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#Tennessee enacted new congressional districts Thurs that carve up a Democratic-held, #Black-majority district in #Memphis. The state Democratic Party sued Friday, seeking to prevent the districts from being used until after this year’s elections because of the tight time frame.
Even before #SCOTUS’ ruling, #Republicans & #Democrats were engaged in a #redistricting battle initiated by #Trump, each seeking an edge in the #midterms that will determine control of the closely divided #House.
#law
#NEWSFLASH: #Trump declares a 3-day Ukraine-Russia #ceasefire.
The ceasefire is set to start on the day of Russia’s #WWII Victory Day Parade and include a prisoner exchange. counteroffensive.news/p/newsfl…
NEWSFLASH: Trump declares a 3-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire
The ceasefire is set to start on the day of Russia’s WWII Victory Day Parade and include a prisoner exchange.Jacqueline Cole (The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak)
#Trump said Friday that the leaders of #Russia & #Ukraine have agreed to his request for a 3-day #ceasefire & an exchange of prisoners, adding that such a halt to hostilities could be the “beginning of the end” of the long war between them.
Trump posted on social media that the ceasefire would run Saturday through Monday. Saturday is Victory Day in Russia, a holiday that commemorates its victory over Nazi Germany 81 years ago.
#ABC Accuses #Government of Violating #FirstAmendment
The network’s argument, made to the #FCC, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #Trump admin.
#law #constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#US forces fired on & disabled 2 Iranian #oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with #Iran forces in the #StraitOfHormuz overnight. The #UAE, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile & drone attack.
The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old “ceasefire” that the US has insisted is still in effect. The #Trump admin is awaiting an Iranian response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the #war, reopen the strait & roll back Iran’s #nuclear program.
#Trump demands gratitude in DC. So he put up banners thanking himself.
Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation & patriotism into an authoritarian knot.
#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
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Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
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In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.
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#News #Pollution #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #AirQuality
So much for the “ceasefire” talks going well. Not that I believe anything from this admin.
#US launches #strikes on #Iran after attacks on warships, military says
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on 3 US naval vessels, #CENTCOM said in a statement. None of the US warships were hit.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us…
#Gorka report for #Trump admin: migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in a new counter-terrorism strategy
“The strategy focuses on rooting out “violent left-wing extremists” including “radically pro-transgender” groups, as Trump’s admin steps up its political attacks.
It also places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism efforts.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…
US says migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy
The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism effortsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
The #US #trade court on Thurs ruled against #Trump's latest 10% global #tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade #law.
The US Court of International Trade [#CIT] ruled in favor of #SmallBusinesses that challenged the tariffs, which took effect on February 24. The ruling was 2-1, with one judge saying it was premature to grant victory to the small business plaintiffs.
#economy #inflation #tax #consumers #business #recession
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#Iran Says It Is Discussing Plan With #US to End Hostilities
The one-page proposal under review would open the #StraitOfHormuz & pause the fighting for 30 days, but differences remain over US demands on Iran’s #nuclear program.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/wo…
#US intelligence says #Iran can outlast Trump’s #Hormuz #blockade for months
A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile & drone arsenal.
#Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
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Some good news
Federal & State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’
The #immigrant #detention center in the #Everglades, which Gov #RonDeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
#immigration #law #HumanRights #ConcentrationCamps #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
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#Trump admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen #StraitOfHormuz [they just have no idea what they’re doing]
The Trump admin’s approach to the #IranWar over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #MarketManipulation
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ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.
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#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Trump #Children #Health #Minneapolis #Portland
Trump’s Deportation Campaign Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray
In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”Anna.Donlan@propublica.org (ProPublica)
When the current #SCOTUS first ate away at the #VotingRightsAct a few years ago, the logic they expressed was essentially, "Racism is over, we don't need this anymore."
talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blo… proves that we very much do need it: systemic #racism is and always has been an essential feature of the #USA, and #Trump and the #GOP's mission has been to codify it as much as possible.
Never, ever vote #Republican.
