Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
Mike Johnson: "Imagine a scenario where they were in charge and they didn't have the filibuster. We would have nationalized elections, they would infringe on our 2A rights, they'd pack the Supreme Court, and they'd make Puerto Rico and DC states."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social just finished listening to your B. Takes with Bill Kristol about the No Kings Rally. I disagree with you in thinking there should be more of a message about economics. Based on the variety of signs expressing all the horrors, the people can read between the lines
Howard Stern asked Trump how young Trump would go.
When Quivers asks for his “age limit,” Trump starts out by saying he doesn’t have one — but then gives a point of reference that looks not great in any light, saying he would draw a line at “12 year-olds”:
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
@strictscrutiny.bsky.social love your podcast, and have gotten used to Leah's vocal fry and so was so totally tweaked by hearing her code switch on NPR's Weekend Edition, I couldn't focus on the interview 🤷🏻♀️. The book's on order through my indie bookstore-looking forward to it!
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
“Six years ago, I found myself face to face with a white farmer preparing for the government to take his land.
This did not happen in South Africa. It was in South Texas, and it was because of Trump…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
So Trump is actually deploying the Great Replacement Theory by importing white supremacist South Africans and giving them instant citizenship so they can vote for Republicans.
Neat.
Bondi continues to make a big deal of the block-long chase to apprehend suspect in Dugan case. She’s got it totally backwards. The far greater threat to public safety is the many criminal defendants w/ immigration problems who won’t show up for court now, thinking they could be arrested and deported
Get yourselves and your fellow senators and congress people to make the trip, call the president and vote of that country. You have a lot to learn from your constituents on how to put the pressure on
Trump has cut the part of the FDA that notifies doctors and the public when there is a safety problem with a drug or a medical device.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.
unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.
Sen. Jim Banks on the job held by a fired federal worker he mocked: "It was a woke job."
Then in the next breath Banks admits he doesn't know what his job actually was.
Let's talk about the so-called Save Act.
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a VOTER SUPPRESSION bill.
#HandsOffHerVote
Such a distillation of the con: guess who got Musk's $1 million check yesterday? The head of the Wisconsin College Republicans.
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👉 NEW: Top Scientists Issue Urgent Warning on Fossil Fuels
11 scientists (including 3 from @biologicaldiversity.org!) published an urgent warning that fossil fuels are driving interlinked crises threatening people, wildlife, and a livable future. 🧵
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
A crucial point: the far-right strategy is a version of what Hannah Arendt warned of. They don't care about people agreeing with their goals, they want people to feel like nothing matters, nothing is real, and that it's impossible to trust anything.
So several years back we learned that the human brain is not fully formed until that human is 25 years old. What's the average age of Elon's Cadre of Disripters? Asking for a friend.
All my followers-support these folks. And support congress people and senators who are speaking out. And contact your representatives daily and encourage them. We can do this!
We want to take a moment to express how proud we are of you, America. You have stood up and spoken out every step of the way—especially when Congress and the media remained silent. When we called for help, you answered.