How many people will die because of this shit?

I am so damn tired of all of this death.

👇👇

Increasingly fed up with the Democrats

AOC and a couple others aside, I am not sure you could construct a single human spine using pieces from all the rest of them

ABC’s Jay O’Brien is reporting that republicans in Congress were briefed ahead of the strikes, but that democrats were not briefed until after the attack was underway.

For those thinking this was going to split MAGA — the falling in line is already done:

this is as good as turning the Constitution off. If this is what congressional leaders are going to do when an executive just seizes power from the legislative branch, we do not have one.

The power to declare war resides solely with Congress. Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to attack Iran is unauthorized and unconstitutional.

In doing so, the President has exposed our military and diplomatic personnel in the region to the risk of further escalation. 1/2

And just like that, the ‘No New Wars’ people are all-in on a new war. Proving yet again that they really believe in nothing other than what one man tells them to believe today. Which could be different tomorrow. The very definition of a cult.

Really remarkable how despite all the claims that Trump has changed the GOP, when they govern it’s still tax cuts for the rich, gutting the safety net for others, blowing up the deficit, and launching new wars in the Middle East.

Only difference is Trump dials up the hate, corruption, and theater.

Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power

I was thinking that maybe, more than 20 years after the start of the Iraq war, media coverage would be more skeptical and less sycophantic

No such luck

I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Feels like an acknowledgment that none of this had anything to do with the national interests of AMERICA

I am sure he will sharpen up the messaging in time to lie to the nation for 20 minutes or so at 10PM ET

🧑‍🌾 Farms are shuttering without workers thanks to Trump’s Gestapo raids.

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The enriched uranium was not present at the sites that were hit. That had been moved.

Some things never change.

AFAIK this is the first public statement from Trump that's consistent with how tariffs actually work.

Tariffs are charged on the importer of course, but the exporter can "eat" some of the cost by lowering their own price. (They won't.)

Happy we're all trapped on this learning journey with Donald.

Real Capitalism™ is the President telling an individual corporation how to set its prices.

That means empty shelves, an economic slowdown, and layoffs, actually.

Pope Leo XIV stepped onto a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday — his first appearance as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.

The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.

In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.

In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.

Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people?

P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes

M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?

“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country.

“Our leaders must follow their example.”

Gift link:

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‘60 Minutes’ Top Producer Resigns, Citing Inability 'To Make Independent Decisions' Top producer Bill Owens told staff in a memo that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it."

The top producer of CBS's "60 Minutes" resigned amid pressure from the Trump administration, citing an inability "to make independent decisions"

RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.

RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education. We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight. However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding. America’s system of higher learning is as varied as the goals and dreams of the students it serves. It includes research universities and community colleges; comprehensive universities and liberal arts colleges; public institutions and private ones; freestanding and multi-site campuses. Some institutions are designed for all students, and others are dedicated to serving particular groups. Yet, American institutions of higher learning have in common the essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom. Our colleges and universities share a commitment to serve as centers of open inquiry where, in their pursuit of truth, faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions across a full range of viewpoints without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation. Because of these freedoms, American institutions of higher learning are essential to American prosperity and serve as productive partners with government in promoting the common good. Colleges and universities are engines of opportunity and mobility, anchor institutions that contribute to economic and cultural vitality regionally and in our local communities. They foster creativity and innovation, provide human resources to meet the fast-changing demands of our dynamic workforce, and are themselves major employers. They nurture the scholarly pursuits that ensure America’s leadership in research, and many prov…

NEW— Nearly 200 US college presidents affirm their schools as places where "faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions…without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation."

Signers include Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, UPenn, Brown, Tufts

Notably absent: Columbia

Has Trump said a single word about this?

Former Pence homeland security advisor 👇🏽

Undaunted: The Associated Press Stand up to bullies, and you just might win

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