Here’s the one secret the Deep State doesn’t want you to know: If you beat up a cop, smeared feces on the walls, or just swiped a podium from the Capitol, you may be entitled to millions of dollars in damages. Apply to the Trump slush fund.

Activists in Memphis are facing retaliation for trying to document an ongoing occupation by federal agents:

Trump absolutely cratering in new Fox poll: 29-71 on economy 24-76 on inflation He's underwater among whites *and* rural voters (!) Among independents he's at 24 percent (!!) On the pod, @jamescdownie.bsky.social is good on the collapse of the Trump coalition: newrepublic.com/article/2108...

Despite President Trump's seemingly unchecked power over the federal government and his own party, his national support is crumbling to record lows, a new Times/Siena poll suggests. On “The Daily,” we explain what the poll’s results mean for the midterms this fall.

During a House hearing, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed jars of murky drinking water taken from Morgan County, Georgia, where new data centers were constructed.

SEN. TILLIS (R): “These people don't deserve restitution. Many of them deserve to be in prison. This is just stupid on stilts. Republicans need to speak up. This is beyond the pale… This is bad policy, bad timing, bad politics.” (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

"They are going to have complete carte blanche, and they don't have to tell anybody about it." Andrew Egger breaks down how Trump’s secretive slush fund could pay out violent January 6 criminals, with the whole thing run by commissioners he can fire whenever he wants.

CLIENT: These federal charges seem serious. What kind of sentence could I get? LAWYER: Depending on the next presidential election, you're looking at somewhere between life imprisonment and becoming a millionaire.

Mario Alejandro Rodríguez Aranda is becoming sicker and sicker while he is being locked away in an ICE prison in Texas. He has been languishing since November. We've seen that denied or delayed medical treatment is typical for many men and women locked up by ICE right now.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

BREAKING: Democrats release incomplete autopsy report on 2024 election loss that says, in part, the party's candidates have proven incapable of projecting strength and leadership. MS NOW Capitol Hill Reporter Kevin Frey has the latest:

🚨Last night in House Appropriations, all Republicans present voted to allow THEMSELVES to get settlements from the January 6th Slush Fund. I am not making this up.

NYT Board on Trump’s Slush Fund: “There has never been an example of Presidential corruption like this… destroying pillars of 🇺🇸 democracy to empower himself… encourages future lawlessness on his behalf… taking your money & showering it on criminals.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

You can't blame them for knowing nothing... they listen to Trump at the end of the day.

Eligible to be paid with your money after storming the Capitol and breaking into Nancy Pelosi’s office.

Eligible to file a claim based on the stated criteria by Todd Blanche, to be paid out of Trump’s theft of $1.8 billion of your money.

"Bc the agreement is cast as settlement of debt owed to Trump, it should be treated as $1.8b of income, which triggers tax liability. At his rate, it could run into the hundreds of millions, and the IRS lookback period is 6 years. The next IRS director has the chance to do *the funniest thing* ... "

🔥 CHARLAMAGNE: “Taxpayer dollars going to this weaponization fund to compensate his allies should piss you off. A blatant slap in the face… Trump told you he doesn’t care what you’re going through — he’s pushing for financial windfalls for his allies and family, not you.”

After the GOP spent $88 million in the most expensive primary in history to boost John Cornyn, Trump endorsed the corrupt, biblically divorced adulterer Ken Paxton. The result: James Talarico shot up 7 points in the prediction markets. www.thedailybeast.com//donald-trum...

Wow! Jasmine Crockett just endorsed Xavier Becerra for governor, and I was here to see it. Amazing morning. [Dulan’s Restaurant]

I had the opportunity to interview Xavier Becerra. I appreciate that he’s not blowing smoke up our ass when it comes to single-payer healthcare. He understands the political & financial hurdles, but also made clear he’s committed to doing the work to move California closer to making it a reality.

Eighteen survivors of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein accused Todd Blanche of lying under oath on Tuesday during a Senate Appropriations hearing, claiming he met with the survivors and their lawyers when he never did. “Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has not met with any of us. "

Thomas Massie isn't going quietly: “Today is the six-month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” (The US gets little credit.)

Thomas Massie: “Today is the six month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” video courtesy @acyn.bsky.social

NAACP STATEMENT: “.. The NAACP will not watch the same institutions that depend on Black athletic prowess to fill their stadiums and their bank accounts remain silent while their states strip Black communities of their voice.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A military invasion of Cuba is really on the table and the reason is to distract from the military fiasco that is the Iran War. "Now Iran has gone sideways, and the Cubans are proving much tougher than originally thought. So now military action is on the table in a way that it wasn’t before."

Breaking News: A judge largely barred federal agents from making arrests in immigration courts in New York City.

To me, the biggest revelation over the last 10 years is how little 40% of Americans care about each other.

"It’s just as grotesque as you imagine. Trump is reaching his grubby hands into the largest till in the world, the U.S. Treasury."

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NEW: Donald just STOLE $1.7B from us to pay insurrectionists. I have some important info about this. Please share widely.

Here’s the real difference: Xavier Becerra is a longtime proponent of single-payer healthcare. The other candidates are just catching up to where he’s always been.

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

A Crack in the Polling Floor Puts Trump in New Territory www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

The people who sided with Democrats to force Trump DOJ’s Pedo Protection Racket to start releasing the files get the most vicious treatment from Trump. I wonder why?

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Trump named in newly found Epstein accusation that officials sat on for 17 years Court records reveal that in 2009, a woman accused Trump of having “knowledge” of Epstein’s “sexual desire for minor girls.” This information was readily “available to law enforcement for 17 years.”

“You simply cannot do it with the filibuster and the Supreme Court in place” @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

NEWS --> Top Virginia Dems have decided against exercising a procedural end-run around the State Supreme Court ruling that cost Dems four House seats, the Dem leader of the state senate tells me. This will anger Dems who wanted an aggressive response. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

These two things are completely unrelated, so don’t even think of trying to make a connection between them

These charts tell the same story nearly every time: Trump created the mess, Biden inherited the worst of it, and did the hard work to fix it. Yet MAGA still blames Biden for the damage Trump caused — while pretending Trump is the one who cleaned it up.

Democrats need to unify over more than just Donald Trump. This is how:

Credit-card balances: all-time high. Applications for credit: four-year high. Delinquent credit: nine-year high. A "hamster wheel" of credit, says the NYT: @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/b...

And fighting on social media does not count. Do more.

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