"Weird" Al Yankovic and guests on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night.

How many of them can you name?

https://bsky.app/profile/alyankovic.bsky.social/post/3mmddlqkj3c2a
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Bsky post by Al Yankovic ‪@alyankovic.bsky.social‬ Hanging out with a few friends tonight. With pic of Colbert and guests.

Tribute to Stephen Colbert from Mark "Skywalker" Hamill.

https://bsky.app/profile/markhamillofficial.bsky.social/post/3mmevrxvcxc2r
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Bsky post by Mark Hamill ‪@markhamillofficial.bsky.social‬ Can't thank Stephen Colbert enough for the decades of laughs he's given us. He's been positively therapeutic in these troubled times & I can't wait to see what he does next! 👀 (plus, he let me sit behind his desk) 🙏

Tribute to Stephen Colbert from Hillary Clinton.

https://bsky.app/profile/hillaryclinton.bsky.social/post/3mmehrqjgnk2b
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Bsky post by Hillary Rodham Clinton ‪@hillaryclinton.bsky.social‬ Every time I sat across the desk from Stephen Colbert, I knew we'd have a conversation that was about more than just getting laughs. Alongside his great wit, Stephen brought deep thoughtfulness, empathy, and humility to the late-night stage. Here's to a next chapter as brilliant as the last. With 4 pics of her on the show.

Tribute to Stephen Colbert from Kamala Harris.

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Tweet by Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris Stephen Colbert has a talent for making people laugh and encouraging them to stay curious, stay engaged, and stay hopeful about the world around them. @StephenAtHome : Thank you for your voice, your creativity, and so many memorable conversations over the years. Cheers to you. With pic of her on the show.

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/the-late-show-stephen-colbert-robert-de-niro-martha-stewart-1236755672/ has the names of the guests on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night.

Now see if you can match the names with the faces in the pic.

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Stephen Colbert on stage for the final time tonight.

Credit: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
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Pic from the back of the stage of Colbert and the audoience

A bitter-sweet ending of the Great Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
😢 🙏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG0HFw0edXY
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Interview: "Dictatorship in Action” Trump's $1.8B slush fund & bar on IRS scrutiny

Trumps so-called “anti-weaponization” fund will pay criminal Trump supporters to intimidate people.

And the order to not investigate the Trump family’s dealings “screams that Donald Trump is, in fact, a criminal-level tax cheat.”

~David Cay Johnston

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/20/trump_irs_deal_corruption_johnston

#USPol #EUPol #IRS #Autocracy #Jan6 #news #TrumpCorruption .

Tax the rich.

Fix problems.

Have nice things.

#revolution

#uspol

#CommonSense

#AreYouFuckingKiddingMe

Anytime Trump says he’s lost only 13 people, be sure to point out the over 400,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. that have been attributed to the mishandling of the pandemic by the previous Trump administration.

#COVID #Iran #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

He's a very naughty boy. Is crucifixion still an option?

#USPol
#Trump
#8647
#iBisPaintX

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A cartoon Roman centurion looks at graffiti on wall that reads "Octoginta sex quadraginta septem." This means eighty-six fourth-seven, a phrase the Trump administration find offensive and considers to be a direct threat to the life of Trump. Wankers. By me in iBisPaintX.

#HouseRepublicans, you tiny wimpy nothings

Republican leaders pulled a resolution to halt the #IranWar that had been scheduled for a vote Thursday evening, after it became clear they just didn’t have enough votes to defeat it.

#TheRealSuckersAndLosers #Congress #USpol #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #law #WarPowers #NationalSecurity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/iran-war-powers-trump-measure.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

It is *always* the ones we suspect:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYnl8uXoCKr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
#menofmaga #maga #pdffiles #pedo #paedo #hypocrisy #csam #white #christian #nationalist #tds #news #history #uspol #uspolitics #politics

I thought my country was misogynistic but we've had multiple female leaders who were just as shit as the males.

The USA however.......faaaacking 'ell! They'll choose a rapist over a women every time, won't they?

#USPol #USPolitics #AOC #Misogyny #Patriarchy

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Richard Wright @wealthyalberta.bsky.social - Th ® Don't you just love AOC? She should consider running for president, but it seems close to half of America wouldn't elect a female, yet. But you need a tough, unrelenting person, who will first impeach trump, and every single enabler sycophant, including in Congress and the Senate. AOC for president.

That Party will never wash their hands of the blood of Gaza, and they'll hate on AOC for calling them out on it.

