Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to Colorado's unredacted voter registration list. The department is 0-20 in its sweeping legal hunt to acquire private voter data from states.
Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer today to be the next Attorney General when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering. thegodshow.com/p/these-people-are-criminals
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties, the pro-authoritarian billionaires who collaborate with them, & the “journalists” they hire to lie on their behalf.
John Timmer@jtimmer.bsky.social · yesterdayIn this piece, Ellison says that he believes news should be based on facts and truth. But if that's the case, you wouldn't hire Bari Weiss.
Booker: "They have become so obsessed with the millions the Bidens made that they have ignored completely the billions of dollars the Trump family is making. That is like being obsessed with a stain on the living room carpet when behind you is a mountain of excrement."
RFK Jr. once blamed Trump for the COVID response. Now he blames everyone except Trump. That's what happens when loyalty matters more than truth. Meanwhile, America is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in 35 years. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Unraveling of RFK Jr.
The HHS Secretary’s disastrous CNN interview spotlights the risks of a presidency that refuses to admit mistakes.
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Yes I have, and yes this is correct.
conifergirl.bsky.social@conifergirl.bsky.social · yesterdayHave you read all 56 pages of Judge Williams’ Trump vs IRS ruling? It’s a $1.776 Billion fraud on the court and on every American. This includes the lost tax revenue from taxes owed by Trump, his family and his businesses, all to the tune of about $100M.
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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If any of these groups were in the Epstein Files then they'd be doing life in a max security facility
CNN: Measles in the US is at 35-year high, the 2nd record-breaking year in a row. 93% of these cases are among unvaccinated. This is happening on your watch. For years, you denied the efficacy of vaccines. Do you accept some responsibility for this outbreak? RFK: Absolutely not.
One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d agoIt was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.
It was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.
The Republicans are to blame for all this. Never forget.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.
The reason they hate vote by mail is because it is IMPOSSIBLE to under-resource VBM. Every election season we see predominantly minority precincts with non functional voting machines, insufficient ballots, insufficient poll workers and LONG lines. That NEVER happens in wealthy white precincts.
Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social · yesterdaySeniors, veterans, rural voters, and anyone who works two jobs. That's who votes by mail. That's who this targets. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Seniors, veterans, rural voters, and anyone who works two jobs. That's who votes by mail. That's who this targets. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail and voting machines
Contact Congress today!
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Earlier tonight, @michellegoldberg.bsky.social read *another* quote from this weirdo that reflected the same general sentiment. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
San Antonio-area congressional candidate calls children 'cum trophies' in latest controversy
Brandon Herrera (left) and former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz clasp hands at a San Antonio rally during Herrera's first failed House run. Brandon
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Capital One revealed in court filings Friday that it closed over 300 bank accounts tied to the Trump Organization in 2021 due to an internal anti-money-laundering review, not for political retaliation as Trump's business claimed. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Here's what I think about how Marco Rubio is doing:
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.