Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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Memphis is under siege from the federal government. This is hideous.
Second Person in a Week Killed by Federal Task Force in Memphis
Tennessee authorities are investigating both shootings involving agents working with the task force in Memphis.
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday evening after a "brief and sudden illness. n.pr/4wCsmD4
US Sen. Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday evening after a "brief and sudden illness.
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"Every eligible American deserves to have their vote counted. This week’s decision protects our voting rights and is a major win for U.S. citizens abroad." -Martha McDevitt-Pugh, International Chair of @demsabroad.bsky.social 🇺🇸🌍 #DemsAbroad #VoteFromAbroad www.democratsabroad.org/da_welcomes_...
DA Welcomes SCOTUS Decision Protecting Overseas Voters
Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.
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So Un-American! Trump drops protections for our nation's top symbol: the American Bald Eagle. Protect our wildlife and protect our Democracy by requesting your 2026 ballot for abroad voters today at www.votefromabroad.org #democratsabroad #votefromabroad #America250 #YesWeCan #eagle
Trump and Rubio announce they will entirely cut HIV/AIDS assistance to the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa
The State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens.
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"An ICE takedown caught on camera left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled by agents. Once they figured out they had made a mistake, they dropped him off at a park, bloody and bruised..." www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/d...
DHS responds to claim of wrongful ICE detention
The Dept. of Homeland Security has responded after a Bronx man said he was injured during what he described as a case of mistaken identity involving immigration agents in Norwood. Jeury Concepcion tol...
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🔥 HAYES: “You get the pattern here, right? One after another… so there’s no Black members of Congress left in the states of the old Confederacy. They want a New Jim Crow, now they have a blessing from the Supreme Court.” #Tennessee #Memphis @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn
“They hate you and they hate me” We noticed Republican Senator Adam Lowe turned off comments on this post attacking @tnsenatedems.bsky.social — in full cope mode to convince himself he’s not racist after stripping majority Black Memphis of representation. www.facebook.com/share/p/1bFM...
'To Hell With You, White Republican Christians, A Letter From a Former Pastor.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...
“It’s an absurd situation. They’re just straight-up lying about not knowing Memphis is majority Black… They know exactly what they’re doing.” Kanew on the racist lie at the core of the Republican push to strip Memphis of representation.
Trump's SCOTUS just weakened the Voting Rights Act, effectively undoing the work of MLK, John Lewis and so many others. The VRA has has guaranteed minority voters the right to elect the representatives of their choice for generations. Representation is power—that's what they want to take away.
Congressman Cohen Blasts Supreme Court’s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) reviewed Wednesday’s 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act and made the following statement:“We’ve been expe...
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The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.
How about journalists who care about the First Amendment refuse to attend this dinner. Instead of be used as a prop by Trump, speak out. If legacy media wants to know why it is in such rapid decline and not trusted, empty gesture like this is why.
Status@status.news · 4mo agoJournalists plan to make a subtle but pointed statement with their attire at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, Status has learned, as Donald Trump prepares to attend for the first time. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/whcd-first...
The Hungarian election is hugely important in its own right and a litmus test for the billionaire fascism that the American Right has imported. This would be a great briefing for reporters and all of us to have!
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4mo agoHungary’s election is April 12. Orbán is behind in the polls. Professor Kim Scheppele joins us Monday morning at 9am to discuss the dynamics at work & what they can tell us about our elections. Subscribe to Civil Discourse (it’s free) & get a notice when we go live open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
ICE agents came to a military base and grabbed the newlywed wife of a soldier who's about to deploy. The wife came to the U.S. as a toddler. She has no criminal record. None of this is how it used to work. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy
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The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
The golden age of corporate profits (see also: corruption)
Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'. The wealth amassed by Orban's inner circle is fuelling the increasingly palpable frustration of a population grappling with sluggish growth, high inflation and worsening public services u.afp.com/SbRo
U.S. allies in Europe continue to refuse President Trump’s demands for help in the war with Iran. Listen to "The Daily."
Trump’s Lonely War
Washington’s European allies have refused to get more involved in the war in Iran.
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No Kings. Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org #NoKings
