BadgerStew

UW-Madison grad. #Badgers
I love my fam, teachers, profs, nurses, doctors, vets, scientists, smart & kind people. I hate corruption & racists.

[BadgerStew @BadgerStew]

I have a theory.

[Jack @jackunheard]

It's been awhile and I'm going to keep asking until we get an answer...

What ever happened to the audit at Fort Knox?

[Sara Rodriguez @saraforwi]

I grew up in a working-class family. My grandparents were dairy farmers, my mom was a union teaching assistant, and my dad served during Vietnam and fixed phones.

I learned early what it means to work hard and still need things to go right. Those are the families I’m fighting for.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

CBS is now firing anyone with morals and ethics so we need to show them how we feel about that by boycotting Paramount,CBS and any other media stations that the Ellisons own.

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

I bet he has an account on Grindr. 👇

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

REP. DEAN TO BLANCHE: "The president lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove it. It's all covered up. The 🇺🇸 people are not stupid.”

(H/T @atrupar)

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Shortly after the 2025 elections, I published a list of seven voting laws every blue state should enact. While I stand by all seven, I want to highlight three. https://t.co/4RXOlS0Y4J

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

The Trump administration is sending ships to rip 900 ocean sensors out of the Atlantic and Pacific — and Congress already told them twice they couldn't do it.**
They're doing it anyway.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

We Are Living in the Dumbest Timeline

Donald Trump just posted a photo of a wind turbine next to birds and captioned it “Killing birds by the millions!”

He posted this without irony.

For every single bird killed by a wind turbine, nuclear and fossil fuel plants kill 2,118 birds. Coal alone kills roughly 7.9 million birds a year in the United States. Wind turbines? Between 140,000 and 328,000. That is not a defence of wind turbines.

We are living in genuinely, historically stupid times. Only rivalled, frankly, by the medieval peasants who blamed the Black Death on cats and promptly killed all the cats, which meant the rats multiplied, which meant more plague.

At least the peasants had the excuse of having no access to information whatsoever.

Trump has the internet. He chose this.

[💙🇵🇷Deanna🇺🇦💙 @DemDeanna]

Thank you, Denmark. 🇩🇰

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Rubio: "We're getting a lot of questions about us. I don't think it's fair because ultimately the people who have closed the Strait of Hormuz are Iran."

Sen. Schatz: "Nobody's defending what Iran is doing. I think what we're saying is this was not just predictable, it was predicted…It's really shocking to me the degree to which this administration expresses shock that the thing that everybody said was going to happen ended up happening."

[BadgerStew @BadgerStew]

GoLdEn AgE!!!

[Steven Rattner @SteveRattner]

The hiring rate was just 3.2% in April — hovering around its lowest level since 2013 (outside the 2020 shock).

The job market has frozen for many job seekers.

[Steven Rattner @SteveRattner]

The hiring rate was just 3.2% in April — hovering around its lowest level since 2013 (outside the 2020 shock).

The job market has frozen for many job seekers.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

An ICE agent accused of shooting an unarmed Venezuelan immigrant through the front door of a Minneapolis home — and then allegedly lying about what happened — has now been arrested in Texas. (Reuters)

Christian Castro, 52, was taken into custody Friday after Minnesota investigators tracked him down in Texas. He had already been charged in Hennepin County with four counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and one count of falsely reporting a crime. (Reuters)

The case stems from a January immigration operation known as “Operation Metro Surge,” which the Trump administration described as the largest immigration enforcement action ever conducted in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. (Reuters)

According to prosecutors, Castro fired his weapon through the front door of a home while standing outside in the yard. The bullet struck Julio Sosa-Celis in the leg before continuing into the wall of a child’s bedroom. Investigators say Castro was not under physical threat when he pulled the trigger.

What happened next may become one of the most controversial parts of the case.

Castro allegedly claimed that he had been attacked with a shovel and a broom and that force was necessary. But investigators say video footage contradicted that account. A medical examination reportedly found no significant injuries consistent with the story, aside from a minor abrasion on one hand. Prosecutors allege Castro was standing alone outside the house and in no immediate danger when the shooting occurred. (The Guardian)

Federal assault charges that were initially brought against Sosa-Celis and another man were later dismissed after evidence emerged that conflicted with the original version of events. Federal authorities have also examined whether agents involved made false statements about the incident.

Castro is now the second federal immigration agent charged over conduct connected to Operation Metro Surge. (Reuters)

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has argued that federal agents are not exempt from state criminal laws, while federal officials have criticized the prosecution as politically motivated. (Reuters)

The case is quickly becoming larger than a single shooting.

For supporters of the prosecution, it is a test of whether federal law enforcement officers can be held accountable when they allegedly abuse their authority.

For critics, it raises questions about the growing conflict between state prosecutors and federal immigration enforcement.

Either way, the arrest ensures that a case which began with a single gunshot through a front door is now likely headed toward a closely watched courtroom battle with national implications. (Reuters)

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

The Epstein case has always been about justice for survivors and changing the systems that allowed abuse to happen in the first place.

We're not backing down.

Today, the New Mexico Epstein Truth Commission will hold its first public hearing at 2pm MT. You can watch it here: https://t.co/OCdaucMXgd

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

Their incompetence is breathtaking. Foreign policy is complicated, but having a national birthday party is not. They've turned a celebration of democracy into a carnival of toxic narcissism. https://t.co/5eFgzJYFjt

[Mark Concannon @MarkConcannonSU]

@BadgerStew Yeah. We have seized $1 billion in Iranian crypto while the war in Iran has cost American households $100 billion more than what they were paying for goods just three months ago. Sweet deal!

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Trump has destroyed the beautiful, pristine White House grounds converting it into a trailer trash amusement park and UFC outdoor arena. 😡

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Trump posted his Iran "Documents of Surrender" fantasy on May 18. Then again May 26. Then again just now. Verbatim. Three times.

Surely the third time's a charm.

[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

Trump announces Ambassador to Türkiye is billionaire Tom Barrack (yes, the same Tom Barrack from the Epstein files)

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

The United States has a new ambassador to Turkiye. His name is Tom Barrack. If that sounds familiar, it may be because Tom Barrack's name is all over the Epstein files.

[BadgerStew @BadgerStew]

Crypto Bros: Crypto is totally safe and free from all political & government entanglements.
Also:

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Bessent on Iran:

We have seized about $1 billion of Iran's crypto — just outright grabbed the wallets.

Some of them may be typing in right now and might not realize their wallet has been grabbed.

This is money that's stolen from the Iranian people.