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James Talarico on Tx THC ban: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed & eating edibles bc politicians in Austin say so— We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst”

James Talarico speaking to crowd in Texas

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

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Jon Ossoff: “We won’t just restore checks & balances for the next two years – we’ll rebuke him so decisively no president will dare try this kind of brazen corruption & abuse again” If “rebuke decisively” means holding people criminally accountable, count me in

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Epstein survivor Annie Farmer after meeting w/ Todd Blanche: "I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the U.S. Attorney General — I found him abrasive, condescending, & intentionally noncommittal to survivors"

Annie Farmer addresses the press outside the Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan in New York. Photo: Gabriele Holtermann/Press Association via AP Images

Forget whether Kentucky law allows it – Beshear should just commence with the special election & call republicans bluff Make them produce something resembling proof of life for McConnell or concede to filling the seat

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to reporters. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

AOC: “We should never take impeachment off the table — where we see law breaking, we should never take accountability off the table”

Finland President Alexander Stubb: "Trump, don't ask us anymore — you go into Venezuela & Iran, you don't ask. You make claims on Greenland, you don't ask. You think you can run the show in the Middle East, like Iran? Not without us You will lose. Every time."

Finland President Alexander Stubb makes a statement to the press at the NATO meeting. (Photo by Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu via Getty Images)

AOC: “By all means & circumstance, the president of united states is a rapist – the president is implicated in the Epstein Files. He is convicted in court of 34 counts of fraud – felony fraud”

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to members of the media in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Ted Lieu: “Chief Justice John Roberts is an extreme political actor that has led the most partisan Supreme Court in U.S. history — this is a radical Supreme Court that is making decisions simply to benefit Republicans It's going to end up in massive Supreme Court reform when Democrats take control”

U.S. Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) is seen during a press conference at the United States Capitol. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

This picture of Major Jason Watson really encapsulates the state of America under Trump In the words of Major Watson: “Impeach - Convict - Remove”

Maj. Gen. Jason Watson of the US Air Force being arrested by capitol police for protesting

AOC: “The problem is that these big companies think they are governments – they want to be governments. They want to have totally unchecked power I believe that we need to pursue antitrust. We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far too big - & we need consumer protections for ppl”

Jon Ossoff: “They worked harder burying the Epstein Files than they ever worked to lower your grocery bill — while you pay more for everything, the Trumps are raking in billions Illegal tariffs, failed war, healthcare cuts, & unmatched corruption – a presidential legacy cemented in disgrace”

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, speaking during an event in Georgia. Photographer: Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Buttigieg: After Trump leaves office – & he will – there will be a temptation to turn the clock back. But going back is the wrong answer – the flaws in our economic, social, & political systems are what brought us to this moment Going back to the status quo isn't possible – we can do much better

Pete Buttigieg meeting with voters: he says his experience in Biden’s administration has caused him to rethink the structure and scope of the executive branch. Michael Conroy/AP

Ted Lieu: “There is a 24/7 camera that shows the reflecting pool. If someone went into the pool and made a 250 foot gash, it would have been seen trump is lying again. Everyone knows it, but the people at the Justice Dept are randomly going after people to soothe trump’s fragile ego”

U.S. Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) at a press conference. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Ted Lieu: “Dear Todd Blanche — you will be disbarred. You will be investigated next year. And if the facts warrant it, you will be prosecuted by the next Administration November is coming”

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) speaking during a hearing on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

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Michelle Obama: "That's where the truth of this country lies. Not in grabbing as much as we can get for ourselves – or knocking folks down to prop ourselves up But in the overwhelming goodness, the relentless striving, the quiet dignity, that is inside all of us"

Former first lady Michelle Obama and Former U.S. President Barack Obama smiling during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

France has joined Germany in cancelling their Palantir contracts, becoming the 2nd country in as many weeks to do so — the UK appears poised to follow suit AOC: “Immediately investigate Palantir — (Thiel’s) secretive data mining company that has weaponized information against immigrant communities”

Peter Thiel on stage during a conference for Palantir. (Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg)

AOC: “MAGA is the last dying breath of the confederacy — we have every freedom that we have today because somebody in each generation refused to accept the world as it was”

Rep AOC & Justin Jones posing for a photo with a sign that say “we shall overcome (again) fight against white supremacy”

Roys: We forced a vote on the Right to Contraception Act, which guarantees Wisconsinites the right to use contraception – it doesn’t fund birth control & isn’t about abortion/IVF Every GOP senator voted against it – if that doesn’t tell you birth control is under real threat, I don’t know what will

Rep. Sara Jacobs: “I don’t know why Trump recently needed to see 22 specialists… But I will point out that many Americans could never afford to see 22 doctors in one year – especially after Trump & Republicans cut health care for millions of people”

Sara Jacobs attending a press conference. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images)

James Talarico: “There is another war in the Middle East – there is a cost of living crisis crushing the middle class – there is a secret pedophile ring & no one has been prosecuted The people responsible for all that are now trying to distract us with the same old tired culture wars”

James Talarico addresses the crowd during a campaign rally. (Photo by Callaghan O'Hare for The Washington Post)