It's a fucking Genocide, to decent people that matters. 'Decent people' that is...

#Genocide #Gaza #USPol #USPolitics #AOC

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@acyn.bsky.social - 49m AOC: I think it's pretty unbelievable that Gaza would not be mentioned once in the autopsy report. | think it was very clearly a major dynamic and a major thread that was happening in 2024. The fact that it's not even addressed, | think, is a major oversight.

Gee, I hope the mighty United States, shining beacon upon a hill, has some checks and balances for when their Department of Justice is taken over by Fascists, Gangsters and Paedophile Protectors... /s

#USPol #USPolitics #DoJ

Ihab Hassan tweets:
'This is what you did to them before deporting them.'

Israel Foreign Ministry tweets:
'All foreign activists from the PR flotilla have been deported from Israel.
Israel will not permit any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza.'

screenshot: https://x.com/IhabHassane/status/2057512710170939733

#Iran #USA #Israel #EndlessWar #IranWar #WarOnIran #Gaza #Flotilla
#UKpol #USpol #EUpol #Palestine ...all for #Israel

#Epstein #EpsteinWars

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Ihab Hassan tweets: This is what you did to them before deporting them. Israel Foreign Ministry tweets: All foreign activists from the PR flotilla have been deported from Israel. Israel will not permit any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@deadline/116614870348194434

They're melancholy because the freedoms they enjoyed are being taken away from them by the Rich and their cowardly minions.
This isn't "boo hoo, show cancelled", this is something much, much more.

#USPol #USPolitics

"Questions about the underlying grand jury proceeding have been roiling the case. First that prompted the government to drop the felony conspiracy charge rather than show the judge the grand jury testimony. The judge finally saw those transcripts Tuesday night. That led to a closed-door emergency hearing this morning. Today, the remaining charges were dropped and U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros appeared in court personally to apologize to the judge."

🎁 https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/hand-in-the-cookie-jar-2/sharetoken/5277063d-d15f-400a-abfd-617dca3769fd

#USPol

"A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the felony conspiracy count against the remaining defendants in the 'Broadview Six' case, further winnowing a politically charged prosecution that is now down to misdemeanor counts of impeding an immigration agent.

'Congratulations, you all are no longer charged with felonies,' U.S. District Judge April Perry told the four defendants."

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/broadview-six-dismiss-charges/

#USPol

"THE SENATE🚨will go home until June, leaving the reconciliation bill unfinished.

THUNE just told senators in the room.

All because of the DOJ #weaponization fund.

House is expected to follow suit soon."
-J Sherman

Republican MOC are craven traitors.
#SlushFund #Corruption #Trump #Republicans #TrumpRegime #DOJ #DHS #DOD #USPol

"~2-hour mtg w Blanche & Sen Rs was🚨incredibly hostile.

As many as 25 GOP senators spoke (rare for these mtgs), all in opp to #weaponization fund.

R’s🚨pitched specif ideas such as dictating how the 5 comms are chosen & not allowing ppl convicted of #violence against cops to be eligible for a payout.

Tell me:🚨no ofcl guidance yet, but many of them believe➡️will be sent home for the recess bc of how much time it'll take to get agreed-upon lang & have it scrubbed by the parl."
-A Desidario
#USPol

The legal grounds the US cites for indicting #RaúlCastro could be used -- now or 30 years from now -- to indict #PeteHegseth for bombing fishing boats from #Venezuela, #Colombia, #Trinidad and #Tobago.

#Cuba #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

The lawsuit argues:🚨the fund violates the #14A prohibition on use of fed💰to “pay any debt or obl incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion agst the US.”

The offs’ complaint alleges:⚡the #DOJ has no legal auth to create the fund.

The DOJ will likely argue:🚨offs don’t have standing to bring the suit. The complaint contends that Dunn & Hodges have faced ongoing harassment, incl #DeathThreats, from parts in the riot.

Asgd to➡️GWB judge *mixed rullngs.
#SlushFund #USPol
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/trump-weaponization-fund-lawsuit-jan-6-00929342

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Image showing a clash between supporters of Donald Trump and Capitol police during the January 6th, 2021, Capitol riot. The scene is chaotic, with individuals in the foreground and various flags visible. Police are seen in riot gear. Text: Jan 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s…

#SlushFund deal:🚨crosses into new territ of venality, graft, & #AbuseOfPower.

