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This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it. Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago. IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued. The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk. The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit. Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.”  Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million. The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out. This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president. Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues? nytimes.com/2026/05/19/adm…

coming out of an abortion clinic and throwing this at protesters

Elementary schools were crazy about the #Sabres in 2006. Here's an example at Maple West Elementary.

If this man doesn’t end up in prison we simply don’t have a country anymore

Buffalo was the better team last night. This has to really sting. It's real hard to get this far. It came down to offensive decision making and shooting accuracy. Passing on 2 on 1's, hitting the glass all night on good opportunities, not send pucks low at net coming off the boards. That was a 5-2 win game that got away.

A tradition like no other

It’s laughable to watch Tuch’s value deteriorate in real time. I wouldn’t give him $7m AAV at this point.

they’re getting a taste of beach weather. now make the holiday weekend cool and rainy

We lived through this, to get to that.

Notice how 70% is now the asymptotic limit to US approval/disapproval of anything, because 30% of the population is eating crayons.

ukko pekka luukkonen if you can hear me please please please lock in and i will pay ur bar tab at forty thieves

Rasmus Dahlin in his first ever playoff game facing elimination: 1G-4A-5P D-A-W-G

I have tested positive for Konstavirus.

Why not be angry at the conduct instead of the reporting of the conduct?

The Auditor General of Pennsylvania recently audited 210,905 voter registration forms. He found 1 non-citizen in that batch. That non-citizen never voted. And was later removed from the voter rolls. More in my blog post @CatoInstitute: cato.org/blog/another-d…

It's shocking how bad Tage and Tuch have been this series.

The Konstavirus has struck Montreal

The Pittsburgh Zoo is clearly in win-now mode.