Natalee
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With fear for our democracy. I dissent. Justice Sotomayor 7/01/2024 DMs = 🚫
I appreciate the Colville Business Council for taking the time to meet with me in Nespelem. Hundreds of thousands of acres of their reservation have been impacted by fires. I announced today that the federal government granted my request for an emergency declaration...
This would amount to a complete capitulation from the US. Literally no way to even attempt to spin this as a win.
Trump & Russ Vought proposed a rule to take every federal grant in America hostage. They don't care about making our tax dollars work better—they just want them to work for Trump. Well, Democrats BLOCKED their corrupt rule, and I'll be fighting to kill it permanently.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.
🚨BREAKING: Colorado Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to provide access to complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-20 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/colora...
🚨 United States of America v. Griswold
Learn more.
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Zelenskyy issued an update after massive attack on Kyiv: “As of now, 44 people have been reported injured in massive Russian strike on Kyiv and Kyiv region. Another 17 people, tragically, were killed. It was a heavy strike - 24 ballistic missiles (…) interceptors could’ve saved lives”
NEWS: My bipartisan bill to protect children from the dangers of AI-enabled toys just passed through committee 🤖 We need to address the emerging AI toy industry before it endangers our kids' safety even further. Next stop, the Senate floor.
Secretary Rollins says she MOVED 5 million people off food stamps. No. She KICKED 5 million people off food stamps. Letting kids go hungry isn't the "win" you think it is. It's a damn disgrace.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
Christian Nationalism On the Ballot in Tennessee: From calls to ban mosques to AI Crusader videos, two candidates are pushing Christian nationalist agendas to the forefront of Thursday’s Republican primaries. www.confrontthehate.com/p/executions...
Executions for Abortions? Deport Muslims? Christian Nationalism On the Ballot in Tennessee
From calls to ban mosques to AI Crusader videos, two candidates are pushing Christian nationalist agendas to the forefront of Thursday’s Republican primaries.
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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
UN: Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor parents.
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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Chipotle pulls jalapeños as salmonella outbreak sickens over 100 www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Chipotle pulls jalapeños as salmonella outbreak sickens over 100
While Chipotle is the first eatery named in the outbreak, health officials believe the peppers that made people sick may be served at other restaurants.
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America's gun psychopathy continues: *338 mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 1 person killed and 3 others wounded, in Atlanta, Ga.: www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
4 people shot, 1 dead inside Atlanta apartment
One person is dead and multiple others were shot in northwest Atlanta.
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NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”
Daniel Baxter has worked in election administration since 1985, including enduring BS attacks from Trump world in 2020. so grateful to talk to him last night about the process in Detroit, including the DOJ monitors sent by Trump this time around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmUD...
Diligent poll workers form bulwark against Trump's efforts to undermine elections
YouTube video by MS NOW
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters defeated a GOP bid to limit their ability to amend the state constitution. The measure was the GOP's attempt to diminish the power of voters who’ve used citizen initiatives to expand Medicaid and protect abortion access.
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,…
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🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯
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Erin: So far, incidents matching the federal warning have surfaced in Minnesota (30+ systems), Michigan, South Dakota, and California. Investigators are still working out whether Iran is behind it, or whether someone is mimicking Iranian tactics to muddy the waters. 🏆 @realerinbrockovich.bsky.social
Erin Brockovich (@erinbrockovich)
Our Water Infrastructure is Vulnerable & the Industry's Own Report Says We're Not Ready While we've been tracking how data centers are straining our water supplies, a different kind of threat just hi...
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A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote “so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.” Those were his own words to anti-abortion extremists. Senators who vote for Blanche are voting for an Attorney General who will attack abortion rights in EVERY state.
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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When Whitehouse is on, he's on. This is a flamethrower.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoWhitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
This hasn’t gotten much attention, but it should. While everyone was focused on Schedule F, the administration created something even broader. On July 30, a new OPM rule took effect that creates a second way to fire federal employees outside the normal civil service process.
