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It remains hilarious that Republicans keep insisting Trump is a master dealmaker when he's never really had any success at all at making deals as president. Not just Iran, either. He's sitting on majorities in both Houses of Congress but hasn't accomplished anything there. He's an utter failure.

My man looks like community theater Gomez Addams.

Today in "the metaphors just write themselves, don't they":

Welcome to FIFA World Cup Iraq's World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven ​hours at Chicago's O'Hare airport after arriving with the squad ‌early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said.

Ansari: "Do I believe Blanche will be forthcoming? No, I do not. I think every administration official has lied over and over again. Bondi had senior DOJ officials like Harmeet Dhillon whispering in her ear telling her what to say or not to say. That's weaponization of the Dept of Justice."

The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board just endorsed James Talarico for U.S. Senate: "We Texans need someone in the Senate who'll stand up for us, who'll fight corruption, and who'll bring us together to get our country back on track. We need James Talarico."

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is sounding the alarm about the “unusually long time” it took for absentee ballots to reach their assigned voters by mail in the state’s April primaries. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

JUST IN: Judge Williams is pressing Trump's lawyers to answer for allegations that they committed a fraud on the court and filed the president's lawsuit against the IRS as a "collusive" effort to create the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We couldn’t get a starker contrast than James Talarico and Ken Paxton. It’s high time for Texas to show they want a leader with character, not another scumbag.

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

I'd like to propose that we drain all of Sam Altman's blood and then offer to sell it back to him at cost.

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

🚨If a state is making it harder for your family to vote, why reward them with your talent and your NIL money? I said what I said. You can still make it to the NFL, NBA, or anywhere else without propping up politicians attacking democracy and voting rights.

How the case of the "Broadview Six" ends: With jaw-dropping revelations — days before trial — that could haunt the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s office for years. My UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on the permanent dismissal of their criminal charges: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

SEN. TILLIS (R): “These people don't deserve restitution. Many of them deserve to be in prison. This is just stupid on stilts. Republicans need to speak up. This is beyond the pale… This is bad policy, bad timing, bad politics.” (H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

No matter how much you hate these people, it is not enough Guillotines are the moderate solution

For more than a decade, Stephen Colbert has been one of the top voices of late night—making us laugh and, even more importantly, reminding us who we are and what America stands for. Michelle and I enjoyed being Stephen’s guests—even when the games were rigged—and we’re grateful to call him a friend.

New in PN: How Hennepin County unwound an ICE agent's web of lies "Thanks to video evidence, Minnesota could sidestep assertions that Castro, as a 'law enforcement officer,' should be considered more credible than his victims. And the charging documents detail the shocking extent of his lies."

On the tube

Minnesota is doing what the feds won't: holding ICE accountable www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

Call Mark Zuckerberg before Congress and offer him a glass of water from the site, Erin Brockovich-style

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of our voter clients, we just won DOJ voter data case. We are 6-0 and DOJ is 0-7. www.democracydocket.com/cases/maine-...

FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER

Some notes now that I’ve seen the transcript of the hearing, thanks to @lizdye.bsky.social . First: the government dismissed the felony count in an effort to convince the judge not to make them produce full transcripts, knowing they showed serious misconduct.

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

Trump: We have a ballroom that's under budget. I've doubled the size of it because we obviously need that. And we're right now on budget, under budget and ahead of schedule. I DOUBLED THE SIZE OF IT YOU DUMB PERSON!

I thought this might be a paraphrase. It is not a paraphrase.

Republicans refused to show up today for the #Epstein survivors testimony. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett explains this shouldn’t be a partisan issue. She’s right. Shameful.

Democrats should ensure that voters hear this so much it haunts their dreams this fall.

Supreme Court Holds, 6-3, That Black People Voting Violates Rights Of White Voters

Question to the NFL: Why would the super bowl ever go to a jim crow state that intentionally strips representation from black people?

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"72% of the white population is put into one district. 75% of the Black population is carved into two,” Sen. Jeff Yarbro of Nashville said. “We are being asked to believe that it’s just the luck of the draw, just happenstance.” Within hours of a new congressional map passing, the NAACP filed suit.

You wouldn’t marry someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t be friends with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t do business with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t work for someone who lied to u like this. You’d want nothing to do with someone who lied to u like this.

Sorry I didn’t post video on May Day- but I was busy arguing for press rights with an -out of control LAPD. Earlier in the day they cuffed both Alexis & William. After arresting LA Press Club attorney Weston Rowland- they arrested my colleague Nick Stern and refused to let me take his cameras.

Epstein survivors will have a public forum midday on Capitol Hill led by Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA)… after not being permitted an audience with King Charles tomorrow

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

Oligarchs have always been a threat, but tech oligarchs represent a new level of danger. Their wealth dwarfs historical tycoons and their control over algorithms allows them to curate human reality. They own the digital infrastructure of thought

I worked with the team that calculated a good chunk of these figures, & the reality is LAPD has two helicopters in our skies 24/7 without any discernible benefit to public safety. All we get is pollution (noise + air) & debt.

PEARSON: “We’ve spent $60 billion on this war, and it’s going to be another billion or two before tomorrow because we have a president who’s a wannabe dictator.” (From TN candidate for Congress Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social)

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

It’s amazing that Virginia voters twice rejected this jackass.