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The producer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% for the month, much higher than the 0.5% Dow Jones consensus forecast and the upwardly revised 0.7% March increase.

Energy was at the root of the unexpectedly high gain in producer prices, though there was evidence that the price pain is extending beyond the gas pump.

The services index accelerated 1.2%, the biggest gain since March 2022. Two-thirds of the move was attributed to a 2.7% gain in trade services, a sign that tariff costs could be starting to have a larger impact on prices.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/ppi-inflation-report-april-2026-.html

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Graphic video (it's two videos, first is the POV of the officer who was shot, then at 3 minutes you can see the POV of the other officer)
https://rumble.com/v79qfsq-richfield-pd-release-bodycam-video-showing-deadly-shootout-with-desaver-bri.html

And here is a statement from the lawyer for the man's family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEtqikRWl3s

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/12/richfield-shooting-family-of-black-man-killed-by-police-question-narrative

The family of Desaver Hollis, a Black man shot and killed by Richfield police last month, are questioning the police’s narrative after viewing the body-worn camera footage.

Richfield police officers shot and killed Hollis, 27, on April 29 after identifying him as a suspect in a reported theft from a vehicle. Video released by the city of Richfield on Monday appears to show Hollis shoot Sgt. Mario Leon in the hand before Leon and Sgt. Kristian Schultz returned fire at least 20 times, including while Hollis was on the ground.

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Businessman Narvin Lichfield is asking the 10th Circuit to revive his defamation lawsuit against Netflix documentary “The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping.”

The lawsuit argues the documentary falsely portrayed him as:“a criminal and child abuser”

Judges debated whether statements like: “the children he abused, the parents he conned” were protected opinion/hyperbole or factual accusations.

The documentary focuses on WWASP-affiliated troubled teen programs.

https://www.courthousenews.com/businessman-asks-10th-circuit-to-revive-defamation-suit-over-netflix-troubled-teen-documentary/

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House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune told HuffPost they're not familiar with Trump's efforts to boost his compensation.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-lawsuit-10-billion-irs-tax-returns_n_6a04e590e4b040d76f64d544

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans aren’t eager to discuss the prospect of President Donald Trump ordering his own administration to pay him as much as $10 billion in a legal settlement.

Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service in January, after he’d been back in office a year, over the unlawful release of his tax returns by a government contractor during his first term. The New York Times reported this week that Trump’s attorneys are in settlement talks with the Justice Department, aiming to reach an agreement before a judge has a chance to throw the case out.

Though Trump sued for $10 billion — a sum that would double his net worth, which has already grown by leaps and bounds during his presidency because of his family’s cryptocurrency investments — it seems unlikely he will ultimately receive such a large payout.

On Wednesday, Republicans largely tried to dodge questions about the case, which presents a clear conflict of interest for a president who has claimed unprecedented amounts of direct authority over government agencies, including the IRS and the Justice Department. The GOP is already facing political headaches over a different aspect of Trump’s self-aggrandizement, with many Republicans balking at spending $1 billion on his ballroom project.

“One of the things that is not in my purview is the Department of Justice and how they evaluate cases,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday in response to a question from HuffPost. “I haven’t thought about that or read into it. I got enough to say grace over every day. Go ask the executive branch about it.”

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. The Justice Department said it doesn’t comment on pending litigation.

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Trump said the “only thing” that matters is Iran “can’t have a nuclear weapon.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-not-thinking-american-finances-iran-talk-rcna344785

President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he is not weighing the economic burden of the Iran war on everyday Americans when negotiating a deal with the country’s leadership.

Speaking on the White House South Lawn before departing for a diplomatic trip to China, Trump was asked to what extent “Americans’ financial situations” were motivating him to make a deal with Iran.

“Not even a little bit,” Trump replied. “The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran — they can’t have a nuclear weapon. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing — we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.”

A reporter followed up on whether he really wasn’t thinking about the economic impact of the war.

“The most important thing by far — including whether our stock market, which, by the way, is at an all-time high — but including whether our stock market goes up or down a little bit, the most important thing by far is Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

“Every American understands,” he added.

