Chris Hedges: America's suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire. read more
Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the owner of the cargo ship Dali, two years after the vessel struck Baltimore's Key Bridge, causing its collapse and killing six people. Synergy Marine, the company that operated the ship, along with one of its employees, has been charged with conspiracy, obstruction and misconduct resulting in death, among other offences. read more
The Supreme Court on Monday removed an obstacle to Alabama's using a new congressional map in this year's election that would eliminate one of the state's two majority-Black districts. read more
Ted Lasso star Cristo Fernandez, who portrayed Mexican soccer star Dani Rojas, is now a pro player in real life after signing with the USL Championship team El Paso Locomotive. Fernandez was a youth player for the Mexican team Tecos FC at age 15 until he left due to injury.
Rex Taylor Reed, the legendary film critic whose sharp wit, uncompromising taste and distinctive prose made him one of the most recognizable voices in American cultural journalism for six decades, died in his sleep on May 12, 2026, in New York City. He was 87.
A South Korea woman who allegedly killed two men and almost a third with laced drinks had asked ChatGPT questions beforehand about how much would be fatal. There are a "growing series of high-profile criminal cases in which people are accused of using AI programs to aid violent crimes," reports NBC News.
Jason Koebler: To browse the internet today, to consume any sort of content at all, is to be bombarded with AI of all sorts. People think things that are fake are real, things that are real are fake. Much has been written about "AI psychosis," the nonspecific, nonscientific diagnosis given to people who have lost themselves to AI. Less has been said about the cognitive load of what other people's AI use is doing to the rest of us, and the insidious nature of having to navigate an internet and a world where lazy AI has infiltrated everything.
In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision on gerrymandering, Louisiana's governor suspended the state's primary elections, even though tens of thousands of votes had already been cast. Now he intends to toss those votes.
Steve Hilton, a Republican front-runner in the race for governor of California, recently visited the oldest operating Del Taco in the United States for what he might have thought would be an uncontroversial pit stop. "Check it out: the original Del Taco. There it is," Hilton says in a video he shared on social media last weekend from the fast-food restaurant in Barstow, Calif. "My Barstow street taco. I'm going to enjoy it."
Kotaku: CNBC reports that eBay's board wrote to Ryan Cohen on Tuesday, May 12, to make clear its categorical rejection of the silly man's ridiculous attempt to buy a company five times larger than his own with borrowed money and bad math. A letter signed by eBay's chairman of the board of directors, Paul S. Pressler, calls his offer "neither credible nor attractive."
CNBC: Prices that consumers pay for a wide range of goods and services increased at a faster-than-expected pace in April, as another burst in energy prices raised further concerns about inflation's impact on the U.S. economy. read more
A new CNN poll finds a large increase in Americans calling high prices and the cost of living their top economic problems. Strong majorities are pessimistic about the economy -- almost 7 in 10 believe a recession is likely in 2026 -- and about their own ability to cover expenses. read more
A new poll shows that a large majority of Americans say they think there is too much money in U.S. politics. Politico released a poll on Saturday showing that 72 percent of Americans say there's too much money in politics, whereas 5 percent say they disagree.
Defeat in the present confrontation with Iran ... can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The Strait of Hormuz will not be "open," as it once was. With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region and one of the key players in the world. The roles of China and Russia, as Iran's allies, are strengthened; the role of the United States, substantially diminished. read more
Politico released a poll on Saturday showing that 72 percent of Americans say there's too much money in politics, whereas 5 percent say they disagree. read more
With nearly one-fifth of the world's oil under lock and key thanks to Donald Trump's ill-fated war on Iran, oil derivatives like jet fuel are at a premium. That makes it all the more devastating that the US Air Force leaked some 32,000 gallons of the stuff into the Potomac river over the course of just four months. read more
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