Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, died over the weekend. A passage from his obituary and 2 charts from today’s papers illustrate the fallacy of Republican Party economics. From Fred Smith’s obituary:

Every single serious accusation against Mr. Abrego Garcia comes from people who are currently in prison and will be getting out early thanks to giving information on him to the Trump DOJ — and as the magistrate judge pointed out, their claims at times defy physical reality.

The beginning of Sotomayor's dissent with Kagan and Jackson concurring. Amen, Sonja.

L.A. area: This very good boy needs our help! Max is a seizure watch dog who is on death row in Apple Valley. Please share so this loyal boy’s life can be saved & he might just save someone’s life-maybe yours?

Boosting Max!! Yet another terrific dog let down by his humans….let’s show Max there *are* decent people in the world. Please share his profile and if you can, please pledge/foster/adopt.

Wanna hear the epitome of hypocrisy?

Marjorie Taylor Greene is out of her fucking mind.

Oh you gotta be kidding me….thought this was satire but apparently it’s real and a Norwegian kid was denied entry at Newark for a vacation because of this JD Vance meme on his phone….what are we even doing smh dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

BudWiser Juliette Kayyem Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem CNN Obama deported more than 7m. No masked lawmen. No Marines or National Guard. No riots. No deported Americans. No dead babies. No aligator pits Just due process & more deportations than any U.S. POTUS IN HISTORY.

Where’s the warrant? Where are the gang members Trump said they were going to get? These men are bounty hunters. KIDNAPPERS! This is Santa Monica, California…

Phang: If you were scrolling on social media and saw a dog locked up in the middle of the Everglades—in the sun, in the heat, in the humidity—the outrage would be wild, wouldn’t it? But then—we’re okay with human beings being treated like that?

For months I have been pointing out the vast undercount of deaths in Gaza under the Israeli Regime's daily bombardment of civilians and their infrastructure and suspension of food, water, medicine, electricity, fuel and lack of shelter and healthcare. These messages have been

This operation - which cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer money, has led us to the brink of regional war, and pushed Iran and Russian closer together - was apparently a total failure. And Trump is now actively hiding this from the public.

Acyn Nutshell: Pregnant detainee with no criminal record, engaged to American, was denied medical help for 3 days while detained. Gave birth to a stillborn while as her guards watched. Begged them to deport her right away so she could get treatment. "Pro-life" nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/iri…

#WhySpaceAliensAvoidEarth

This is how coordinated psyops are happening. Massive bot farms in Pakistan and China. This has to stop.

Laura Weiss Samantha Handler Andrew Desiderio Here's an idea: Fix Medicaid fraud, and reap the savings. Don't just cut it and hope the probs go away. The prob isn't 25 yo's (a healthy demo) playing vid games. It's companies like Rick Scott's, who stole $1.7b. He took the 5th 75x, walked with $310m, and didn't' get indicted.

1. When Trump gets caught in a lie, he blames fake news. 2. When Trump gets caught in a lie, he blames Democrats 3. When Trump gets caught in a lie, he attacks the reporting publication. 4. When Trump gets caught in a lie, he smears the reporter+whoever the reporter works for.

If current trends hold, the US prison population is set to decline by 60% compared to 2009. That would knock our incarceration rate down to about 200 per 100k residents, which today would rank 75th highest among all countries. We’re currently 5th highest.

MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of children dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs? VOUGHT: I reject the assertion MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant and callous ... few Americans have had a more