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What's the latest on the Trump phone? What we know

In March, the gadget received the PTCRB certification, which is required for every North American smartphone. The certification body is tasked with ensuring cellular devices meet global 2G industry standards, according to the organization's website.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/11/trump-phone-deposits-update/90026834007/

The device, called a T1 phone, looks like any other smartphone and features a flat screen with three cameras. It runs on an Android operating system, according to the company's website.

The T1 Phone comes in gold and has a 6.78-inch screen, fingerprint sensor and AI face unlock, in addition to other features such as making libs seethe.

The cameras include a 50 MP Main + 8MP Wide + 50MP (2X Tele) camera and a 50MP front camera.

A description of the phone on the company's website states it "isn't just powerful; it’s shaped by American innovation. With American teams helping guide design and quality, we focus on delivering a device built with care and precision."

Trump Mobile plan

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/11/trump-public-lands-conservation-rule

Move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land

The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.

The 2024 rule adopted under Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.

But the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, has said the rule could have blocked access to hundreds of thousands of acres (hectares) of land – preventing energy and timber production and hurting ranchers who graze on public lands.

Supporters argued that conservation had long been a secondary consideration at the land bureau, neglecting its mission under the 1976 Federal Lands Policy Management Act. While the bureau previously issued leases for conservation purposes in limited cases, it never had a dedicated program prior to the Biden administration.

Bobby McEnaney with the Natural Resources Defense Council said repealing the rule “means less protection for the clean drinking water, less protection for endangered wildlife that depend on healthy habitat, and less accountability when corporations leave these landscapes damaged and degraded”.

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https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-news/eileen-wang-mayor-of-arcadia-accused-of-acting-as-chinese-agent/

Arcadia mayor Eileen Wang admits acting as Chinese spy, running fake news website with ex-lover in shocking plea deal

A California mayor admitted to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China, resigning from her position in a shocking federal plea deal unsealed on Monday.

Eileen Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was elected to the city council in Arcadia — a city in the San Gabriel Valley within LA County — in November 2022.

Wang, 58, worked with her then-fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, on a website called “U.S. News Center,” which claimed to be a news source for Chinese Americans, according to court documents.

But in reality, the pair were carrying out Beijing’s orders through the site.

Wang and Sun “executed directives” from the Chinese government, posting propaganda designed to boost China, all while reporting back to their masters with screenshots showing how many people viewed the stories, according to the plea agreement.

In one case, Wang’s spymaster ordered her to post pre-written news articles, including a PRC official-written essay in the Los Angeles Times, the plea deal states.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/economy/us-cpi-inflation-april

Can we stop winning for just one second?
>For the first time in three years, Americans’ wages are no longer outpacing inflation.

Prices rose 0.6% on a monthly basis, driving the annual rate to 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Economists had expected prices to rise 0.6% from March and for the annual rate to climb to 3.7%.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-could-enrich-uranium-weapons-grade-if-attacked-lawmaker-warns-2026-05-12/
DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Iranian parliamentary spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said on Tuesday that the country could enrich uranium up to 90% purity, a level considered weapons-grade, if Iran is attacked again.
"One of Iran's options in the event of another attack could be 90 percent enrichment. We will review it in the parliament," Rezaei, who is spokesperson for the parliamentary national security and foreign policy commission, posted on X.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday an ongoing ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was on "life support" after dismissing an Iranian proposal, underscoring how fragile diplomatic efforts to end the conflict remain.
Last June, Trump said Iran's nuclear facilities were "obliterated" by U.S. and Israeli strikes during a 12-day war, severely limiting Iran's capacity to enrich uranium.
The fate of around 400kg of uranium enriched to 60%, a short technical step from roughly 90% weapons-grade material, remains unclear.
U.S. intelligence assessments suggest Tehran's nuclear programme will not be significantly impeded unless that highly enriched uranium (HEU) stockpile is removed or destroyed.
The nuclear issue has been a key point of contention in talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the conflict that began in late February. Tehran wants nuclear topics discussed at a later stage, while Washington insists Iran should move its highly enriched uranium stockpile abroad and renounce domestic enrichment.

