Musk’s DOGE is ineffective chaos. But he’s still getting richer thanks to Trump. | Opinion

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/20/musk-money-trump-administration-starlink-spacex/83724211007/

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Strikes on Gaza kill at least 60 people, local officials say, as criticism against Israel mounts

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-05-20-2025-402954f7424825ef73ad57f17a701fac
Strikes on Gaza kill at least 60 people, local officials say, as criticism against Israel mounts

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BBC NEWS: Russia launched war’s largest drone attack ahead of Putin-Trump call, Ukraine says

Russia launched war’s largest drone attack ahead of Putin-Trump call, Ukraine says
The barrage comes ahead of a planned call between Presidents Trump and Putin on Monday, as the US pushes for a ceasefire.

Read in BBC News: https://apple.news/AN3pOLKASQUW613_wnbNHOA

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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.

Sunday political cartoons / memes / news items. I think I held this batch to the right size.

I was reading up on the history of diphtheria and ran across this interesting fact.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-05-16T06:02:11.757Z

He’s never visited a mosque in the country where he’s president but he’s happy to do it in a country where he can make money

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T11:52:41.101Z

In the days of yore, this would end a political career. A DNI firing intel officials who reported something in contrast to a president trying to abuse emergency powers. We're the frogs and the water is at a rolling boil, folks.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-05-16T01:09:09.011Z

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States, not an individual. That’s why it is now a public monument and not sitting in Grover Cleveland’s presidential library (not sure if he even has one)

— Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T16:27:59.795Z

More: http://www.facebook.com/share/r/15NM…

— Being Liberal ®🗽🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🇺🇳🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@beingliberal.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T14:37:00.308Z

Among the victims of the Jabalia massacre were a group of orphaned children.They had gathered to receive financial aid from a charity when they were targeted.All the orphans were martyred, along with the charity’s staff, now raising their complaint of betrayal to their Creator.

— Mona Hijazi 🇵🇸🫒In Gaza (@monahijazi.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T09:05:43.156Z

Seems to me that if there’s a senile guy doing nothing in particular the usual way and a senile guy setting everything on fire, the fire guy is the one who should be the focus of media inquiry

— 86 47 Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T18:42:24.254Z

This can’t be true because Trump already declared victory over the Houthis & said he wiped them out already after a month of missile attacks that cost us 6 Reaper drones and 2 fighter jets, and the handful of remaining Houthis have surrendered because they are afraid of him.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T01:51:30.987Z

How about fixing the air traffic control system?

— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2025-05-16T11:03:43.946Z

When that second intelligence memo came out that said Tren de Aragua was not a proxy for the Venezuelan government, I was certain someone was going to lose their job. Sure enough.

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-05-15T20:01:07.321Z

Let me get this straight. While this Admin is pushing to take $6 a day away from hungry kids on SNAP to root out "wasteful spending” they see no issue spending over a billion of your hard-earned tax dollars to replace Air Force One with a Qatari jet (the President got for free)??

— Rep. Angie Craig (@repangiecraig.bsky.social) 2025-05-15T14:10:11.073Z

The science is clear, there is no single, physiological or biological marker that allows for the simple categorisation of people as male or female.This means that you can’t use chromosomes alone, you can’t use genitalia, you can’t use testosterone levels to divide people into male or female.

— Kirsti Miller (@kirstimiller30.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T13:40:50.501Z

They're going to profile anyone gender nonconforming to push them out of the military. Too feminine as a man? You're out. Too butch as a woman? You're out. This will be a de facto ban on queer people as well.

— Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) 2025-05-15T22:47:17.087Z