As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

Border Patrol called anti-ICE protester ‘B****’ before shooting her: lawyer Lawyer says video shows agents provoked clash before firing, fueling scrutiny of federal use of deadly force.

#Pinks #ProudBlue
ICE agent called woman “bitch” before he shot her seven times. She was not brandishing a weapon as they claimed. Why won’t they release his name? Don’t let them provoke you. Record everything you can safely.
www.newsweek.com/border-patro...

EVERY DAY IRUME STEALS MORE OFF OUR FREEDOMS

Based on the Pambo Blondi hearing, I would say that congressional oversight is no longer a thing.

CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

Utah Map ‘Unduly Favors Republicans,’ Claims New Filing Challenging GOP’s Two-Pronged Gerrymander Scheme Read more here.

Several pro-voting groups asked a court Monday to block Utah Republican’s audacious new GOP law designed to make it harder to strike down the state’s new gerrymander, arguing it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Adam Mockler They are invading my city.

New video: "They are invading my city."

click below to WATCH👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJssE42rpGA

Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LBGTQ+ kids A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

“States can’t ban conversion therapy but they can ban gender-affirming care. They can’t regulate ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ but they can ban abortion. This is required by the Constitution. If you say we’re just doing politics you’re responsible for political violence.”
—The U.S. Supreme Court

Who else remembers Jade Helm?? Gov. Abbott sending the Texas National Guard to blue cities isn’t just hypocritical, it’s authoritarian.

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

The damage done - Nature Medicine When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

148 clinical trials have been impacted, with 138k patients due to be enrolled or already enrolled.

Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.

There is so much waste happening.
🧪 archive.today/Rii7f

"Part of what frustrates me is how much people just didn't listen to the things that he said he was going to do." "He was telling us he would do these things....he's a sick man."

AG Bondi is a hostile witness.

The Shutdown Equilibrium — Trump, Institutional Paralysis, and the Collapse of Political Play The Nash equilibrium that once defined American politics — structured competition within bounded norms — has shattered. In its place, a…

Dear #BlueWizards, 'Chapter Two' of the Nash Equalibria, but this time for the government shutdown and the race towards dictatorship

johnrraymondesq.medium.com/the-shutdown...

@aoc.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @realjakebroe.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

Worth the read. Absolutely insane use of power, dirtiest energy in decades, programmed by rich males, what could go wrong?

AI alone could consume as much electricity annually as 22% of all US households.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Statue of Thurgood Marshall unveiled in downtown Columbia A statue of an important figure in Black history has just been unveiled in downtown Columbia. It's the centerpiece of a new roundabout, created to help share what's long been an undertold story.

Tennessee: Statue of Thurgood Marshall unveiled in downtown Columbia
www.newschannel5.com/news/statue-...

She is not doing well

Thank you for bringing this up.This is my uncle Lowen ❤️

Bondi Dodges Over Whether Trump Border Czar Kept $50,000 in Cash From Alleged Bribe Sting Operation | Common Dreams US Attorney General Pam Bondi dodges questions on $50,000 cash bribe allegedly accepted by Trump official Tom Homan.

Bondi Dodges Over Whether Trump Border Czar Kept $50,000 in Cash From Alleged Bribe Sting Operation www.commondreams.org/news/pam-bon...

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RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

#TrumpGovernmentShutdown

Because Republicans.

For Donald Trump's Billionaire Boys Club.

Hell NO.

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind power growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson was an official in the Southern Baptist Convention, a member of its Ethics and Religious Liberty Comission, from 2004-2012, a period of such hideous coverup of sexual abuse and misconduct by church leaders that the SBC finally had to get an outside report.
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