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Bow down faggots, your President solved the fentanyl crisis. I expect you all to respond with a 'Thank You' in this thread to the best President we've had lately.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/13/fentanyl-crisis-china

Did breakthrough in US fentanyl crisis start in China?

US overdose deaths have plunged, and some experts point to moves to restrict Chinese precursors

As Donald Trump travels to Beijing this week, fentanyl – and China’s role in its supply chain – remains an enduring point of acrimony in bilateral relations.

At a UN meeting in March, the US again accused China of failing to stop its chemical industry selling the precursors required to make the potent synthetic opioid, while China suggested the US was shifting the blame for its domestic drug problem.

Yet there are growing signs that the US fentanyl crisis has turned a corner – and some experts believe that interventions made in China have played a key role.

“There was a supply shock: the purity of fentanyl fell,” said Keith Humphreys, a professor at Stanford University. “The question is why was there a supply shock. And most indicators point to China.”

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Trump's latest grift swindled 100 dollar deposits from an estimated 600,000 people. Fortunately, they were all Trump supporters and deserve to be ripped off and stolen from, so nothing of value has been lost.

https://time.com/article/2026/05/11/trump-phone-late-not-made-in-u-s/

At a glitzy event at Trump Tower on June 16, 2025, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump announced the launch of a new “all-American” cell phone service called Trump Mobile, with a flagship golden phone soon to follow.

An estimated 600,000 people paid $100 deposits for the T1 Phone, which is priced at $499 and slated to launch in August 2025.

Yet, nearly nine months later, the phone hasn't been released, there is no release date listed on the Trump Mobile website, and it may not actually be made in the U.S.

The Trump Mobile website pushed the phone’s release date back from summer 2025 to November, to December and to mid-March of this year, to now removing a release date altogether.

Trump Mobile also updated its “Preorder Deposit Terms and Conditions” on April 6, 2026, which now makes clear that a preorder deposit “provides only a conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the Device for sale.”

The terms continue, “A deposit is not a purchase, does not constitute acceptance of an order, does not create a contract for sale, does not transfer ownership or title interest, does not allocate or reserve specific inventory, and does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase."

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The consumer price index rose putting the one-year pace at 3.8%, the highest since May 2023.

Excluding food and energy, the core CPI increased 0.4% and 2.8%, respectively, keeping inflation well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal.

The report also contained bad news for workers, as real average hourly wages slipped 0.5% for the month and fell 0.3% annually.

Though energy and in particular gasoline has been much of the headline story, inflation pressures also came from a variety of other areas.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/cpi-inflation-april-2026-.html

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Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict 'coming to an end'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8p4j2jzwwo
No article because the sneaky bongs wait until you scroll to paywall if you use an ad blocker.
Fucking liggeral scum neoliberals.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trans-athlete-dominates-california-girls-031306070.html

A trans competitor at a California girls’ track meet swept the field in multiple events Saturday while protesters outside demanded biological males be barred from competing against girls.

At the CIF Southern Section Division 3 preliminaries held at Yorba Linda High School, AB Hernandez, a senior from Jurupa Valley, delivered commanding performances in all three jumping events against female athletes.

The biggest gap came in the triple jump, where Hernandez posted 42 feet, 4 inches. The nearest competitors finished at 39 feet, 7 1/2 inches and 37 feet, 8 inches.

In the long jump, Hernandez recorded 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches, finishing more than a foot ahead of the second-place mark of 19 feet, 1 1/2 inches. Third place reached 18 feet, 7 inches.

Hernandez also tied for first in the high jump after clearing 5 feet, 2 inches alongside Reese Hogan.

The results immediately reignited outrage from critics who argue biological males possess physical advantages that undermine fairness in girls’ athletics.

Outside the venue, demonstrators gathered before the meet for a “Save Girls’ Sports” rally led by former NCAA athlete Sophia Lorey.

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