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Republicans Are Losing Their Minds Over The Trump Guilty Verdict
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Mike Johnson plans Republican mega-bill ready to push through if Trump wins
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House speaker plans far-reaching bill including tax cuts and border security to make Trump ‘the most consequential president’
#SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopChristoFascism #StopFascism
Mike Johnson plans Republican mega-bill ready to push through if Trump wins
House speaker plans far-reaching bill including tax cuts and border security to make Trump ‘the most consequential president’
www.theguardian.com
How Israeli Security Nixed Haaretz's Report Into Alleged Mossad Extortion of International Court Prosecutor - Haaretz
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/b...
2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.
Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia
In 2016, Russia used an army of trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.
www.nytimes.com
New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances | AP News
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#PoliceState #ACAB
New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed legislation making it a crime to knowingly approach within 25 feet of a police officer while they are “engaged in law enforcement duties” after the officer has or...
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Fuckin' America! 🤦♀️
A fifth grader's fundraiser cleared his school's meal debt. It named an award for him - ABC News
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A fifth grader's fundraiser cleared his school's meal debt. It named an award for him
A Missouri fifth grader has won praise and had an award named for him after he raised more than $7,000 to erase school meal debt in his district
abcnews.go.com
Netanyahu Is Now Begging Biden to Work With Republicans To Save Him
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> This relationship is getting toxic.
#EndAidToIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #StopAIPAC #IsraeliWarCrimes #ICCIsRight
Netanyahu Is Now Begging Biden to Work With Republicans To Save Him
This relationship is getting toxic.
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I am already seeing establishment Dems prepping to blame youth/left for a Nov loss. Nope, if there is a loss it is due to unconditionally supporting Israel & the Gaza genocide.
Conditioning Aid to Israel Would Boost Support for Biden in Key States, New Poll Finds
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Conditioning Aid to Israel Would Boost Support for Biden in Key States, New Poll Finds
In the survey of Democrats and independents in five battleground states, 2 in 5 voters said a ceasefire and conditioning aid would make them more likely to vote for Biden.
theintercept.com
JUK MPs In Full Moral Panic Decide To Ignore The Research, Push For Dangerous Ban On Phones For Kids | Techdirt
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UK MPs In Full Moral Panic Decide To Ignore The Research, Push For Dangerous Ban On Phones For Kids
The moral panic about kids and technology these days is just getting dumber and dumber. The latest is that MPs in the UK are considering an outright ban on smartphones for kids under 16. Just last …
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The ICC spying revelations show the Israeli government to be a lawless regime | Kenneth Roth | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
> I was shocked to learn of the brazenness of Israel’s intimidation effort. It is to the credit of the ICC prosecutors that it has failed
The ICC spying revelations show the Israeli government to be a lawless regime | Kenneth Roth
I was shocked to learn of the brazenness of Israel’s intimidation effort. It is to the credit of the ICC prosecutors that it has failed
www.theguardian.com
Israeli campaign against ICC may be ‘crimes against justice’, say legal experts | Israel | The Guardian
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> International lawyers believe conduct of Israeli intelligence service should be investigated by prosecutor in The Hague
Israeli campaign against ICC may be ‘crimes against justice’, say legal experts
International lawyers believe conduct of Israeli intelligence service should be investigated by prosecutor in The Hague
www.theguardian.com
Medicare Advantage: Why Are We Paying for "Sham" Insurance?
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Medicare Advantage: Why Are We Paying for "Sham" Insurance?
So, here we are, handing billions of dollars a month to insurance industry executives so they can buy new Swiss chalets, private jets, and luxury yachts...
hartmannreport.com
How the Steele Dossier Broke MAGAts' Brains - emptywheel
www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/28/h...
How the Steele Dossier Broke MAGAts' Brains - emptywheel
The story of how the Steele dossier broke MAGAts' brains involves a brutal double game from Oleg Deripaska, injection of disinformation into the dossier, and use of the dossier to discredit totally un...
www.emptywheel.net
City Pays $900k To Man Tortured Into Confessing Committing A Murder That Never Happened | Techdirt
www.techdirt.com/2024/05/28/c...
