Wabi Sabi Papi

Reupping

"shot in the head because they're out protesting" hmmm

CBS News exclusive: Mass deportations but in “a smarter way” Tom Homan tells us that’s the Trump administration’s new immigration enforcement strategy following the controversial Minneapolis crackdown. He conceded “things weren’t perfect” there.

🇮🇳 Communist Rule Ends in India’s Kerala State India’s left suffered a historic collapse in state elections, losing its last major governing stronghold in Kerala after the Congress-led United Democratic Front swept the state, winning over 100 of 140 seats. The Left Democratic Front, led by the CPI(M), fell to around 35 seats, ending communist rule in Kerala after a decade in power. Analysts say this marks the first time since 1977 that no Indian state will be governed by the left. (The Times of India) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist BJP scored a historic breakthrough in West Bengal, taking power in the state for the first time with more than 200 seats, defeating Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress. (Reuters) Video: NDTV interview w/ Congress’ Shashi Tharoor

When your racist Redistricting plan breaks the law, Just change the law

For the first time since 2022, US gasoline average retail price tops $4.5 per gallon.

JCPOA for slow learners

Trump campaigned on making IVF free. But now, his EEOC chair wants to strip fertility coverage from the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act — and top Senate Dems are sounding the alarm. Scoop from me @MSNOWNews:

AP: Indiana State Senator Greg Goode just defeated a Trump-backed challenger to keep his seat in the District 38 Republican primary. Goode drew Trump's ire for refusing to back his congressional gerrymandering push in Indiana, which failed.

Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. nyti.ms/49dtF24

It's a bit buried in legalese but this request essentially suggests Justice Alito lied yesterday when he said the Robinson appellants had not shown an interest in requesting a rehearing.

Somehow not a "dime" turned into $1 billion…

Nick Nurse is away from the Sixers today to attend the funeral services of his brother, Steve, in Iowa. Steve, 62, died unexpectedly last Wednesday, the day before Game 6 of Sixers-Celtics. inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-…

PFIZER IS FOCUSING ON EARLIER STAGE SCIENCE FOR DEALS

whenever I buy food now it’s $17 and I’m like “okay that’s fine.” but privately it is not fine.

42,000 Louisianians voted absentee before Gov. Landry suspended US House primaries #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/briefs/42000-l…

⚡️ HAPPENING NOW — “THE DISTRICTS MAY NOT BE CHANGED BETWEEN APPORTIONMENTS….” Tennesseans are reading the law Republicans are breaking to steal representation from Memphis out loud before rules committee

Two different technical, procedural moves from #SCOTUS yesterday have one thing in common: The Court is behaving differently in otherwise similar cases based upon the ideological/partisan valence of the dispute. Results aside, that's not a healthy trend: stevevladeck.com/p/226-two-more…

RED FLAG: The Trump Justice Department has demanded the identities of every worker who staffed the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, according to court records reviewed by NYT. The demand targets employees of Fulton County elections as well as volunteer poll workers, who likely numbered in the thousands during the 2020 election. nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/…

Then and now. So back in 2022, when the original Louisiana map was struck down 5.5 months before the election, Louisiana argued to SCOTUS for *eight* pages that it was too close to the election to change the map. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/2…