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Laura A. Van Vleet

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The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.

heads up -- this is very well done.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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On our lead story tonight:

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The Legionnaire's Disease cluster in Central Harlem has now grown to 58 cases. 21 hospitalized.

Tragically there has been a 2nd death.

If you live or work in zip codes 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037 or 10039 and you develop flu-like symptoms, contact a health care provider immediately.

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Spineless, yes, but also bought, bribed, and extorted..

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Crockett: My former colleagues from the Texas Houseβ€”decided to get the hell out of Texas… breaking quorum is where they’re at right now. And they didn’t just do it by themselvesβ€”they went to Illinois, where there is a governor that gives a damn. This fight is going to take all of us.

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β€œIf I owned Texas and Hell I’d rent out Texas and live in Hell.”

- Union General Phillip Sheridan

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Mockler: We are currently building on-the-ground and online movements at the same time so we can beat this gangster regime and stop what they are doing

BIG energy at the MoveOn event in Arizona yesterday.

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This is how we unite and fight. Illinois, Texas the rest of America. We can all come together and fight.

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I Second This Statement…. Looking guilty as hell! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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Another user told me that "it would not be a gerrymander but would be a countermander" for dems to redistrict. I agree with them! I live in TN so you know I am voting in an uphill battle. Spread the word to the ones who can redistrict. It takes all of us!!

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Brazil Supreme Court justice orders house arrest of former president Bolsonaro Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday issued an house arrest order for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup, in a move that could escalate tensions with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

BREAKING: Brazil's Supreme Court issued a house arrest order for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup, in a move that could escalate tensions with the US Trump administration reut.rs/3HiWAaf

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Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro (Associated Press) SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Sup...

This is how a country is supposed to deal with a traitor who attempts a coup.

"Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-5WJTCBji/Y...

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Encourage your children to start a banned book club πŸ“• πŸ’™ ❀️

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It's easy to forget a call for violence.... But people who inspire nonviolence and push back arm and arm in protest, like MLK and Mandela, I'll always remember.

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Anyone calling for a civil war has missed the point of democratic values and democracy itself... South Korea got rid of their dictator without one violent act by protesters... It can be done and has been done.

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That's your opinion.

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And I don't believe Hochul meant literal bloodshed war. If they move to gerrymander, then we should too. That's a nonviolent way to fight back. Democrats not showing up in Texas to vote for gerrymandering for republicans is another way to fight fire with fire.

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It will be true if we accept the violence from them. If we do nothing. Illegal acts need to be dealt with by the law. This isn't the wild west, in a lawless world of accepting death and destruction. As long as our laws are still working for the most part, we must continue to support those laws.

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I'm not calling for violence. We won't win w/violence & the narrative against democrats will be set for them. Violent acts will be used as an 'I told you the democrats are violent' & a fascist civil war will be against blue states & every insurrectionist crazed mind will be leading the charge.

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They'll go to this length to arrest lawmakers trying to keep our democracy, but when the entire Trump regime says fuck you to a judge's order, doing something actually illegal, there's no arrest warrants issued on their contempt of court. Fire with fire people, that's the only way to fight fascismπŸ”₯

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Tell me again how this isn't fascism...

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she's looking to redraw the state's legislative lines in response to the Texas gerrymander β€” even going so far as to suggest amending the state constitution to move up the timeline.

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Hochul: "This is a war. We are at war. And that's why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on."

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Dear blue states: gloves off, redistrict

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Those of us who dared to observe that maybe, just maybe, many (not all) Democratic leaders weren’t urgently defending against the dismantling of government programs because they supported their being dismantled have been viciously attacked.

Now those leaders are saying it out loud.

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ICE GOONS draw guns on humanitarian aid workers

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β€˜Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.

One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.

These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.

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We are very far over the cliff here folks

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