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Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

Fueling the Trump administration’s anti-voting efforts are election deniers in key positions who continue to spread conspiracy theories and, even more troublingly, work to undermine the fairness of future elections.

Here are some of the most important👇
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22.11.2025 16:04 — 👍 277 🔁 143 💬 13 📌 4

RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.

RFK Jr. wants you to know that he’s personally responsible for the anti-vax misinformation on the CDC's website

22.11.2025 16:54 — 👍 509 🔁 204 💬 69 📌 31

“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page "The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."

Earlier this week, a new page titled “Vaccines and Autism” appeared on the CDC website. The agency's employees are not happy about it.

“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”

21.11.2025 17:36 — 👍 677 🔁 263 💬 22 📌 18

How billionaires took over American politics The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.

The original sin: Five Supreme Court Republican appointees, many helped onto the Court by right-wing billionaires, open the floodgates for unlimited political spending. Then they refuse to police anonymous political spending they know is corrupting. This is the result.

21.11.2025 17:49 — 👍 474 🔁 196 💬 28 📌 8

Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will refuse to answer questions in the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Epstein and the Justice Department’s handling of the case, Oversight Chair James Comer said. Maxwell’s legal team said she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights if she sat with congressional investigators, the Kentucky Republican said in an interview. He also suggested it would be unlikely that his staff or lawmakers would sit down with Maxwell, who is in a federal prison camp in Texas, under the circumstances. “Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer said. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth. I mean, I could spend a bunch of taxpayer dollars to send staff and members down there, and if she’s going to plead the Fifth, I don’t know that that’s a good investment.” Comer issued a subpoena in July for Maxwell’s testimony, and her legal team initially suggested that she would be willing to answer questions under certain conditions, including that her appeals had been resolved. The Supreme Court recently rejected a request to revisit her conviction. In return for her cooperation, Maxwell requested immunity from further criminal proceedings and to receive questions in advance. Comer said both immunity and advanced notice was a nonstarter. An attorney for Maxwell, David Oscar Markus, did not immediately return a message seeking comment. He signed a July letter saying Maxwell “will have no choice but to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights” unless her demands were met. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 on child sex trafficking charges. In the context of government investigations, the Fifth Amendment protects against witnesses from being forced to give testimony that would potentially incriminate themselves. Maxwell sat for a two-day interview with the Justice Department in July and shortly afterward was transferred to the minimum security facility in Texas. Critics have argued she has received favorable treatment from the administration. Maxwell is also preparing a commutation application for President Donald Trump’s consideration.

Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says

21.11.2025 18:32 — 👍 70 🔁 37 💬 29 📌 10

"This is the last flippable seat in the country."

The special election for Tennessee's seventh congressional district, which includes Nashville, is where cracks in Donald Trump’s base are starting to show. @garrisonhayes.bsky.social talks to Democratic nominee Aftyn Behn.

21.11.2025 18:34 — 👍 529 🔁 195 💬 15 📌 10

Missouri Organizers Challenge GOP’s ‘Inaccurate and Biased’ Gerrymander Referendum Language Read more here.

NEW: Pro-democracy organizers in Missouri filed a new lawsuit accusing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) of using wildly deceptive ballot language to tilt a referendum in favor of the GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander. https://bit.ly/3MhenAE

21.11.2025 18:54 — 👍 267 🔁 101 💬 7 📌 3

Legacy Media's License To Kill We've lived to see the day when a newspaper excuses the man who butchered their journalist

In the rise of state media, support independent voices rooted in facts, not financiers. Subscribe to Let’s Address This, and fuel insight that refuses to bow to the powerful and shines a light on what others are paid to ignore.

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21.11.2025 19:17 — 👍 74 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 1

Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩

21.11.2025 19:38 — 👍 14854 🔁 3156 💬 721 📌 142

The Texas gerrymandering case is a test of the Supreme Court's integrity Do the justices have any rules they won't let Republicans break?

After facing a stunning defeat earlier this week, the Texas gerrymandering case heads to the Supreme Court.

This decision will force Chief Justice John Roberts and the other Republican-appointed justices to pick between enforcing the rules they created and their evident loyalty to the GOP.

