“Oh Balogun is just playing for the U.S. because he couldn’t make the England squad”…Folks, that is the entire promise of our nation. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. And then we’ll beat your ass with them.

CENTCOM said the pilots shot down were rescued at 7:33 PM ET within 2 hours after they were shot down. Trump boarded the helicopter from Bedminster to go to the Knicks game at 6:57 PM ET. So he was on his way to the game after they were shot down and before they were rescued.

Oh...that's gore. That's gore of my comfort character

SO CLOSE

82-0 might be fun for some of you, but for True & Ethical appreciators of defense, glue guys, vibes, grinders, and “he just does the little things” guys, this game is actually a minor form of torture

Quentin Tarantino might be a dumbass

🚨BREAKING: All I can say is this is fucking so cynical I have no words. democracydocket.com/news-ale…

We can have the discussion about Army-Navy and conf. championship games. But would: 1st Rd: December 18-19 2nd Rd: December 25-26 Semis: January 1-2 Natty: January 9 not just be better for the sport?

George Westinghouse Bridge spotted

Reporter: Ken Paxton has taken to calling you ‘Talafreako’ @JamesTalarico: If Ken Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles. This is the guy who just released Adam Hoffman from jail, an admitted child rapist, after one of Ken Paxton’s wealthy lawyer friends got involved in the case. Ken Paxton even kept him off the sex offender registry. Adam Hoffman was supposed to serve 25 years to life, but instead he served less than a month. As of this week, he’s now back on our streets because of Ken Paxton’s corruption. Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America, and it is costing Texans, it’s endangering our children, and it must end. The Epstein class has no place in Texas.

May 5: Trump-backed challengers defeat 5 IN Senators. May 16: Bill Cassidy loses to Trump endorsee. May 19: Thomas Massie loses to Trump endorsee. May 26: John Cornyn loses to Trump endorsee. Trump’s influence in GOP primaries remains as strong, if not stronger, than ever.

Mike Elko: “If we don’t get a level of regulation in the market, a lot of people are going to go bankrupt. If we get another couple years where it’s up 20% and 20%, the NIL budget is going to be more than the entire TV revenue for all of our universities.”

NEW: Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko on College Football Playoff expansion talk: "What does Mike Elko want? 40. Then I won’t get fired. It's ok to make it hard to get to the playoff." Elko continued: "None of us are answering for the good of the sport. We’re answering for the good of ourselves." (h/t @PeteNakos) on3.com/news/mike-elko-colle…

One day I’d love for a Pitt team to be safely in instead of on the bubble. One day

F1 this year isn't feeling real to me at all like i don't know if it's the schedule or the new regs but is anyone else feeling extremely dissociated from it 😭😭😭

The dichotomy of the Tatum/Butler whistle in this sequence remains one of the most disgraceful things in the history of this sport

OH MY GODDD. 2 OUTS. 2 STRIKES. 🔥🔥🔥 PITTSBURGH PANTHERSSSS TAKE THE LEADDDD

UNBELIEVABLE

This is a radical change to immigration policy, forcing anyone applying for a green card to leave the country indefinitely, forget whether they have American kids, spouse, etc. The talking point that we do want legal immigration, we just want people to get in line and follow the rules, is BS. This is an attempt to blow up the line, blow up the rules, and make it insanely difficult to immigrate legally.

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it. Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago. IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued. The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk. The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit. Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.”  Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million. The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out. This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president. Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues? nytimes.com/2026/05/19/admin…