The election is over. Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting aren’t. His administration is still defending a rule that threatens voting access and postal workers’ safety. I joined APWU today with a simple message: pull the rule permanently.
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NO PRESIDENT GETS TO DECLARE WAR ON HIS OWN! Congress must examine the authorization, civilian casualties, military orders, and legal justification for the Iran war. Leader Jeffries will #HoldTheCrooksAccountable
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Kentucky last week became the first state to restrict when a governor can grant clemency. I wrote about what that'll mean for the advocates pushing for Beshear to empty the state's death row. boltsmag.org/kentucky-cle...
Death Penalty Opponents in Kentucky Prepare for Clemency Push Earlier than Planned - Bolts
Kentuckians approved new restrictions on governors' power to issue commutations at the end of their term—a period that usually sees active campaigns to get them to empty death row.
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🚨 Wisconsin’s now a top three state in America for helping veterans find available jobs. We've worked hard to support our veterans returning to civilian life. Wisconsin's veteran employment services have ranked in the top five for four straight years. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIG...
Stopped by picture day at The Little Apple, our first free child care center for City employees, with the Honeycrisps, the Apple Seeds, the Empires, and the McIntoshes. Scroll for outtakes.
BLUMENTHAL: Was the Capitol attacked on January 6? ADKISSON: There were acts of violence BLUMENTHAL: But you're not willing to say the Capitol was attacked? ADKISSON: I condemn the acts of violence BLUMENTHAL: So that's where we are on the United States District Court
After House Republicans spent the past two years helping to cover up for a serial pedophile in the White House, it makes perfect sense that they just elected as their leader a man who helped cover up for a serial pedophile at Ohio State.
Sure would be nice if Senate Republicans demanded the public release of the secret OLC opinion that Gaiser wrote authorizing the (deadly) boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific before even *considering* whether he should receive a judicial commission. Alas, I'm not holding my breath.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 3d agoUPDATE: And another one going: Office of Legal Counsel head T. Elliot Gaiser has been nominated by Trump to a district court judgeship in the Northern District of Texas, per a Senate aide.
Why have people moved on from this? These guys were launching missiles at fishing boats when I do not recall this ever being a thing in my service.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d agoSure would be nice if Senate Republicans demanded the public release of the secret OLC opinion that Gaiser wrote authorizing the (deadly) boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific before even *considering* whether he should receive a judicial commission. Alas, I'm not holding my breath.
11/09/26 - Senator Mitch McConnell heads home after voting on the Senate floor this evening.
A Honduran mother has lost her unborn baby days after her husband was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Austin, Texas. www.ibtimes.co.uk/honduran-mot...
Honduran Mother Loses Unborn Baby After ICE Agents Allegedly Strike Her While Arresting Husband in Texas
A Honduran mother says she lost her unborn son days after her husband was detained by ICE in Austin, while the family seeks help with funeral costs and challenges his detention.
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Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa made education reform a central focus of her campaign. Now Democrats are promising to undo the state's controversial school voucher program — but they will have to contend with a Republican-controlled state Senate. with @texastribune.org
Texas’ School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker
Democrats won back the Texas House for the first time in 24 years. Gov. Greg Abbott’s bullishness on vouchers turned off some Republican voters in rural communities that have historically been strongh...
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Massie: "I hope Hegseth addresses the 8 articles of impeachment, and doesn‘t get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and call everybody fat and gay. I may have just given you half his speech, I don't know."
Premiums skyrocketed. Medicaid got cut. Rural hospitals closed. All thanks to a bill Republicans called “beautiful.” Democrats are going to fight to repeal the cuts and make health care affordable.
Q: Have you spoken to Sen. McConnell about this effort? MASSIE: I have not, but if it were possible to have a conversation with McConnell ...
@danielbiss.bsky.social (mathematics), @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social (microbiology), and @rebeccabennettforcongress.com (chemical engineering) will enter congress with something Trump and his administration sorely lack: an understanding of science and research.
The other day someone told me there was no point filing habeas petitions because the government just ignored court orders. And y’all, I am telling you. There is a point. Congrats, Washington.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is wild: The Trump administration has provoked so many immigration habeas petitions, and has lost so many lawyers, that the Western District of Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, etc.) U.S. Attorney's Office can no longer *defend* the government in all of those cases, per this letter filed on 10/26:
This is wild: The Trump administration has provoked so many immigration habeas petitions, and has lost so many lawyers, that the Western District of Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, etc.) U.S. Attorney's Office can no longer *defend* the government in all of those cases, per this letter filed on 10/26:
NEW: The race for representation in Florida’s 27th Congressional District remains still too close to call. But now, the Miami-Dade County elections chief who called a Democratic win “possible but not probable” will help administer the recount. https://demdock.com/488g9vY
Miami election official who already said GOP candidate won can help with recount, court rules
While he reportedly said Garcia made a “really dumb” statement, a U.S. District Judge determined the election official’s comments were not enough to stop her from participating in the recount.
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GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.
Democrats push to restore Afghanistan TPS as Trump mulls deportation flights #TheHill
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Democrats push to restore Afghanistan TPS as Trump mulls deportation flights
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"Now Congress must investigate fully where Huang’s dishonesty ends. It must set aside worries about disrupting America’s AI crown jewel and urgently establish what Huang’s philandering means for US national security and the country’s upper hand in AI." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
All the Questions Congress Needs to Ask Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang, the chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., has insisted for years that depriving China of access to the company’s chips was the biggest threat to US leadership in artificial intelligen...
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Don't overlook this: When Trump admitted immigration enforcement helped cause the GOP bloodbath, he actually undercut JD Vance. Trump acknowledged that Americans like immigrants. JD has been subtly trying to absolve white nationalism from any/all blame. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2177...
Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission About Losses, Wrecking MAGA’s Spin
On 60 Minutes, he admitted that Americans like immigrants, after all. That doesn’t just directly contradict his new chief of staff, Stephen Miller. It harshly undercuts the whole MAGA worldview.
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Biden’s book, titled “Promise Me, America,” is slated for release on November 17. Preorder here: share.google/tU4X2Mi3HwDV...
CNN@cnn.com · 4d agoFormer President Joe Biden announced that he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” about his upcoming presidential memoir due to his cancer. https://cnn.it/4AhPgRY
In America's measles epidemic, RFK Jr. is now on trial A UN body will consider this week whether America can continue to say it's eliminated measles. Its decision will be a legacy-defining moment for the health secretary.
In America’s measles epidemic, RFK Jr. is now on trial
A UN body will consider this week whether America can continue to say it’s eliminated measles. Its decision will be a legacy-defining moment for the health secretary.
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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Rep. Pat Ryan just revealed that Pete Hegseth ordered military members to an area in Kuwait with an ACTIVE WARNING they had ZERO defense against drone attacks and he IGNORED IT. Six were then KILLED. Survivors blame Hegseth. Listen to Kegsbreath try to con his way out of it! 😡🤬
A federal indictment alleges that three men used generative A.I. to impersonate voices of chief executives and lawyers to defraud companies of millions of dollars.
When the Boss on the Phone Isn’t Real: How More Than $129 Million Was Stolen Using A.I.
A federal indictment alleges that three men used generative A.I. to impersonate voices of chief executives and lawyers to defraud companies of millions of dollars.
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this show is a pathetic joke. This was an unqualified DEI hire if I've ever seen one. If the owner cared about ratings or reputation/ pride both Weiss and Douthat would be fired.... just put CBS out of its misery adn give 60 Minutes to CNN
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 4d agoRoss looks so very tired.