Elon Musk’s xAI, now owned by SpaceX, sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to challenge a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in the state. More details: cnb.cx/4pNm955
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In case anyone needs a quote from me about this: "I'm still not tired of winning." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump DOJ loses bid for New Jersey voter rolls, now 0 for 18
The ruling arrived one day after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) formally rejected a new DOJ request for personal information about people mistakenly registered through a software failure.
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They don't want you to believe your own eyes.
White House Claims Anyone Who Thinks Trump Fell Asleep During Lindsey Graham's Funeral Is A 'Depraved Moron'
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Wow! I missed seeing this a couple of months ago. So, Republicans thinks that “able bodied” 75 year old Medicare recipients have to start looking for a job? Republicans are such toxic scum.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6mo agoRepublican New Hampshire Senate candidate John Sununu says he supports a work requirement for seniors on Medicare: "I certainly support a work requirement for able-bodied Medicare recipients."
This is what passes for a deep legal thinker within the GOP these days.
MAGA Senator Dragged After Griping About Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Ruling With Idiotic Hypothetical Question
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Fox News: Adam Schiff points out how far $1 TRILLION would go to help Americans afford the cost of living if tax shelters didn’t allow it all to go to one person. Me: Yup.
“It is amusing that the analogy that our Sec. of State is making is that going to the moon is as impressive and ambitious as starting a mixed martial arts company.” @crampell.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social on Rubio’s UFC comparison, and how threat of regulation—not vision—forced UFC to change.
Nothing is more un-American than a president questioning elections, and therefore his fundamental status as a representative of the people who serves by their consent.
Talk of Canceling Elections Shows Trump Is Unfit for Office
No president has ever canceled a federal election, even in our deepest crises.
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll out yesterday found that only 16 percent of Americans thought it appropriate for President Trump to hold mixed martial arts cage matches at the White House on Sunday to celebrate U.S. history and his 80th birthday.
The Decline of the Republic Comes with a Claw
Tacky American Caesarism.
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"To keep saying, 'I could end this war in a minute, or I could achieve decisive victory in a week,' it's just ludicrous...and it's insulting to those who do wear the uniform and who have to command those troops." Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social (Ret.) reacts to Trump's messaging on Iran.
Once again, those who know things about things are flabbergasted Trump by administration claims
Trump’s Incredibly Misleading, Downright Outrageous Case for Medicaid Cuts
A new report has left economists flabbergasted.
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The 10 hours of erecting scaffolding wasn’t to strip the letters (something that 30 minutes in a boom lift could accomplish), it was to conceal the view with a curtain because Trump couldn’t handle the optics of the letters of his name being plucked off the building.
Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls as Aides Leak: He’s “Furious” As Trump arrives at a negative poll milestone that no other president has reached, a Democratic strategist explains how we’ll know it if his travails start translating into a serious midterm rout.
Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls as Aides Leak: He’s “Furious”
As Trump arrives at a negative poll milestone that no other president has reached, a Democratic strategist explains how we’ll know it if his travails start translating into a serious midterm rout.
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SpaceX jumped 19% on Friday in its Nasdaq debut after the biggest initial public offering ever. The stock closed at around $161, valuing the company at $2.1 trillion. cnb.cx/4xq58Bj
Trump wants Congress to "expunge" his impeachments from the historical record. There's just one problem: history doesn't work that way. A vote can't erase what happened. It can't erase January 6th. And it can't erase the record future generations will read. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Trump Wants His Impeachments Erased. History Doesn't Work That Way.
A man who is confident in his place in history does not spend his presidency trying to rearrange it.
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A trillionaire isn’t a success story. it’s a policy failure.
This is obscene and a massive failure of our country and elected officials. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire after SpaceX surges out of the gate
Investors flocked to SpaceX after its blockbuster market debut, lifting Musk’s net worth above $1 trillion and into the record books.
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Incredible work by @democracyforward.org to fight back against the theft of American taxpayers' dollars! Judge Brinkema also ordering the Trump Administration to provide, in one week, a sworn declaration that the $1.776 billion slush fund has been fully abandoned.
Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · 5mo agoBREAKING: A court just BLOCKED the Trump-Vance administration from implementing its $1.776 billion so-called "Anti-Weaponization Fund” while our case challenging it continues. We will keep fighting this slush fund in court.
When Americans tune into UFC Freedom 250, the series of mixed martial arts fights taking over the White House on President Trump’s 80th birthday this Sunday, one key element of the sport will be missing: female fighters.
The UFC’s biggest cards nearly always include women. Except at Freedom 250.
Dana White says he tried but couldn't get it done. Others say, "That's not a glitch."
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The bloody cage fight on our White House grounds is not a matter of culture. This travesty pisses on a country that committed itself to the virtue of self-governance--not turning it over to the highest bidder who stuffs the pockets of a deranged despot only interested in his own power, wealth & ego.
Trump making golden calves while his people are starving sounds kinda "end of days", don't it?
Trump to host UFC fight as Iran war delivers largest hit to global economy since Covid pandemic www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...
Trump to host UFC fight as Iran war delivers largest hit to global economy since Covid pandemic
The World Bank says the Iran war is the biggest hit to the global economy since the Covid-19 pandemic. President Trump is hosting a UFC fight at the White House which happens to fall on his 80th birth...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed or blocked the promotions of more than a dozen Black and female senior officers. @clintsmithiii.bsky.social joins @anacabrera.bsky.social to share how Black officers are feeling right now amid Hegseth's military overhaul. www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...
Black service members raise concerns about Hegseth's leadership
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed or blocked the promotions of more than a dozen Black and female senior officers. Staff Writer for The Atlantic Clint Smith joins Ana Cabrera to share how B...
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Tech-welfare bros create a giant Ponzi scheme, a massive Fugazi, supported by the entire political establishment, that helped Musk become the first trillionaire without truly creating anything of value. American capitalism, baby.
Trump’s inner circle was meeting in the SITUATION ROOM to plot the ways they were going to protect him from what was in the Epstein files. This is a MASSIVE SCANDAL.
The great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflecting on the Knicks and, separately, Donald Trump. A terrific piece of writing. "Pulling out of that [Meet the Press] interview [with Kristin Welker] was the only honest thing Donald Trump did all hour. Trump hates strong women, he hates proud people of color...
NEW EPISODE: Donald Trump is waging a three front war on voting: restricting voter registration through proof-of-citizenship laws, controlling who gets to use mail-in voting via the U.S. Postal Service and laying the groundwork for another "stop the count" campaign. youtu.be/b28A7nduT8c?...
EXPOSED: Trump's 3-Part Plot to End Free Elections in 2026
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social and Senior Counsel Pooja Boisture break down our major slush fund win from court.
Elon Musk’s xAI has expanded their gas-powered infrastructure fueling its AI operations in Memphis without permits. According to recent reports, the company has added 11 more methane gas turbines since mid-May, bringing the total at the site to at least 57 turbines.