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This week, NIH advisors rebuked RFK for harming #NIH and US science. Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported it. Then RFK posted calling her sources anonymous or corrupt. I'll say this hoping it does good: I'm an NIH scientist, I'm not anonymous, and RFK Jr is destroying NIH. More in attachment:

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The Iran War has drained America’s strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1982.

To keep track, the proposer of the Green's "Zionism is Racism" motion: - Wants Hamas de-proscribed - Said that God willing, a time will come when Zionists "are hunted in the same way as Nazis...We will retake freedom, it won't happen without force" - And this - www.jewishnews.co.uk/zionism-is-r...

The pro voter ID ad that just ran during the SF Giants game was financed by Nicole Shanahan, who had an affair with Elon Musk while she was married to Google founder Sergey Brin. She was then RFK Jr.’s VP running mate during his presidential campaign. I hate everything BTW.

Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.

I personally was never going to be attending an ed Sheeran concert anyway but I never forgot this resulted in zero accountability for Macklemore back in the day beyond a weak apology. If consumers choose to boycott Sheeran, so be it, that’s the free market.

Remember when John Kerry got swiftboated for his ACTUAL Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts?

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

The iconic weeping willow trees outside the Kennedy Center have been cut down by Trump.

Trump just dismantled this so his blatant corruption and his cronies overseas can operate without consequences or detection. Organized crime is now legal and the US is open for exploitation by foreign and domestic criminals. Don’t expect Rubio to say a word.

FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

Let’s not forget that this illegal Reflecting Pool indictment was also overseen by Todd Blanche. He could have stopped this at any time, but he was a corrupt and willing accomplice to this fraud upon the court. How can any decent person possibly vote for this man as AG?

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

Last year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.

Hilarious and horrible. "Medicare AAdvantage" should be called "Advantage for CEOs, not for patients." And why our system is so broken.

There is, literally, always a tweet.

Here's the exclamation point on this fiasco. Just crushingly embarrassing on every level.

Look, I’m sorry but I just can’t believe the Knicks came all the way back. And I bet a lot of my fellow basketball fans feel similarly. This calls into question the legitimacy of their Game Four win.

Incredible line from a grand juror in the Broadview 6 case, who had just asked the prosecutors why they get "unlimited tries" to indict people they don't want to indict: "I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is."

"He sent text messages to a friend about joining the Russian military if he could not eventually join the U.S. military..." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

Sotomayor comes very close to calling the supermajority a pack of liars for claiming in Callais that they weren’t requiring proof of discriminatory intent then turning around and doing exactly that here. This is a remarkably blunt and caustic accusation. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Remember, Trump never does anything out of loyalty or gratitude. He’s paying his coup accomplices $1.8 billion of your money because he wants people to be ready to abet the next coup attempt.

How it started How it’s going Knox County Schools whitewashing history banned books edition 📚 🤔. Shameful.

Earlier today, it was revealed that DOJ was investigating this reporter for her previous unflattering expose on Patel’s drinking. This is the best possible response: another expose of his embarrassing behavior. Kick his ass, Sarah.

You see this press release from DHS about a federal judge? The agency pushed it out 5 days ago. Today, a DOJ attorney admitted to the judge that it “simply was not true.” (It’s also still online at DHS dot gov as of 540 pm Monday) 1/

New research from North Carolina finds body-worn cameras reduced Black incarceration rates by 10.5%. When prosecutors see what actually happened instead of relying solely on police reports, racial disparities in convictions and sentencing shrink. https://ow.ly/RWsv50YR4Zq

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

If you're judging Platner by the words he's currently mouthing as he runs in a Dem primary and not by his decades of conduct (mercenary, tattoo, longtime fan of the Valhalla youtube channel) and attempted anonymous speech (the reddit posts) ... you're a rube. There's really not much else to say

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Why "tough on crime" isn't about being tough on crime, but tough on people, in one simple graph. ALL sorts of other government services--the ones conservative pols denigrate while wrapping themselves in Blue Lives Matter flags--play a huge role in keeping us safe. AND healthy, educated, etc.

FOIA scoop (no paywall): The day Renee Good was killed, a Minnesota state police official repeatedly texted a FBI agent. He wanted to co-manage the crime scene & ensure his agents were included in interviews. For at least 2 days, maybe longer, the FBI didn't respond: www.wired.com/story/the-fb...

If anyone says antisemitism isn't a massive problem right now, I KNOW they don't even follow a single Jewish person.

From @perrybaconjr.bsky.social: "Bondi essentially stopped all prosecutions of political corruption. She was one of the worst attorney generals in American history, and the shortness of her tenure should not diminish its horribleness." trib.al/i4VTSqP

NEW: Federal judges have spent months ordering ICE to give detainees a chance for release in bond hearings. Now, they're worried that the bond hearings themselves — conducted by Executive Branch immigration judges — are a farce. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

two headlines tell the story of America

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I wrote about the Ring Super Bowl ad, the state of surveillance, and WeRateDogs

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Starbucks Workers United baristas are escalating their fight for a fair contract. I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone. Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting. Let's keep fighting corporate greed.

Damn. 😡😡

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c 1. continuing, not 1 off. 2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it 3. literally at hand of federal government, which is 4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.

Heartbreaking. Infuriating. A call to action.

AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."

"In late 2024, while Mr. Herrera was facing felony bribery and other charges in the case, his daughter, Isabela Herrera, donated $2.5 million to MAGA Inc., a super PAC devoted to Mr. Trump and run by his allies." What happened next will probably not surprise you one bit.

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Federal agencies have long warned that firing at moving vehicles is one of the riskiest forms of lethal force, and they’ve adopted internal policies to limit it. @rgoodlaw.bsky.social compiles all the publicly available DHS, DOJ, & CBP use-of-force policies involving moving vehicles: #ReneeGood