21.11.2025 19:43 — 👍 310 🔁 100 💬 26 📌 18

House members move to force Russia sanctions vote as Trump pushes peace deal Members of the Ukraine Caucus are backing the discharge petition. A bipartisan coalition of pro-Ukraine lawmakers will seek to force a House vote to impose crippling sanctions on Russia, even as President Donald Trump is moving to swiftly clinch a peace deal between the two warring nations. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said in an X post Friday that he and his allies have “officially notified both the Clerk of the House and House leadership of our discharge petition to force a vote on crushing Russian sanctions immediately upon our return” from the Thanksgiving holiday recess. Fitzpatrick was responding to news that Trump wants the Ukrainian government to approve the draft peace deal assembled by his envoy Steve Witkoff no later than Thursday. The plan would cede vast portions of eastern Ukraine to Russia in exchange for a security guarantee from western nations. Trump appeared to be putting pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with his Thanksgiving ultimatum, but the House lawmakers have their eye on Russian President Vladimir Putin — and they believe they have Trump’s blessing. House and Senate GOP leaders have held off for months, awaiting a clear signal from Trump, but with the president more determined to impose a peace plan than ever, rank-and-file members are determined to act. A discharge petition can circumvent the majority leadership if 218 House members sign it; it has been used to pressure Speaker Mike Johnson multiple times this year — most recently to pass legislation on the so-called Epstein files. Fitzpatrick and other members of the Ukraine Caucus have offered sanctions legislation alongside Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Fitzpatrick filed a resolution earlier this year setting up a possible effort to discharge that bill but did not immediately trigger it. Lawmakers could also force a vote on a bill from Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) that would pair Russia sanctions with assistance for Ukraine. The bipartisan Ukraine Caucus is set to hold a virtual meeting Monday to “talk about what the best strategy is to get something done quickly,” Fitzpatrick said in an interview Friday. “We’re talking about potentially moving them together if the sanctions are not brought to the floor in short order,” Fitzpatrick said ahead of his social media post. Fitzpatrick said he has been talking to Johnson about the sanctions bill and believes the speaker is supportive of the legislation. Noticing his intention to force a vote now, with the House leaving for a weeklong recess, effectively gives Johnson until early December to find an off-ramp.

House members move to force Russia sanctions vote as Trump pushes peace deal

21.11.2025 19:57 — 👍 55 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.

The real problems on Riley Gaines’ college swim team, according to teammates and university documents: abusive coaching, sexual harassment, and eating disorders. But Gaines climbed the MAGA ladder by vilifying trans women in sports.

Now, teammates speak out:

21.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 127 🔁 41 💬 11 📌 5

Judge puts hold on IRS sharing taxpayer info for immigration crackdown Taxpayer advocacy group, unions are challenging the agency's deal with the Department of Homeland Security.

Judge puts hold on IRS sharing taxpayer info for immigration crackdown

21.11.2025 20:29 — 👍 121 🔁 27 💬 2 📌 5

How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.

The US lets military contractors operate without rules abroad. Now, they’re coming—and selling their services in the homeland.

21.11.2025 20:30 — 👍 108 🔁 52 💬 6 📌 6

RFK Jr. says he directed CDC to remove claim that vaccines do not cause autism The HHS secretary said in an interview he ordered the CDC’s website to acknowledge gaps in studies on vaccines and autism.

RFK Jr. says he directed CDC to remove claim that vaccines do not cause autism

21.11.2025 20:42 — 👍 60 🔁 29 💬 28 📌 6

Trump’s ‘incredibly complex’ tariffs suck up CEO time and company resources The proliferation of trade regulations and threat of intensified enforcement has driven many companies to spend what could add up to tens of millions of dollars to ensure they are not running afoul of Trump's new duties.

Trump’s ‘incredibly complex’ tariffs suck up CEO time and company resources

16.11.2025 17:05 — 👍 69 🔁 29 💬 14 📌 2

Trump calls for Indiana GOP members to be ousted after redistricting efforts stall “Any Republican that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED,” the president said.

Trump calls for Indiana GOP members to be ousted after redistricting efforts stall

