Miss M

In South Park, San Diego, US citizens stigmergically rose up against Trump’s Gestapo. The revolt erupted midday when ICE began rounding up people at a restaurant; patrons and passersby alike dropped everything to confront the regime storm troopers. #3E #EndImpunity #StopICE

Watching Mike Johnson champion a bill that will cut $715 billion from Medicaid, $300 billion from SNAP and perhaps $500 billion from Medicare

Lie about it-claiming the programs WOULDN'T be cut

And argue the legislation is "moral"

Is maybe the most perverse thing I've ever seen a politician do

We make jokes about this sometimes because it’s laughable. But when journalists try to make sense of the nonsensical, rational out of the irrational, and coherence out of the incoherence, they affirmatively do the public interest great harm.

Good morning, BlueSky Fam. Happy Sunday. Hug your loved ones and don’t forget to do something nice for yourself.

The world’s a lot, but you don’t have to carry it all at once. Rest is resistance. Joy counts. Take up space, breathe deep, and know that we’re all in this together.

Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week? Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the CDC. With available vaccines and treatments, why are people still dying?

abcnews.go.com/Health/300-p...

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...

Duffy is the second cabinet secretary to have sold stock at an opportune time.

Last week, ProPublica reported that U.S. AG Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares of Trump Media on “Liberation Day.”

Sarah Jessica Parker Stuns Fans With Claim That She Reads Two Books A Day Impressive!

She's committed. What books are you reading right now, folks?

🇨🇦 CANADA 🇨🇦
Help a neighbor out….

Luddites weren't anti-tech.

They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.

I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.

All my scattered thoughts summed up…

MAGA is now MAPA.

Make
America
Poor
Again

An entire party that's cooked its own brains over the social acceptability of doodads and snacks. Straws are for women. M&M's are woke. Bud Lite is DEI. Goya beans are freedom. LED light bulbs are gay. Adult diapers are manly.

How do these people not drown in the shower?

Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US history—and it will result in hungry kids.

It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.

Infographic titled “Judges reject Trump at an accelerating pace” with subtitle “Federal district court rulings against the administration.” The first bar chart, labeled “By month, %”, shows the percentage of federal district court rulings against the Trump administration: • February: 53.8% (7 out of 13) • March: 74.3% (26 out of 35) • April: 76.1% (51 out of 67) • May: 96.3% (26 out of 27) The second bar chart, labeled “By appointing party, %”, shows rulings against the Trump administration by the party of the judge’s appointing president: • Republican-appointed judges: 72.2% (26 out of 36) • Democratic-appointed judges: 80.4% (74 out of 92) Source: Bonica, Adam; Sen, Maya, 2025, “Common-space Measures of Judicial Ideology for Federal Judges (2024 update),” https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CK3EEL Note: Coding scheme details available at data4democracy.substack.com/p/when-judges-become-targets-judicial

Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

Hypocrisy

A country doing
The Right Thing

If you are okay with the US committing war crimes and crimes against humanity abroad, then you are okay with it committing it at home. There is no system in place to hold the leadership accountable and the domestic apparatus has proven incapable. Sign the Rome Statute.

Mindful Maven shared this.

DOJ Lawyer Argues AG Pam Bondi Can Revoke a Person’s Green Card at Any Time A ruling in the attorney general’s favor could affect 12 million permanent legal residents currently living in the US.

During an appellate court hearing last week, a lawyer for the Trump administration argued that Attorney General Pam Bondi has the authority to revoke a person’s green card at any time, for any reason she sees fit — even if they have lived lawfully in the United States for decades.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging. A spokesperson for Duffy said an account manager made the t...

NEW: Two days before Trump announced dramatic plans for “reciprocal” tariffs on foreign imports, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sold stock in almost three dozen companies, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org

The Supreme Court has only now begun to rein him in, but it may be too little too late.

This is HUGE.

For those wondering why due process is essential for EVERYONE. This is why!

True!

God help us!

Never forget the insane people that they have voluntarily installed into positions of extreme power

"He ran through the entire annual budget of ICE in less than two months and accomplished nothing but violating our constitution and frightening the American public."

Mitt Romney, 2025

I know there's a lot going on, but I would like to highlight that Mike Johnson slipped language into an otherwise routine House procedural vote yesterday that now blocks Democrats from forcing an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s Signal scandal, through October.