This is phenomenal photographic documentation of what is happening at Delaney Hall. This is America. Gift link. See the Clashes Between ICE and Protesters in New Jersey www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/n...

As always, Mr B addresses the present with a learned understanding of the past. There's another quote from President Lincoln I keep thinking about, from his first Inaugural:

As long as elite journalists stick together, they never have to face the consequence of being soft. With their solidarity intact, they can pretend that they speak truth to power.

When 60 Minutes is in trouble we are all in trouble. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

"Democrats—and responsible Republicans—need to avoid the trap of trying to help Pulte—or Blanche, or Patel, or Mullin, or Hegseth—to be as effective in doing their jobs as possible. Given what they are trying to do, Congress needs to make them all as ineffective as possible."--Bill Kristol

Reporter: If the president's in such perfect health, why does he keep going back in for checkups? Oz: He likes the results. He does really well. Uh, he aces the test every single day

one of the best parts of these things, when it comes to the media, is that everything gets out.

We could have had a nice, respectful 250th birthday celebration for our country but instead we got whatever this is.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

‼️ALERT: Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette's campaign platform entails perhaps the most elaborate plan for voter restrictions and suppression of all the other candidates. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

@willbunch.bsky.social has written another must read. www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...

NEW — I wrote about my visit to Delaney Hall, the ICE facility in Newark, NJ where detainees are on a hunger and labor strike in protest of rotten food, unpaid work, and unjust detainment, and where protesters outside have spent the last week drawing ICE's ire while keeping strikers' demands alive.

N.J. filmmaker: We watched ICE agents brutalize protesters at Delaney Hall — then we closed our accounts at this bank. Boycott Citizens Bank. flip.it/JCkYPU

maine can still pick someone other than platner. David Costello is a qualified progressive who really seems like he'd be a solid senator. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/an-intervi...

Breaking News: We Just Won the Kennedy Center Case! Thank you Contrarian subscribers!!!! www.contrariannews.org/p/breaking-n...

Good one, James T.

“The babies were part of a vaccine trial for a respiratory virus in the 1960s and died shortly after. Their families said they had been unaware of the trial until recently.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/u...

Not only was Steyer's answer on this really good, it's appalling how BAD Becerra's answer is. He immediately rolls over then tries insulting the reporter's intelligence.

NEW: I confirmed with the White House that the US is creating a facility in Kenya to send Americans for Ebola quarantine and treatment. Experts are appalled. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Potlucks and karaoke nights might seem like a distraction in the face of the world’s horrors. But they’re not. To grow big and deep enough to win, we need to provide the joyful community most people lack in our lonely, phone-addicted era." -- @ericblanc.bsky.social

"For the purposes of filing a habeas petition, a “next friend” is a third party who can pursue legal claims on behalf of someone who is detained and who cannot pursue their case in court. This includes a family member, friend, or a third party who has the best interests of the person detained."

Donald Trump has decided to use his DOJ lickspittles to try to intimidate an 82-year-old woman whom he owes $88.3 million after a trial jury found he sexually assaulted her three decades ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

"U.S. Travel [Association] believes such a move would have devastating consequences for the travel industry and communities that depend on international visitation," the industry group said Friday in a statement.

G'bless. The Guardian is our last, best hope for journalism. The Guardian U.S. posts record revenue of $81M www.axios.com/2026/05/26/t...

Thanks as always to the brilliant @hcrichardson.bsky.social for covering what’s happening at Delaney Hall in today’s newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

"Fifty-seven United States senators were able to do the right and obvious thing and voted to convict and bar that evil man from ever holding public office again, including seven Republican senators. John Cornyn, however, could not do what his oath of office required..."--Michael Wood

This is my senator @kim.senate.gov who got pepper-sprayed. Why is it that ICE agents have more power than my own elected official? Everyone should be asking this. And thank you Senator Kim for demanding accountability.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you’ve seen live: The Feelies R.E.M Cat Powers Freedy Johnston Tracy Chapman Etta James Joe Jackson Brian Wilson Squeeze Mike Doughty

"Because I started this protest outside to close Delaney Hall and free every detainee here they were retaliating on him (her husband),” Gabriela Soto told NJ.com. “If I have a miscarriage because of this pressure, I will sue them. I am tired of them controlling the situation..."

Presidential emoluments, presidential emoluments, unconstitutional presidential emoluments.

Extended volley of gunshots heard near White House as agencies respond

When you are asked to introduce a fascist president, be more like Abdul Carter.

A consequence? In my United States? It’s more possible than you think!

"On average, each U.S. household has paid over $300 more for gasoline and diesel since February 28, 2026, than it would have without the war."

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

This is AOC fulfilling a promise she made to MAGA voters she met in Georgia when @moreperfectunion.bsky.social took her there to talk about the water situation. That's how you can maybe change hearts and minds. www.youtube.com/shorts/7PvfK...

🚨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.

This is really worth reading.

ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.

Just endured all of that interview with Jeff Bezos. Too much money contorts any human being. And what was once a man is now, for the rest of the world, a fully metastasized cancer.

Belgian MP asking US Ambassador a question, while pointing out the international rules violated in the past year.

The United States government just agreed to pay $1.8 billion to the United States president, approved by the president's own personal lawyer who represented him when he was convicted of 34 criminal counts. This is the biggest scandal in all of American political history.

WATCH: Swamp creature. Warmonger. Bootlicker. Here’s the first TV ad in our campaign to unseat Lindsey Graham.

Someone told him he’s gotta come off sounding like he cares about everyone and everything.

8 Senate Democrats just voted to advance one of Trump's judicial nominees. Which raises the question: WTF? Dick Durbin John Fetterman Ruben Gallego Maggie Hassan Martin Heinrich Jack Reed Jeanne Shaheen Sheldon Whitehouse

"Revenge is sweet and not fattening."-- Edgar Bergen

Virginia has more data centers than anywhere in the world, and companies are pushing to build more of them. This includes some of the most hallowed ground in the country: the Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Most Americans: "we should make it cheaper and easier to own and use an electric vehicle." Congress, whose policies these days are all about culture wars: "nah, you're going to pay more a year than most people pay in gas taxes."

The theft of taxpayer money to finance a political-crimes slush fund is a distraction from the massive and systematic insider trading, which is a distraction from the crypto scams, which are a distraction from the harvesting of bribes to finance the Ballroom, which…