BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, was the Capitol attack on January 6? COOK: I hesitate to use the word 'attack'
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Data geek, loves solving problems with data. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 💙💛🌻 Psalm 109:8 -"Let his days be few and brief; And let others step forward to replace him.” “AI feels like it's strip-mined the entirety of human accomplishment.” - Jon Stewart
Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.
Facts are facts. #protectwomensrights #Pinks 🎥:jvanderleun on IG
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
@jamestalarico.bsky.social for Texas US Senate gets it - under his opponent Ken Paxton and Gov. Abbott, data centers are running amok in TX. Talarico has a sensible plan to regulate data centers. Texas, he is the right choice for your next senator, not the corrupt, 15 home owning Paxton.
While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress. They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it. 🧵
This reported attack—no matter who conducted it—should remind us that cyberwarfare is not a future threat. It is part of the operational environment in which every modern democracy must function.
The Attack We Knew Was Coming
Effectively defending against cyber threats against critical infrastructure requires a long-term commitment of political will.
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Pirro is desperate to sweep all this under the rug. She is TERRIFIED that the Grand Jury testimony might get released. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DOJ quietly drops Reflecting Pool charges against three more defendants
Prosecutors filed the paperwork to drop charges against the four defendants on Friday
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This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.
Republicans have to believe that either Max Miller is lying and despicable or Bernie Moreno is lying and despicable. It’s a binary choice based on what they both said today. Both cannot be telling the truth. The senator is making false accusations or the congressman is an abuser.
He literally had over 200 bank accounts shut down by Capital One for MONEY LAUNDERING in 2021 and they still wanted him as POTUS in 2024 cos they wanted a criminal.
ElizabethC 💙🐸@econklin44.bsky.social · 20h agoWe can hardly wait. Our Congress passed a bill demanding that this happen, but they seem too corrupt/intimidated to follow up on it. We're hoping to replace most of them soon, but whatever you can do will be helpful & much appreciated. #ProudBlue
Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire was questioned about 2 other blazes last year - The Associated Press apple.news/AzNTuKNmfSJa...
Man charged with setting Spokane's largest wildfire was questioned about 2 other blazes last year — The Associated Press
The fire that sparked Saturday is one of several burning around Spokane. They are among the most destructive blazes in state history, destroying at least 700 structures and forcing roughly 67,000 peop...
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RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
Talarico: "Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. Texans will still use THC — but instead of getting it safely from a local small business, they’ll go back to getting it from the black market. From the drug cartels."
CMS is ending Medicare's Part D premium stabilization subsidy after 2026. Standalone drug plans could see big premium hikes in 2027, putting 25M seniors in traditional Medicare at risk. Review your plan during Open Enrollment Oct 15! #RepublicanMedicareCuts
NEWS: Trump just bragged about gutting endangered species protections so oil drilling, logging, development, and even military training can expand with fewer restrictions.
Trump Announces Rollback of Endangered Species Protections
Trump: ”The United States of America is going to BUILD again.”
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And why not the CIA? theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/07/david-rush-cia-gold-bars-fake-spy-program
Ex-CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars reportedly created fake spy program
David Rush, who was arrested in May, stole millions from US government through ‘special access program’, officials say
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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X@burrspig.bsky.social · 15h agoKash Patel looking for some more cash, hey Trump does it, so I guess the rest can as well. FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti... via @@YahooNews
Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
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www.threads.com/@joeybraun50... In March 2026, the three Alexander brothers were convicted They were convicted of sex trafficking, conspiracy, and sexual exploitation. They were business partners of Ivanka Trump and Jarad Kushner’s. Odd how many sex offenders the Trump family are connected
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In March 2026, the three Alexander brothers (Oren, Tal, and Alon) were convicted on all counts in their federal trial. A total of 19 guilty verdicts were returned. They were convicted of sex trafficki...
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AP calls a DEFEAT for Kansas Amendment 1, which would have replaced the current merit-based selection of state Supreme Court justices with partisan statewide elections. GOP wanted this change to try to overturn a ruling protecting abortion rights, but voters emphatically said no.
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
Jocelyn Benson, who has cultivated a national profile during two terms as Michigan’s secretary of state, on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination for governor, The Associated Press said. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
BREAKING NEWS! The Senate has paused the OMB rule that would put Trump appointees in charge of federal spending. Next step - Contact your MoC and tell them to permanently REVOKE THE RULE: zurl.co/1SXEN Article: zurl.co/23mF8
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...
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Great to see that Michael J. Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys in September in recognition of his contributions to Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy. His scenes in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “Larry vs. Michael J. Fox” is comedy gold.