Bob Beard

Ain’t that the truth. Lying 🤥 POS!

In high school, I was complaining about how long the school day was and my teacher turned to me and said, "the days are long, but the years are short" and I was like "what the fuck are you talking about you lunatic" and then the bell rang and now I'm in my 30s.

Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one haul for his Senate campaign.

Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy. The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one campaign haul.

Anyone else waking up in the middle of the night with their soul in an icy death grip of existential dread or just me?

Pam Bondi is breaking the DOJ And will take generations to put it back together.

New in PN: Pam Bondi is breaking the DOJ

"The Department of Justice is no longer in the business of justice at all, and has squandered the presumption of regularity it once enjoyed with judges. One of the bulwarks of American civil society is functionally MIA — a massive blow to state capacity."

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

Will Trump be lowering the flag for the woman who was killed as a result of his military parade?

A Walmart Heiress Breaks Ranks and Joins the Anti-Trump Movement The billionaire Christy Walton has bought an ad supporting this weekend’s “No Kings” demonstrations—to the surprise of Walmart.

Christy Walton, a billionaire Walmart heiress, is publicly speaking out against President Trump, breaking with the rest of the wealthy family and risking backlash for their retail empire.

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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

LA is quiet. THe attempt to provoke is failing. So far. "Police officers and deputies from several agencies maintained a large presence across downtown Los Angeles on Mon morning, but no protesters have been seen in the area. A cleanup effort has begun to clear debris from streets..."

Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊

True story bro.

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

The Trump White House is a giant national security red flag A damning new report alleges DOGE and Trump allies dismissed warnings that Starlink posed serious security links.

Out of the ashes of the Trump-Musk divorce is a damning new report highlighting, once again, that the Trump administration is a giant national security risk.

Imagine laws, but for rich people

Trump arrives in Qatar looking 'extra orange' as onlookers left baffled

Donald Trump appeared "extra orange" as he met with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday, with social media users pointing out the extra vibrant hue of his skin.

Trumpers celebrating the S&P breaking even for the year to date

DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?

RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them

D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?

Why Qatar is bribing Trump On Sunday, President Trump announced that the government of Qatar would be giving the "Defense Department" a luxury 747 aircraft to replace Air Force One.

On May 1, the Trump Organization also struck a deal to build a $5.5 billion Trump International Golf Club in Qatar.

To develop the project, the Trump Organization is partnering with Dar Global, a Saudi Arabian company, and Qatari Diar, a company owned by the Qatari government.

Why Qatar is bribing Trump On Sunday, President Trump announced that the government of Qatar would be giving the "Defense Department" a luxury 747 aircraft to replace Air Force One.

Trump said that the government of Qatar would be giving the "Defense Department" a 747 aircraft to replace Air Force One.

When Trump leaves office, it will reportedly be transferred to the Trump Presidential Library. This is a gift, valued at least $400 million, from a foreign government to Trump.

I’ll do everything I can to fight President Trump’s cuts to PBS and NPR. Congress, not the President, has authority over this funding.

Ben Meiselas at Milken Institute: They want to hear: Why are you bullying a marginalized community? Why are you punching down at human beings? We are the United States of America—why are you treating people like this?

NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.

Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
 
Today, we’re seeing the results.