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"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

Sen Graham is giving quite a performance for an audience of one right now
(cartoon from 2020)
www.c-span.org/event/senate...

I don't have the bandwidth to make this case explicit. But today, Todd Bessent put Frank Bisignano in charge of IRS, in addition to Social Security.

Bisignano, at Social Security, gave Big Balls access to all our Social Security data.

Now he's in charge of IRS.

My quote of the day

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Chuck Grassley can't pronounce "emoluments" and then starts attacking Bill Clinton over his post-presidency speeches

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

Chris with a tie, iced americano, and a good spirit in spite of the horrors.

Off to SCOTUS for the conversion therapy ban arguments. Subscribe to Law Dork, where I’ll have a full report: www.lawdork.com

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

You may not be paying attention to this story,

but a white police officer was caught on camera tampering with a witness and other evidence for the express purpose of framing LSU football player Kyren Lacy for a vehicular manslaughter he had NOTHING to do with.

Kyren took his own life in April.

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

We covered this on today's @dailybeanspod.com. Extremely dangerous and these ICE agents should be charged with felonies.

The Supreme Court’s First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that seeks to undo a major triumph of the LGBTQ+ movement.

I'm sorry but how does this person have standing to challenge Colorado's ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy when she has explicitly disclaimed any desire to change a patient's sexual orientation or gender identity? How is this a real case? slate.com/news-and-pol...

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Now that he’s gone, the state is tearing through his books to see just how deep the corruption goes.

A grand jury already called his handling of pandemic relief funds “indefensible.” Let’s hope this new audit exposes the full scope of his grift.

3/3

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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IG newberlinlibrary

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

More messaging like this please

Commemorating four years of Public Notice And a special offer for readers.

Taking today off from live-clipping the Sunday shows to celebrate PN's birthday with friends. If you've appreciated my coverage over all these years, now's a great time to support my work by taking advantage of a special anniversary offer for PN subscriptions👇 Thanks!

Friends — I’d like to talk with you about a difficult subject. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-national-trauma

It's bad enough if President Trump is demanding authoritarian powers in violation of the Constitution ...

But if his unelected aides are manipulating him to get their own authoritarian policies in place, that's sort of a bigger deal.

BEST. TV SCENE. EVER.

Christian nationalist fascism: when they lower masked Gestapo goons from helicopters in the night to smash apartment windows, terrorize residents, and zip-tie and kidnap children for not being white looking enough— and then violate the 1st Amendment by reciting scripture from a government account.

Referring to the abuse visited upon over a thousand girls as a “red herring” is nasty work, you asshole.

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.