2/ Columbia’s Tow Center @mirandagreen.bsky.social spent months mapping this whole operation from start to finish, tracing every FOIA request, every hidden camera video, and every dollar of donor money that paid for all of it. Read the full investigation right here: www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...
How a network of pink-slime sites and conservative activists went after campus DEI.
Using FOIA requests and hidden-camera videos, the groups targeted universities, leading to the firing of faculty and staff.
cjr.org
Mitch McConnell is currently on paid sick leave for 2+ months. Fun Fact: U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell voted against or blocked measures mandating employees receive sick leave in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022.
Anti-hunger advocate Liz Wills-O'Gilvie, 63, said she has not eaten for 15 days in a bid to push Governor Maura Healey to raise funding for Massachusetts' shrinking food stamp program. 🧵 www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Massachusetts anti-hunger advocate fasts to protest Trump food stamp cuts
Anti-hunger advocate Liz Wills-O'Gilvie, 63, said she has not eaten for 15 days in a bid to push Governor Maura Healey to raise funding for Massachusetts' shrinking food stamp program.
reuters.com
The corruption never fucking ends. Now Trump gets to launder his crypto corruption through a bank tied to his own family’s venture. For the love of God, let’s win back Congress in November so we can drag this into daylight.
How should we understand DOJ’s unusual use of poll watchers in recent primaries? & what good news is there about how the civil rights community is protecting the right to vote? Former head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division under President Biden has answers. joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
Five Questions with NAACP General Counsel Kristen Clarke
The former head of DOJ's Civil Rights Division is still working to protect your right to vote.
joycevance.substack.com
EXCLUSIVE: Family members share with MeidasTouch that women aboard the USS Boxer have been “begging” for extra pads and tampons as basic feminine hygiene supplies run out at sea.
"They Were Begging Us to Send Them Extra Pads and Tampons." Family Member Describes Feminine Hygiene Shortage Aboard the USS Boxer
A family member with loved ones serving aboard the USS Boxer reached out to us directly to describe a supply crisis unfolding on the amphibious assault ship,
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Georgia voters, take note: GOP candidate Rick Jackson says rape survivors must prove assault before getting an abortion. He wants state control over women's bodies. @keishaforga.bsky.social knows a woman's body belongs to her alone.
Lady Gaga spoke about voting against the Convicted FElon. Her video was taken down from Meta's own Facebook & Instagram. We know that Zuckerberg is a Convicted FElon's Asskisser.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · last wk.Anonymous - Lady Gaga said: “This is our opportunity to vote against Donald Trump,” and her video was removed from Facebook and Instagram. This is what Republican fascism calls “freedom.” #cdnpoli
“Per ex employees at Wayne Halfway House’s YOUTH PRISONS, expectation to keep serious incidents/SA secret came from the top: CEO Jason Crews… putting kids lives at risk…” More dark, sickening revelations about TN’s for-profit penal system: www.propublica.org/article/wayn...
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬@filosia.bsky.social · last wk.Good morning 🐬 I implore with you, please mobilize your friends, family, community etc. to get out, go through whatever bureaucratic trouble necessary, and #VOTE 🗳️ We cannot afford to stay at home again, only because we would have liked a different candidate !! They win when you stay at home.
NEW: Emily Moreno on behalf of her 2 yr old daughter has filed a lawsuit against Max Miller and his lawyers for publishing an unredacted nude photograph their daughter. www.chandralaw.com/blog/federal...
Federal civil-rights suit: Congressman Max Miller and attorney published nude photo of two-year-old daughter online | Chandra Law Firm | 888.500.5025 | Berkeley | San Diego | Cleveland | Columbus | Sa...
Congressman Max Miller and his lawyer Aaron Minc are accused in federal court of disclosing to the public an intimate image of Miller's child revealing her genitalia.
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What if one of the victims hands is grounded and the electric shock goes across their chest / heart? This is f'ing crazy.
Democratic candidate for Texas governor, Gina Hinojosa, is out here with the receipts showing Greg Abbott is selling Texans’s future to the highest bidder. Save our planet. Vote blue! Vote Gina Hinojosa!
EXCLUSIVE: Members of Trump’s political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly convinced he wouldn’t end his reelection bid.
White House officials tamped down efforts to oust Max Miller in final days
Ohio Republicans now have no choice but to rally behind a candidate many GOP insiders warn could cost the party a traditionally safe seat this November.
politico.com
So, I completely understand secreting POTUS away from a credible assassination attempt. But leaving the entire Air Force One crew, press pool, etc. to play decoy is some sick shit.
Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · 2w agothe manliest
This is what I’m hoping, that enough Independents have turned on the MAGA movement. Dems are incredibly outnumbered here
What? Trump attacked Iran, getting more deeply involved in the Middle East. He set up the “Board of Peace” to manage Gaza indefinitely, with himself as permanent chair. He (and Kushner) take and solicit bribes from Middle East govts. He wishes he were succeeding instead of failing. That’s it.
Lauren Boebert should concern herself with her own family values, not mine.
US Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son faces charges of sexual exploitation of child
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son Tyler Boebert has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child.
coloradopolitics.com
I bet plague doctor Bill Cassidy (R, Medieval Times) is feeling especially proud today with RFK Jr. leading the country right off a herd immunity cliff. Congratulations, Bill! Your legacy is secure.