bob stranix
@bobstranix.bsky.social
Democrat. Animal Lover. Wine. Bass fisherman(live release always). Sunsets. Oregon Coast. Cancer Survivor. Every day walker. I don't respond to DM's unless I 'know' you.
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
BonesSpurs McDraftDodger had the unmitigated gall to post this image & I just threw up in my mouth a little. At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency? #StolenValor
Every day the headlines start...Trump says or Trump demands or Trump warns etc. Can we finally just cut to the chase....Trump DIES.
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court Friday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to immediately revive the use of an immigration database to check voter rolls, leaving in place a ruling that shut down a major piece of Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In latest win for voters, appeals court rejects bid to revive DHS voter purge database, for now
The ruling is another significant setback for the administration’s efforts to restrict voting ahead of November. And it comes a day after a federal judge blocked the administration from implementing T...
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri Republicans filed a new federal lawsuit Friday night aimed at reviving the state’s congressional gerrymander for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New GOP lawsuit aims to restore Missouri’s gerrymandered map
Missouri Republicans filed a new federal lawsuit Friday night aimed at reviving the state’s congressional gerrymander for the midterms.
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The brazenness of the grift is astounding. These men have no experience or skills to be in Russia negotiating jackshit. But the two of them certainly know a lot about wheeling and dealing.
CNN@cnn.com · 22h agoUS President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday, where they are expected to explore prospects for ending the war, now in its fifth year. https://cnn.it/4xHpo1l
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts just barred the U.S. Postal Service from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, I break it down in this special live episode. www.youtube.com/live/KTHJMGY...
BREAKING: Judge BLOCKS Trump's Mail Voting Takeover
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🚨BREAKING: I am going live on YouTube at 6:15 ET to discuss the blockbuster ruling from the Massachusetts Federal Court BLOCKING the USPS rule that would cripple mail-in voting. I will explain what just happened, the stakes, and what to expect next. www.youtube.com/live/KTHJMGY...
BREAKING: Judge BLOCKS Trump's Mail Voting Takeover
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NEW: Romanian authorities announce a new indictment against the Tate Brothers for trafficking minors, money laundering, & sex with minors. They're also fighting extradition. The latest, including revelations in their bond motions that they are lying about their assets: youtu.be/T1DTcclNPTA?...
Tate Brothers HIT With STUNNING NEW CHARGES as LEGAL NIGHTMARE EXPLODES!!
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The Trump administration has repeatedly gone to court this week seeking to revive its sweeping mail ballot restrictions before the midterms. But it still has not directly denied some of the most alarming allegations about how the USPS plans to enforce them. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump administration still hasn’t denied USPS whistleblower’s claims
The administration has had several opportunities to explain or dispute the whistleblower's claims since they became public — and so far has not done so.
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today. Total Active Cases: 203 Active Voting Rights Cases: 163 Active Redistricting Cases: 40 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 77 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 www.democracydocket.com
The latest in the Lindsay Clancy trial: The judge denied the defense's motion to remove the one juror who appears to be a hold-out vote. Per a note from the jury, the vote is 11-1 and based on reporting, the holdout juror has acknowledged doubt about the case, but refuses to follow the law.
RAMPELL: “.. I initially assumed this must have had some boring technical explanation—until I talked to the experts and learned just how truly insane the story is.” @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...
Donald Trump has turned the Postal Service into a tool for voter suppression and DOJ just went to SCOTUS! Tonight at 6 p.m. ET, I'm going live on YouTube to answer your questions about this and everything else that is happening to voting and elections in court.. www.youtube.com/live/ET_0p32...
Marc Elias Answers Your Questions Amid Legal Battle Over Trump's Mail Voting War
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🚨BREAKING: The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by Trump from being used in the midterms and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. The decision marks a rare setback for Republicans in the national redistricting battle.
Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election.
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🚨BREAKING: DOJ has asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary court order against the Postal Service’s new mail voting restriction as the federal government tries to put President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order into effect before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ asks Supreme Court to lift pause on mail voting restrictions as judge weighs stronger block
The extraordinary request could be rendered irrelevant at any moment by a pending lower court ruling.
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Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.
❌ Inflation & supply chain chaos ❌ Giant cuts to Medicaid & SNAP ❌ Lowest labor force participation in 50 years excluding COVID ❌ Tax giveaways to the rich ❌ Epstein coverup ❌ Reckless war with Iran ❌ Record-high White House insider trading Devastating beyond imagination.
🚨BREAKING: Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of concealing from a federal judge its efforts to implement key parts of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order before November’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump administration is ‘hiding’ efforts to implement anti-mail voting order, Democrats tell court
Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of concealing from a federal judge its efforts to implement key parts of the president's anti-mail voting executive order.
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If you are a democrat/independent and aren't planning to vote in the upcoming elections, then you are in fact voting...for continuing the fascist policies of Donald Trump. Sitting this one out is beyond dangerous. Whatever it takes, vote like your life, or quality of life, depends on it. It does!
Michigan, we're hitting the road... OAKLAND 9/3 DETROIT 9/10 LANSING 9/11 GRAND RAPIDS 9/19 FLINT 10/3 MACOMB 10/3 SAGINAW 10/6
🚨BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that ICE agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration contemplating actions that federal law has long prohibited. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites
Under federal law, an official who orders, brings or keeps “troops or armed men” at a location where a general or special election is taking place can face up to five years in prison and disqualificat...
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Clearly the press in this country has not been interested in real news but acting as a PR firm for a convicted felon, a domestic terrorist and a pedophile. They do nothing but slow drip poison over the air waves day in and day out in an attempt to kill our democracy. The enemy within. Pathetic!
NEW: House Democrats called on the U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general to investigate new whistleblower claims that the agency’s implementation of Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order could unleash chaos and disenfranchise millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats demand inspector general probe USPS whistleblower mail voting claims
“Millions of voters could depend on your ability to quickly and thoroughly investigate,” Democrats told the Postal Service's watchdog.
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US Strikes Targets in Iran Around Strait of Hormuz The US launched strikes against Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, following Iran's attacks on commercial shipping and American forces in the region. Oil prices are spiking on the news. Tyler Kendall reports. -------- More on Bloomberg…
US Strikes Targets in Iran Around Strait of Hormuz
The US launched strikes against Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, following Iran's attacks on commercial shipping and American forces in the region. Oil prices are spiking on the news. Tyler Kendall reports. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance:
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We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
BREAKING: A U.S. Postal Service official has filed a whistleblower report alleging the agency is pushing ahead with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order giving the federal government more control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking the plan.
* CARNEY SAYS U.S. TERMS IN TRADE TALKS MEANT CANADIAN INDUSTRIES EITHER WOULD BECOME U.S. SUBSIDIARIES OR BE WOUND DOWN * CANADA SAYS WE CAN START HAVING TRADE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE U.S. WHEN "AMERICANS STOP DOING MEMES, STOP THROWING SHADE, STOP TRYING TO BE TOUGH AND START BEING SERIOUS"
