‘MAGA has rigged the system’: Democrats slam Virginia Supreme Court for overruling voters on redistricting

‘MAGA has rigged the system’: Democrats slam Virginia Supreme Court for overruling voters on redistricting

Democratic leaders harshly criticized the Virginia Supreme Court Friday after it threw out a special election in which voters approved the state...

No vote in Tennessee (+1 GOP)

No vote in Florida (+4 GOP)

No vote in Missouri (+1 GOP)

No vote in North Carolina (+2 GOP)

No vote in Texas (+5 GOP) 

Virginia’s voter-approved maps thrown out. 

MAGA has rigged the system. - Gavin Newsom

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• ‘Historic’: Trump Ally’s Party Rocks UK in Shock Election Wave
• Day 69 of Middle East conflict — Trump warns Iran to sign a deal ‘fast’
• US fires on two Iranian-flagged oil tankers it claims were trying to violate blockade
• Trump says ceasefire still intact after burst of violence with Iran
• Trump calls Iran strikes 'just a love tap' as ceasefire faces new threat
• Trump warns Iran of “pain” if nuclear deal fails
• The Israel/US-Iran war is hitting South Africa hard 
• Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela

Rep. Thomas Massie reminds everyone that when X initially started revealing account locations, the Official DHS Twitter account of the United States showed it was set up in Israel…

“There should at the very least be an investigation into this.”

-Thomas Massie

 

All I Have To Say Is, What's In It For Putin?
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire beginning May 9, which he said would pause “all kinetic activity” in the ongoing war and include a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange between the two countries.

Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable - Aaron Ruper

Republican Shenanigans

• Surging gas prices, auto-crushing tariffs and ominous special elections: GOP sees Michigan slipping away
• Three-Time Trump Voter Slams President As 'Worthless Pile Of Sh*t' In Viral Video: 'Apparently I'm an Idiot'
• Trump touts Virginia Supreme Court ruling on redistricting: ‘Huge win’
• Inmates Detail ‘Special Treatment’ Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell Gets
• Trump Goes on Early-Morning Photo-Sharing Spree, Including Bizarre Lasers Meme
• GOP Lawmaker Tells Rogan Would-Be Trump Assassin Was ‘Programmed to Do It’
• Chris Hayes Bashes ‘Trump Supreme Court’ for Helping GOP ‘Mow Down Every Black’ Lawmaker With Bombshell Ruling
• Trump approval rating: Latest poll finds record-high disapproval

Let me see if I got this right, Justice Roberts..

Having Black districts is racist, but having all white districts is not?

Trump Releases Latest Epstein File-Iran War Distraction

Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11. A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip. A blaringly bright object doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan.

Those are some of the details in a new batch of files on UFOs that the Pentagon began releasing on Friday as President Donald Trump taps into the public’s long-held curiosities about “unidentified anomalous phenomena” in the broader universe.

To be clear, Tennessee Republicans wouldn't be able to weaken the Black vote to help themselves if John Roberts' Supreme Court didn't allow it. - Covie

Did you know Trump bought Epstein's "Lolita Express" airplane and used it during his first presidential campaign? Well now you know. - Liam Nissan

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Rock The Voter News

• Schumer presses DHS to help local governments defend against AI cyber risks
• Democrat, Republican team up on bill to remove Secret Service from DHS
• TN Democrats suing over new congressional map. Here’s what the suit is challenging
• Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Democratic Gerrymander

When a president of the United States calls a black woman journalist a bitch, silence is not an option.  

Shame on her cowardly coworkers. - Marlene Robertson

So, trump called a female reporter a bitch and the other reporters just.....stood there??? - Covie

So if Kamala Harris had started a war with Iran, gas prices doubled, and then asked taxpayers for $1 billion for a tacky gold ballroom, MAGA would’ve totally been normal and reasonable about it, right? -Jamie Bonkiewicz

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Business/Tech News

• ABC accuses FCC of violating its free speech
• CNN Throws Cold Water on Trump Jobs Report: Monthly Avg ‘Low’ — Wages ‘Meh’
• Anthropic inks $1.8B computing deal with Akamai
• Trade court strikes down Trump's 10% blanket tariffs

The Epstein case is so bad the government gave you a war, a new virus, and aliens to keep you distracted from it. Sit with that as long as you need. - FiveTimesAugust

Jerky Is Fraudulent?

