Trump doubled down that he didn't think about Americans financial situation. Trump thought it would be much worse. Americans are just paying a LITTLE bit more. He got the price of eggs down! If Americans can figure out how to fuel their cars with eggs things will be great.

‼️THE SOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED‼️ Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Next: Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

The "Save America Act" is voter suppression dressed up as patriotism. It targets naturalized citizens, trans Americans, tribal citizens, and natural disaster victims with extra barriers. Don't let the name fool you. #HandsOffHerVote

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

This is important. We can't rely on anyone/anything else. We the People have the power to save American democracy.

Just another normal day at DOJ where they have to withdraw a filing in New Hampshire that was intended for Minnesota.

A farm worker in upstate NY shared this pic from where they were harvesting apples on a muddy, rainy day. He shared: When you climb a ladder that's placed on muddy ground, it isn't stable as the ladder can sink deeper into the earth. This makes it more dangerous. #WeFeedYou

An Asian American Maryland state delegate says he felt blindsided and saddened after two of his colleagues posted a video mocking his accent and accusing him of being a Chinese spy.

“They’re talking about discharging over a million gallons a day of sewage off of that site, you know, per their own documents,” Taylor said. “That by itself exceeds our current capacity and will exceed our capacity that we've been working on expanding for years.”

Does that shit say TED CRUZ

www.reuters.com/business/ene... Soaring diesel prices since the onset of the Iran war are draining already tight U.S. school district budgets, making it more expensive to bus students and run generators in a shock officials say they will not be ​able to afford for long….

As family homelessness hits record highs, school districts are offering parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night

Kash Patel's "VIP Snorkel" with 9 guests, accompanied by Navy Seals, over the tomb of 900 sailors at Pearl Harbor: "[A]s disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Thanks, Trump.

Trump administration released a new website for women. 🤢 moms.gov

The fact that the stock market keeps going up as the president dismantles our democracy says something about oligarch-run capitalism, and it ain't pretty.

I keep thinking how much bigger our blue wave would be in November if it weren’t for all the Supreme Court bullshit.

TODAY: ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SOUTH. Republican lawmakers across the South are carving up maps to dilute Black voting power and protect their own power because fair maps would threaten their grip. They knew the voters didn’t support this, so they went around them. 1/2

I'm an ABA member. How do we fight this?

Corey Minor Smith of Canton, Ohio holds a “Black Voters Matter” sign while marching over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on May 16, 2026. Faith leaders gathered in Selma Saturday for a prayer event as part of the “All Roads Lead To The South” protests. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)

Donald Trump is a loser, and America is paying the price.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Our team has landed in Selma, the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement 60 years ago. Leaders of the movement will once again walk across the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge Stay tuned! We are covering the All Roads Lead to the South rally all day. We will not be complicit with racist gerrymanders

Sometimes, you just gotta say "limited" instead

Data center builders don’t tell the public how much water they use, according to a new report — and the industry is encroaching into water-stressed and vulnerable communities. cal.news/42EUHvH 📸 Gina Ferazzi

New White House guidelines try to make previously mandatory preservation rules discretionary, signaling "an attempt to privatize the American story," FPF's Lauren Harper said on @npr.org's 1A. Listen to the rest ⬇️

Democracy does not erode overnight. It erodes when those elected to defend it choose silence instead. Congress has both the authority and the responsibility to push back against judicial overreach. As a member of this legislative body, I chose to stand up and do exactly that.

At the Equal Justice Museum in Montgomery AL.

Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “Trump is using the entire government as a slush fund. One of the most Unpatriotic & un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.” Trump is robbing us blind, with Republicans as accomplices, as the press shrugs. 🤷🏼 (From @meidastouch.com @pabloreports.bsky.social )

JFC. (You are not going to get through this quote without swearing. Trust me.)

The prices at the grocery store every Saturday morning are a punch to the face Just brutal There will be unpredictable and transcendent political fallout in an election year.

great piece. please read if you have a moment: presswatchers.org/2026/05/its-...

Videos of the DOGE staffers who gutted humanities funding using ChatGPT went viral. Now a federal judge has ruled that personnel didn’t have authority to terminate the grants. Kelsey Ables and Janay Kingsberry spoke to the plaintiffs:

“OpenAI knew this would happen. It’s happened before and it was only a matter of time before it happened again,” Vandana Joshi, whose husband Tiru Chabba was one of two people killed at a shooting at Florida State University last year, said in a statement Monday. Six people were also wounded.

Speaker of the House Johnson about Congres; "WE NEED TO LET THEM SOME STOCK (INSIDER) TRADING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.”

Troll continues to obstruct bridge.

They’re doing reparations for the January 6 guys.

Republican economics? Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation. By JOSH BOAK. "...the Iran war and the Republican president’s own tariffs have pushed up prices." apnews.com/article/trum...

The SCORE Act is a union-busting bill that would diminish the voices and job protections of college athletes. College athletes are workers, too. They put in unmatched effort so schools can rake in millions. Congress must reject the SCORE Act and protect athletes’ NIL rights.

The Emoluments Clause exists for exactly this moment The Founders feared a president who would shake down the American taxpayer & Trump just tried it — to the tune of billions We're fighting back in this week's publisher's note 👇-TN

Internal AutoZone memo: “.. We’re facing the largest supply shortage of lubricating fluids in the modern history of America. Realistic, middle-of-the-road estimates are for our average available supply in this product category to drop by 40%.” (via Costa Oil) #$AZO

Texas Children's caved and ended care under pressure in April 2022, over four years ago and they still got targeted by DOJ and Paxton. NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena. Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you.

TODAY: Trump is poised to steal $1.7B of our money to pay his criminal friends, SCOTUS restores mifepristone by mail (for now), and Kash Patel is in more hot water. News without Scott Jennings: the-daily-beans.simplecast.com

Re-upping for today's Louisiana primary, as Sen. Bill Cassidy faces his Trump-MAGA reckoning. He voted to convict Trump after J6 then tried to appease him with a pivotal vote to confirm RFK Jr. A doctor instrumental in the ongoing ruination of HHS and public health. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton has frequently opted for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work. (Published July 2025 w/ @texastribune.org)

www.reuters.com/world/middle... Headline: He Never Had Deal-Making Skills….