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How did the KY GOP do on their back-to-school report card?

Straight F’s.

It's Villains All the Time We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law—and assert what it means to be American.

We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law—and assert what it means to be American.

www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villai...

Yes, however, Americans seem to quickly forget that NO LOYALISTS WILL EVER BE FIRED IN THIS AUTHORITARIAN STATE UNLESS THEY CROSS THE REGIME LEADER!

Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country

Yes, however, Americans seem to quickly forget that NO LOYALISTS WILL EVER BE FIRED IN THIS AUTHORITARIAN STATE UNLESS THEY CROSS THE REGIME LEADER!

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Facts are stubborn things… Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas…. Alabama is a top 3 murder state. Where is the President? — He isn’t focused on crime & violence. It’s about an expression of authoritarianism.”

(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )

If Trump wants to throw the book at people who commit “violent crime” while desecrating the American flag, why did he pardon people who on Jan. 6, 2021 violently assaulted our cops with American flags-on-poles, calling them heroes and rewarding their bloody flag desecration?

NOW: Judge Xinis is presiding over a writ petition filed by Mr. Abrego. She's proposing the government respond by Wednesday, and a hearing Friday at 11 AM. She says extending a TRO is necessary because there appears to be a violation of the law. 1/

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from federal custody in Tennessee Abrego Garcia walked out of federal custody for the first time since March, when he was deported to El Salvador in what the government has called an "administrative error."

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego has been RELEASED from prison and is headed home to Maryland to be with his family. Judge Xinis has an order in place requiring a 72 hour notice if ICE decides to detain and deport him to a third country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Oregon and Pennsylvania Are Latest to Reject DOJ Demand for Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: Oregon and Pennsylvania are the latest to reject the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to acquire states’ private voter data, according to letters obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

KDP Statement on 90th Anniversary of Social Security

It really bothers me that we're not talking about how the GOP cut DC's funding before invading.

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

#ICYMI: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

A deranged convicted felon who wants to distract from his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein is lying about Washington, DC, which tallied a 30-year low in violent crime last year. It’s important to keep speaking the truth and not permit this pathological liar to control the narrative.

There is no Team Kentucky Update today, but we'll be back next Thursday, Aug. 7, with good news from across the commonwealth.

Profoundly saddened by a mass shooting in NYC killing 4 people, including a police officer. We must never accept the lie that gun casualties are the price of constitutional freedom. May the memories of the lost be a blessing to friends & family & a reminder to all of us to act.

note that this isn't a denial and ICE is kidnapping and disappearing people

Ryan Walters' TV displayed "nude women" during a meeting. Now he's blaming the media. The Oklahoma schools chief who crusades against smut now faces an investigation into his own explicit screen time

Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools chief who wants bibles in the classroom and Christianity taught to kids, just got caught watching adult content.

On his work computer.

During a Board of Education meeting.

Read that again.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ryan-walte...

And the Tories establishment would do what differently or better here?

Nashville Public Radio receives record-breaking donations after federal funding cuts Nashville Public Radio has met — and surpassed — an emergency fundraising goal. WPLN and WNXP raised more than $500,000 this week in response to a

Unprecedented community support has rallied behind Nashville Public Radio this week after a federal funding cut.
wpln.org/post/nashvil...

Can We Discuss What Trump Can't Do? A Saturday Prompt

Trump can’t:

take away our anger
stop us from using our minds
stop us from reading & writing
hide his fraudulence
make us hate a free, democratic America
convince us our allies are really our enemies
make us stop loving
stop us from realizing collective power
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-we-dis...

Breaking on MSNBC: A senior admin official confirms to NBC News that Ghislaine Maxwell was granted limited immunity by the Justice Department in order to answer questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case.

She’s not wrong

The Justice Department and the head of the US intelligence community are now openly operating as fully weaponized tools to pursue the president’s personal political agenda. There is safety in numbers, however. More guidance to come.

Catholic priests have been barred from providing religious services inside Florida's controversial new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — nearly three weeks after it opened deep in the Everglades, the archbishop of Miami said. www.ncronline.org/news/miami-a...

Tomorrow's Team Kentucky Update will be at 11 a.m. EDT. Tune in via Facebook.com/GovAndyBeshear or YouTube.com/GovAndyBeshear to hear good news from across the commonwealth.

In 2018, Democrats flipped the House by 40 seats.

One reason is because Republicans did gerrymandered redistricting and made a bunch of Republican districts that were sort of Republican and they thought they could win.

Well, they lost them all in that wave.