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday boasted about the Trump administration removing jerky as a protein covered under the SNAP program.

Rollins joined Fox News on Friday morning to discuss the administration’s efforts to crack down on alleged SNAP fraud.

Elon Musk is proof that with enough public assistance any illegal immigrant can succeed in America. - Kyle Keegan

I, for one, think Democrats should simply ignore the supreme court ruling - USAPolling

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Odd News

• A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days
• NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye
• Scientists Think the Fifth Dimension May Exist—and It’s Hiding Behind the Universe We Know
• Tow truck driver in Canada goes viral for rescuing moose stuck in ice
• Mexican performer lifts 166.11 pounds with her hair

Time To Deflate Photo

Aveiro, Portugal. Is this a Where's Waldo neighborhood? So charming.


Peace.

Trump Demands ‘Lunatic’ Hakeem Jeffries Be ‘Charged with INCITING VIOLENCE’ in Truth Social Rant

Trump Demands ‘Lunatic’ Hakeem Jeffries Be ‘Charged with INCITING VIOLENCE’ in Truth Social Rant

President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries be “charged with INCITING VIOLENCE” in a Truth Social post that implied the Democratic lawmaker’s rhetoric was linked to the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting in April.

The most disgusting outcome after Trump pardoned January 6th insurrectionists is that 33 of those pardoned have been charged or convicted of sexually assaulting and raping children. - Ford News

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months
• Iran creates new agency to control shipping in Strait of Hormuz while reviewing peace deal with US
• Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
• Democratic senators press US military on Israel’s evacuation zones, warning of legal risks
• Miami host committee: ‘Rubio told us ICE will not be at World Cup stadiums’
• More than 15k people removed by ICE already this year, agency says
• Disgraced Prince Andrew Chased by Armed Man in Balaclava Near Marsh Farm

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘His list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel’s bar tab’

It Is Probably A Trump Doing The Trading....

The Department of Justice is investigating a series of suspiciously timed trades in the oil market just ahead of major announcements by President Donald Trump and a top Iranian official about the war in Iran, sources told ABC News.

The DOJ, along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is probing at least four of these trades where traders made a total of more than $2.6 billion betting that oil prices would drop right before they did. 

The DOJ and CFTC have not commented on the trades.

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Republican Shenanigans

• Plurality of Republicans Believe Donald Trump Would Beat Them in a Fight: Poll
• GOP Senator Suggests Jayapal, Other Dems May Be Guilty of ‘Treason’
• Kevin McCarthy Unloads on House GOP Leadership for Fumbling Years in Majority
• Purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note had echoes of messages he had sent earlier
• Trump Posts AI Photo of Biden Conked Out at Desk With Coke-Snorting Hunter
• Trump's GOP Faces Lower Voter Enthusiasm Than Democrats Ahead of Midterms, Poll Shows
• Former OpenAI board member says Elon Musk offered her sperm donations
• Trump Hits FIFA Over Sky-High World Cup Ticket Prices: ‘I Wouldn’t Pay It
• Ro Khanna trashes Howard Lutnick after 'embarrassing' Epstein testimony
• Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash

Patel sued Atlantic reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick after she revealed he's an alcoholic and Fitzpatrick responded by releasing another report further proving Patel is an alcoholic. - Covie

Are Republicans Changing Their Minds About The Ballroom?
A Republican proposal to spend $1 billion in taxpayer money on security for the White House ballroom has become a political landmine in the Senate debate over funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol for the next three and a half years.

Of course Howard Lutnick won’t resign over being in the Epstein files.

