📌Susan Collins is voting "no" on the repulsive Blanche because she has been given political cover by Thune. Her vote doesn't matter. This isn't a heroic decision, it is pure politics, and whether anybody wants to admit it or not it's how she has survived like a parasite in that chamber for 30 years.
RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.
🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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, not...
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It remains very funny that the reality-TV transportation secretary’s plan for doing his job was “reality TV.”
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d agoTransportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
No to any election deniers. No to attempting to hand in FAKE ELECTORAL SLATES. That's a double-edged sword....hurts us all. Hurts the states and the country as a whole. WIN ON MERIT/the people's votes, not cheating. Thankful Mike Pence is loyal to democracy and denied corruption.
Just a reminder that the president of the United States recently had to pay almost $6 million to the woman he sexually abused and defamed, and not one reporter has asked him about it.
What will the media companies who are publishing stories that Blanche agreed to a “deal” with Cornyn & Tillis to kill the slush fund write when people start getting paid with our tax dollars & this whole thing is revealed as a sham? Since they aren’t writing how it’s a sham now.
@glennkirschner.bsky.social: "Donald Trump sued Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump settled with Donald Trump, and then Donald Trump dismissed the case against Donald Trump, and Donald Trump gave himself everything Donald Trump wanted."
11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy that bars orgs from providing voter registration assistance during naturalization ceremonies. A victory for Elias Law Group and our client the National Council of Jewish Women. www.democracydocket.com/cases/uscis-...
🚨 League of Women Voters v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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You'd have to be a special kind of stupid to not understand this.
FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
So Tillis and Cornyn thought the 1.8. Billion dollar slush fun was so bad, that they will be willing to confirm the guy who came up with it. Huh
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
A source from New Jersey’s congressional delegation confirmed the detainee’s name is Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo.
Another detainee has died at Delaney Hall, officials say
On Monday afternoon, U.S. Rep Rob Menendez said he was conducting "unplanned oversight" at the facility.
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fwiw, if tillis and cornyn are willing to derail the nomination, it probably means that quite a few other gop senators would prefer not to have to vote on it.
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
Talarico: Paxton gave an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child predator, was reported to FBI for bribery by his own staff, became a multi-millionaire on a government salary & now own 15 homes on the public's dime. He should have to answer the public's questions. Let's get busy! vote.org
How evil is this? "Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega says CBS executives asked her to falsify video evidence. She says they pushed her to slip fabricated footage of protesters attacking ICE agents into a story about Renee Good and Alex Pretti—two Americans killed by ICE in Minnesota."
Crazy Mary antifascist@embeessem.bsky.social · last wk.5 billion dollars??? And he takes it when he leaves?? 🤬🤬🤬 open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
This can’t be reformed. It’s not a training issue. The agents who murdered Pretti and Good, and who shot Sosa-Celis have been agents for more than 8 years. I’ll be voting for candidates who support dismantling DHS and abolishing ICE.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last wk."Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
Some people seem to have this need to decide who's the good guy and who's the bad guy. Sometimes, they're both bad guys. Hamas takes children hostage. That's evil. Netanyahu starves civilian populations. That is also evil. To quote Shakespeare, A plague o' both your houses!
Good news! Your taxpayer money isn’t going to dumb stuff like healthcare or public education. It’s going to buy Trump 250 more Cadillacs.
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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Even if it was drugs, that’s not a reason for summary execution.
It’s shocking and shameful that in the United States we have allowed for investors to make money off of child imprisonment. Children as young as two-months old. Alongside 110 House Democrats, I am calling for the Dilley Trailer Prison to be shut down.
It’s what dictators do. Even “wanna-be-never-was” versions.
