🚨BREAKING: A federal judge blocked the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) demands for the identities and personal information of thousands of people who helped run the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, calling the request “unreasonable.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump-appointed judge rejects DOJ’s demands for personal info of 2020 Georgia election workers

The judge said the department's bid to force the county to divulge election workers’ names and home addresses was “staggering.”

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The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)

What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...

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One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Senate leaders say they won't spend money on critical Maine campaign unless Graham Platner quits.

"who amongst us hasn't raped here or there" is definitely... something

Three egg producers will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits to settle a price-fixing lawsuit with the DOJ. None of the producers have to admit any wrongdoing. Is this really justice? Or just the cost of doing business?

Egg companies made $1.22 billion in profit off a $6 carton — now they’re buying their way out of a price-fixing case with 53 million donated eggs | Fortune

None of them admitted wrongdoing.

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My statement on the arrest of U.S. Air Force Major Watson.

Now, if the United States goes on to win the World Cup, it will forever be tainted. #ETTD

The nation's top law enforcement officer is defying a federal court order...right now...TODAY...with a shrug. Nixon handed over the tapes. Even the scoundrels used to obey the gavel. That's the 250-year-old deal being tested this week. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

"The Tommy Tuberville Foundation’s treasurer couldn’t say whether the senator had kept his promise. 'Coach has to live with that himself, I know what he said and I know what he promised — me and the people heard that,' he said. 'I’m not trying to cover for him'....” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Alabama’s Tommy Tuberville hedges on whether he kept his campaign promise to veterans

All of the available evidence leaves little doubt that the GOP senator simply did not do what he said he would do.

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Listen, if you don’t know the difference between Democratic socialism and communism, I’m not engaging with you. Crack a book.

. “Kentucky, a special election to replace a Senator will NOT be called if it’s closer than 3 months till the next election”… …medical expert…“even if he is alive, unfit to serve”…Republicans may be seeking to avoid…Massie… last-minute grab for McConnell’s seat www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconn...

Journalists float astonishing theory around silence surrounding Mitch McConnell’s health

With Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health status still unclear after his latest medical incident, multiple journalists have offered a stunning theory for why his office and fellow Republicans have rem...

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Secrecy surrounding executions in Florida has left victims’ families, prisoners and lawyers searching for clues about the governor’s selection process. “He could be deciding who is next to die by throwing darts at a list of names,” one lawyer said. with @nytimes.com

Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty

Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight ...

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Apparently FIFA have allowed the US to field 12 players in their next game. It’s a new law passed following a donation from a mystery donor.

FIFA is corrupt. Trump is corrupt. Together they are tainting the game. I only hope the US loses soon and this stain on the entire event is erased.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You knew Trump would still find a way to ruin the World Cup I'm a beyond-diehard USA fan who thinks Balogun's red card was wrongly given, but this taints everything. I'd rather lose by the rules (which includes bad officiating) than win with rank corruption

BREAKING: Red card just issued against England. Of course, thanks to Trump & Infantino, red cards are now meaningless. So, never mind. cc: Keir Starmer

Trump's National Guard arrested a student organizer last night in DC for "disorderly conduct". His hearing will be Monday morning at 9:15 am at DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave NW. Be there to show support #freedc #forkoff www.instagram.com/p/DabdKp2lgz6/

It’s 43 minutes past midnight. This is downtown Oslo.

Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈@patigallardo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I think maybe tomorrow is canceled

President Trump is running out of time to change the country’s voting policies ahead of the midterms, because the courts, Congress, and the Constitution seem to keep getting in the way, Toluse Olorunnipa reports.

Trump Is Getting Tired of Losing Election Cases

Even the judges he appointed aren’t buying the arguments.

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To make a long story short: in order to prevent the (expected) regulatory approval of a takeover of a broadcaster by a Bibi critic, all Bibi minions in the regulatory body resigned to prevent a quorum. The court said: you can't do that. Bibi now says: watch me do it anyway.

Unlikely you'll read about it anywhere outside Israel, because it is not about war crimes and such, but Israel is now facing the very definition of constitutional crisis as Bibi is trying to take over the media and explicitly defying court orders in doing so.

In first, government vows to disobey High Court ruling, setting up constitutional crisis

Cabinet declares ruling allowing a key broadcast media regulator to operate without a quorum to be 'unlawful'; opposition accuses government of 'violating rule of law'

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Chris Wright holds two degrees from MIT, so the real question is whether he’s a truly smart guy who’s now pretending to be stupid for political reasons, of if he’s just an actually dumb guy who cheated his way through school.

David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Announced during a historic heat wave. These guys are buffoons.

Trump just admitted that he personally overruled a recommendation to cancel the 4th of July event on the National Mall. "When I heard that it was cancelled, I immediately overturned that decision."

Another lie the Trumpers believe.

Trump posts a doctored photo of the Obamas and Air Force One with graffiti spray-painted on plane

Trump posts a doctored photo of the Obamas and Air Force One with graffiti spray-painted on plane

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a falsified image of former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, waving before boarding an Air Force One that had been spray-painted with graffiti.

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Randy Rainbow has done it again! If you haven’t seen Randy Rainbow’s 🎶De-Mented🎶 yet, do yourself a favor. Sharp satire, brilliant lyrics & the perfect dose of humor when we all need a laugh!😂 #SheShed

The Republican Party is a big tent, consisting of people who are pedophiles and people who protect them.

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Move over, Ken Paxton.🙄 “Montana Republican Senate nominee Kurt Alme, who previously served as his state’s US attorney, cut a plea deal in 2020 that allowed a tribal police officer who sexually abused a 6-year-old girl to serve less than a year in prison & avoid being registered as a sex offender.“

Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted

The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...

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2/ In Laurel, Montana, Northwestern Energy built a $320M gas plant near homes then asked for another 20% rate hike. A former insider explains the model: spend big, earn more, and send the bill to captive customers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PymM...

How Investors Are Getting Rich Off Of This Montana Town

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