Republicans caused or did this. We should ban them.

Comer: James Comey Was “Trying To Jizz Up A Coup”

Trump Admin To Close Famed NASA Research Center

Photo: Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, who also serves as Kennedy Space Center director, a post she assumed in 2021. Trump elevated Petro to lead NASA after he ousted former Sen. Bill Nelson for believing in climate change.

WaPo: The Federal Brain Drain Is Rapidly Escalating

As previously reported here, European governments have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to lure US scientists.

OK Schools Chief Calls Education Ranking “Fake News”

Newly-released data shows that Oklahoma ranks 46th in per-pupil spending, but Walters, who is eyeing a run for governor, has called for cuts to his state’s “wasteful” education spending, including $250,000 to provide school districts with emergency inhalers.

In his KFOR interview, Walters did boast about getting new teachers a signing bonus, but as was widely reported the time, $290,000 of that money had to be clawed back because it had gone to teachers who did not qualify. Some of those teachers had already spent the money.

Combat Sports Clubs Are Recruiting White Nationalists

The SPLC’s report is here. The February 2024 report linked below shows that the same thing is happening in the UK.

Tesla Effectively Bans Its Investors From Suing Them

Guess who donated to the Texas Republicans behind the new law?

Felon Has Another Screaming Fit On “Stolen Election”

Trump Demands That Walmart “EAT THE TARIFFS”

Feds Seize Shipment Of Shirts From Anti-ICE Brand

Something something free speech.

New: CBP seized a shipment of t-shirts from @cola.baby featuring a swarm of bees attacking a cop. The company also sells "ELIMINATE ICE" t-shirt and previously was threatened by LAPD for "FUCK THE LAPD" shirts and hats. Shirts to be "destroyed under CBP supervision"www.404media.co/cbp-seizes-s…

— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T19:44:07.171Z

Forbes: Canadian US Tourism Boycott Is Growing

Canadian Travel Boycott Has Strengthened—Car Travel To U.S. Plummeted 35% In April, Fourth Consecutive Month Of Year-Over-Year Declines

— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2025-05-13T11:53:03.619Z

Trump Posts Video Claiming Hillary Is A Serial Killer

OH GOP Bill Would Designate “Natural Family Month”

Rep. Beth Lear first appeared here in January 2024 when she defended her anti-trans bathroom bill by citing the “millstones” bible verse which calls for drowning anyone who hurts children.

She later blamed “depraved monster” Alfred Kinsey, liberals, and the ACLU for transgender people even existing.

Rep. Josh Williams first appeared here in July 2024 for his bill that would criminalize drag shows in the presence of children. Williams reintroduced his bill last week.

They are doing it. Gross, corrupt, and hateful

WH Official Ordered Redo Of Venezuelan Gang Story

Kent, a twice-failed House candidate and self-professed fan of the Proud Boys, last appeared here when he declared that he would be keeping a $8600 campaign donation from a Capitol rioter then-facing felony assault charges. We first heard from Kent in 2022 when he gave an interview to a white nationalist Nazi podcaster.

New from Julian Barnes, Maggie Haberman and me:Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan GangThe move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law.www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u…

— Charlie Savage (@charliesavage.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T22:15:47.077Z

Moody’s Downgrades Credit Rating Of United States

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt http://www.ft.com/content/e456…

— Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) 2025-05-16T21:04:22.468Z

Fox Host Agrees With Oklahoma Schools Chief That Students Should Be Taught 2020 Election Was Stolen

Christian Nationalist Pastors To Open DC Church To Help The Trump Administration “Go After Sodomy” [VIDEO]

“And they’re like, ‘Yeah, yeah. Look, we’re doing it.’ But all the sodomites are still there and we’re not going to talk about that. And I need a guy there, I need a minister there who’s gonna say, ‘Oh, but we are. Obergefell is next, we’re coming for that,’ so that you calibrate the Christians in DC by the word of God and not by whatever the present administration can tolerate.

“We’re gonna come for feminism. We’re going to go after sodomy. Those are the sins in that town. Those are sins that are acceptable among both parties in that town. And we want to plant that flag and say the Bible has something to say about this.” – Christian nationalist pastor Joe Rigney.

Trump Threatens “Dried Out Prune” Springsteen: He Better “Keep His Mouth Shut, Just An Obnoxious Jerk”

Trump: Taylor Swift Is “No Longer Hot” Because Of Me

Felon Threatens SCOTUS Justices In Birthright Rant

USAID Leaves 66,000 Metric Tons Of Food Relief To Rot

Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation. The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration’s decision in January to cut global aid programmes.

