NEW STUDY: Who is the Highway Lobby? “The highway lobby has been shaping transportation policy conversations for decades in its interests.” And they spend MILLIONS buying car dependency to make sure all of us have to spend BILLIONS. #UrbanTruth Via the Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org.

In a functioning democracy, we could count on the government to give us something approximating the truth after a fatal shooting outside the White House. But in whatever transitional system we’re in now, we automatically assume the regime is lying to us.

A striking, clarifying fact not noted here is that, per Reuters yesterday, all but 3 of the 6069 refugees admitted to the US under Trump have been white South Africans. Trump isn't focused on whether immigrants are "legal" but whether they're white. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u...

The NYT sees itself not as a defender of journalistic principles or a champion of democratic values, but rather a theater critic for political actors. There are no real-world consequences here, no pain or suffering for the common people who aren't in their social circles. It's just a parlor game

The NY Times apparently thinks fairness in journalism means having no values at all. Trump assaults one of the key factors in America's rise to global leadership — immigration — and the best the Times can do is call it a “risky pivot.”

This is just the tip of the iceberg in a pattern of corruption and abuse unprecedented in the history of the Presidency.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

“My only regret,” Rhodes said in the days after Jan. 6, “is that they didn’t bring rifles.” “We could have fixed it right then and there.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/oath...

Said it for a while but Americans looking over the border both north and south and seeing better and cheaper cars they are arbitrarily not allowed to buy? This is an affront to the national character that is unsustainable.

NEW: The DOJ dropped misdemeanor charges against anti-ICE protesters, admitting it used improper tactics to secure the indictment. The dismissal marks the end of a case that was widely viewed as politically motivated and ensnared Democratic candidates for the U.S. House and Illinois Legislature.

The Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais could cause the biggest contraction in Black political representation since the post-Reconstruction backlash. But Congress can step in to guarantee equal voting rights and fair representation. bit.ly/4u6nYuJ

I’ve been hearing anecdotes about cost frictions with AI adoption but whoa

We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.

Fortunately, after an enormous effort by his family and legal team, he returned home. I am grateful he is back home but his wrongful deportation has caused immense heartache.

🚨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.

The January 6th Slush Fund hasn’t even opened applications yet, and look who’s lining up. Andrew Taake, accused of attacking police with bear spray on January 6th, while he was already out on pretrial release for child solicitation in Texas. He now has to register as a sex offender.

Oh— "Trump’s Tax Immunity Could Save Him More Than $600 Million" by @danalexander21.bsky.social for Forbes

This bill, literally called the “CHARLIE Act,” imports definitions from Trump's odious EOs on race (EO 14190) and sex (EO 14168) into the federal statute for K-12 funding. It's not savvy centrist politics, it will not get them more votes. They know; they're bad people who like these parts of MAGA.

The young people are going to save this country!! ‘The University of Texas is dead’: Students stage funeral in academic freedom protest www.statesman.com/news/educati...

We still have attorneys’ fees tho! Come join us on Saturday for a 12 hr livestream! bsky.app/profile/katm...

Recall: Dems hung tough on no funding for ICE & BP, Rs caved and passed rest of DHS and decided to do ICE and BP via reconciliation. Trump wanted ballroom then slush fund, couldn’t work it out, & here we are. Lesson for Dems: Hanging tough put pressure on Rs, -> Rs in disarray.

Democrats need to capitalize on our collective nostalgia for all the things trumps destroying and defacing. Americans aren’t outraged enough. Town halls, slide shows, whatever.

just read @mjsdc.bsky.social piece on the subpoena mess, written before the 1st Circuit folded--it calls O'Connor's conduct impeachable: "O’Connor has not merely made an error of judgment; he has breached the constitutional command to maintain 'good behavior' on the bench" slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.

SIGN OF THE DAY…

"...acknowledging that he had previously asked for just $900 billion but was now requesting more so that he would have more."

Trump's grip is slipping on Latino voters

I don't think about americans' financial situation at all, I think about BALLROOM

Kyle Clark: I should say there are more Republican county clerks in Colorado than there are Democrats, but they have spoken with one voice to say: Don’t do this.This will make our jobs harder and potentially less safe if you let Tina Peters out.

Ken Paxton is one of the most corrupt people in politics. Texans should be sending him to prison — not the Senate.

So, with the Trump admin’s ICE goons ignoring the judge’s orders, whose job is it to rein them in?

RFK Jr and Musk killed funding to programs that had the best chance of doing this

They left out admin keys for govcloud accounts for 6 months in a public github repo in a file called importantAWStokens. Any script kiddie could have compromised critical government systems with that. Who knows how many state actors did so. gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...

For those of you who have forgotten, the republicans used to pound on "Obama Phones" as "leftist welfare giveaway." These were a part of the Lifeline bill signed by GWB after studies showed that low income folks couldn't get jobs without a cell phone.

Let's just have a look at one of the probable beneficiaries of Trump's $1.8 bn slush fund, shall we? www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

AI as an institutional prevailing white culture censorship tool.

1. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good.

Trump's $1.8 billion theft, made simple: Lawsuits are supposed to be real. His lawsuit against the IRS was fake. "It is illegal, because Congress has said you can use this money only to settle real cases," @harrylitman.bsky.social tells me. Much more on the pod: newrepublic.com/article/2106...

NEW: Sen Michael Bennet (D) says he will not appoint Gov Jared Polis to the Senate if Bennet is elected Governor. Bennet calls Polis' clemency for Tina Peters "disqualifying"

CBS backlash has pushed Colbert to 2.70 million viewers. Weiss is now faced with canceling the MOST WATCHED PROGRAM in the late-night time slot. Fire her - keep Colbert is the answer.

Two people just shot up a mosque. Look at this three days ago:

Western snowy plover passes major recovery milestone. In the US the threatened Western snowy plover has surpassed 3,000 breeding birds. The population has risen steadily driven by habitat restoration, predator management and coordinated conservation work. FWS buff.ly/Dfr9sAB #ShareGoodNewsToo

Well the Trump / Vance Admin just stole $1.7 billion of our money to hand out to criminals.

the president is raiding the treasury to put your tax dollars into this mans personal checking account as a reward for what hes doing in this picture

and I thought the police just letting the J6 rioters saunter back to their hotels for happy hour would be the biggest miscarriage of justice around the event.