States Rush to Gerrymander Away Black Electoral Power Following Supreme Court Decision
In states across the old Confederacy and beyond, Republican lawmakers are scrambling to carve up districts once drawn to give Black voters a chance to choose…Kate Riga (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
One would think that 1/3 of shipped by sea fertilizer that usually crosses the strait of Hormuz suddenly not.. would be bigger news.
Trump’s billion dollar “ballroom” won’t save him when food runs out in a nation with more guns than people
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The Other Global Crisis Stemming From the Strait of Hormuz’s Blockage
Even if the Iran war stops, restarting production and transport for fertilizers and their components could take weeks—at a crucial moment for planting.Noah Gordon (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Unbelievable
The #FederalGovernment can keep the #2020election ballots from #Georgia’s #FultonCounty that were seized by the #FBI from a warehouse near #Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.
US District Judge JP Boulee’s decision came after lawyers for the county had argued that the #ballots & other #election materials, as well as any electronic copies the #DOJ has made, should be returned because the seizure was improper & #unconstitutional.
The #DOJ sued #Colorado on Wednesday over a #state #law banning #HighCapacityMagazines, which was passed after a 2012 #MassShooting at a movie theater in Aurora, CO. It was the second lawsuit in two days that the #Trump admin has filed against #GunControl policies in the #Democratic-controlled state.
The #US #military fired on an Iranian #oil tanker Wednesday as #Trump seeks to pressure #Iran into accepting a deal to end the #war.
A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the US #blockade of Iran’s ports, #CENTCOM posted.
The attack occurred as Iran & the US are supposedly in a ceasefire. Trump threatened Tehran with a new wave of bombing if a deal is not reached that includes opening the critical #StraitOfHormuz.
#Trump posted on social media that the war with #Iran could soon end & #oil & natural #gas shipments could restart. But that all depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that Trump did not detail.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” Trump wrote.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
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#Trump’s #Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick appears before #House panel over ties to #JeffreyEpstein
Lutnick is sitting for a closed-door interview over his contact with the convicted sex offender in the years after 2008. Lutnick has given contradictory statements about his relationship with Epstein.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
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#Democrat #ChedrickGreene beats #Republican #JasonTunney in a #Saginaw area special #election in #Michigan
Meaning:
The Michigan State #Senate will be 20-18 in favor of the Democrats, rather than a tie
"Who cares, #Trump is the problem"
On the contrary, the #presidency is just a capstone on a huge system, and when we take our eye off the little #elections, we get a systemic rot that leads to someone like Trump
#Vote. Especially the #primaries. It all matters
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#Iran has hit far more #US military assets than reported [or admitted to by the #Trump admin], satellite images show
Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media & verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US #military sites.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
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#GOP offers a ridiculous additional $1B for #WhiteHouse “security”, sparking dispute over #ballroom
#Senate #Republicans maintain their proposal would authorize #security construction, but not the #Trump ballroom. The White House disagrees.
Senate Republicans late Monday proposed $1 billion to pay for new White House security measures, with lawmakers & White House ofcls disagreeing over whether the #legislation would cover Trump’s planned ballroom.
There is no #ceasefire, stop pretending there is.
#Iran warns #US the fight over #StraitOfHormuz hasn’t ‘begun yet’
#Trump warned Iranian forces would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if they targeted US ships.
Trump made similar threats before—including posting that “a whole civilization will die”—but this time, they were accompanied by military action. Trump posted Monday afternoon that the military “shot down” 7 Iranian boats in the strait.
Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event .
cnbc.com/2026/05/05/secret-ser…
😅 Typical #Trump hires.
Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event
Secret Service Officer John Spillman has been placed on administrative leave after his arrest, which in Miami.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
#Trump says #Iran will be 'blown off the face of Earth' as US sinks six small ships in Strait of Hormuz
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Donald Trump says Iran will be 'blown off the face of Earth' as US sinks 6 ships in Hormuz
President Donald Trump threatened Iran, saying it will be 'blown off the face of the Earth' if it doesn't stop attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz.Jeremiah Hassel (Daily Express US)
Elizabeth Warren and other U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus after a ProPublica investigation revealed two of the companies were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports under the Trump administration.