16.11.2025 17:31 — 👍 101 🔁 38 💬 38 📌 7

Congress finalizes first piece of funding package to sweeten shutdown endgame Lawmakers have released text for one piece of a three-bill government funding package — a key ingredient in a possible deal to end the shutdown that’s going on for 40 days. The first piece of the three-part legislation, released Sunday, would fund programs and benefits for veterans, as well as Defense Department construction projects, for the 2026 fiscal year. Portions of the so-called minibus that would fund the Department of Agriculture and the operations of Congress through the end of the current fiscal year are still being finalized. Passed on its own, the package would not reopen all federal programs or deliver on Democrats’ demand for an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies. But top lawmakers see it as a significant demonstration of bipartisan compromise that could help break the shutdown impasse after nearly six weeks of partisan sparring. Senate Republicans are expected to meet Sunday afternoon once the full minibus text is released to review and discuss the compromise spending legislation. “We plan to vote today” to reconsider the House-passed stopgap spending bill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Sunday. Thune has proposed combining the three-bill bundle with a separate stopgap to fund the remaining federal agencies, potentially running into late January. The minibus has for weeks been a subject of cross-party conversations aimed at finding a path out of the shutdown. Those talks have centered on a new stopgap linked to the full-year bills, plus a vote to continue the Obamacare subsidies that will expire Dec. 31 and are used by more than 20 million people who buy health insurance in Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Thune has pointed to the release of the minibus text as an “opportunity” for Democrats to “firm up their views” on whether or not to support reopening the government. Lead Art: Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks with reporters as she arrives for a Senate Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on the 38th day of a government shutdown, Nov. 7, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

Congress finalizes first piece of funding package to sweeten shutdown endgame

09.11.2025 19:17 — 👍 31 🔁 12 💬 11 📌 5

Maintaining our ranking as a top state for safety starts with investing in law enforcement.

We just broke ground on a new facility and crime lab in Mankato to strengthen investigative, laboratory, and training services for law enforcement agencies throughout southern Minnesota.

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Today is 105 year anniversary of Ocoee Election Day Massacre. On 11/2/1920 a white mob murdered 30 Black people, & burned 25 Black owned homes & Black churches—all b/c Black people dared exercise the right to vote

Ocoee's entire Black community was exiled. No Black American moved back in until 1980

02.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 204 🔁 134 💬 12 📌 7

Dems ‘Need the Votes’ of ‘Illegal Citizens,’ Top Federal Election Official Claims in Unhinged Rant Read more here.

Top federal voting official Christy McCormick is facing a call to step down after accusing Democrats of encouraging “open borders” and widespread voting by “illegal citizens,” because “they’re losing ground” on votes. https://bit.ly/439MP69

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Kash Patel used a government jet to travel to see his girlfriend perform at an event. The most shocking aspect of this story is that Kash Patel has a girlfriend

02.11.2025 18:28 — 👍 512 🔁 87 💬 25 📌 7

The Bible says so…or does it? On this week’s “More To The Story,” religious scholar and TikTok star Dan McClellan examines how some Christian nationalists use—and often abuse—the Bible to gain political power.

"The hot new thing right now is to be a Christian nationalist...And unfortunately, it means hurting an awful lot of people along the way."

Religious scholar and TikTok star Dan McClellan examines how some Christian nationalists use—and often abuse—the Bible to gain political power.

02.11.2025 19:00 — 👍 226 🔁 72 💬 15 📌 8

Obama’s stumping for Democrats. Trump’s at Mar-a-Lago. "If you believe in that better story of America," the former president told a rally ahead of Tuesday's elections, "don’t sit this one out. Vote ."

Where's Obama? Stumping for Democrats in two key races in Tuesday's elections.
Where's Trump? Hosting a Halloween party while tens of millions loose their food stamps. And golfing.

02.11.2025 19:02 — 👍 327 🔁 76 💬 10 📌 2

Wow. Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just made a stunning admission on live TV.

Bessent: "I think that there are sectors of the economy that are in recession"

02.11.2025 18:55 — 👍 2385 🔁 711 💬 115 📌 36

Harrison Ford isn’t holding back on Trump. He accused him of acting on whims rather than any policies. “He’s losing ground because everything he says is a lie. He spent 4 years turning us against each other while embracing dictators and tyrants around the world.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

02.11.2025 19:01 — 👍 1576 🔁 483 💬 44 📌 14

Godfrey is at again….now at Union Station in DC doing his Trump impression for the troops 🤣💀

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Lauren Boebert on Halloween morning: "What can I do to reassure my voters that I am racist garbage?"

02.11.2025 18:56 — 👍 267 🔁 79 💬 36 📌 17

Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito

The Trump Admin has become a pay-to-play casino. Some of the payoffs are in plain sight. Others are under the table. Shame on all those collaborating with the most corrupt president in history.

02.11.2025 18:51 — 👍 483 🔁 151 💬 26 📌 8

NBC poll shows we are in Blue Tsunami territory. Why?

1. House Democrats have been in DC the last 5 weeks fighting to lower costs, save healthcare and reopen government.

Where are House Republicans? STILL ON VACATION.

2. Americans are fed up with Trump’s authoritarian crap and corruption.

02.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 175 🔁 49 💬 9 📌 0

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