🌱

Really an excellent video. Should, IMHO, be shared far and wide. newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-vietn...

The Kind of Men Who Flummox Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

@cnn.com is doing Ted Turner hagiography, and fair enough. But they just had Eason Jordan on to talk about their efforts to get into all sorts of countries and that's a little rich when they don't ask about this: www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/o...

Trump: "I am at, according to CNN, 100% approval within the Republican Party…Did you see the CNN poll?" The latest CNN poll had Trump at only 80% approval with Republicans.

Trump said his ballroom would be privately funded. Then the price tag climbed from $200M to $300M to $400M. Now Senate Republicans are eyeing $1 billion in taxpayer money for the “East Wing Modernization Project.” @samsteindc.bsky.social on the ballroom bait-and-switch.

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Kurt Loder turns 81 today. We are old as fuck.

This pretty much inverts the Pope’s position on nucs, Iranian or otherwise. Thursday meeting is going to be a little awkward…

‘Turn It Off’—Google Starts Scanning Your Gmail As Update Goes Live

We only rate dogs. This is a miniature horse practicing his jumps. We are not qualified to comment on his form, as we are merely dog experts. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 13/10 (TT: alfy_da_weeny)

"The Old World has produced leaders who have stepped forth to defend freedom, and who may, in God’s good time, inspire us once again to do the same." What a position to be in.

Hegseth’s Intellectual Purge is an Insult to His Officer Corps at www.justsecurity.org/137831/hegse...

"this suggests military virtues and warrior ethos are synonymous only with conservative, right-leaning views. In espousing this perspective, Mr. Hegseth challenges the very fabric of the military – its political neutrality – that makes it traditionally among the most trusted institutions.”

How Trump’s Proposed Arch Would Change D.C. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Last Time We Reduced Troops in Europe, a War Broke Out open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

As many of you have already noted, this is really interesting, and alarming reclaimchildhoodmedia.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

"Whoever is president next needs to put a big team at the DOJ together to unravel this stuff." @adamkinzinger.substack.com and @timmiller.bsky.social discuss the Trump family's latest corruption scheme and what needs to be done for accountability in the future.

Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Hospitalized in Critical Condition www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/w...

Withdrawing Troops from Germany Is an Own Goal open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Reminder: whatever you think of George W. Bush he was excruciatingly careful never to frame conflicts as b/w the US & Islam. He had greater & lesser degrees of success, but always tried. For fullest expression this strategy see Joint Address to Congress, Sept. 20, 2001. He distinguishes b/w

Lithuania Says It Broke Up Russian Sabotage and Murder Plots www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/w...