Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Gina Hinojosa visited the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial in Houston's East End alongside Ronaldo Salgado today. The memorial has a sign that reads, "Somos Lorenzo," or "We are Lorenzo," in Spanish.
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This is a 911! We The People must find a way to make sure every woman has bodily autonomy! Remember, we’re the descendants of people who ended slavery in America, who ended apartheid in America! The Underground Railroad is not a myth! The Montgomery bus boycott is not a myth! #WonensRights
2: While he didn’t explicitly name the Comstock Act—a dormant 1800s-era law that banned, among other things, the mailing of abortion pills—during the call, Blanche told Senators during a July confirmation hearing that he would “carefully evaluate every lawful action available” to enforce Comstock.
1. Now-deleted audio shows that Acting AG Todd Blanche privately told faith leaders the DOJ is working to make the 2022 Dobbs decision, which revoked federal abortion protections, “permanent in every single state.” Blanche also suggested a crackdown on the mailing of abortion pills.🧵
Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake just endorsed Democrat Jon Ossoff. Flake says he is still a conservative Republican, but character matters more than party. Flake warns Mike Collins would be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. #GASen #CharacterMatters
#QuestionOfTheDay Is it constitutionally possible to shift the Department of Justice to the Judicial Branch instead of having it remain under the Executive Branch? trump has shown what a danger to democracy it can be when a president chooses to direct whom the DOJ should investigate and prosecute.
Isn't it weird how the reaction to an Iran-Oman deal is much more "yay, peace, the economy will be fine from now on," and little-to-no "Iran effectively declared victory, utterly humiliating Donald Trump, so he'll probably end up bombing again, like last time"? Well, it's weird to me.
Abdul El-Sayed won the democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan beating $60 million in Super PAC and lobbyist money. William Lawrence won the U.S. House nomination in District 7 and Donavan McKinney won the U.S. House nomination in District 13. Its a progressive trifecta. Thank you voters!
Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!
Woot! Kornacki just called it! Go Abdul!! And bite me, AIPAC and your $60,000,000!
There is no need for the regime to surveil tonight’s elections ! trump is planning something for November. I’m concerned that we won’t have free and fair elections in November. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
Justice Department sends election monitors to 4 Michigan cities for primary
The Justice Department sent election monitors to the cities on Tuesday as the state holds a closely watched primary that will set the November lineup for an open U.S. Senate seat.
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David Ellison wants us to know he’s not ideological, and that’s why he put a conservative with no tv experience in charge of CBS
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
This was a great ad. #Michigan @abdulelsayed.bsky.social (H/T @underthedesknews.bsky.social )
Saw the creature’s name trending and for a moment I thought…I hoped… Darn!
The senate GOP Judiciary Committee just advanced Blanche nomination to a full vote. Not one republican has an iota of ethics!
trump& his spawn had 300 (THREE HUNDRED) accounts with Capital One bank that were under suspicion BY THE BANK of being used for MONEY LAUNDERING! Trump has 34 count felony convictions for FRAUD. Yet, the U.S. has the gall to sanction ICC prosecutors? trump & maga have turned govt into gangsters!
ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR: “Oppose Israel and we will go after your family — You have been warned. Rubio, McConnell sent me a letter… what’s liberating is accepting mortality.”
ICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR: “Oppose Israel and we will go after your family — You have been warned. Rubio, McConnell sent me a letter… what’s liberating is accepting mortality.”
That's essentially what it is Rising deaths in the concentration camps But no one covers it So much time on Blanche so little time on the concentration camps, the war crimes, and on #Inners #Maddow
This racist cruelty toward Haitians is frightening. Stars on jackets are next. #maddow
trump didn’t take covid seriously in 2019 & told folks to shine a light up their asses and inject bleach! Now, thanks to his worm-brain jfk jr., and musk’s doge cuts to food safety monitoring, people are dying from this latest cyclospora! apnews.com/article/mich...
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to a diarrhea-causing parasite
State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.
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This is what we get when stupid folks put unqualified mediocre folks in charge of our military. Meanwhile , the U.S. and Israel continue to commit war crimes! www.moneycontrol.com/world/us-mil...
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This is what trump’s insurrectionists did on Jan 6th! They should be in prison, not getting a payout from taxpayers!
🚨BREAKING: California’s top election official demanded the (DHS explain how it concluded that thousands of noncitizens may be registered to vote in the state, bluntly questioning both the department’s results and how it obtained California voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Serious doubts about the reliability of your data’: California bluntly challenges DHS over sweeping noncitizen voter claims
California has not provided its statewide voter registration list to DHS or any other federal agency. State law prohibits the disclosure of sensitive voter information, including Social Security numbe...
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Holy shit! Jim Jordan is reduced to stammering when Kasie Hunt presses him on why he continues to support Max Miller despite credible allegations that he abused his ex-wife and toddler daughter
VEFA, European soccer's 55-member governing body, have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA-organized competitions in protest of a $20 billion Wall Street-style takeover of the global game. #ETTD www.wsj.com/sports/socce...
We are watching, in real time, the biggest fuck-up by any president in the history of the United States of America.
Todd Blanche is not getting a confirmation vote to be the next Attorney General of the United States today. Instead, he’s got to spend time complying with a court order that he turn over Epstein-related materials in the case brought by Katie Phang.
Divestment, just like boycotting, works! Divestment, driven by justice activists, is what helped bring down South African apartheid! Now it’s helping bring down the private prisons system! www.democracynow.org/2026/7/30/ci...
Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign
A coalition of social justice organizations is celebrating a recent decision by Citizens Bank to divest from private prison companies that operate immigration jails for the federal government. The fin...
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