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Axios: “Most Americans (63%) say Trump and his family have inappropriately profited from cryptocurrency — from which he brought in upward of $1 billion last year — since his return to Washington, a four-day Reuters-Ipsos poll out Wednesday found.” “Plus, nearly seven in 10 Americans believe Trump’s private business interests are influencing his presidential decisions, […]

“The Trump administration moved to further limit immigrants’ access to the refundable portion of four tax credits aimed at aiding students, workers and families,” Bloomberg reports. “Only citizens and certain foreigners, including lawful permanent residents, asylum recipients and refugees, would be able to claim the refundable portion of tax credits available to children, students, adoptive […]

Things used to be normal. We used to be doing alright here in the United States, limiting ourselves to catching people at the borders or picking up migrants with criminal charges or convictions with detainers at local jails. Now, it’s just a constant swarm all day, every day. “Worst of the worst” has long been […]

The investigative files on Eric Swalwell released to much frothing this week were actually declassified by the White House on March 23, just in time to affect Swalwell's run for governor.

The post Donald Trump’s White House Declassified the Eric Swalwell File to Affect His Election appeared first on emptywheel.

The DOJ is sending over 1,000 "election monitors" trained by the Trump administration to swing states for the November midterms.

“A woman has told the House Ethics Committee that Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez sexually harassed and assaulted her, her attorneys said in a statement on Wednesday,” CNN reports. “The Ethics Committee announced Monday that it had opened an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Gomez, including ‘engaging in inappropriate sexual contact’ with a staffer, […]

“North Korea denied any direct communication between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump even as the U.S. president said he’s seeking to meet with the strongman this year,” Bloomberg reports.

Google's new Pixels make some compromises but still manage to be good phones.

Star, moving at 8% the speed of light, may let us measure the black hole's rotation.

Anthony Bourdain in 2005: Direct from cassette. “Two hours turned into a highly personal conversation, recorded on a cassette that sat untouched for twenty years. This week, that tape gets its first public airing, and we discuss Tony’s preferred sucker-punch etiquette, his loyalty to cigarettes and the Chateau Marmont, ayahuasca in Peru, and the talk show he dreamed up with Christopher Walken in mind.”

The bases are loaded in the bottom of the second. Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, with his beautiful hair and crisp terrifying swing, is at the plate. The pitch from the Padres' Robbie Ray is a 92 mph sinker that he leaves up on the outer edge of the zone. Lindor stings it to the opposite field, and the ball towers up and out toward the right-field corner, where he is waiting. He is always waiting.

Fernando Tatis Jr., the king of the Robbin' Padres, with his flowing hair and his big face, does not fear the long ball. He is its god. Already, in this game, he has hit a home run, but that does not mean he will allow others the pleasure. No, he is the home run's master. He sees the ball off Lindor's bat threatening to become a grand slam, and he tracks it.

His legs race, his head craned toward the ball, his eyes on it. That is his ball. He knows it.

On the cover of Slam magazine's October 1998 issue, Chamique Holdsclaw wore a New York Knicks jersey, NBA basketball in hand. Right next to the forward from Queens was a sneaky inversion of the more common question: "Is The NBA Ready For Chamique Holdsclaw?" She was the firs...

Google’s new voice typing is pure magic, but subpar gaming performance and a useless rear LED keep these flagships from true greatness.

CNN's Dana Bash reviewed the Republican primary in Florida District 19 being held Tuesday night by going through all the candidates, most of whom had been in prison or came from other states, including MAGA creep Madison Cawthorn.

Steve Contorno's article fueled Bash's segment: A ‘clown show’ of carpetbaggers and characters has upended a Republican primary in Trump’s backyard

Madison Cawthorn came from North Carolina.

Chris Collins came from NY and was sentenced to 26 months in jail for his role in an insider trading scheme.

Ola Hawatheh is from New York.

Catalina Lauf is from Illinois.

Jim Oberweiss.

Jim Oberweiss and Catalina ran against each other in Illinois.

Now let's not forget John Strand. He was in prison for what he was convicted of doing on January 6th, 2021.

What a motley and despicable crew.

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Edouard Manet, Dead Christ with Angels, 1866-1867 #edouardmanet

The Long Tail of Operation Metro Surge The mostly below-the-radar effort to block Minnesota’s effort to prosecute federal agents for...

A U.S. Navy ship carrying 300 sailors suffered a major breakdown, losing power for four days.

The crew spent days without drinking water, meals, functioning toilets, and air conditioning.

Texas is halting adoptions for thousands of dogs and cats in an effort to stop the spread of the New World Screwworm.

Thousands of animals are now at risk of being euthanized.

Q: Are you open to negotiations with Iran?

Trump: Maybe at some point. But right now, the situation is so good

Dan Pfeiffer: “The real story of this race is not Vindman’s failure; it’s Nixon’s success. She is a dynamic candidate who ran on the exact message that has been resonating in Democratic primaries this cycle — a progressive, populist approach focused on lowering prices for working families.” “Nixon, a Black Democrat who joined the DSA […]