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Retired. When not marching to preserve democracy, struggling gardener, reader, artist, writer, baker of serviceable sourdough. Please no DM 🤓
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
A trio of Senate Republicans from Indiana, Oklahoma, & Alabama have introduced S 4925 a copy of HR 7661- the exact same text, which would ban any book mentioning "gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. Please call your Senators to say NO to both bills! More info below
Maia Kobabe@redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 2mo agoThere are currently three federal book ban bills aiming to ban all trans books from U.S. public schools! HR 2616, HR 8705, HR 7661. Please call your representatives and ask them to vote no on these bills! Follow @authorsabb.bsky.social for updates. #bookbans #bookchallenges #HR2616 #HR8705 #HR7661
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit. Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people for layoffs.
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who...
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
We need to talk about antitrust law. It’s a crucial protection for consumers against corporate profiteering. DOJ is responsible for enforcing our antitrust laws. But Todd Blanche’s Justice Department is refusing to do so. youtube.com/shorts/bb-5K...
The end of antitrust enforcement
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NEW from @propublica: Trump pushes out remaining members of bipartisan election commission ahead of midterms www.propublica.org/article/fede...
Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms
President Donald Trump has fired Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, the Democrats on the federal Election Assistance Commission, while Christy McCormick, the Republican, was allowed to resign, sources...
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In 2023, the Supreme Court cut the amount of sensitive streams and wetlands it can protect. Under Trump's EPA, data center developers are breezing past federal regulations to build their projects immediately. Some are even withdrawing their permit requests, all without penalty.
The ‘time-consuming’ permits dozens of data centers are skipping
A court ruling shrinking the scope of the Clean Water Act has allowed new data centers to speed through the federal permitting process. Communities are feeling the effects.
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Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.
Come see democracy in action: With Blanche's confirmation hearing just 10 days away, Lawyer Oyer readers—Democrats, Republicans and Independents, from states red, blue and in between—are making their voices heard. If you haven't yet, find some inspiration here. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/democracy-...
Democracy in Action: Your Letters Opposing Todd Blanche for AG
Blanche's confirmation hearing is 10 days away. Lawyer Oyer readers are making their voices heard. If you haven't yet, you'll find some inspiration here.
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New reporting reveals that executives from America’s three biggest egg producers began colluding to keep egg prices high in 2022. Executives from Cal-Maine Foods, Hickman’s, and Versova spoke of the phone phone and messaged to coordinate bids and trading on eggs. /1
USPS is accepting public comments until July 2nd on the rule change that allows them to withhold ballots if states do not turn over their voter rolls. You know what to do. www.lwv.org/take-action/...
Oppose Proposed Mail-In and Absentee Ballot Regulations | League of Women Voters
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On July 15 and 16, Todd Blanche will face a crucial confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate. Until then, I’ll be doing everything I can to stop this dangerous and corrupt man from becoming our next Attorney General. I can’t do it alone, so I invite you to join me. youtube.com/shorts/dNSx2...
It’s time to stop Todd Blanche
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arrest of a local resident in san ygnacio texas, protesting against sudden bulldozing of riverbank property in sensitive/historic site to build border wall... spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fo...
Flanagan is the only candidate declining AI, crypto, AIPAC, and corporate PAC money. So if you want to avoid winding up with Schumer's corporate-funded senate pick in a blue state, you really should consider sending her some support: secure.actblue.com/donate/pf-web
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Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis Minnesota Senate Democratic primary race is getting spicier than I expected! On a press call, Peggy Flanagan just went after Angie Craig for taking lots of $$$ from corporate PACs -- she cited AIPAC, crypto, big pharma -- and then tied her to Trump's ballroom.
Khanna: "This is a Dred Scott court. They have engaged in the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Rutherford Hayes ended Reconstruction in 1877. One-third of African American seats are threatened. We are not speaking up strongly enough against a court that's rolling back civil rights"
He’s trying to bury his tax returns just like he’s trying to bury the Epstein Files. This is the most obscenely corrupt and morally bankrupt administration in American history. And it’s not even close.
Trump forces IRS to shield him and his family from tax audits FOREVER
A newly expanded settlement bars the IRS from pursuing any pending investigations into Donald Trump's tax returns.
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"There’s this endless and often boring debate about whether to energize the base or reach out to moderates...a populist economics that targets bad actors can energize both. It’s only elite moderates who are against this..." Good @mjtoma.bsky.social on the autopsy: newrepublic.com/post/210843/...
There’s One Thing All Democrats Must Agree On, or They’re Dead in 2028
The DNC’s 2024 autopsy is a waste of your time. The answer to the party’s woes lies deep in a New York Times poll released the same day.
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Thoughts for people living in safe blue cities and states: Alabama is the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. People bled and died for our right to vote. #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth 🧵
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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There’s actually a chance the president could be elected by the popular vote in 2028 instead of the fundamentally undemocratic Electoral College. Watch:
Hawai’i just passed a bill that undermine Citizens United. The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections. The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.
BREAKING: Senators Rick Scott and Elizabeth Warren have introduced a bill that would permanently ban former lawmakers from doing any form of lobbying. The bill would impose potential jail time and heavy fines for violators.
When Rubio abruptly halted foreign aid last year, cleanup crews in Vietnam were forced to abandon one of the largest chemical spills in the world for weeks. Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange. From Pulitzer finalist “The End of Aid”:
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa...
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If you don’t know Sarah you should… her books about American politics are timeless and astute, an education we all need! @sarahkendzior.bsky.social substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, a book about Trump, Epstein, organized crime, and the annihilation of America. Written in 2019. Kills me that it’s still relevant now:
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Here are some of the most dramatic and powerful examples of how Black Americans — from elected officials to ordinary voters — have responded to the wave of GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘We shall overcome (again)’: In powerful statehouse protests, Black voters and leaders decry GOP’s Southern gerrymanders
Here are some of the most dramatic and powerful examples of how Black Americans — from elected officials to ordinary voters — have responded to the wave of GOP gerrymanders.
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