Cynthia Ries

Opinion | The Thread Tying Together Everything Trump Does Whether he is negotiating a deal in the Middle East, bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela or deploying troops to American cities, it’s always about power.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“For Mr. Trump, the common thread weaving together so much of what he does — at home and abroad — is power,” Ben Rhodes writes.

Ask him every day until he "has time to get the details."

A key function of Congress is to oversee the executive branch. Every time Mike Johnson pulls this simpering act, he's abrogating his oath as Speaker.

Blair Braverman’s 'The Day Leap Soared' Is Inspired by a Real Sled Dog Braverman’s first picture book is inspired by her irrepressible pup Leap—and the lessons of individuality and teamwork she carries on the trail

www.outsideonline.com/culture/book... I was able to read this article for free. Don’t forget, y’all, that today is Leap publication day!! #UglyDogs

No longer credentialed at the Pentagon: NYT, Washington Post, CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, Fox

Now credentialed:
LindellTV, Tim Pool, Jack Posobiec, TPUSA, Gateway Pundit, The National Pulse, The Post Millennial

Updating my LEGO White House

Softly Spiced Mung Beans with Mint and Coriander Yogurt These tiny, vibrantly khaki — if that's not too strange a concept — beans, thickened with red lentils, make for a dal-like stew that I turn to so often. It's mild and modest, but I love its earthy sim...

#RecipeOfTheDay is Softly Spiced Mung Beans with Mint and Coriander Yogurt! I cannot seem to stop making it at the moment: it’s just so quietly bolstering. Should this be of interest (and even if it isn’t) it also happens to be vegan. www.nigella.com/recipes/soft...

ok I feel completely insane asking this but like

weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.

And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.

And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

SpaceX Loses Control of Starship, Adding to Spacecraft’s Mixed Record

Breaking News: SpaceX’s Starship spun out of control in space before breaking apart during its ninth test flight.

Musk's role leading DOGE qualifies as ‘continuing and permanent,’ federal judge says A district court judge in Washington, D.C., said on Tuesday that Elon Musk has an expansive role in the federal government.

Don’t call him a temp. Musk’s role leading DOGE qualifies as ‘continuing and permanent,’ federal judge says in order denying WH lawyers’ motion to dismiss… www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/m... New Mexico et al v Elon Musk, DOGE et al

“[One] of our amazing grants that have been cut … looked into how … in the inner ear …neurotransmitters … help us hear. … It’s actually possible that the reason that got flagged early on is the word ‘neurotransmitter,’ because it has the word ‘trans’ in it.”

h/t @Cathy2NotToday on X.com

So no gay plumbers or electricians and nobody of intelligence. You got it. We get you. Would Alan Turing count? Oh sorry you wouldn’t know that.

BREAKING: A Montana court just struck down a ban on health care for trans youth, finding the law violates the state constitution.

this would be the kind of scandal that demands resignation if these people had any commitment to public service!

Republican Tommy Tuberville has blocked a Democratic resolution that would have condemned the proposed gift of a luxury jet from Qatar to Trump.

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

www.npr.org/2025/05/12/g...

A post on X by Ann Coulter which reads: I can't wait for the press to find out about France's so-called "gift" of the Statue of Liberty, accepted in 1886 by then-President Grover Cleveland.

Because, as everyone knows, the Statue of Liberty was provided for President Cleveland’s own use & comfort, it housed comms systems essential for national security and, when he left office, Cleveland took it home with him.
🤡

Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.

It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.

My 10 year old sister and I got Social Security payments after my father died from exposure to Agent Orange. It helped my widowed mom when the family lost his income. He paid into it his whole life. They even took it from his check while he was serving in Vietnam. Jeanine can go fuck herself.

If you pay attention to just one thing tonight, make it this

If your MAGA relatives try to justify the Qatar plane gift by bringing up the Statue of Liberty, remind them Congress voted to approve that gift, and we’d be happy to have Congress vote on the plane, too!

BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.

Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

The people are not having it.

Like Pritzker's approach to this more and more!

BREAKING: Dems have FLIPPED the Omaha mayoral race. John Ewing Jr has beaten the GOP incumbent!!

The Republicans tax bill is here.

It does NOT ban taxing tips.
It does NOT ban taxing overtime.
It does NOT ban taxing Social Security.

Trump LIED to you — y’all got PLAYED.

Episcopal Church leader says helping Afrikaners over other refugees is 'unfathomable' The Episcopal Church says it will not assist with the resettlement of white South Africans and will end its government partnership to support refugees. The church's presiding bishop, Sean Rowe, explai...

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe's interview on NPR about the church's refusal to resettle Afrikaner "refugees." Proud of my church.
www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...

Allison Riggs Finally Sworn In As North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs (D) was sworn in Tuesday after a six-month legal battle against Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin, who sought to overturn the results of the 2024 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.

Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.

Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.

CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets The agency fired 1,500 workers on Thursday, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more.

Late night Prospect: The CFPB mass firing leaves the agency without sufficient staff to fulfill its statutory goals or even priorities laid out by the agency’s acting chief legal officer a day earlier. It also puts some markets CFPB oversees at risk of malfunctioning.
prospect.org/justice/cfpb...