U.S. Progressive Political, Politics & Breaking News 🌈💙 🦋 #bluecrew #blm #resistance #NoKings 👍Slava Ukraine 👍My History of How Things Work website at https://theplanetcatalog.com/https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm32l23dho2vRepublicans were against a gas tax holiday—before they were for it https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800039653/series/republicans-were-against-a-gas-tax-holiday-before-they-were-for-it/17 May 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm32l23dho2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm3265uf4f2vIn with the old A cartoon by Clay Bennett. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800039069/cartoon/in-with-the-old/17 May 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3265uf4f2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2xpglwts23Did you know that the Donald Trump - Jeffrey Epstein Reading Room is now open? There are now 24 hour reading sessions… Where excerpts from the Epstein Files will be read aloud… https://youtube.com/shorts/RsaUTSMA2b0?si=b0a5TN0_dY4DFZwu17 May 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2xpglwts23https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2xljfh4h2fTrump's retaliation against Mark Kelly called out by retired military official President Donald Trump’s and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to silence Sen. Mark Kelly (R-Ariz.) are a threat to free speech in America, according to a retired lieutenant colonel.“The defense secretary first ta https://www.alternet.org/trump-retaliation-kelly/17 May 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2xljfh4h2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2x2btj7x2lFor Susan Collins and women with tremors, the real problem is everyone else Reactions to the senator’s disclosure of a longtime essential tremor, a relatively common condition, have reminded women with the same disorder how stigma still shapes perceptions of competence. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800039345/health/for-susan-collins-and-women-with-tremors-the-real-problem-is-everyone-else/17 May 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2x2btj7x2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2vpjzjl72l'I wanted to believe': Former supporter tears apart 'con man' Trump on live television In yet another sign that President Donald Trump is losing support from many in his own base, a three-time Trump voter called C-SPAN on Saturday to say that he regretted voting for a man he described as America’s “ https://www.alternet.org/cspan-trump-caller/17 May 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2vpjzjl72lhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2tnwdza626Trump’s ballroom ‘donors’ Best cartoons from the worst timeline: Trump’s big, expensive ballroom edition. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800038803/series/trumps-ballroom-donors/17 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2tnwdza626https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2shopq5a2lInside Trump's system that pays supporters for breaking the law In theory, American public officials are supposed to uphold the law, but the editor-in-chief of a legal news website argued on Sunday that President Donald Trump has made breaking the law pay — that is, at least, if you support him.“[Tr https://www.alternet.org/trump-voters-breaking-law/17 May 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2shopq5a2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2rk43mls26Justice Alito gets the facts wrong — again Justice Samuel Alito wrote the conservative majority’s opinions in two of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in recent years: 1) Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization—overruling Roe v. Wade; and 2) Louisiana v. Callais—neutering the Votin https://www.alternet.org/alito-decision/17 May 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2rk43mls26https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2qg3gytl2fTrump's prayer wall reveals his supporters are conflicted President Donald Trump and his administration are urging Americans to turn to Christianity to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, and part of that involves submitting public prayers to his so-called Freedom 250 prayer wall. Yet according t https://www.alternet.org/trump-prayer-wall/17 May 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2qg3gytl2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2n2aej4i2uSenate candidate says foreign truckers are making America’s roads unsafe. His own truckers have caused harm. Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes t https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800039597/news/senate-candidate-says-foreign-truckers-are-making-americas-roads-unsafe-his-own-truckers-have-caused-harm/17 May 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2n2aej4i2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2lxxig672rTrump's presidency is making America 'weird': NYT President Donald Trump’s presidency is so weird, it is causing ripple effects that is making America as a whole much more weird.Beginning with an anecdote about right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson claiming to have been physically attacked in his bed by https://www.alternet.org/trump-is-2676905656/17 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2lxxig672rhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2gkmkte52rTrump advisers are leaking he just sold out a major ally President Donald Trump may have just sold out one of America’s most stalwart allies, according to a recent report.“Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger that Chinese https://www.alternet.org/trump-leak/17 May 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2gkmkte52rhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2gdmtlz52mHappy 84th birthday to blues legend Taj Mahal In his 84 years on Earth, Henry Saint Claire Fredericks—known to the world as Taj Mahal—has thrilled the world with his music and made amazing contributions to ethnomusicology. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800039589/series/happy-84th-birthday-to-blues-legend-taj-mahal/17 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2gdmtlz52mhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2etvo2jq26Trump losing his grip on MAGA in his own Congress: report President Donald Trump is struggling to keep House Republicans in line on key policy items, according to a recent report.