It is late for me to be up and Tupac is with me on my desk

Hi all. I slept most of the afternoon after getting my allergy shots. Then when I got up I had a couple important things I noticed I needed to deal with. So now that I finished doing that Tupac knowing how late it is and how I would normally be in bed with him cuddled next to me jumped up on my desk and laid down on his towel here looking at me. As if to say … Dude it is bed time or you will be ill in the morning more than you normally are. Dang even the cat is bossing me around. 🤪🤣😝😎🥰❤️😍💕. So I am going to finish off tomorrows cartoons / memes / and news posts and rush off to bed where Tupac and I will cuddle making him happy along with feeling important until Ron gets there to demand I cuddle him. Hugs

Best Wishes and Hugs,
Scottie

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Free speech or race-baiting? Tennessee shooting stirs debate over livestreamer’s approach

Free speech or race-baiting? Tennessee shooting stirs debate over livestreamer’s approach
A Tennessee judge has set a $1 million bond for a white livestreamer charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting and wounding a Black man.

Read in The Associated Press: https://apple.news/ACCz_lucwRPChM-fW2D3aig

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THE HILL: Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, siding with the mistakenly deported man in finding that he was the subject of a vindictive prosecution.

Read in The Hill: https://apple.news/AsYzoQj4fRlC3Rn_W46BKrw

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NBC NEWS: Judge dismisses charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in human trafficking case

Judge dismisses charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in human trafficking case
A federal judge wrote that the investigation against Abrego in Tennessee was reopened to justify the administration’s decision to deport him to El Salvador.

Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/A7fGx8toDSjWo7IA_nyFSIw

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NBC NEWS: Justice Department agrees not to pursue any tax claims against Trump as part of IRS deal

Justice Department agrees not to pursue any tax claims against Trump as part of IRS deal
The addendum comes a day after the Justice Department announced that Trump and his co-plaintiffs would drop their $10 billion suit against the IRS.

Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AlxOWPWfjSlSMqO7sZ0sZLA

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NBC NEWS: Suicides rise in ICE detention; 911 calls detail serious cases of self-harm

Suicides rise in ICE detention; 911 calls detail serious cases of self-harm
More than 1,000 emergency calls were made over the last year from at least six detention centers around the country, according to call logs obtained by NBC News.

Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/ALmSoQAO0REGSexaP4pWG7Q

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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 5-22-2026

Created during a workshop with Melbourne’s trans and queer youth group Ygender

Made during the comic workshop with Ygender, Melbourne’s trans and gender-diverse youth group.

 

 

 

 

 

Pete Hegseth’s pastor: ‘Women who dress immodestly are sluts’

The Times and Sunday Times (@thetimes.com) 2026-05-05T11:45:51.187Z

 

 

Lee Judge for 5/19/2026

 

The progressive comic about gays in the Republican Party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political/editorial cartoon

Mike Smith for 5/14/2026

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/7/2026

 

Lee Judge for 5/18/2026

Lee Judge for 5/13/2026

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/19/2026

The progressive comic about Trump trying to eliminate birthright citizenship

The progressive comic about the GOP unwilling to make Trump obey the law.

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/18/2026

Jimmy Margulies for 5/11/2026

 

The progressive comic about Trump stealing everything he can get his cheap, greasy, criminal hands on

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/12/2026

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 5/12/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Day FloridaPolitics.com

 

Trump Administration Illegally Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia, continuing to litigate the 2020 election http://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/u…

Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-05-05T05:19:16.656Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW: Several pro-voting groups sued to block Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ newly enacted gerrymander, arguing it violates a voter-approved state ban on partisan redistricting.The lawsuit comes after another coalition of civil rights groups also sued to block the measure yesterday.

Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-05T15:24:50.559987971Z

 

 

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/13/2026

 

I must be going to different restaurants. I have never been asked to show ID to eat.

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-05-03T14:48:36.409Z

 

A friend asks: “Has it occurred to anyone that the MAGAs think you have to show IDs at restaurants because they’ve been eating all their meals at strip clubs? This isn’t even an unreasonable theory”

Catherine Rampell (@crampell.bsky.social) 2026-05-03T15:27:15.447Z

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/8/2026

Joey Weatherford for 5/12/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

New: A Probe of Trump Foes Upends Justice Department Hub in MiamiDeep dive from Chris Strohm and Michael Smith –>buff.ly/ApWT31g

Zoe Tillman (@zoetillman.bsky.social) 2026-05-05T16:47:20.073Z

 

 

Harley Schwadron CagleCartoons.com

 

 

 

Chip Bok for 5/14/2026

 

 

Mike Smith for 5/18/2026

 

Mike Smith for 5/7/2026

 

 

Lee Judge for 5/15/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/14/2026

 

 

Mike Smith for 5/13/2026

 

Lee Judge for 5/14/2026

 

Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event

CNBC (@cnbc.com) 2026-05-05T03:43:08Z

 

 

 

 

VA employees who held vigil for ICE-slaughtered fellow VA employee Alex Pretti are being investigatededition.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p…

Gwen Róisín (@meowthrandir.bsky.social) 2026-05-05T13:25:46.265Z

 

 

Senate GOP unveils $72 billion proposal to fund ICE, Border Patrol through 2029

WKBN 27 First News (@wkbn.bsky.social) 2026-05-05T14:18:05.616Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margolis & Cox PoliticalCartoons.com

 

Mike Smith for 5/6/2026

Lee Judge for 5/12/2026

 

 

Trump describes Iran war horrors in Oval Office full of kids: ‘Right between the eyes’

The Independent (@the-independent.com) 2026-05-05T16:42:02.720027Z

 

 

Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance

The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2026-05-05T12:29:36Z

Lee Judge for 5/11/2026

 

Mike Smith for 5/5/2026

 

The progressive comic about Trump completely screwing-up his excursion in Iran.

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 5/15/2026

 

Joey Weatherford for 5/15/2026

 

 

Jimmy Margulies for 5/15/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While the Strait is showing how fragile and dangerous (not to mention polluting) the oil economy is, the Trump admin is spending 100s of millions in taxpayer dollars to cancel wind farms. Meanwhile, China installed three times as much wind power capacity last year as the rest of the world combined.

Rick Stengel (@rickstengel.bsky.social) 2026-05-05T12:08:00.997Z

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 5/19/2026

 

Jon Russo for 5/18/2026

 

THE GUARDIAN: US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website

I am in bed unable to walk. I hope to update everyone tomorrow. Hugs

US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website
DHS issued ‘Bolo’ for Ben Palmer, whose videos of calls with members of the public who thought they were reporting immigrants went viral

Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/AlgDVO2y_SaqH_7pe1uju9A

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HUFFPOST: Trump Could ‘Break Everything’ With His $1.8 Billion Slush Fund

Trump Could ‘Break Everything’ With His $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” isn’t just a payout to his supporters — it’s a loophole that could lead to a complete subversion of the Constitution.

Read in HuffPost: https://apple.news/APhaM6f4HR5uqAoMjKAvTUA

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NPR: What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don’t)

What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don’t)
Critics of spyware, which can be used to remotely hack into phones, worry the Trump administration is eroding policies that stigmatized the commercial spyware industry.

Read in NPR: https://apple.news/ALbb1FzOORuG7lJIVf9AXHw

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