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Women's Rights Are NOT Negotiable. And STILL I PERSIST. Entertainment biz, 41 yrs., storyteller, producer. There is NO PLACE for injustice.

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Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 2h ago

NEW: A dozen attorneys who prosecuted Jan. 6 rioters asked the Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denying judicial nominees to lifetime seats, especially as they refuse to accept the legal facts of the event. None of the nearly 60 confirmed nominees have called Jan. 6 an "insurrection."

Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees

“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...

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Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2h ago

Trump’s demand for states to provide Social Security numbers, immigration status, and private information on low-income residents who receive cash benefits is improper and unconstitutional, a group of mostly Democratic-led states alleges in a new lawsuit. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/state...

States sue Trump administration over plan to share antipoverty program data • Ohio Capital Journal

A group of states is challenging a Trump administration rule that would force them to provide data on people receiving antipoverty benefits.

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PBS News@pbsnews.org · 2h ago

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms, expanding the national campaign map to districts Donald Trump won easily less than two years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4z6Lifx

House Democrats just added 12 'safe' Trump districts to their midterm election target list

The move brings the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's list of targets to 58, an ambitious list that reflects President Donald Trump's diminished standing with the electorate and Democrats'...

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Raw Story@rawstory.com · 1h ago

Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a startling response to the unfolding controversy surrounding Rep. Max Miller: "It's part of being flawed humans. We have to let those processes play out."

'Part of being flawed': Johnson shrugs after MAGA lawmaker exposes toddler to the public

Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a startling response to the unfolding controversy surrounding Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who has been accused of abusing his wife and daughter and later releasing a trove of private documents that may have included an image of his toddler's naked body. “It’s part of being...

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 59m ago

Understanding reached on coordinates for shipping route through Hormuz, Iran says

Understanding reached on coordinates for shipping route through Hormuz, Iran says

Joint statement with Oman is being finalised, but Tehran says deal alone would not guarantee waterway’s security Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on ⁠the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the strait of Hormuz, and ⁠a joint announcement ⁠is ​being finalised provided certain third parties do not interfere, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail ⁠Baghaei said on Wednesday. Baghaei added that any such agreement between Iran and Oman would not, by ⁠itself, guarantee security in the strategic waterway. Continue reading...

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Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 55m ago

Christine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...

Nolan Wells’ Mother Under Investigation With Nursing Board After Complaint, Lawyer Says

Christine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, is under investigation by the Mississippi Board of Nursing after an anonymous complaint.

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Popular Information@popular.info · 3h ago

“Deutsche Bank AG failed to promptly report to US authorities more than $250 million in suspicious transactions tied to Jeffrey Epstein, including funds used to pay women in Russia and other Eastern European countries, according to a new report prepared by a Democratic US senator.”

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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Prism@prismreports.org · 3h ago

A teenager with diabetes in Gaza has to risk bombardment, walk through destroyed buildings & brave chaotic aid distribution sites in hopes of finding just one bottle of insulin. For health justice to become a reality, it must include Gazans, writes Lojain Naswhan in a new dispatch from Palestine.

In Gaza, displacement and chronic illness are a slow-burning crisis

For displaced Palestinians living with diabetes, accessing insulin is a matter of life and death

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3h ago

More than 40,000 Utahns are now in danger of losing healthcare thanks to Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Every member of Utah’s congressional delegation — Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis, and representatives Burgess Owens, Celeste Maloy, Mike Kennedy and Blake Moore — voted to pass it.

Medicaid work requirement could leave 40,000 Utahns without healthcare

As the Trump administration presses forward with Medicaid work requirements, state officials estimate more than 40,000 Utahns could be subject to losing health coverage.

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Raw Story@rawstory.com · 3h ago

Jeanine Pirro is offering prosecutors $25,000 bonuses to commit to two more years, after a string of collapsed cases that have enraged the president.

Jeanine Pirro doles out $25K bonuses as prosecutors try to quit and Trump rages: report

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro offered prosecutors $25,000 to stay as President Donald Trump raged at her over a string of collapsed cases, a new report shows.Pirro last month offered the retention bonuses to prosecutors willing to commit to two more years, the Wall Street ...

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Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 3h ago

🗳️ MICHIGAN GOVERNOR Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s chief election official and a critical opponent of Trump’s anti-voting agenda, won the Democratic nomination to be the state’s next governor. She will now face Trump-endorsed candidate Rep. John James, who opposes virtually everything she stands for.

Michigan election chief Jocelyn Benson to face prominent election denier in governor’s race

Benson has been a frequent target of election deniers and anti-voting activists, who falsely accused her of perpetuating voter fraud during subsequent elections in the Great Lakes State.

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Vox@vox.com · 3h ago

“If we wanna be the party of working people, we have to be the party for working people, which means that we've got to stop taking money from the people who are nickel-and-diming them.” Vox’s Astead Herndon looks back at his recent interview with Michigan progressive Abdul El-Sayed.