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In case you missed it, this happened.

Trump IRS pick Billy Long, facing confirmation today, calls himself a "Certified Tax & Business Advisor" — a title tax experts have never heard of. After Congress, he promoted pandemic tax credits flagged by the IRS. @amierjeski.bsky.social and I dug in: www.propublica.org/article/bill...

if this doesn't inspire democratic leadership to take to the streets then i don't fucking know

This can't be good for Avelo's commercial passenger business. 👎 www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

I guess Marilyn Manson, Lindsay Buckingham and Alice Cooper won’t be happy 😂

Republicans are having a meeting on their big ugly bill at 1am. Why? Because they don’t want the American public to know what’s in the bill.

WTF is an affirmative no? Is it like a direct inverse correlation?

WTH?

Here's the Chicago Sun Times admitting that they have absolutely no idea how something created by AI was actually printed in their paper. They printed information about books that don't exist.

BREAKING Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner, has had his nomination to serve as US Ambassador to France confirmed by the Senate. Notably: Cory Booker voted to advance his nomination. Here’s what former US Attorney Chris Christie said about the crimes Kushner committed.

"Non-detained masters" are initial hearings for those involved in immigration court proceedings but who aren't in detention. So basically, they're going to start making arrests in court, attorney meetings, etc - legal meeting places are no longer safe on the West Coast.

#immigration West coast/Pacific time non-detained masters: arrests are going to start at non-detained masters, to process under new expanded ER. Starting today. Attorneys/non profits, please be advised.

Noem’s new dog would be well advised to get his ass to an SPCA shelter before she comes home from work this evening

Authoritarianism. Plain as fucking day. They aren’t even pretending anymore.

Even the most bare-bones, facts-only reporting here fails the basic task of truth-telling if it doesn’t lead by pointing out that these charges are manufactured, malicious, politically motivated attacks. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/20/t...

Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)

WTF????

A heated exchange between Van Hollen and Rubio: "Writing an op ed to the Tufts newspaper is disrupting the foreign policy of the US? That's pathetic, Mr. Secretary."

Classic.

Do be careful as you contact media whether you’re a fed or recently took DRP / VERA … check the language in your contract. Not an endorsement, just glad to see ProPublica giving folks a voice in a secure manner.

What does that even mean. It's not just a lie. It's a stupid lie.

Incredible.

The two big stories in the Catalist report: 1) turnout in Dem areas declined dramatically in 2024 (and massive drop in Black & AAPI turnout) 2) Gen Z still the most left generation catalist.us/whathappened...

What is actually going on at Newark airport? Read here: www.independent.co.uk/us/travel/ne...

The article in Public Notice is valuable in itself, but also an example of how journalists should examine large and flashy announcements.

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I've emailed the ADL to ask them if they think it's antisemitic to call this genocide.

Wow — so as Rep. Bulso and other TN Republicans steer💰away from public schools to private via vouchers, he is spearheading a lawsuit against TN saying Wilco schools are underfunded. Shorter Gino: “Make the pie smaller, but give us a bigger piece.” 🥧 www.williamsonscene.com/news/state-e...

REPORTER: You campaigned on lowering the price of groceries. How can you justify cutting food assistance in this bill? TRUMP: The cut is gonna give everybody much more food

Ninety-Nine.

Opinion: Four fifth-graders at a Suprise charter school made a detailed plot to kill a classmate. We don't think that could happen in Arizona. But it did.

In a celebration of Police week, CHARGE and CONVICT these murderers.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Trump administration from cutting nearly $11 billion in grants that provide funding for a wide range of public health programs. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/16/m...

Kroger is allegedly overcharging consumers by listing expired sales prices on shelves and charging full price at checkout.  And thanks to decades of consolidation, Kroger stores are now the only grocers in some rural areas.   Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.

Trump cut a secret deal with the Mexican cartels, Mexican security chief Omar García Harfuch confirmed cartel family members entered US in a deal with the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump regime. President Sheinbaum is demanding an explanation from the US which tried to keep it secret.

This report, now declassified so you can read it for yourself, says that the intelligence community DOES NOT believe that Venezuela directs Tren de Aragua. The President said otherwise. Tulsi Gabbard, who runs the IC, said otherwise.

He wants violence like nobody has ever seen before.

Your Spam in the Gears to end your week is to report these show for violence (on scientific terms) threats (to common though process) and Hate Language. #AltCitizen

#AltCitizen actions by school students! Well done!

Not because its harsh, but because this bill isnt evil enough. Thats why it failed. Keep calling your elected officials and demand them to not allow this budget to go through.

Gay and trans people will no longer be protected from harassment in the workplace under Title VII. Do not turn away. Do not allow gay and trans people, colleagues, community members to be erased on your watch.

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

Space Force, states at odds over National Guard plans www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-ai...

What is happening in this country? The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering a reality show where immigrants compete in challenges for a shot at U.S. citizenship. Officials claim, “This isn’t The Hunger Games for immigrants.”

Here they go.

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one. All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.

www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...

Our latest lawsuit seeks to hold yellow "journalism" accountable for intentionally targeting perceived Democrats on fake dates in order to embarrass & punish them for statements, usually posted out of context, that oppose President Trump or his allies. apnews.com/article/proj...