Because the guy who picked him is in them too. - JoJoFromJerz

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Rock The Voter News

• 'This charade…': Democrats walk out after clash with GOP Senators at explosive ICE hearing
• Maine Dems to Vote on Condemning DCCC Interference in House Primary
• Everyone Pardoned By Trump With Political Or Financial Ties To White House—As Democrats Investigate
• Obama gives Dems a reality check: ‘Talk like normal people’

Donald Trump didn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize.

But if he ever wants to see a Nobel Peace Prize, he can visit the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago where it’s on display. - Evan

If More Tennessee Democrats Vote Than Republicans, This Redistricting Won't Matter

Tennessee passed a new congressional map Thursday following a special legislative session that will favor Republicans in all nine of the state’s districts. If approved, the new map could ensure Tennessee sends only Republicans to Congress after the midterms.

The move comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court gutting the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required states with a history of racial discrimination to ensure minority representation in Congress. It’s now legal for maps to be drawn along partisan lines without racial concerns.

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Business/Tech News

• Rubio unveils new Cuba sanctions
• Anthropic taps SpaceX data center for AI compute power
• Crypto-backed mortgages are hitting the mainstream.
• Data centers divide Alabama GOP voters along age, gender lines
• Soccer-Help wanted: Fox Sports hiring 'World Cup Watcher' for $50,000

It’s crazy how Americans keep rejecting data centers en masse, but our elected officials keep approving them anyway - Anna Horford

Chuck Grassley Is A Dirty Player. Not Surprising.

Several former FBI agents are arguing Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) played a significant role in their firings, removals that followed his release of a number of unredacted materials about the criminal investigation into President Trump.

That assertion was made in two separate lawsuits against the FBI that don’t name Grassley as a defendant but point to his actions as a factor precipitating the firing of agents who worked on former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

In America, they call it "lobbying."

Everywhere else in the world, they call it,

"Bribery & Corruption."

In Andy Rooney’s voice: 

“So do you ever wonder what happened to the two pilots who supposedly were rescued? Who are they? What happened to them? If they existed, wouldn’t Orange Jim Jones parade them around and tell us how amazing he is to have saved them?”

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Odd News

• These monster black holes did not form the usual way—their history of violence is written into spacetime ripples
• Fungal strains in space spark worry
• A new experiment deepens the mystery over gravitational constant, Big G
• Florida woman suspects break-in, finds two alligators fighting
• Immersive art: museum-goers in bikinis dive into Cezanne

Time To Deflate Photo

This Jacaranda tree needs me in its shade. On a swing.

Peace.

Trump tells PBS News that Iran war has ‘a very good chance of ending’

Trump tells PBS News that Iran war has ‘a very good chance of ending’

President Donald Trump expressed optimism about striking a deal with Iran, which could include Iran exporting its highly enriched uranium to the United...

Believe it or not there was a time, seems like long ago now, when I didn’t think about The Strait of Hormuz every day. - TheRealThelmaJohnson

 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump Warns ‘Bombing Starts’ If Iran Doesn’t Accept New Deal
• Trump announces pause on Project Freedom
• ‘Terrible Deal’: Fox’s Hugh Hewitt Trashes Trump Peace Framework
• Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Shreds ‘Immature’ Pete Hegseth: ‘Doesn’t Belong on the Job’
• DHS chief admits to trying to be ‘more quiet’ with ICE raids
• World Cup fears of ICE raids grow while England stay at their US HQ next month
• Illinois State Police investigating fatal ICE shooting of Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park

Y’all know how many people died for voting rights and that sh-t was wiped out with 6 votes??? - Sun Ra

Most of Today's CNN Is Undeserving To Stand On The Shoulders of Ted Turner

Ted Turner, the charismatic, larger-than-life figure who conquered the world of media, sports and philanthropy, has died, according to a release by Turner Enterprises obtained by CNN. He was 87.

Chaotic GOP Wants To Fund Immigration Enforcement But...

The decision to advance a narrowly focused budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement operations later this month has sparked a battle among Senate Republicans over whether to pass a third reconciliation bill before the election to enact other elements of President Trump’s agenda before the midterm election.   