Fmr DOJer J Ricketts:🚨“I've never heard of the dept ever being willing to grant blanket immunity...

B Perry *pres scholar: “Presidents have had corrupt family mems. But none of them succeeded to the extent of the Trump fam in the lev of graft achiev🚨-emasculated Cong, created a supp high crt, & reshaped the law & insts to absolve them of any wrongdoing, while making $Bs of ill-gotten$.”
#USPol
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/new-frontiers-in-venality-graft-and-abuse-of-power

The sweeping aid cuts🚨have left the DRC struggling to contain an #Ebola outbreak despite its extsv exp with the disease.

#WHO: ID'd ~600 suspected cases, nearly 2X the# from 3 days earlier, &💔139 deaths,⬆️~60% from the 88 deaths reported Sun.

Challenge: compounded by the fact:🚨no approved vaccines or therapeutics for Bundibugyo.

*Trump & Musk🚨effectively killed #USAID last year. An Am DR exposed to #Ebola in UG:⚡arrived in Prague. Trump didn't let him in the US‼️
#USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/21/ebola-responders-say-aid-cuts-under-trump-left-them-unprepared-outbreak/

Every American should be disgusted by this. - Rep. Jim McGovern.
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Jacob Chansley, widely known as the "QAnon Shaman," who became a prominent figure during the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern X.com Remember: it was like pulling teeth to get Republicans to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. But it took them no time at all to create a $1.8 billion Insurrection Slush Fund to pay off the legal fees of the January 6th rioters who beat cops. These are sick, corrupt people.

To those who say that ICC warrants, etc. are pointless because... global fascism...

Deep in your hearts you must know that, if we don't keep making as much trouble for them as possible, whenever & wherever & however, we're basically complicit. No easy way.

At the very least, we can make them feel hunted.

💪

#Fascism #IsraeliCrimes #palestine #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #ICC #UN #ICJ .

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Gazans amid rubble

Meanwhile antivaxxers and trumpers are allowed to spew their lies with impunity.

#Fascism #USpol #Tyranny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEQy2TiyUDs

They promised the people that fascism would bring them great power and prosperity. The details differed from country to country but the general pattern was the same.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

@mastodonmigration

I'm glad you still have hope. I'll vote like I always do. It's happening, and it's happening fast whether we vote or not.

...February 2026 update: The Trump administration has initiated or completed 53 percent of #Project2025s domestic administrative policy agenda in the 12 months following the president’s inauguration. In all, 283 of the 532 recommended actions identified in this tracker have been put into action...

#USPOL #Fascism #Resist

https://progressivereform.org/tracking-trump-2/project-2025-executive-action-tracker/

Cartoon by Chris Britt.
#USpol

It amazes me that the U.S. population acts as though it doesn't know how to rid itself of an out of control dictator and complicit Congress and judiciary.

#USPOL #Fascism #Resist

If you are wondering how the historically unpopular Donald Trump seems to be winning so many elections lately, it's because those elections are Republican primaries, which means that the people who vote in them are people who identify as Republicans. And the number of people who identify as Republicans is cratering.

Inside Republican spaces, there is no room for people who oppose Donald Trump. But that just makes those spaces get smaller and smaller.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/fewer-americans-calling-republicans-republican-leaning-independents-2015/story?id=131591280

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Chart from ABC News: "Fewest call themselves Republicans or Republican-leaning independents since 2015." It shows party identification data from Gallup. Republican identification peaked most recently at 47% in Q4 2024, and has been on a steep downward slope ever since. It's currently at 39%.

"Quite a first sentence in the⚡new Congressional inquiry to Treasury Secretary about🚨Trump's $1.7 billion slush fund for convicted crooks:

"The American people and the world🚨just witnessed one of the most brazen acts of public corruption and self-dealing in American history."
-S MacFarlane

#Corruption #SlushFund #Lawless #Trump #TrumpRegime #Republicans #Congress #Accountabilty #Rights #Constitution #Democrats #USPol
https://democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/1wm-and-jc-letter-to-doj-and-treasury-regarding-settlement-fund-final.pdf

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The 1st page of the letter:

RE: https://toad.social/@KimPerales/116607580491850897

Letter from the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on
the Judiciary from Democrats Richard E. Neal and Jamie Raskin.

"Never in American history has a President pursued corruption this brazenly or on such a
colossal scale.

Congress and Congress alone has the power of the purse under the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution.