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#News #Credit #Finance #PersonalFinance #Consumer #Trump #Government
Lawmakers Demand Answers About Growing Number of Unfixed Mistakes on Credit Reports
Four senators wrote letters to Experian and TransUnion, requesting information on the companies’ dispute handling processes after ProPublica revealed they have been dismissing more consumer complaints without providing help.shoshana.gordon@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#UAE responding to missile threats as #Iran & #US issue conflicting #StraitOfHormuz reports
Iran rejects US claim that vessels have crossed through #Hormuz
The #IRGC said NO commercial vessel or tanker had crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours.
The IRGC called claims by US officials "baseless & complete lies."
Earlier Monday, US #CENTCOM said 2 US flagged merchant vessels had crossed thru the strait.
#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
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"Brad voted Trump bc he promised to be “the most pro-farmer president you’ve ever had.🚨”Instead, #tariffs cut Brad’s export market; the #IranWar surged #fertilizer prices by 70%. So Brad arranged his family’s final sale.
“Farm is going dry,” said the ad.🚨“Every cow must go.”
-D Zak
The Watsons had been dairy farming since before the Civil War -one of dozens of Watson farms that'd spread across No PA.
#ETTD #Farming #Trump #TrumpRegime #Kakistocracy #Kleptocracy #USPol
nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/dair…
Internal #ICE records reveal the widespread #UseOfForce in “#detention” centers [#ConcentrationCamps].
Reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents & physical tactics on detainees, including on people demanding adequate water, food & medical care.
#Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #fascism #HumanitarianLaw #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #ExcessiveForce #WhiteSupremacy
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ONCE AGAIN, after an ICE watch episode which was relatively chill (by those standards), I feel like the universe is patting me on the head with-- yes!-- another #Trump health boondoggle!
The White House has a full dental operatory, so it's complete bullcrap that he went to see the dentist on a Sunday in Florida. Healthcare workers on social media are speculating that this might be a pre-heart surgery dental evaluation...
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Trump health update: Medical expert raises questions about dentist visit after Walter Reed claims | Hindustan Times
President Donald Trump reportedly had a dentist appointment in Florida, and a medical expert questioned the need, claiming the White House had this facility.Shuvrajit Das Biswas (Hindustan Times)
#Canada to be first non-European nation at #EPC
“Canada is to become the first non-European country to attend a meeting of the European Political Community when PM Carney, joins Monday’s summit of the 48-plus nation group in Yerevan, Armenia.
Carney has said he is determined to build a new network of trade & diplomatic alliances after the loss of US markets under #Trump.”
theguardian.com/world/2026/may…
Canada to be first non-European nation at EPC summit as Carney seeks allies
PM’s attendance at European Political Community meeting in Yerevan seen as part of effort to build new ties after US rupturePatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
RE: tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/1165…
“An extremely absurd case requires extreme measures, so the #Comey case grand jury is under the supervision of Fort Pierce, #Florida U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, the same pro- #Trump zealot who 86’ed the open-and-shut case around the president’s taking of highly classified documents.”
Gift Articles (@GiftArticles@tomkahe.com)
Trump finds a ‘Southern Strategy’ to save his dreams of dictatorship | Will Bunch https://share.inquirer.com/FgfGmzGift Articles (Tomkahe)
The Art of No Deal.
Inside the #Trump #SpiritAirlines Hail Mary #Fail
Winding down a major #US #airline is a complicated business. Doing so when a POTUS hints it could be saved adds an extra layer of complexity.
Wracked with financial trouble, Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy for the 2nd time in Aug 2025. Months later, Trump’s war with #Iran had driven up #EnergyCosts & made its financial position even more untenable, putting it on the brink of closure.
🤣🤣🤣
obviously a rigged tourney
#Trump hosts #PGA Tour at [his property] Doral — & he’s the big “winner”
It’s like paying a bunch of prostitutes for sex & then bragging about your conquests. Presumably something he does all the time.
#kleptocracy #TrumpIsALoser #loser #billionaire #StolenValor #PurchasedValor
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