White House in Crisis After Iran Blockades Potomac - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Famed Epstein reporter targeted in 'disturbing' hacking scheme: 'It gets worse'
• Howard Lutnick to testify to Oversight Committee on Epstein ties
• Tennessee unveils GOP-favored redistricting proposal
• FBI raids office of Virginia State Senator
• Patel: FBI ‘kept out’ of early days of Nancy Guthrie investigation
• FDA blocked studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines safe, HHS official says
• AI data center backlash threatens Pennsylvania GOP incumbents in 2026 election

We need to demolish Data Centers and plant forests on golf courses. - commtrucker

Trump Revokes Costa Rican Journalists' Visas

The United States has revoked tourist visas for five of the seven board members of La Nación, Costa Rica's leading newspaper, in a move described by local groups as unprecedented and raising concerns about press freedom.

The decision, confirmed by the company in a statement Saturday, was carried out without prior formal notice or a detailed explanation from the State Department, which cited confidentiality laws.

Before anyone suggests it...

Ivermectin doesn't treat Hantavirus - DrNeilStone

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Rock The Voter News

• Obama Warns AG is Not the President’s ‘Consigliere’ in Swipe at Trump
• Obama says president ‘shouldn’t have a bunch of side hustles’
• Barack Obama encourages Stephen Colbert to run for president ahead of 'Late Show' final episode
• Katie Porter Blurts ‘Donald Trump Sucks!’ at Wild CNN Debate

Trump tells merchant ships to follow the American ships through the Strait and they will be safe. As soon as ships get hit, Trump says you’re on your own and cancels the safe passage. 

Trump has now failed an escort business - Prez

Canadians Warned About Crime In Costa Rica
Canada has updated its travel advice page for Costa Rica, keeping our country under a nationwide recommendation to “exercise a high degree of caution” because of crime. The Canadian government’s advisory was updated yesterday, and lists Costa Rica under the caution category rather than a do-not-travel warning. The notice applies to the country as a whole and does not single out one region for a higher national risk level.

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Business/Tech News

• Gasoline price climbs 31 cents in past week, crossing $4.50 a gallon
• Private employers added 109,000 roles in April
• Coinbase laying off hundreds of employees, citing AI advancements
• Americans more worried about money than death: Survey

No idea how we’ve made it to almost 250 years without a billion dollar ballroom. - Al Cappuccino 

Flights weren’t being canceled due to a jet fuel shortage when Joe and Pete were in charge.

Everything Trump Touches Turns To...

Debris from the White House’s demolished East Wing– knocked down to make way for President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom– tested positive for lead after being dumped at a public golf course, according to the National Park Service.

The rubble was also found to contain chromium, PCBs, pesticides, petroleum byproducts, and other toxic chemicals at levels over laboratory reporting limits in soil, a report requested by the park service found. Over 30,000 cubic yards of debris from the White House construction project have been dumped at the East Potomac Golf Links course since October.

The choice of the nearby golf course as a dumping ground was highly scrutinized following previous reports that Trump was looking to rebrand the course. Trump reportedly autographed a rendering of a new golden logo for the redesign proposal

If there were aliens or alien spaceships or anything under the control of the U.S. Government that we knew about, seen, photographs — I promise you some guy gardening the installation would’ve taken a selfie with one of the aliens and sent it to his girlfriend… It would leak.

Contact hasn’t happened yet.

First contact, I think I would be a good emissary for the planet. - Barack Obama

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Odd News

• International Space Station often visible from Earth. How to spot it
• Watch as NASA's Curiosity Rover frees its drill from a rock
• Planet 9 volunteers double known population of brown dwarfs
• Boston bakery pleads for return of giant ice cream cone mascot
• Athlete pulls 21,737-pound bus with his neck

Time To Deflate Photo

Crater in Winslow, Arizona is over a mile wide. Imagine how large that meteorite must have been before it was pulverized on impact.

Peace.