🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
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BREAKING NYT: John Brennan's lawyers are asking a judge to force Trump and top DOJ officials to preserve records and comms related to the inquiries into Brennan — saying that, if prosecutors bring charges, they intend to fight them by claiming vindictive retribution.
Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks for Order Forcing Trump Administration to Preserve Records
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The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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🚨Oil disaster: new satellite imagery indicates oil leakage from Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded in Oman’s Al Hallaniyat archipelago, has accelerated, threatening coral reefs and coastal habitats that support endangered sea turtles, migratory seabirds and marine mammals.
Oil disaster unfolds in protected marine area as Russian shadow fleet tanker leak accelerates off Oman - Greenpeace International
New satellite imagery indicates that oil leakage from Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded in Oman’s Al Hallaniyat archipelago, has accelerated.
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Once again the #MainStreamMedia is fawning over wannabe #kingtrump announcement about a possible Strait of Hormuz deal. He. Has. ZERO. To. Do. With. It! The agreement is worse for all than what the status quo was before he started this #excursion". Note the dig at him. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
THE WORLD IS GOING TO GET TIRED OF TRUMP’S BS Trump didn’t speak with anybody. There is no deal that “COULD HAPPEN” on the #StraitOfHormuz #Republicans want to keep power so badly that they let a maniac do whatever he wants. #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited 👇🏼 www.smartnews.com/en-us/articl...
Trump Claims Deal to Open Strait of Hormuz Will Be Struck ‘Tomorrow or the Next Day’: ‘They Do Not Want to Be Hit’ (Mediaite)
President Donald Trumpclaimed late Tuesday that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come “tomorrow or the next day,” raising expectations that a brea...
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"McConnell is not even the only Republican in Congress who has been off the job while collecting a paycheck."
Paid Leave and Healthcare for Me, Not for Thee
Republican members of Congress become the poster children for the safety net they voted against.
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BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election
BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, who won the 2020 election? COOK: A joint session of Congress certified Joe Biden BLUMENTHAL: How many times have you rehearsed that answer with the White House? Who won the popular vote? COOK: So if you look at each state, the governor-- B: So you're unwilling to answer
This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoMax Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."
2d Cir. sides with DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats, holds that NYC's law requiring delivery platforms to provide full customer info to restaurants (rather than just first name, last initial, and the order) violates the First Amendment as compelled speech. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OP...
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
👏👏👏 Dems we ALL must do this. Blue No Matter Who or this asshat will still be in charge bsky.app/profile/midd...
Middlerage@middlerage.bsky.social · 7h ago🚨🚨🚨 Trump is telling his followers to “get ready for another rigged election” because he knows The GOP is going to lose!
⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed
Congratulations to @donavanmckinney.bsky.social on a huge win for working families in MI-13! In addition to overcoming millions in outside spending, Donavan defeated a multimillionaire incumbent who enriched himself in office and voted to enrich Trump. This is how we build a better Democratic Party!
We cannot become complacent! Vote in November 💙
Donald Trump stands out historically in one way. He has demilitarized the US military more quickly than any other political leader in US history. A full blown pacifist would have struggled to throw away weapons faster than he has.
When Trump says stores are lowering prices is he talking about all the leftover World Cup merchandise?
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
Get ready for three months of the most vile, disgusting, unapologetically islamophobic and racist commentary you've ever seen from the GOP during a campaign.
Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.
So MI's at a bit greater risk But GA, NC & ME look good, and 3 of 4 in OH, AK, IA, & TX looks doable, given the national environment. So I think Democrats are at least 50-50 to take the Senate. And other states not much discussed (e.g., KS) could well be in play. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-still-...
It’s Still a Blue Wave
The fundamentals still apply after Tuesday night’s primaries. And they look good for Democrats.
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Speaking of which, the margin is now down to less than 26,000 votes, or less than 2%. Regardless of who ultimately wins, it's safe to say that the entire polling industry looks like a bunch of jackasses right now.
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Update: @haleyformi.bsky.social has formally conceded to @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and has pledged her full support to help him defeat Mike Rogers in November. (not posted here yet)
