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09/12/2023

Billionaire backers of the GOP want to rig our Constitution ... because owning an entire political party that has taken over the Supreme Court and almost half the states still isn't quite enough power for them.

State lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives got together in Scottsdale, Arizona last week for the 2023 States and Nation Policy Summit hosted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The summit — one of the largest annual gatherings of the ALEC faithful, along with ...

09/12/2023

08/12/2023

Trump has big plans, all bad: punish critics, purge non-believers, and take controversial legal and military action

Trump would turn to loyalists who share his zeal to punish critics, purge non-believers, and take controversial legal and military action.

08/12/2023

Give this a green light!

08/12/2023

Delay tactic
He's famous for it

Former President Trump filed a motion seeking to halt activity in his election interference case after filing a notice of appeal Thursday seeking to override a decision from a federal judge who den…

08/12/2023

THE PRICE OF JAN 6 LIES
✂️ “In only a matter of a few months, the party is essentially non-functional and, worse yet, the party and others associated with the party are now facing potential civil and criminal consequences for breaking laws,” the report says.

The report is targeted squarely at Karamo’s “failed leadership,” and casts her as presiding over a series of disastrous decisions that crippled the party since being elected chair by Republican delegates in February.

08/12/2023

✂️ The president’s team used the remarks by the GOP frontrunner to showcase why Biden views Trump as a threat to democracy.

The president's team used the remarks by the GOP frontrunner to showcase why Biden views Trump as a threat to democracy.

08/12/2023

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08/12/2023

Texas AG inflicts more trauma in case of woman with pregnancy complications.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened doctors after a judge granted a woman the ability to obtain an emergency abortion.

08/12/2023

They fought for our country. Don't let some dictator wannabe take it apart.

The president's team used the remarks by the GOP frontrunner to showcase why Biden views Trump as a threat to democracy.

08/12/2023

REMEMBER NEXT NOVEMBER
Biden and the Democrats pushed measures to rein in Big Oil price gouging --- a huge driver of inflation. Senate GOPers blocked it!

Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes

07/12/2023

PERV ALERT
✂️ The Ethics Committee, which at the time was controlled by Democrats, originally opened its Gaetz investigation in 2021, publicly announcing that its was examining a range of allegations including that Gaetz violated s*x trafficking laws, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, used illicit drugs, converted campaign funds to personal use and accepted a bribe, among other claims.

The Republican-led House Ethics Committee has reached out to at least one witness as part of its investigation into GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz to schedule an interview in the coming weeks, the latest sign that the once dormant probe remains open.

07/12/2023

Because it's a CRIME...

Nevada grand jury has indicted 6 GOP members who submitted a document falsely declaring Trump winner of the 2020 election.

07/12/2023

✂️ “Before President Biden took office, it was virtually impossible for eligible borrowers to access the student debt relief they rightfully earned,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “This level of debt relief is unparalleled and we have no intention of slowing down.”

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it would forgive an additional $4.8 billion in student loan debt, for 80,300 borrowers.

07/12/2023

20 YEARS AND WAITING
✂️ Republicans blocked the motion, put forward by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to reauthorize the Assault Weapons Ban, which first passed in 1994 and expired 10 years later.

The motion, put forward by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, would have reauthorized the Assault Weapons Ban, which first passed in 1994 and expired 10 years later.

07/12/2023

GRAB 'EM BY THE PATENTS
✂️ The Biden administration has determined that it has the authority to seize the patents of certain high-priced medicines, a move that could open the door to a more aggressive federal campaign to slash drug prices.

The decision could give the president another tool to use in his effort to lower drug prices.

07/12/2023

GOP: Gang Of Polluters
✂️ House Republicans approved a bill Wednesday to block strict new tailpipe pollution limits proposed by the Biden administration, calling the plan a back-door mandate for electric vehicles.

House Republicans have approved a bill to block strict new tailpipe pollution limits proposed by the Biden administration, calling the plan a back-door mandate for electric vehicles.

06/12/2023

✂️ "When we asked Jared if he had played any role in organizing Trump’s advertising campaign to disseminate the election lies, he said, 'Yeah, I was a creative director — so that’s a fair assumption.' I wanted to know why Jared had not done more to stop January 6."