Trump Is Selling “VIP Access” To Birthday Parade

Those who give to America250, a committee created to support what Trump envisions as a large national celebration next year for America’s 250th birthday, will be given special access to three events, according to a pitch shared with donors. Those include a military parade Trump is planning on his birthday, a “military readiness” event he is leading at Fort Bragg military base with thousands of troops and an Independence Day celebration in Washington, the people said.

https://x.com/jdawsey1/status/1923335215700758761

FEMA Head: We Don’t Have A Hurricane Season Plan

On his first day on the job, Richardson threatened staffers, telling them “I’ll run right over you” if they object to his orders.

Duffy: FAA Is Scrounging Replacement Parts On eBay

Yesterday Duffy also posted a video about moving a painting of Jesus “out of the basement” at the Merchant Marine Academy.

https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1923120841413521425

Kid Rock: Birth Rate Is Low Due To “Ugly Ass Broke Crazy Deranged TDS Liberal Women” And Gay Men

He continued, “I mean, you look at these rallies, it’s like a bunch of women that no guy wants to sleep with and a bunch of dudes that want to sleep with each other.”

You’ll note that Watters did not ask Kid Rock about sending his undocumented kitchen staff home to evade arrest by ICE.

Trump Admin Fires 600 Voice Of America Employees And Puts Organization’s DC Headquarters Up For Sale

Trump Administration Fires Hundreds of Voice of America Employees – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u…

— Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T06:24:06.074Z

ICE Barbie And “Duck Dynasty” Producer Plot Reality Show In Which Migrants Compete For US Citizenship

Trump Claims Hitler Gave “Speech At The Eiffel Tower”

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1923053942759358935

This is as close as Hitler got to the Tower. He couldn’t go up it because the French had cut the elevator cables.

Central Park Pride Concert Cancelled Over “Security Concerns” About Singer Accused Of Being Anti-Israel

Central Park Pride Concert Cancelled Over “Security Concerns” About Singer Accused Of Being Anti-Israel

Pride events are very expensive to put on. Most of the cost is security and insurance. The more threats from haters, normally fundamentalist religious people, the more security needed and the more costly insurance is. It is another weapon the haters of the LGBTQ+ community have learned to use to shut down events for people they hate. So much for freedoms these people keep demanding for themselves but want to deny to others. Hugs

May 7, 2025

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports:

Kehlani ‘s planned concert in Central Park next month has been canceled after New York City’s mayor raised security concerns about the R&B star’s performance during Pride month, organizers announced Monday.

The “After Hours” singer had been set to headline a June 26 concert billed as “Pride with Kehlani” at the Manhattan park as part of SummerStage, an annual slate of free concerts at parks across the city.

But organizers, in their announcement, cited concerns from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration about the “controversy surrounding Cornell University’s decision to cancel Kehlani’s concert at the University, as well as security demands in Central Park and throughout the City for other Pride events during that same period.”

The Cornell Sun reports:

Following the April 10 announcement of Kehlani as the original Slope Day headliner, some students and parents criticized the artist’s anti-Israel rhetoric and social media presence. Cornellians for Israel also launched a petition against the selection of Kehlani as the Slope Day headliner that accumulated over 5,000 signatures.

Cornell revoked Kehlani’s invitation to headline Slope Day over what President Michael Kotlikoff labeled “antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments.”

But the cancellation sparked criticism from student groups about freedom of speech and institutional neutrality. The Community Slope Day Instagram account urged students to “boycott Slope Day,” writing that Kehlani’s “opposition to the genocide in Palestine isn’t hateful” and that the decision was made “without representative input of the student body.”

It doesn’t appear that Kehlani has any affiliation with NYC Pride itself. The cult is celebrating the cancellation. The recent single below has 32 million views on YouTube.

Singer Kehlani was scheduled to perform at Cornell University, but their show was canceled because of their support for Palestine. The university framed their activism as antisemitic. This is their response: pic.twitter.com/K1iA207v89
— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 4, 2025

Community Slope Day, organized in reaction to news of Kehlani’s cancelation, will feature local, underground and independent artists at Stone-Bend Farm, in an event that will run concurrent to the annual University music festival.https://t.co/olfbv9tyZF
— The Cornell Daily Sun (@cornellsun) May 7, 2025

Kehlani, a vocal critic of Israel, had been scheduled to perform in June as part of Pride festivities. Two weeks ago, Cornell dropped a plan to have her headline a concert. https://t.co/OCaNu9jtG4
— New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) May 7, 2025

He bought a president and got everything he wanted

Musk gave Trump $290 million. The quid pro quo? Deregulation.

