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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

Charlie Kirk's death prompts outpouring of shock, grief and condemnations of political violence.

HORRIBLE. SICKENING. UNACCEPTABLE. In a democracy we settle our differences with words, ideas & actions, not hatred, guns & violence. #ShameOnUS

Today’s act of political violence in Utah against Charlie Kirk is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable. We don’t have to agree on everything, but we should all agree on this: political violence is wrong, and has no place in our democracy

I am deeply disturbed by the shooting in Utah. Doug and I send our prayers to Charlie Kirk and his family. Let me be clear: Political violence has no place in America. I condemn this act, and we all must work together to ensure this does not lead to more violence.

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

TAPPER: Hepatitis A, whooping cough, & chickenpox cases are rising in Florida. Before you made this decision to lift vaccine mandates, did your dept do any analysis of how many new cases there will be? LADAPO: Absolutely not T: You didn't even do a projection? L: It's an issue of right & wrong

TAPPER: “Before you made the decision to end vaccine mandates, did your department do any projections for how many new cases of diseases there will be in Florida?” DESANTIS/FLORDIA SURGEON GENERAL LADAPO: "Absolutely not.” 🤔

Aspen trees are growing taller in Yellowstone thanks to wolves that prey on elk, which graze on trees.

Nothing says ‘heartbreaking realization’ like finding out the guy who bankrupted four casinos might not be great at economic policy.

This hits hard.

Thanks Harvard, for taking a stand. Perhaps we should all stand together….

I believe in science

This Memorial Day weekend, I’m going to TRY to do my best to think about the high, about what’s admirable in American history, than about the low, our current president. “It is safer to try to understand the low in the light of the high than the high in the light of the low.” — Leo Strauss

The Pacers take 2-0 series lead with 114-109 road win! Tyrese Haliburton: 14 PTS, 11 AST Myles Turner: 16 PTS, 3 REB, 2 BLK Game 3 at Indiana: Sun, 5/25 at 8:00pm/et on TNT.

I haven’t watched even a second of CNN since Election Day. I don’t miss it at all. Not one bit. Anyone else out there like me?

Coleman: ICE is out of control. ICE thinks it can intimidate all of us. And it cannot intimidate any of us.

Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.

💥 BREAKING: Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject proposals. "We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success."

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!

Gross: The GOP is planning $5.3 TRILLION in tax cuts for their Sugar Daddy donors. And WE are going to PAY for them through tariffs and cuts to our healthcare. #MAGABlowingYourTaxes

In an attempt to secure Kilmar’s release @vanhollen.senate.gov has announced he will be departing for El Salvador tomorrow (Wednesday). Everyone put your faith, whatever it may be, into the Universe that he will be successful! #MomSky

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The guy who burned a few Teslas faces 20+ years in prison as a domestic terrorist and the Feds say they will not negotiate. I wonder what the Feds will do with the guy that burned the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion and tried to murder Gov. Shapiro and his family? Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Who is going to do something? This is Kim Jong-Un shit.

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So you can take over Greenland and Canada but can’t send a plane to pick up someone you are paying another country to hold for a year? Weird take on sovereignty.

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Oh, it was *Zelensky* that started the war? Like when a bully claims their victim started the fight because their face hurt his fist?

We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025. Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.

Karoline Leavitt is a liar, propagandist & accomplice to a criminal regime. “There is never going to be a world in which [Kilmar Abrego Garcia] is going to live a peaceful life in MD because he is a foreign terrorist & MS-13 gang member,” she said w/o evidence about a man who's committed no crime.

Wow! HHS is hitting new levels of recklessness and incompetence… U.S. citizens are being threatened with deportation by Homeland Security. Nicole Micheroni isn’t just a citizen—she’s an immigration attorney. And she got a notice to leave the country within 7 days.

Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”

Judge Xinis to DOJ lawyer: “Cancel vacation. Cancel other appointments. I’m usually pretty good about this in my courtroom, but not this time.” She also agreed to allow the plaintiffs to depose up to 6 administration officials. Good first step, but need accountability.

An update on our three co-equal branches of government: The Executive and the Judiciary are butting heads while the Legislative has its head firmly up its own butt.

Listen to what she says. Repost. Send it to friends. If all it is is we the people than it’s we the people. Remember this, we are ordinary citizens. Teachers, chefs, lawyers, judges, nurses, cashiers, autoworkers, homeless parents, docs, electricians, mechanics, immigrants, veterans. We the people!

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...