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) writes in her new book that her impression of "wunderkind" Jared Kushner was that his self-aggrandizing arrogance didn't match reality. After Donald Trump left the White House and Cheney and other lawmakers began the House Select Committee investigating the attempt to o...

06/12/2023

✂️ The evidence, primarily from the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli officials, suggests that dozens of Israeli women were r***d or s*xually abused or mutilated during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. According to first responders, one was mutilated with a pair of scissors and another stabbed with a knife. The ge****ls of some men who had been killed were mutilated as well.

NBC News has reviewed evidence that suggests dozens of Israeli women were r***d, s*xually abused or mutilated during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks.

06/12/2023

He will. They will. No doubt!

Kash Patel and Steve Bannon plan to ‘come after’ journalists in unmoored Trump administration

06/12/2023

✂️ During Trump’s first months as president, it wasn’t yet clear how much concentrated corruption the nation, or his own party, would tolerate, which is why Trump was compelled to dispose of the occasional Cabinet secretary. Yet nearly everything about Trump’s history in real estate, where he greased palms and bullied officials, suggested that he regarded the government as a lucrative instrument for his own gain...
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Donald Trump and his cronies left his first administration with a playbook for self-enrichment in a second term.

06/12/2023

A CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT
--- unless it's a union contact.
Case in point...

A late night ruling by the late Supreme Court justice spelled the end for Air Transport Employees.

06/12/2023

WOW!
✂️ The decision earned praise from within the auto industry as well as clean energy and climate advocates.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed an executive directive to convert 100% of the state’s fleet to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by 2040. “With today’s executive directive, I am directing state agencies to begin the process of converting vehicles owned and operated by the state to...

06/12/2023

“Listening to them describe how these fake electors were going to be used and the fact that they anticipated that Vice President Pence was gonna use them to refuse to count the legitimate electors was certainly a moment of intense concern.”

Trump's lawyers were unaware the Republican was on the call — and she immediately notified Senate official.

06/12/2023

Finally

The Senate has approved military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended blockade of nominations over a Pentagon abortion policy.

06/12/2023

Good.

Even this very conservative Court appears reluctant to blow up the federal government’s power to tax rich people.

05/12/2023

✂️ In her new book, "Oath and Honor," former Rep. Liz Cheney describes when she first learned about Donald Trump's fake elector scheme, just two days before January 6. Cheney talks with Rachel Maddow about her reaction when she realized what was about to happen.

In her new book, "Oath and Honor," former Rep. Liz Cheney describes when she first learned about Donald Trump's fake elector scheme, just two days before Jan...

05/12/2023

"I'm not for a wealth tax, but I think if you use this as the argument to spike a wealth tax, you're going to basically get rid of, I don't know, a third of the tax code." --- Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the House (R-WI)

The case before the justices Tuesday could have sweeping implications for the U.S. tax system and derail proposals from some Democrats to create a wealth tax.

05/12/2023

✂️ A California poultry supplier agreed to pay nearly $3.8 million to settle allegations that it endangered child workers and committed wage theft while processing chickens for major U.S. supermarkets Exclusive Poultry employed kids as young as 14 to “debone poultry using sharp knives” and to “operate power-driven lifts to move pallets.”

Regulators say Exclusive Poultry Inc. had kids as young as 14 working to debone chickens with sharp knives and "operate power-driven lifts to move pallets.”

05/12/2023

✂️ The political branch of the powerful Koch network is facing scrutiny as operatives chafe against a decision to endorse Nikki Haley for president that many see as out of step with their values...

Americans for Prosperity’s decision to endorse Nikki Haley for president roiled rank-and-file members of the group who aren’t on board.

05/12/2023

✂️ A major Swiss bank admitted to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide over $5.6 billion from the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Banque Pictet, the private banking division of the 218-year-old Pictet Group, will pay about $122.9 million in restitution and penalties as part of an agreement with prosecutors.

Banque Pictet agreed to pay about $122.9 million as part of an agreement with U.S. prosecutors.

04/12/2023

Their Anti-Antisemetism Problem
✂️ Some committee members said the ban was akin to "leftist" tactics and would be problematic for the party. "It could put you on a slippery slope," committee member Dan Tully said.

The Texas GOP executive committee voted against banning members from associating with Holocaust deniers and N**i sympathizers, calling the language too vague.