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The bird dance for the ages

This. A good explainer of how Medicaid cuts work.

Trump is hopeless when it comes to Putin - whom he both fears and admires as the Renfield to Putin's Dracula - but he has no effective national security or defense team around him to pick up the slack and actually run anything like an actual foreign policy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

After hearing the news, I decided to come here. The Security Service of Ukraine carried out a new attack against the Crimean Bridge, mining and damaging its underwater supports. 💪🔥

The Trump administration has raided a Democratic congressional office and detained a staffer. They ignored the office’s request to see a warrant.

“An unforced error of potentially epic proportions” www.thebulwark.com/p/rkf-jr-ken...

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court grants review of dismissal of Illinois voter suppression lawsuit for lack of standing. Democracy Docket will have full details and analysis. www.democracydocket.com

Trump is losing in the courts and he’s losing on policy. But he’s winning on power in places the opposition isn’t even contesting. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy about talks with russia. And I absolutely love it: The russians behaved a little more calmly, although still arrogantly. Perhaps a few more measures are needed, and they will try to behave like human beings.

Morning from Kyiv, where the night was mostly calm. But Kharkiv was attacked by drones overnight. Today, the so-called peace talks will be held in Istanbul. No expectations at all. Have a lovely new week!

This.

Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

Yes.

Morning from Kyiv, where a drone attack has lasted for more than 7 hours. Luckily, I don't see any information about any damage or casualties. I will make a warcoffee. Life is going on.

Kyiv. The drone attack lasted 9 h 32 m. I came to write a Sunday Letter at a cafe. Still closed since people couldn’t get to work. I sit outside, waiting for my coffee to be ready. Perhaps I won’t visit history class today. Writing down history here, on that chair outside of the closed cafe.

472. This is a number of drones russia launched at Ukraine overnight. The attack resulted in 13 deaths and over 60 injuries, damages to residential areas, civilian infrastructure and a military training centre.

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We were warned that about 300 drones are expected tonight. It's just a simple act of terror to break us, but it won’t work. I am going to read a book and eat ice cream.

Don't spend one minute feeling sorry for the law firms that capitulated. They prioritized their own profits over the rule of law, decency and democracy. They deserve the ridicule and scorn they are now receiving. History will remember them for the cowards they are.

Not sure if democracy remains on the docket? My law firm is litigating 53 voting and election cases in 22 states. ⚖️🗳️ When we fight, we win.💪

Morning from Kyiv, where the night was calm again. But russia attacked other regions with 109 drones and 5 missiles overnight. I had my warcoffee. In my silky plans to show you more from yesterday’s book festival and work on SL (which stands for Sunday Letter in my head).

This is a very big deal.👇 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Morning from Kyiv! The night was calm here, but not everywhere in Ukraine. russia attacked with 2 Iskander missiles and 90 drones. I had my warcoffee and decided to put some beauty into our eyes. 🇺🇦 Marfa Tymchenko, Brusylivka, 1989

All MAGA hat, no cattle cuz government is hard — but they damaged the regulators who scrutinized them and it’s not clear how they plundered our data systems. At some point, there should be a massive investigation into what these fly by nights did. www.wired.com/story/nicole...

These folks are like a weed www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Trump doesn’t have the sense to take the out the court gave him so he can say that ending this nuttiness wasn’t his choice

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He should RTO and make sure to send the shareholders a list of five things he’s accomplished every week

Beyond parody.

NEW VIDEO: Once again, Trump lost in court in his effort to target law firms he does not like. A federal judge struck down the president's executive order targeting WilmerHale. Paige and I discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NW8...

355. This is the number of drones that russia launched over Ukraine at night. I am not sure if your media have mentioned it, so I decided to let you know.

Floating the idea of a 3rd term is just Trump's way of winding up what MAGA folks like to call "the libtards." The real damage is what he can do in the next 3.6 years when he never has to face the electorate again. Don't expect the Repubs to stop him.

‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

Donald Trump is a deranged lunatic who wouldn’t be allowed to manage a Wendy’s. But I guess we all have to pretend like this is normal and not 25th amendment behavior. People who treat this as acceptable are the insane ones.

Trump’s Memorial Day message to America is attacking judges and calling Democrats “SCUM.” No mention of the military.

So, today, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany, France, the UK and the US have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine regarding the range of strikes. Perhaps you’ve read it. russia might be furious, but finally, nobody cares (I hope)

This Is Jil Markman, we’ve known each other 50+ years. She’s a Ph.D., mother, and patriot. 🇺🇸

Many of us have been lucky enough to love 💕 and eventually mourn 😰 a pet who was, for us, “the best dog (or cat or [fill in] ) ever.” This is an obit we can all have tried to write ✍️ ourselves . . . newsletters.democracydocket.com/in-memory-of...

Duh

I translated it for you. The post of a Ukrainian woman during the night attack on Kyiv. ‘Today, for the first time, my children were so afraid of the drones that they started praying (although this is not practised in our family) and crying. War and children are something unrealistically painful 😭’

Let's hope this is just the start.

1 am in Kyiv. Lots of explosions. It is very loud here. Drones and now missiles.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court STRIKES DOWN Trump executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block. Another victory for law firms standing up to Trump.