I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)

Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.

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Took a brief motorcycle detour in Czechia today to see Trosky Castle from Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Now if I ever play the game, I'll already know my way around the area.

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

"I challenge anyone to defend it: a war built on lies told by a White House utterly absent figures of integrity to dissuade the president from his delusions" -- Jon Ossoff's entire address today at the Barean Christian Church is worth watching

Jon Ossoff on the spiritual rot of Trumpism

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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Blanche is now the subject of multiple federal court orders and rulings questioning his integrity and honesty and that of the DOJ. And he’s probably still going to get confirmed.

Chris Curtis@curtosis.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is pretty stunning. Let me translate: A federal judge does not trust the acting AG is telling the truth—before the court, to be clear—about specific redactions, and ordered him to bring proof. Just a staggering taint on DoJ.

TIL bar codes on grocery products are soon getting replaced by QR codes that encode a mandatory website for each product and more item-specific provenance information youtu.be/R32j6ZA3byI

Everything You Buy is About to Change

YouTube video by The Hustle

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Hormuz traffic back to the pre-MoU average. @bloomberg.com

The Odyssey is pulling $260 million this weekend, well on its way to becoming the biggest movie of the year. It has a 95%/97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Everyone loves it. Please enjoy this exchange.

BREAKING A federal judge NULLIFIES the purported “settlement” behind Trump’s $1.776B slush fund, finding there was never a “case or controversy” — and referring his attorney for possible professional discipline. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just Elon Musk agreeing that liberal democracy sucks and that the right to vote should be taken away from much of the population 🤷‍♂️ You can guess who the "takers" are in this world view...

Matt McManus@mattpolprof.bsky.social · last mo.

Disturbing example of how easily libertarian motifs ala Rand can combine with anti-democratic and racist sentiments

American factory construction continued declining in official data released today as CHIPS Act projects finish, IRA projects get cancelled, and tariffs weigh on nearly all industries Total US factory construction is down 30% from its 2024 highs and 20% over the last year alone

VP now literally saying "If we get one more SC seat, we'll cancel what we want in the Constitution without a 2/3 majority in Congress"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Vance says the midterms are big because Republicans are one SCOTUS seat from ending birthright citizenship

my god

This birthright thing is a loss packaged as a win

5-4 instead of 9-0. Just a completely illegitimate institution at this point.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Four justices don’t believe the reconstruction amendments are part of the Constitution, simple as

5-4 for what it explicitly says in the constitution is incredible. They were this close to undoing the civil war entirely. bsky.app/profile/mjsd...

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The old YouTube still exists www.youtube.com/watch?v=STh7...

Age vs Techno Was Never a Fair Fight… This Brutal Set Proves Why

YouTube video by The Last DJ Nick Hayes

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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

Omg. WTF is Happening?@lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

He is directly robbing the American people, and everyone involved here belongs in prison.

Jesse Eisinger@jeisinger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This would constitute one of the most brazen, most appalling acts of corruption in U.S. history. I know we’re numb to all of this but this is a seven-alarm fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

Amen

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Love this! www.notus.org/perspectives... (The suggestions from the 15 other WaPo veterans fall well short of the moment.)

EXCLUSIVE: In 2022, a Georgia grand jury investigated Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 election. It heard from more than 60 witnesses. For years, the full record of what those witnesses said under oath has remained hidden from public view. Until now. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

Despite the @washingtonpost.com being Bezos-controlled and generally not trustable anymore, it's still at least encouraging to see that these are the first four articles on the page right now.

TIL that the red-haired guy in American Psycho and Gavin Belson from Silicon Valley are the same actor 🤯

COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not

Real-life fantasy RPG 🎶