ICYMI: May 07, 2026

Oh, Hell No!!! Signed, California!

Below, you will find some headlines and events we may have missed. Feel free to share what you have found interesting as long as it comes from a credible source, not some far right, fake news cesspit.Today’s blog or the failed, ‘Trust Me, Bro” nonsense as a source.

Updates:

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is no longer in the ICU but will remain in the hospital for "some time" as he recovers from pneumonia, his spokesperson said. https://t.co/qfHrCO9hys pic.twitter.com/vl4O1wClBZ

— CNN (@CNN) May 7, 2026

2026 Election:

From the MarKODA Files-Another MAGAt Who ‘Thinks’ He Knows How California Works Edition:

Republican California gubernatorial hopeful Chad Bianco appeared to backpedal after he was asked about a quote from an interview he did that the other GOP contender on the CNN debate stage, Steve Hilton, "swindled his way into the Republican side, even though he's not."

Stream… pic.twitter.com/YL8JPznQTT

— CNN (@CNN) May 6, 2026

Trump’s 💩 Economy 💩:

But Trump’s economic advisers and Republicans in Congress will go on CNBC with big smiles and insist everything is great.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-05-07T12:15:36.666Z

The Gestapo:

That’s how my kids pronounced it when they were 4.

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— John Moe (@johnmoe.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM

The Fascist Felon & His Brownshirts:

Gas is $4.56 a gallonLet's check in on what the president is working on today:

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-07T14:16:51.449Z

Trump Demands ‘Lunatic’ Hakeem Jeffries Be ‘Charged with INCITING VIOLENCE’ in Truth Social Rant

I get the sense that Republicans find this terribly inconvenient, but Jeffries borrowed the “maximum warfare” phrase from a Trump White House official.It appeared in an August 2025 NYT article (tinyurl.com/mrx24tdm) about Trump’s gerrymandering crusade.

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-05-07T13:40:02.682Z

President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries be “charged with INCITING VIOLENCE” in a Truth Social post that implied the Democratic lawmaker’s rhetoric was linked to the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting in April.

Taking to social media, the president shared an online meme that placed a CCTV still of the moment shooting suspect Allen Cole rushed a Secret Service checkpoint at the event side-by-side with an image of Jeffries at a party presser about redistricting efforts four days earlier, on April 21.

At the presser, Jeffries stood beside a poster showing Trump’s face that reads: “Maximum warfare everywhere all the time.”

Orwellian Speak-Fear Sells:

Irony alert

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— David R. Brockman, Ph.D. (@drdrbrockman.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 8:54 AM

First it's Hassett with, "Soaring credit card debt is awesome!" Now it's Duffy with, "Let them eat road trips!"

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— Mark Follman (@markfollman.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 8:04 AM