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Bondi refuses to answer questions about allegations Trump's border czar Tom Homan took $50K in cash in exchange for his promise to funnel government contracts to "businessmen" who turned out to be FBI agents in 2024. After Bondi became AG, the investigation was terminated.

🔥Love AOC!🤩

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."

Bondi reading from formatted lines on paper in answering a question to Sen Whitehouse about whether Tom Homan kept the 50k is quite telling…to say the least

Trump doesn't rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell:

"I mean, I'd have to speak to the DOJ. I'll look at it."

New on MSNBC: Trump's new acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan has recruited prosecutors from outside her office to take James Comey to trial, after being unable to find any federal prosecutors in her own office willing to pursue the charges, according to two people familiar with the selections.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

A new draft Trump memo argues that furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown.
 
Those who represent federal workers or advocate on their behalf say the White House is misreading the clear intent of the law.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes Greene said she's "not a fan" of Obamacare but complained that her "own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE" if Congress ignores the issue.

Hell’s getting a little colder. Though her “reasons” are very on brand for MTG.

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Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

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The Supreme Court v. Democracy The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

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Anyone who actually shops for their groceries and goods knows this. The wannabe king on his “golden throne”, not so much.🚽🧻

“WE CAN AFFORD THIS”: New Mexico US Sen. Martin Heinrich warns of economic crisis if Republicans succeed in killing health insurance subsidies for working families.

Gov. Pritzker Statement on the Texas National Guard Being Deployed to Illinois CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the Illinois National Guard was informed that the Texas National...

If "states' rights" mean anything, they must include the right to not get invaded by another state in peacetime.

Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.

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The Republican party is more concerned with appeasing Trump's ego than with serving the American people.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown is a clear demonstration of their priorities: self-interest over the public good.

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Same😔😡

Scoop — Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: "You're always so f***ing negative" "I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."

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Once again, when rigorous scientific standards are appeal, there is no link found between autism and Tylenol! RFK Jr is exhausting🤦🏼‍♀️

MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.

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A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

In new episode of #SistersInLaw, we discussed the upcoming SCOTUS term, Trump’s address to military leaders, and a court’s extraordinary rebuke of Trump administration for violating first amendment rights. You can listen here.
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Tells you everything you need to know about who is fighting for you.

Transcript: Chris Murphy’s Dark and Unnerving New Warning about Trump The Democratic senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...

Two people very much worth listening to, in an important conversation.
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