#ACAB
City Pays $900k To Man Tortured Into Confessing Committing A Murder That Never Happened
Never underestimate the coercive power of law enforcement. Officers were so convinced Thomas Perez Jr. had murdered his “missing” father, they spent 17 hours torturing him into confessi…
www.techdirt.com
["Satire in the defence of liberty is no vice"]
Israel says decapitated babies are no longer reason to respond with genocide
www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-say...
> It's different when they do the decapitating
#ICC4Bibi #IsraeliWarCrimes #EndAidToIsrael #FreePalestine #BDS #EndTheGenocide
Israel says decapitated babies are no longer reason to respond with genocide
It's different when they do the decapitating
www.normalisland.co.uk
Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
> The former president has publicly waffled on the Israel-Gaza war. But he told wealthy donors he supports Israel’s right to continue “its war on terror.”
#SaveDemocracyVoteBlue
Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
The former president has publicly waffled on the Israel-Gaza war. But he told wealthy donors he supports Israel’s right to continue “its war on terror.”
www.washingtonpost.com
Senate Bill 1186: Pennsylvania's Bold Move to $20 Minimum Wage - MyChesCo
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#RaiseMinimumWage #FightFor20 #SB1186
Senate Bill 1186: Pennsylvania's Bold Move to $20 Minimum Wage - MyChesCo
PHILADELPHIA, PA — On Friday, Senate Democratic Whip Christine M. Tartaglione unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to boost Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $20 per hour. The proposed legislation, Senate ...
www.mychesco.com
Israeli Strike Kills 35 People in Alleged Rafah ‘Safe Zone’
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#EndAidToIsrael #CeasefireNow #FreePalestine #SavePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #StopAIPAC
Israeli Strike Kills 35 People in Alleged Rafah ‘Safe Zone’
Footage of Rafah’s Tal al-Sultan neighborhood on Sunday showed the destroyed tents of Palestinian refugees burning in the night.
www.thedailybeast.com
The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
#SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopFascism #StopChristoFascism #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #NoNazis
The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style
Trump has railed against urban centers run by Democrats, and Project 2025 lays out how to crack down on them
www.theguardian.com
What is Project 2025 and what does it have to do with a second Trump term?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
#StopFascism #StopChristoFascism #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #NoNazis
What is Project 2025 and what does it have to do with a second Trump term?
Conservatives have created a guide for how Trump and allies could dismantle the US government if he wins the election
www.theguardian.com
[Compulsory National Satire]
Tories to bring back national service to punish young people for being woke
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> It's only what they deserve
#ToryScum
Tories to bring back national service to punish young people for being woke
It's only what they deserve
www.normalisland.co.uk
Fascism, Texas style…
Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office
www.texastribune.org/2024/05/25/t...
Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral…
The platform was voted on Saturday, with tallies expected next week. Other planks call abortion homicide and gender-transition care “child abuse.”
www.texastribune.org
Legal stuff you should know:
Juries and the Zenger Trial - Teri Kanefield
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Juries and the Zenger Trial - Teri Kanefield
Because I’ll be talking about the case of Crown v. Peter Zenger, you know this blog post will be fun. What? You’ve never heard of Peter Zenger? Well, read on. I ended last week’s post with this questi...
terikanefield.com
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Elon Musk’s Private Jet
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Legislation just signed into law has made it exceedingly to difficult to track private jet activity
Congress will always protect the wealthy.
#TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires
Dog-killer Noem is upset that she was banned from tribal lands, so it's petty revenge time…
Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails
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Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails
A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence.
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I find it singularly ironic that the US government’s blind support of Israel may just end up being the cause of America going fascist.
#StopFascism #EndAidToIsrael #StopAIPAC #LiberalHypocrisyOnIsrael
The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump
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> Donald Trump tells the world he intends to be an authoritarian. So why won’t journalists repeat it?
#SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopFascism
The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump
Donald Trump tells the world he intends to be an authoritarian. So why won’t journalists repeat it?
theintercept.com
I know we talk about the habitual abuses and illegal tactics of the police a lot in here so it's kind of hard to say this is one of the worst examples I've heard of in a long time without it sounding like I'm overselling it but this is one of the worst examples I've heard of in a long time.
I have never seen that level of deliberate cruelty
At least they didn't kill him
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Justice Sotomayor using her annual pre-June public talk to give a barely veiled warning that the Supreme Court is about to do some truly terrible things www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/u...