“House GOP leaders, for instance, are moving forward with an amended, bipartisan version of a Senate-passed housing bill https://www.alternet.org/trump-is-2676905428/17 May 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2etvo2jq26https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2eovof7a2uTrump’s renovated reflecting pool https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/17/800038495/cartoon/trumps-renovated-reflecting-pool/17 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2eovof7a2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2coagpti2uTrump's biggest liability just got worse President Donald Trump continues to politically struggle in an economy marked by rising prices caused by his Iran war — and even many of his fellow conservatives see the problem."Republicans could face a tsunami election in November if inflation continues to https://www.alternet.org/trump-economy-2676905358/17 May 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2coagpti2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2bo2mp3u2w'Trump scammed you again': Inside a presidency built on grift As Trump was leaving this week for his trip to Beijing, where he will be outsmarted by the dumplings, a reporter asked him whether Americans’ financial pain might move him to make a deal with Iran. Trump responded, “Not even a little bit… https://www.alternet.org/trump-scammed-you-again-sucker-the-anatomy-of-a-presidency-built-on-grift/17 May 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2bo2mp3u2whttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm2amje7jp26Swing state Republicans running scared as Trump tanks — and Dems smell blood “Look at Minnesota, if you must, look at where taxpayers have been fleeced of millions of dollars by Democrat politicians that chose to look the other way, take a look at Illinois, with their high tax rates, and their polit https://www.alternet.org/wisconsin-gop-2676905399/17 May 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2amje7jp26https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm27n6ard32kBill Cassidy takes a not so subtle dig at Trump following election defeat U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy incurred the wrath of pro-Trump Republicans in Louisiana who rejected his re-election bid in Saturday’s party primary election. Instead, voters lined up behind Congresswoman Julia Letlow and state Treasu https://www.alternet.org/bill-cassidy-trump-2676905389/17 May 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm27n6ard32khttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm26nkhglq2fTrump confesses to what we already knew about him https://www.alternet.org/trump-doesnt-care/17 May 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm26nkhglq2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mm25qcozkg2uHow Republicans plan to rig the vote — and make it stick The same outfit that wrote Project 2025 and watched the Trump administration follow its playbook virtually to the letter has been busy assembling a 90-page tract called “Saving America by Saving the Family.”It maps out a future in which Americ https://www.alternet.org/gop-heritage-foundation-2676905348/17 May 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm25qcozkg2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlzbxskkzc26Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face criminal proceedings in US Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a pri https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/venezuela-deported-close-ally-maduro-face-criminal-proceedings-13304030317 May 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzbxskkzc26https://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlyxkqmlxw2vTrump blasts 'disloyal' Sen. Cassidy while pushing challenger in Louisiana Republican primary Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is fighting for his political life in Saturday's primary against a challenger who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump ... https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-blasts-disloyal-sen-cassidy-pushing-challenger-louisiana-13302522716 May 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyxkqmlxw2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlyxichrm62vWhy conservatives get so mad at movies The right has been getting mad at movies for decades. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/16/800038963/series/why-conservatives-get-so-mad-at-movies/16 May 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyxichrm62vhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlyqmuor4m2g20 years after ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore grapples with the (big) wrinkle of AI Just before sitting down for a conversation at the beginning of May, Gore presented his climate change slideshow, its delivery perfected over two decades, to a room of hundreds of members of the… https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/16/800039723/environment/20-years-after-an-inconvenient-truth-al-gore-grapples-with-the-big-wrinkle-of-ai/16 May 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyqmuor4m2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlykcfxk6l2u'Stupid' Trump working overtime to kill the GOP: analysis Bulwark writer Will Saletan says it’s beginning to look more and more like Democrats are paying President Donald Trump to cut their ads, considering how hard Trump is working to put Dems in charge of Congress.“So, the midterm elections are co https://www.alternet.org/trump-midterms-republicans-trouble-2676904614/16 May 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlykcfxk6l2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlyjxrnuae2rFlorida’s corrupt gift to Trump, and Jesus Christ, these emails … Sleaze, corruption, the desecration of D.C., and more. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/16/800039368/series/trump-library-golf-course-melissa-dubose-brooke-rollins-email/16 May 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyjxrnuae2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlyjl2e4wy2wTake us to your leader A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/16/800038388/cartoon/take-us-to-your-leader/16 May 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyjl2e4wy2whttps://bsky.app/profile/us-political-news.bsky.social/post/3mlyea3meeb2gCritics go ballistic following announcement of Trump's new Orwellian commission The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch President Donald Trump’s secretive $1.7 billion “slush fund” for his allies, and sources tell ABC News that the name for the fund will be the "President Donald J. https://www.alternet.org/trump-slush-fund-2676904500/16 May 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:fck7wsgqbs6yrpaw6nirucek/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyea3meeb2g