– The NLRB dropped union-busting charges against SpaceX
– The EPA backed off fines for environmental violations
– The FAA continues approving launches despite rocket explosions
– The FCC is giving Starlink favorable… pic.twitter.com/jH64dF6m1c
— Our Revolution (@OurRevolution) April 26, 2025

Wednesdays cartoons / memes / news

DOOCY: Would you ever arrest a federal judge or even a Supreme Court justice?LEAVITT: I'd refer you to the DOJ for individuals they are looking at … anyone who is breaking the law or obstructing federal law enforcement officials is putting themselves at risk of being prosecuted, absolutely

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-04-28T13:19:30.921Z

In the last few days, the president fell asleep at the pope’s funeral, said he wasn’t making decisions in the White House and fell for an obvious photoshop.Cool. Cool cool cool.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T11:13:33.627Z

It really takes a lot for me to say this, but the Graham tweet is genuinely a pretty offensive thing to say.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T22:54:04.918Z

There's not a single crime in the history of the UK that would have been prevented by a bathroom bill. Not oneBathroom bills aren't about safety, they're about trying to exclude LGBT people from public life. That's it

— Katy Montgomerie 🦗 (@katymontgomerie.com) 2025-04-30T11:55:07.791Z

I'm old enough to remember when pro-life GOPers would accuse working class women of having babies just to get government money. Anyone remember that, or am I nuts?

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-04-29T18:38:02.528Z

i have somewhat jokingly come around to the idea that the acceptance of transness is a kind of sociological great filter. either society emerges out of it having abolished [the policing of] sex or it just collapses and leaves its people in a state of eternal paranoia and mass panic

— 👁️🍄🪸 (@bloomfilters.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T10:11:50.887Z

His former deputy who was just fired gave an interview this week with Megyn Kelly where he said Hegseth spends 50% of his time obsessing over his press and doing Fox interviews while neglecting his most important work.Hegseth this morning:

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T12:17:04.957Z

💥 BREAKING: The Heritage Foundation withdrew its anti-DEI proposal to IBM for shareholder vote today, originally submitted for vote at IBM's annual meeting. Why Heritage withdrew its anti-DEI proposal is unknown.Earlier today, shareholders at American Express voted to reject an anti-DEI proposal.

— Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 (@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T17:31:29.435Z

Super-PACs can accept unlimited donations from easy to obscure sources.And, rather notably, the funding for Trump’s attack on ActBlue seems to have come from just such a source: a super-PAC bankrolled by Elon Musk.

— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) 2025-04-30T12:12:19.374Z

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T11:23:09.982Z

He is just completely disconnected from the reality of how his policies impact average Americans, and he is surrounded my sycophants 24/7 who tell him that he’s the greatest, everything is perfect, and everyone loves him. He lives in a fantasy world.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T02:10:36.630Z

Ask yourself: If the President so easily falls for photoshopped pictures he sees on Truth Social, what other complete falsehoods is he relying on when he makes decisions? How else is he being manipulated?That wasn’t funny. It was scary.

— Heath Mayo (@heathmayo.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T02:30:10.502Z

None of the official ABC tweets or clips from the Trump interview tonight feature the most important clip of all: a demented Trump repeatedly and falsely claiming, and seeming bizarrely to believe, that Albrego Garcia literally had the letters and numbers MS13 on his knuckles.

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T02:18:41.997Z

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

— Peter Sagal (@petersagal.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T16:26:20.223Z

LGBTQ+ Americans can be discriminated against because of who they are and who they love.Unacceptable.I’m proud to join in reintroducing the Equality Act. LGBTQ+ Americans must be protected under federal civil rights laws. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

— Senator Dick Durbin (@durbin.senate.gov) 2025-04-29T18:13:41.894Z

As a party, we are prisoners being held hostage by people who simply refuse to accept that their time has passed and won’t accept that others more capable right now. Stay in the Senate, but step down from leadership. It’s time for a new approach, a new face, & a new voice.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-04-30T12:28:38.351Z

Sunday’s cartoons / memes / news items

They’re just joking, right? He has no plans to violate the constitution and try and stay in office, right?Right?