Tracking private jets just got much harder | Popular Science
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> It's a major privacy win for the nation's wealthiest air travelers.
#TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax
Tracking private jets just got much harder
It's a major privacy win for the nation's wealthiest air travelers.
www.popsci.com
I find it singularly ironic that the US government’s blind support of Israel may just end up being the cause of America going fascist.
#StopFascism #EndAidToIsrael #StopAIPAC #LiberalHypocrisyOnIsrael
US and UK to back Israel over ICJ ruling after blurring their Rafah red lines
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
#EndAidToIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #EndApartheid #LiberalHypocrisyOnIsrael
US and UK to back Israel over ICJ ruling after blurring their Rafah red lines
Having initially vowed to oppose any offensive, Washington and London are showing signs of having backed down
www.theguardian.com
How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
#SupportNPR #SupportSignal #UseSignal
How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal
Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR’s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People
www.theguardian.com
[Two scoops of satire in every box]
Israel responds to ICJ ruling by launching bigger bombs into Rafah
www.normalisland.co.uk/p/israel-res...
> This is because it respects international law
#EndAidToIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #EndApartheid #StopAIPAC
Israel responds to ICJ ruling by launching bigger bombs into Rafah
This is because it respects international law
www.normalisland.co.uk
The Biden campaign is looking to hire a seasoned meme lord
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The Biden campaign is looking to hire a seasoned meme lord | TechCrunch
According to a job listing, President Joe Biden's reelection campaign needs someone to manage memes.
techcrunch.com
Federal Judge Says ICE’s ‘Knock And Talk’ Variant Violates The Constitution | Techdirt
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Federal Judge Says ICE’s ‘Knock And Talk’ Variant Violates The Constitution
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) tends to treat the Constitution as some ticky-tack policy its officers can safely ignore. That’s not to say ICE believes the Constitution does not ex…
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Affordable Connectivity Program Subsidy Money Runs Out
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#RenewACP #S4317 #HR6929
Affordable Connectivity Program Subsidy Money Runs Out
Money has run out on the popular internet program for older adults and low-income families. Here’s what’s being done to try and save the program.
www.aarp.org
Jamaal Bowman, George Latimer and The Israel-Gaza War at Home
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#StopAIPAC #BanDarkMoney #VoteProgressive #VoteBowman #Bowman2024
Jamaal Bowman, George Latimer and The Israel-Gaza War at Home
An in-depth guide to the cross-currents of race, class and identity as the Democratic congressional primary in NY's 16th district comes into the home stretch.
theconnector.substack.com
Gov. Mike DeWine calls special legislative session to address Biden ballot issue
www.cleveland.com/news/2024/05...
> DeWine announced he would be calling the special session for May 28 in a Thursday evening press conference.
Gov. Mike DeWine calls special legislative session to address Biden ballot issue
DeWine announced he would be calling the special session for May 28 in a Thursday evening press conference.
www.cleveland.com
Chuck you asshole, invite a war criminal to speak AND hurt Dem support in the election.
Exclusive: Mike Johnson says Schumer will sign letter inviting Netanyahu to give joint address to Congress
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
#StopAIPAC #BDS
Johnson says Schumer will sign letter inviting Netanyahu to address Congress
Johnson said he will speak with Israeli PM about setting a date for his address
www.independent.co.uk
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
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> "You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness."
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
"You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness."
www.404media.co
[Satire for the whole family!]
Rishi Sunak decides to end political career with general election
www.normalisland.co.uk/p/rishi-suna...
#ToryScum
Rishi Sunak decides to end political career with general election
Even I don't think he stands a chance!
www.normalisland.co.uk
Big Telecom Is Once Again Using Fake Consumer Groups To Attack Community Owned Broadband Networks | Techdirt
www.techdirt.com/2024/05/23/b...
#CommunityBroadband #DissolveBigTelecom #RenewACP #S4317 #HR6929
Big Telecom Is Once Again Using Fake Consumer Groups To Attack Community Owned Broadband Networks
Annoyed by the kind of expensive, shitty, slow, and spotty broadband access caused by limited competition and monopoly power, hundreds of U.S. communities have been building their own broadband net…
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