We request the following documents and written answers to the
below by Wednesday, May 27, 2026 ..."

https://fosstodon.org/@KimPerales@toad.social/116607580985537137
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Kim Perales » 🌐 2026-05-20 / 2026-05-20
@KimPerales@toad.social

"Quite a first sentence in the⚡new Congressional inquiry to Treasury Secretary about🚨Trump's $1.7 billion slush fund for convicted crooks:

"The American people and the world🚨just witnessed one of the most brazen acts of public corruption and self-dealing in American history."
-S MacFarlane

#Corruption #SlushFund #Lawless #Trump #TrumpRegime #Republicans #Congress #Accountabilty #Rights #Constitution #Democrats #USPol
https://democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/1wm-and-jc-letter-to-doj-and-treasury-regarding-settlement-fund-final.pdf

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The 1st page of the letter:

Report: Margaret Connolly, sister of Ireland's President Catherine Connolly, was abducted with fellow activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

This is the ­unlawful seizure of citizens on the open sea - an "assertion that the Israeli regime can operate with total impunity, far beyond its own borders, with no consequences."

"Even more alarming is the silence from Western governments".

https://www.independent.ie/county/sligo/ive-heard-nothing-husband-of-margaret-connolly-outraged-over-her-abduction-by-israelis/a/152137832.html

#USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #news #Ireland .

Report: The judge in the Filton 6 trial "secretly ruled that, despite not being charged with terrorism, there was a terrorist connection with the six, due to the activists attempting to influence the Israeli government."

The so-called “terror connection" is highly likely to lead to punitive jail terms at sentencing on 12 June.

It was illegal for the British press to report the fact.

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/palestine-action-prisoners-may-be-sentenced-terrorists

#USPol #EUPol #Filton6 #UKPol #UKRepression #News #palestine #palestineAction .

“Larry Bushart, a retired Tennessee cop who was jailed for 37 days for posting a Trump meme on Facebook, won an $835,000 settlement Wednesday after suing the county and sheriff that he said jailed him in order to censor him.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/man-wins-835k-after-sheriff-jailed-him-for-a-month-over-charlie-kirk-post/

#USPol

The fascists promised everything to everyone: They would make the poor rich and the rich richer.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda

Looking like it's kinda the opposite of that really...

#Trump #Netanyahu #USPol #USPolitics #Israel #IranWar #Geopolitics

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Aaron Rupar © @atrupar.com Q: What did you say to Netanyahu about Iran? TRUMP: He's fine. He'll do whatever | want him to do.

Report: Israel’s security minister Itamar Ben Gvir "has posted a video showing detained activists from the Gaza flotilla kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs & foreheads on the ground."

The footage is captioned “Welcome to Israel” & shows "dozens of activists on the deck of a military boat with the Israeli national anthem blaring, & in detention in Israel."

https://aje.news/7adwbd?update=4589198

#USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #israeliCrimes #news #Fascism .

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Flotilla activists detained in Israel

Report: A new Jewish diaspora movement (JDM) explicitly rejects Israel’s ethno-nationalism.

"Solidarity with oppressed peoples, including in Palestine, is central to its understanding of Jewishness", the coalition states.

So far, the coalition has 46 member organisations, incl "Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbis for Ceasefire, IfNotNow, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice & the American Council for Judaism".

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260520-jewish-groups-launch-new-diaspora-movement-rejecting-israels-ethno-nationalism/

#USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #News #Palestine #JDM .

"controversial cancellation"

It's fucking Political Censorship! Of Satire!

This isn't about cancelling somebody's favourite show, this is something much more!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/20/late-night-tv-says-goodbye-to-stephen-colbert

#StephenColbert #Censorship #FreeSpeech #USBroadcasting #USPol #USPolitics #EpsteinClass

"Shoot First, Ask Questions Later"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/defense-department-inquiry-airstrikes-alleged-drug-boats

#USPol #USPolitics #WarCrimes #USMilitary #Pentagon #DoD #Piracy

From cartoonist Dennis Goris.

https://bsky.app/profile/dennisgoris.bsky.social/post/3mm7ueesp6s2i
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Cartoon of notice - Was your flag pole damaged from bating a police officer on January 6th? - pic of Flag with bent pole - You may be entitled to compensation from the $1.8 billions Felon-to-Felon Slush Fund. Apply today!

lol, "we want to free the Iranian people from Tyranny!"

Bollocks

#IranWar #USPol #USPolitics #Israel #Iran #MahmoudAhmadinejad #EpsteinClass

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Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.