Today candidate for VA's fifth district @tracinski.bsky.social talks with @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com about the danger Donald Trump's corruption and lawlessness poses to the country, Robert's road from a member of the Tea Party to a staunch liberal, and more
Q: Do you believe people who committed violence against Capitol police officer on January 6 should be eligible for compensation from this DOJ fund, and are you or your family members going to be seeking compensation from that fund?
TRUMP: Yeah. It will all be dependent on a committee
NEW: More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a new Brookings report.
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Trump started an unnecessary war to benefit his financial gain and has stated he doesn’t think of the financial status of Americans.
Meanwhile, Americans continue to struggle with higher prices for necessities with no end in sight.
#SheShed#BlueStormComin1
I am glad my practice gave me the option to opt out, but all clients are still sent the consent (they can opt out, but I suspect most don't even read the consent form and have no idea they're being recorded). 🙃
Mother and son, Lisdoonvarna, c.1890, photo by William Lawrence (National Library of Ireland). The man was apparently a ballad singer. They may have been connected to Newtown Castle near Ballyvaughan, County Clare.
From the altar, the crucifix tilts forward & shoots some stigmata at Catherine of Siena. Friends are freaking out! Painted in 1514 by Domenico Beccafumi of Siena, whose day is today.
Per NBC: Three adult victims and two suspects -- believed to be 17 and 19 -- were killed at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The suspects appeared to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
One of the victims is a mosque security guard who played a “pivotal” role in preventing more bloodshed.
Some fantastic research and luckily ongoing. But one can't help coupling this with the ignorant and reckless decisions by the Trump government to discredit science & vaccines and pull funding from much-needed research.
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This is the kind of work, published today, that should be fully supported and prioritized at the highest level. Currently, there is no vaccine vs the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, the source of a major outbreak www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Single Immunization With a Monovalent Vesicular Stomatitis Virus–Based Vaccine Protects Nonhuman Primates Against Heterologous Challenge With Bundibugyo ebolavirus academic.oup.com/jid/article-...
There are levels to the fuckery of Trump investigating Yale for having Black medical students
People of color are often better-served by doctors who are also POC, & there already aren't enough doctors of color to meet community needs
This'll worsen the crisis
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93% of voters say federal agents who violate our rights must be held accountable, but a loophole in the law makes that nearly impossible.
Congress must pass legislation to ensure people can sue federal officers for violating our rights, just like we can for state and local officials.
As with the attack on the synagogue in Michigan, it sounds like a security guard was killed while preventing much greater carnage. Also as in Michigan, there was a preschool on site.
Teenage gunmen attack San Diego mosque, kill three, and then themselves. Whatever we learn here it is going to be awful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...
Scoop: There has been a massive shakeup at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Eight of the top ten officials have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office.
In @nature.comwww.nature.com/articles/d41...
Horrified by the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego today.
The pattern of violence against our religious communities is beyond unacceptable — it must never be normalized.
May the memories of the victims be a blessing and let us come together to pray for those affected.
“It's clear the US is no longer a reliable partner.”
-🇨🇦 PM Mark Carney, 2025 (foreshadowing)
In a fit of pique, the U.S. pisses away the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, est. 1940. The stated reason is Canada's lack of "credible progress" on defence committments. But we all know the real reason.
How much of this $1.7 BILLION in taxpayer funds will @RepOgles grab, claiming he’s a victim when he’s a liar who allegedly faked a loan to his campaign? What about @MarshaBlackburn, bc her phone was looked at re: the insurrection?
So corrupt and insane.
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Is this because Trump needs reinforcements for his forever Iran war? Or because he’s getting closer to launching an attack on Cuba? Or because of his renewed interest in Greenland?
How do you take $1.7 BILLION from the taxpayers? You sue the government, take over the DOJ, and negotiate a settlement with yourself. Donald Trump just got caught making the most corrupt deal ever. Look at the receipts:
Wrote about the college kids booing AI, and how, in a moment rife with economic precarity, affordability crises, and collapsing job prospects, AI has become a new avatar of American capitalism
Good to see: Nearly 100 House Dems just filed papers calling on the judge to throw out the lawsuit that's the basis for Trump's "settlement" creating his new slush fund, arguing that DOJ is colluding with Trump to illegally circumvent Congress:
Unreal. Now that Trump dropped IRS lawsuit, DOJ just announced a new slush fund for alleged victims of "weaponization." Two Qs:
*Will there be *any* congressional oversight? Most reporting suggests not.
*Would payments to J6ers violate 14A?
Raskin explains here:
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the president of the united states sued his own government for ten billion dollars and “settled” it by directing that government to use taxpayer money for a nearly two billion dollar slush fund to distribute to his political allies at will
typing it out barely feels real
Cuba & Iranian blockades. Extrajudicial murders. Goons dragging folks off the streets. Not enough for this miscreant cabal; They attack allies too.
All in our name. On our dime. Join the resistance or you are the problem.
Gifted:
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...#Voices4Victory#DV1#USDemocracy
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.