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-04-25T03:31:04.405Z

https://x.com/AFpost/status/1912530624704917943

https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1915201870299340916

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>NEW: According to the IMF's 2024 World Economic Outlook data released yesterday and BEA data, California’s nominal GDP reached $4.1 trillion, surpassing Japan’s $4.02 trillion, and placing California as the 4th largest economy — behind only the United States, China, and Germany.… <a href=”https://t.co/YgLliJl4a8″>pic.twitter.com/YgLliJl4a8</a></p>— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href=”https://twitter.com/GovPressOffice/status/1915201870299340916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>April 24, 2025</a></blockquote> https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

https://x.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1892681622551400495

https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/1915748256912494807

https://x.com/gregjstoker/status/1915925202283745664

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-04-26T12:07:09.826Z

A headline from Hell.@nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04…

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T09:50:06.051Z

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.

— Being Liberal ®🗽🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇳🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T07:04:29.139Z

We are hearing discussions are underway to ensure RFK Jr. doesn't accidentally ban the "CHEETO#6" artificial dye.

— Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info) 2025-04-26T15:44:39.181Z

This is democracy in action! 💙🔥👊💪🏻#MomSky

— Christine Moretti (@christine520.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T22:38:39.525Z

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days.As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

— Michael Jay McClure (@mjmimages.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T01:02:37.603Z

This was meant for Sunday’s cartoon / memes / news posts but it got too long. So I post it now late at night

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) 2025-04-22T19:14:04.480Z

Warfighters gotta look lethal.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T17:57:09.949Z

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T11:55:03.933Z

In March, 48 people were arrested in New Mexico, according to an ICE press release. Why is nothing known about who was arrested or their whereabouts?

— The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) 2025-04-22T19:24:34.898Z

The executive director of the Texas State Lottery resigned abruptly on Monday in the latest fallout from the agency’s decision in 2023 to help professional bettors in Europe purchase and print millions of its tickets and guarantee themselves a $95 million jackpot win.

— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-04-23T03:03:51.857Z

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T03:15:49.667Z

Apparently RFK is trying to walk back his bullshit comments by saying he doesn't mean autistics like *me* are bad and awful and need to be irradicated; no, he just wants to get rid of the "low functioning" autistics and let me just say FUCK THATI'm not more worthy of existing than autistics who 1/

— Dr. Amy, PsyD (@dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com) 2025-04-23T21:52:22.311Z

"biological sex" is exclusively defined by working back from "whatever the disgusting trannies aren't".

— Grace 🏳️‍⚧️ (@gemofamara.com) 2025-04-24T15:24:07.202Z

Apparently, trans women have a biological advantage at pool.

— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) 2025-04-24T16:20:27.527Z

Four Seasons Total Landscaping is once again ready to host the circus!

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T15:49:24.619Z

Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-04-24T15:21:47.484Z

They're going after the accreditation of universities and threatening to revoke the ability of accreditors if they don't crack down on DEI and LGBTQ people in academia. http://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential…

— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) 2025-04-24T01:05:08.729Z

Last place. Loser.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-04-23T22:28:00.878Z

He even lost Fox…

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T16:43:10.099Z

The Florida State University Faculty Senate approved a resolution asking that the administration to withdraw from the 287g agreement deputizing campus police to conduct immigration enforcement. The Florida International University Faculty Senate did the same.

— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T13:05:10.536Z

Billionaires are the problem http://www.commondreams.org/news/19-rich…

— The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) (@theserfstv.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T16:41:09.478Z

👇🏼

— Leia BlueSkywalker (@blueskye2025.bsky.social) 2025-04-23T21:03:51.364Z

https://liberalsarecool.com/post/781674400185532416/having-a-baby-and-raising-a-baby-are-very

Having a baby and raising a baby are very different. $300K is more realistic.

Will they be handing out $5K checks at conception?

And you know this has some MAGA fine print excluding everyone but white conservative Christians.

Why not just provide pre-natal healthcare, paid family leave, paid medical leave, universal childcare, universal pre-K, universal child health care until 17, child tax credit, and protect the rights of women/mothers?

[Not to mention a rapist abuser handing out $5K check is creepy]

Autism isn’t a disease and a round is an excuse for genocide of a group of people

More ugliness from republicans

Trump Blames Zelensky And Biden For Ukraine War

Bukele Refuses To Return Wrongly Deported Man

Trump Admin Sued For Hiding Spending Database

Trump Defies Court Order On Associated Press Access

Plan Calls For Closing Dozens Of Embassies, Consulates

NIH Scientists Reduced To Bartering Critical Supplies

So what is the goal here, to save money, or ultimately to kill unhealthy Americans that Republicans think are a drag on their wallets? Inside U.S. health agencies, workers confront chaos and questions as operations come ungluedflip.it/3rz_Ee

— Deeds Not Words (@nodderuf.bsky.social) 2025-04-11T23:44:43.515Z