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How, exactly, did we go from a $200 million privately-funded ballroom, to a $1 billion taxpayer-funded one?

JetBlue is now formally warning us of a potential bankruptcy as fuel costs continue to skyrocket due to the Trump war. One analysis put their odds of filing for bankruptcy at 75%. Frontier is also on Bankruptcy watch with the same analysis giving them a 59% chance of filing.

Nick claims he’s moderate, but calls Black people n*ggers. This country is cooked

The Public Sentiment Institute/Virginia Project | 5/1-5/5 LV (Virginia surveyed) Governor Abigail Spanberger approval ✅Approve 52% ❌Disapprove 41% --- President Trump approval ❌Disapprove 60% ✅Approve 39% --- Generic congressional ballot 2026 🟦Democratic 51% 🟥Republican 37% Link to poll: tpsiofficial.substack.com/p/the-virginia…

Antonio Villaraigosa to Steve Hilton: How can you say that Democrats have it wrong when you can't admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election? Gloves off.

The entire Republican Party rallying around spending $1 billion in taxpayer money to build Trump’s stupid ballroom is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen an American political party do—and that’s really saying something.

The Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine sat down with a three time maga voter and they bonded over their shared belief that the 2016 and 2020 democratic primaries were rigged. I mean what do you even say at this point??

INCREDIBLE! Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson who had Trump’s FBI raid her home and take her phones and laptops, just won the Pulitzer Prize with the Washington Post. Congrats!!

The wildest thing about gas prices going from $2.84 to $4.47 in just two months is that Donald Trump is mentioned over 38,000 times in the Epstein Files.

@GrantPaulsen This tells you why hes a terrible defensive catcher. He needs to know the strike zone. Instead his bad-ball-hitter skillset is dominant. Mr Weak Contact.

Keibert Ruiz challenged pitch 5. Incredible.

Rural hospitals are closing, we can't afford to help people stay on their health insurance, but we have a billion dollars for a ballroom where Trump can party with the Epstein Class? The political ads write themselves.

I’ve spent most of the last 48 hours doomscrolling through people’s reactions to the destruction of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The people I follow most regularly have split into predictable camps. There are people like me and Adam Serwer who are trying to put the court’s decision into the larger context of the long-standing white hostility to Black voting rights and Black political power. There are the folks like Ian Millhiser who have tried to explain the immediate legal effects of the court’s unconscionable decision. The activist set is taking some time to digest what has happened and plan for next steps, with some vowing to “fight” and ultimately “win” in some fashion. Predictable, too, has been the reaction from the right. White supremacists and, to the extent there’s a difference, Republicans have been giddy. I read one particularly risible piece of trash in National Review crowing about how the Supreme Court’s decision will allow Republicans to gerrymander away Black political power while stopping Democrats from restoring that power. I think that legal analysis is wrong. But what struck me was not the stupidity of the argument but how happy they were to make it. That happiness, from whites, is something that most of the articles and analyses, including mine, have failed to capture sufficiently. It is as distressing to me as the actual decision and the terrible results that will result from it. Republicans always want you to believe that they’re not racist “in their hearts,” that they just happen to prefer a set of policies that coincidentally result in inequality, oppression, and less opportunity for non-white Americans. But this reaction to the death of the VRA proves they’re lying. They hate Black people, and they hate Black people who have political power most of all. Read more from Elie Mystal: thenation.com/.../poli.../vr…

Pete Hegseth falsely testified to both the House and the Senate last week that troops were deployed to voting places in 15 states under Joe Biden in 2024. Not only were all National Guard activations for the 2024 election ordered by individual states rather than Biden, all 11 states that responded to my inquiries told me that *zero troops* were sent to voting places. The Pentagon declined to comment. Fact check: cnn.com/2026/05/04/pol…

Notice how you barely hear how unpopular JD Vance is from the media but they never missed a chance to bring up Kamala Harris' ratings when she was VP.

@Tobi_Altizer Red Porch, down low.

Question for Nats fans: Considering value, view, amenities, etc, where is the best place to watch a game at Nationals Park?

NEW: In wake of Supreme Court voting rights act ruling, Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) introduces new term limits legislation for Supreme Court Justices 18-year terms to ensure "regular and predictable turnover"

@Domo8186 Luckily, Garrett Temple is still a bargain and puts them over the top.

This why I keep coming back to TOR as a logical AD trade partner if he is moved.

Dear Mr. Render: You spent years building credibility as the conscience of Black political imagination — the one who would tell us the truth even when the truth was inconvenient. So let’s tell one now. open.substack.com/pub/goldietayl…

Sen. @ChrisCoonsforDE: Is Trump eligible to run for a 3rd term under our Constitution? Trump Judge nominee: Um... I would have to... to review the- the actual wording-- Coons: The language of the 22nd Amendment makes it clear that no, he is not eligible to run for a 3rd term. Anybody else brave enough to say that the Constitution of the United States prevents President Trump from seeking a 3rd term? Trump Judge Nominees: … Coons: Nobody? Alright.